JavaScript Job Trends in the City of London

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 18 28
Rank change year-on-year -46 +10 -11
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 73 274 199
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 3.16% 10.32% 7.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.25% 21.92% 13.99%
Number of salaries quoted 62 207 176
10th Percentile £56,375 £52,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -14.71% +14.09%
75th Percentile £86,250 £88,750 £106,250
90th Percentile £97,250 £115,000 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £83,750
% change year-on-year +14.29% -16.42% +11.67%

All Programming Languages
City of London

JavaScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 789 1,250 1,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 34.20% 47.08% 50.77%
Number of salaries quoted 639 911 1,299
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £56,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £118,750 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +3.23%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

JavaScript job vacancy trend in the City of London

JavaScript
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in the City of London

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (13.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (36.99%) Azure
2 15 (20.55%) Power Platform
3 11 (15.07%) AWS
3 11 (15.07%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (15.07%) Power Automate
4 10 (13.70%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (13.70%) PowerApps
5 5 (6.85%) Figma
5 5 (6.85%) SaaS
6 3 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.11%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (4.11%) GCP
6 3 (4.11%) PaaS
7 2 (2.74%) GitHub
7 2 (2.74%) Lucidchart
7 2 (2.74%) npm
7 2 (2.74%) Serverless
8 1 (1.37%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (1.37%) Yarn
8 1 (1.37%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) Broadband
2 1 (1.37%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.07%) Power BI
2 6 (8.22%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (4.11%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.74%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.37%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (1.37%) MySQL
5 1 (1.37%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.37%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (15.07%) Git
2 6 (8.22%) Cypress.io
3 3 (4.11%) webpack
4 2 (2.74%) Balsamiq
4 2 (2.74%) SpecFlow
5 1 (1.37%) Ant
5 1 (1.37%) CircleCI
5 1 (1.37%) GitLab
5 1 (1.37%) Jaeger
5 1 (1.37%) JIRA
5 1 (1.37%) Mocha
5 1 (1.37%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.37%) Vite
General
1 19 (26.03%) Finance
2 17 (23.29%) Law
3 14 (19.18%) Public Sector
4 12 (16.44%) Social Skills
5 11 (15.07%) Legal
6 10 (13.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.74%) Retail
8 1 (1.37%) Advertising
8 1 (1.37%) Banking
8 1 (1.37%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.37%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 39 (53.42%) Developer
2 18 (24.66%) Senior
3 16 (21.92%) Full-Stack Developer
4 11 (15.07%) Senior Developer
5 9 (12.33%) JavaScript Developer
5 9 (12.33%) JavaScript Engineer
5 9 (12.33%) Power Platform Developer
5 9 (12.33%) Software Engineer
6 8 (10.96%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
7 6 (8.22%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 6 (8.22%) ServiceNow Developer
8 5 (6.85%) Automation Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) QA Automation Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) QA Engineer
8 5 (6.85%) Software Developer
9 4 (5.48%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 4 (5.48%) Lead
9 4 (5.48%) Python Developer
10 3 (4.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 3 (4.11%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (27.40%) React
2 18 (24.66%) HTML
3 15 (20.55%) CSS
4 14 (19.18%) Node.js
5 9 (12.33%) HTML5 Canvas
6 8 (10.96%) .NET
6 8 (10.96%) Vue
7 7 (9.59%) Django
7 7 (9.59%) HTML5
7 7 (9.59%) REST
8 6 (8.22%) .NET Core
8 6 (8.22%) .NET Framework
8 6 (8.22%) SOAP
9 5 (6.85%) AngularJS
9 5 (6.85%) CSS3
9 5 (6.85%) Entity Framework
9 5 (6.85%) Next.js
9 5 (6.85%) RESTful
10 2 (2.74%) Playwright
10 2 (2.74%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.44%) Cloud Native
2 2 (2.74%) CMDB
2 2 (2.74%) Low-Code
2 2 (2.74%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.37%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.37%) PKI
3 1 (1.37%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.74%) Linux
1 2 (2.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (39.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 24 (32.88%) Agile
3 22 (30.14%) AI
4 19 (26.03%) SDLC
5 18 (24.66%) Software Engineering
6 15 (20.55%) Test Automation
7 13 (17.81%) User Experience
8 12 (16.44%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (15.07%) CI/CD
9 11 (15.07%) Computer Science
9 11 (15.07%) Data Visualisation
9 11 (15.07%) DevOps
9 11 (15.07%) Mentoring
9 11 (15.07%) Visualisation
9 11 (15.07%) Workflow
10 10 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (13.70%) Translating Business Requirements
10 10 (13.70%) UX Design
11 9 (12.33%) Community of Practice
11 9 (12.33%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 23 (31.51%) Python
2 21 (28.77%) C#
3 17 (23.29%) TypeScript
4 10 (13.70%) SQL
5 7 (9.59%) Java
6 3 (4.11%) Kotlin
7 2 (2.74%) PHP
7 2 (2.74%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.37%) Bash
8 1 (1.37%) Bicep
8 1 (1.37%) Go
8 1 (1.37%) R
8 1 (1.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (19.18%) Security Cleared
2 12 (16.44%) Degree
3 11 (15.07%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (15.07%) SC Cleared
4 9 (12.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.11%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.74%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.74%) MCP
7 1 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.33%) QA
2 5 (6.85%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.85%) WCAG
3 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (8.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (9.59%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.11%) Terraform
3 2 (2.74%) Argo
4 1 (1.37%) Ansible
4 1 (1.37%) Kustomize
4 1 (1.37%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.37%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.37%) vRealize
Vendors
1 15 (20.55%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.59%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.74%) Google
4 1 (1.37%) Adobe
4 1 (1.37%) ForgeRock
4 1 (1.37%) iManage
4 1 (1.37%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.37%) SAP
4 1 (1.37%) UiPath
4 1 (1.37%) VMware