JavaScript Developer Job Trends in England

JavaScript Developer
UK > England

The median JavaScript Developer salary in England is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 563 604 519
Rank change year-on-year +41 -85 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 32 84 127
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.062% 0.16% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.18% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 32 73 119
10th Percentile £45,000 - £41,250
25th Percentile £46,875 £27,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £39,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.05% -40.00% -3.70%
75th Percentile £77,875 £62,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £120,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £42,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +52.94% -34.62% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 46,760 47,653 41,166
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.43% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 29,322 25,743 32,277
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'JavaScript Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

JavaScript Developer job vacancy trend in England

JavaScript Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in England

JavaScript Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Developer in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Salary histogram for JavaScript Developer in England

JavaScript Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +51 12 £61,250 +2.08% 6
North of England +24 8 £65,000 +13.04% 10
South East +16 8 £50,000 +66.67% 15
North West +27 6 £58,750 -2.08% 5
East of England +26 4 £87,500 +18.64% 10
North East +9 2 £70,500 +65.88%
JavaScript Developer
UK

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, JavaScript Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 19 (59.38%) Full-Stack Development
3 18 (56.25%) React
4 14 (43.75%) CSS
5 13 (40.63%) HTML
6 12 (37.50%) AngularJS
7 11 (34.38%) Agile
7 11 (34.38%) Vue
8 9 (28.13%) Node.js
8 9 (28.13%) TDD
9 8 (25.00%) Azure
10 7 (21.88%) Software Delivery
10 7 (21.88%) TypeScript
11 6 (18.75%) jQuery
11 6 (18.75%) Scrum
12 5 (15.63%) AWS
12 5 (15.63%) CI/CD
12 5 (15.63%) CSS3
12 5 (15.63%) DevOps
12 5 (15.63%) HTML5
12 5 (15.63%) Next.js
12 5 (15.63%) Python
13 4 (12.50%) AI
13 4 (12.50%) Code Quality
13 4 (12.50%) Django
13 4 (12.50%) Express.js
13 4 (12.50%) GCP
13 4 (12.50%) Git
13 4 (12.50%) Google
13 4 (12.50%) hapi

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (6.25%) WordPress
2 1 (3.13%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (3.13%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (3.13%) Adobe XD
1 1 (3.13%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.00%) Azure
2 5 (15.63%) AWS
3 4 (12.50%) GCP
4 3 (9.38%) GitHub
5 2 (6.25%) Figma
5 2 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (6.25%) Serverless
6 1 (3.13%) Cloudflare
6 1 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (3.13%) Google Analytics
6 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) MySQL
1 1 (3.13%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (3.13%) Cypress.io
2 1 (3.13%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (3.13%) Health Technology
2 1 (3.13%) Legal
2 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (56.25%) React
2 14 (43.75%) CSS
3 13 (40.63%) HTML
4 12 (37.50%) AngularJS
5 11 (34.38%) Vue
6 9 (28.13%) Node.js
7 6 (18.75%) jQuery
8 5 (15.63%) CSS3
8 5 (15.63%) HTML5
8 5 (15.63%) Next.js
9 4 (12.50%) Django
9 4 (12.50%) Express.js
9 4 (12.50%) hapi
9 4 (12.50%) NestJS
10 3 (9.38%) RESTful
11 2 (6.25%) .NET
11 2 (6.25%) Bootstrap
11 2 (6.25%) GraphQL
11 2 (6.25%) HTML5 Boilerplate
11 2 (6.25%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 3 (9.38%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (6.25%) Sports Betting
4 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Full-Stack Development
2 11 (34.38%) Agile
3 9 (28.13%) TDD
4 7 (21.88%) Software Delivery
5 6 (18.75%) Scrum
6 5 (15.63%) CI/CD
6 5 (15.63%) DevOps
7 4 (12.50%) AI
7 4 (12.50%) Code Quality
7 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
7 4 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (9.38%) Front End Development
8 3 (9.38%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (9.38%) User Experience
9 2 (6.25%) BDD
9 2 (6.25%) Containerisation
9 2 (6.25%) E-Commerce
9 2 (6.25%) Performance Optimisation
9 2 (6.25%) Sprint Planning
9 2 (6.25%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 32 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (21.88%) TypeScript
3 5 (15.63%) Python
4 2 (6.25%) C#
5 1 (3.13%) Java
5 1 (3.13%) PHP
5 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (3.13%) Adobe
2 1 (3.13%) HubSpot