JavaScript Developer Job Trends in London

JavaScript Developer
England > London

The median JavaScript Developer salary in London is £83,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 363 431
Rank change year-on-year -79 +68 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 15 17 31
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.058% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 14 15 22
10th Percentile £47,568 £48,000 £45,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £48,750 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,250 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.75% -14.29% -25.33%
75th Percentile £89,063 £71,375 £95,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,500 £125,000
England median annual salary £82,500 £64,250 £46,250
% change year-on-year +28.40% +38.92% -33.93%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 24,072 10,722 17,589
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 90.97% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 16,132 6,932 10,838
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -8.33%

JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

JavaScript Developer job vacancy trend in London

JavaScript Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in London

JavaScript Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Developer in London over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript Developer in London

JavaScript Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 7 October 2026. 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
Central London +8 1 £50,000 -4.76%
JavaScript Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 October 2026, 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 London region featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (60.00%) AngularJS
3 8 (53.33%) AWS
3 8 (53.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (40.00%) CSS
4 6 (40.00%) HTML
4 6 (40.00%) React
5 5 (33.33%) Agile
5 5 (33.33%) CSS3
5 5 (33.33%) HTML5
5 5 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 5 (33.33%) Node.js
5 5 (33.33%) Web Development
6 4 (26.67%) AI
6 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
6 4 (26.67%) Microservices
7 3 (20.00%) Bootstrap
7 3 (20.00%) Code Quality
7 3 (20.00%) Express.js
7 3 (20.00%) Git
7 3 (20.00%) GitHub
7 3 (20.00%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (20.00%) hapi
7 3 (20.00%) HTML5 Boilerplate
7 3 (20.00%) NestJS
7 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
7 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
7 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 3 (20.00%) SQL
7 3 (20.00%) TDD

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 2 (13.33%) CMS
1 2 (13.33%) Drupal
1 2 (13.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) AWS
2 3 (20.00%) GitHub
2 3 (20.00%) GitHub Copilot
3 2 (13.33%) Amazon SQS
3 2 (13.33%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (13.33%) SaaS
3 2 (13.33%) Serverless
4 1 (6.67%) Azure
4 1 (6.67%) Azure App Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (13.33%) MySQL
1 2 (13.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Git
General
1 6 (40.00%) Tech for Good
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Health Technology
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (60.00%) AngularJS
2 6 (40.00%) CSS
2 6 (40.00%) HTML
2 6 (40.00%) React
3 5 (33.33%) CSS3
3 5 (33.33%) HTML5
3 5 (33.33%) Node.js
4 3 (20.00%) Bootstrap
4 3 (20.00%) Express.js
4 3 (20.00%) hapi
4 3 (20.00%) HTML5 Boilerplate
4 3 (20.00%) NestJS
4 3 (20.00%) Vue
5 2 (13.33%) Ajax
5 2 (13.33%) Ionic Framework
5 2 (13.33%) JSON
5 2 (13.33%) Kafka
5 2 (13.33%) Laravel
5 2 (13.33%) REST
5 2 (13.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) NHS
2 5 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Android
1 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 5 (33.33%) Web Development
3 4 (26.67%) AI
3 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
3 4 (26.67%) Microservices
4 3 (20.00%) Code Quality
4 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (20.00%) TDD
4 3 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (13.33%) Content Management
5 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (13.33%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Scrum
5 2 (13.33%) Secure Coding
5 2 (13.33%) SQL Optimisation
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (13.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (20.00%) SQL
2 3 (20.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (13.33%) Java
3 2 (13.33%) PHP
4 1 (6.67%) C#
4 1 (6.67%) Python
4 1 (6.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (13.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Autodesk