JavaScript Developer Job Trends in London

JavaScript Developer
England > London

The median JavaScript Developer salary in London is £84,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 September 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 371 436
Rank change year-on-year -53 +65 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 15 19 32
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.058% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.18% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 14 17 23
10th Percentile £67,500 £48,250 £46,000
25th Percentile £78,750 £48,750 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -14.29% -22.22%
75th Percentile £89,063 £67,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £82,500 £63,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +29.92% +27.00% -28.57%

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 23,741 10,742 18,098
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 91.06% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,130 6,976 11,189
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £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 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £59,522 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.22% - -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 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript Developer in London

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

For the 6 months to 28 September 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 10 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 9 (60.00%) AngularJS
4 7 (46.67%) AWS
5 6 (40.00%) React
6 5 (33.33%) Node.js
6 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 4 (26.67%) Agile
7 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
7 4 (26.67%) CSS
7 4 (26.67%) CSS3
7 4 (26.67%) HTML
7 4 (26.67%) HTML5
7 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
8 3 (20.00%) AI
8 3 (20.00%) Bootstrap
8 3 (20.00%) Code Quality
8 3 (20.00%) Express.js
8 3 (20.00%) Git
8 3 (20.00%) GitHub
8 3 (20.00%) GitHub Copilot
8 3 (20.00%) hapi
8 3 (20.00%) HTML5 Boilerplate
8 3 (20.00%) Microservices
8 3 (20.00%) NestJS
8 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
8 3 (20.00%) TDD
8 3 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (20.00%) TypeScript

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 1 (6.67%) CMS
1 1 (6.67%) Drupal
1 1 (6.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) 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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (13.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (6.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Git
General
1 6 (40.00%) Tech for Good
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Health Technology
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (60.00%) AngularJS
2 6 (40.00%) React
3 5 (33.33%) Node.js
4 4 (26.67%) CSS
4 4 (26.67%) CSS3
4 4 (26.67%) HTML
4 4 (26.67%) HTML5
5 3 (20.00%) Bootstrap
5 3 (20.00%) Express.js
5 3 (20.00%) hapi
5 3 (20.00%) HTML5 Boilerplate
5 3 (20.00%) NestJS
5 3 (20.00%) Vue
6 2 (13.33%) Ionic Framework
6 2 (13.33%) Kafka
6 2 (13.33%) REST
6 2 (13.33%) RESTful
7 1 (6.67%) Ajax
7 1 (6.67%) JSON
7 1 (6.67%) Laravel
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 10 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (26.67%) Agile
2 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
3 3 (20.00%) AI
3 3 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 3 (20.00%) Microservices
3 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (20.00%) TDD
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (20.00%) Web Development
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (13.33%) Event-Driven
4 2 (13.33%) Event-Driven Programming
4 2 (13.33%) LLM
4 2 (13.33%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) SQL Optimisation
4 2 (13.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (20.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (13.33%) Java
3 2 (13.33%) SQL
4 1 (6.67%) C#
4 1 (6.67%) PHP
4 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Autodesk