JavaScript Developer Job Trends in London

JavaScript Developer
England > London

The median JavaScript Developer salary in London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 429 365
Rank change year-on-year +53 -64 +115
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 20 32 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.17% 0.17% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.17% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 18 24 120
10th Percentile £48,375 £45,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £50,938 £50,938 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -27.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £67,750 £95,000 £116,250
90th Percentile £75,750 £116,000 £150,000
England median annual salary £63,500 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +27.00% -28.57% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 10,896 18,397 20,897
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 95.40% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 7,112 11,621 17,265
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year - -0.68% +4.29%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured JavaScript Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript Developer 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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
Central London +36 4 £52,500 -25.00% 7
West London - 4 £63,500 - 1
JavaScript Developer
England

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, JavaScript Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 19 (95.00%) React
3 13 (65.00%) CSS
4 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
4 12 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 11 (55.00%) TypeScript
6 10 (50.00%) Git
6 10 (50.00%) HTML
6 10 (50.00%) CI/CD
7 9 (45.00%) Code Quality
7 9 (45.00%) Google
7 9 (45.00%) RESTful
8 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
8 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
8 8 (40.00%) AWS
8 8 (40.00%) Node.js
8 8 (40.00%) Agile
8 8 (40.00%) GraphQL
8 8 (40.00%) Cloud Native
9 7 (35.00%) React Native
9 7 (35.00%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (35.00%) MongoDB
9 7 (35.00%) Azure
10 6 (30.00%) AngularJS
10 6 (30.00%) DevOps
11 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
11 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (25.00%) CSS3
11 5 (25.00%) HTML5
11 5 (25.00%) Finance

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) CMS
2 3 (15.00%) Headless CMS
3 2 (10.00%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) AWS
2 7 (35.00%) Azure
3 4 (20.00%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (20.00%) Amazon ECS
3 4 (20.00%) Amazon S3
3 4 (20.00%) Amazon SQS
3 4 (20.00%) Figma
3 4 (20.00%) GCP
3 4 (20.00%) GitHub
3 4 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (20.00%) Twilio
3 4 (20.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 3 (15.00%) Contentful
4 3 (15.00%) Serverless
5 1 (5.00%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) MQTT
1 4 (20.00%) SMS
1 4 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (35.00%) MongoDB
1 7 (35.00%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (20.00%) GIS
2 4 (20.00%) MySQL
3 3 (15.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (50.00%) Git
2 3 (15.00%) Storybook
3 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (95.00%) React
2 13 (65.00%) CSS
3 10 (50.00%) HTML
4 9 (45.00%) RESTful
5 8 (40.00%) GraphQL
5 8 (40.00%) Node.js
6 7 (35.00%) React Native
7 6 (30.00%) AngularJS
8 5 (25.00%) CSS3
8 5 (25.00%) HTML5
9 4 (20.00%) Express.js
9 4 (20.00%) GeoJSON
9 4 (20.00%) gRPC
9 4 (20.00%) hapi
9 4 (20.00%) NestJS
9 4 (20.00%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (20.00%) Sequelize
9 4 (20.00%) Svelte
9 4 (20.00%) Vue
10 3 (15.00%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (20.00%) Mobile App
3 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (5.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 10 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 9 (45.00%) Code Quality
4 8 (40.00%) Agile
5 6 (30.00%) DevOps
6 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (20.00%) API Integration
7 4 (20.00%) BDD
7 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 4 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (20.00%) Data Protection
7 4 (20.00%) Data Science
7 4 (20.00%) Microservices
7 4 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
7 4 (20.00%) Scrum
7 4 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
7 4 (20.00%) Sprint Retrospective
7 4 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 11 (55.00%) TypeScript
3 3 (15.00%) Python
3 3 (15.00%) SQL
4 1 (5.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Google