JavaScript Developer Job Trends in London

JavaScript Developer
England > London

The median JavaScript Developer salary in London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 416 382
Rank change year-on-year +33 -34 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 11 29 87
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.090% 0.17% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.18% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 9 20 82
10th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -36.84% +18.75%
75th Percentile £67,750 £102,500 £120,000
90th Percentile - £125,000 £132,500
England median annual salary £63,500 £45,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +41.11% -37.93% +7.41%

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 11,083 16,449 18,298
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 95.03% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,256 10,101 14,934
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £53,168 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.53% -4.17% -

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 5 November 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 5 November 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 +28 3 £52,500 -25.00% 6
West London - 3 £63,500 -
JavaScript Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 November 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 London region featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 10 (90.91%) React
3 8 (72.73%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (54.55%) CI/CD
4 6 (54.55%) TypeScript
5 5 (45.45%) Git
6 4 (36.36%) AWS
6 4 (36.36%) Azure
6 4 (36.36%) CSS
6 4 (36.36%) GraphQL
6 4 (36.36%) Python
6 4 (36.36%) RESTful
7 3 (27.27%) AI
7 3 (27.27%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (27.27%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (27.27%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (27.27%) Amazon S3
7 3 (27.27%) Amazon SQS
7 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
7 3 (27.27%) Data Science
7 3 (27.27%) Django
7 3 (27.27%) Docker
7 3 (27.27%) GitHub
7 3 (27.27%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (27.27%) Google
7 3 (27.27%) gRPC
7 3 (27.27%) Linux
7 3 (27.27%) MongoDB
7 3 (27.27%) MQTT
7 3 (27.27%) MySQL

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 (9.09%) CMS
1 1 (9.09%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Amazon EC2
2 3 (27.27%) Amazon ECS
2 3 (27.27%) Amazon S3
2 3 (27.27%) Amazon SQS
2 3 (27.27%) GitHub
2 3 (27.27%) GitHub Actions
2 3 (27.27%) Twilio
2 3 (27.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Figma
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) MQTT
1 3 (27.27%) SMS
1 3 (27.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (27.27%) MongoDB
1 3 (27.27%) MySQL
1 3 (27.27%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (9.09%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Git
2 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (90.91%) React
2 4 (36.36%) CSS
2 4 (36.36%) GraphQL
2 4 (36.36%) RESTful
3 3 (27.27%) Django
3 3 (27.27%) gRPC
3 3 (27.27%) Next.js
3 3 (27.27%) Node.js
3 3 (27.27%) RabbitMQ
3 3 (27.27%) React Native
3 3 (27.27%) Sequelize
4 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
4 2 (18.18%) D3.js
4 2 (18.18%) OpenFin
4 2 (18.18%) Sass
5 1 (9.09%) CSS3
5 1 (9.09%) HTML
5 1 (9.09%) HTML5
5 1 (9.09%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Native
2 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (54.55%) CI/CD
3 3 (27.27%) AI
3 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
3 3 (27.27%) Data Science
3 3 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (18.18%) Clean Code
4 2 (18.18%) Code Quality
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
5 1 (9.09%) Asynchronous Programming
5 1 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (9.09%) Digital Innovation
5 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (9.09%) Microservices
5 1 (9.09%) Mobile First
5 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (9.09%) User Experience
5 1 (9.09%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (54.55%) TypeScript
3 4 (36.36%) Python
4 1 (9.09%) SQL
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Google