JavaScript Developer Jobs in London

JavaScript Developer
England > London

The median JavaScript Developer salary in London is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 440 340
Rank change year-on-year +72 -100 +119
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 34 65 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.27% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.28% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 30 49 238
10th Percentile £56,625 £47,500 £50,875
25th Percentile £59,250 £52,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - -2.03% -1.33%
75th Percentile £87,188 £95,000 £106,250
90th Percentile £90,625 £95,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £63,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.45% -21.43% +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 11,918 22,981 28,563
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.44% 94.44% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,250 16,886 21,759
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £98,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JavaScript Developer in London.

Salary trend for JavaScript Developer in London

JavaScript Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Developer in London over the 6 months to 3 July 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 3 July 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 +35 8 £75,000 +7.14% 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 3 July 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 34 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 25 (73.53%) React
3 17 (50.00%) AWS
3 17 (50.00%) Agile
3 17 (50.00%) CSS
4 16 (47.06%) HTML
4 16 (47.06%) Node.js
4 16 (47.06%) Social Skills
4 16 (47.06%) CI/CD
5 14 (41.18%) AngularJS
6 13 (38.24%) TypeScript
7 12 (35.29%) DevOps
7 12 (35.29%) Git
7 12 (35.29%) Full-Stack Development
8 11 (32.35%) GraphQL
8 11 (32.35%) Cloud Native
8 11 (32.35%) RESTful
9 10 (29.41%) Docker
9 10 (29.41%) Code Quality
10 9 (26.47%) Data Science
10 9 (26.47%) Google
11 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
11 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
11 8 (23.53%) Mentoring
11 8 (23.53%) SaaS
11 8 (23.53%) HTML5
11 8 (23.53%) MongoDB
12 7 (20.59%) GitHub
12 7 (20.59%) Responsive Web Design
12 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills

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 3 (8.82%) CMS
1 3 (8.82%) Headless CMS
1 3 (8.82%) nginx
2 1 (2.94%) OpenEdge
2 1 (2.94%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.94%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (50.00%) AWS
2 8 (23.53%) SaaS
3 7 (20.59%) GitHub
4 5 (14.71%) Azure
5 4 (11.76%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (11.76%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (11.76%) Amazon S3
5 4 (11.76%) Amazon SQS
5 4 (11.76%) GCP
5 4 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (11.76%) Twilio
5 4 (11.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (8.82%) Contentful
6 3 (8.82%) Figma
6 3 (8.82%) Serverless
7 2 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (5.88%) npm
8 1 (2.94%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) MQTT
1 4 (11.76%) SMS
1 4 (11.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (23.53%) MongoDB
2 7 (20.59%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (11.76%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (11.76%) GIS
3 4 (11.76%) MySQL
4 3 (8.82%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (35.29%) Git
2 4 (11.76%) Cypress.io
2 4 (11.76%) JIRA
3 3 (8.82%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (8.82%) Selenium
3 3 (8.82%) Storybook
4 2 (5.88%) Vite
4 2 (5.88%) webpack
5 1 (2.94%) Mocha
General
1 16 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Finance
3 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.82%) Banking
4 3 (8.82%) Front Office
4 3 (8.82%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.94%) Games
5 1 (2.94%) Marketing
5 1 (2.94%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (73.53%) React
2 17 (50.00%) CSS
3 16 (47.06%) HTML
3 16 (47.06%) Node.js
4 14 (41.18%) AngularJS
5 11 (32.35%) GraphQL
5 11 (32.35%) RESTful
6 8 (23.53%) HTML5
7 7 (20.59%) React Native
8 5 (14.71%) CSS3
8 5 (14.71%) Express.js
9 4 (11.76%) GeoJSON
9 4 (11.76%) gRPC
9 4 (11.76%) hapi
9 4 (11.76%) MEAN Stack
9 4 (11.76%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (11.76%) REST
9 4 (11.76%) Sass
9 4 (11.76%) Sequelize
9 4 (11.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Cloud Native
2 4 (11.76%) Mobile App
3 3 (8.82%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (5.88%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.94%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Agile
2 16 (47.06%) CI/CD
3 12 (35.29%) DevOps
3 12 (35.29%) Full-Stack Development
4 10 (29.41%) Code Quality
5 9 (26.47%) Data Science
6 8 (23.53%) Mentoring
7 7 (20.59%) API Integration
7 7 (20.59%) Microservices
7 7 (20.59%) Responsive Web Design
7 7 (20.59%) Scrum
8 6 (17.65%) Clean Code
8 6 (17.65%) Computer Science
8 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (14.71%) Asset Management
9 5 (14.71%) BDD
9 5 (14.71%) Fintech
9 5 (14.71%) Front End Development
10 4 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (11.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 34 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (38.24%) TypeScript
3 6 (17.65%) Python
4 4 (11.76%) SQL
5 3 (8.82%) C#
6 1 (2.94%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
1 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (17.65%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (29.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 9 (26.47%) Google
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft