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 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 436 374 432
Rank change year-on-year -62 +58 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 11 20 32
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.044% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.18% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 11 18 24
10th Percentile £67,500 £48,375 £45,000
25th Percentile £80,375 £50,938 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -7.69% -27.78%
75th Percentile £86,125 £67,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,750 £116,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £63,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.11% +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 23,070 10,877 18,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 91.16% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,887 7,089 11,557
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% - -0.68%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 16 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 16 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 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (81.82%) Full-Stack Development
3 7 (63.64%) AngularJS
4 6 (54.55%) Node.js
4 6 (54.55%) React
4 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
4 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
5 4 (36.36%) Bootstrap
5 4 (36.36%) Code Quality
5 4 (36.36%) CSS
5 4 (36.36%) CSS3
5 4 (36.36%) Express.js
5 4 (36.36%) GitHub
5 4 (36.36%) GitHub Copilot
5 4 (36.36%) hapi
5 4 (36.36%) HTML
5 4 (36.36%) HTML5
5 4 (36.36%) HTML5 Boilerplate
5 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
5 4 (36.36%) NestJS
5 4 (36.36%) TDD
5 4 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (36.36%) TypeScript
5 4 (36.36%) Vue
6 3 (27.27%) AWS
6 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
7 2 (18.18%) AI
7 2 (18.18%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (18.18%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (18.18%) AWS Lambda

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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) GitHub
1 4 (36.36%) GitHub Copilot
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
3 2 (18.18%) Amazon SQS
3 2 (18.18%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (18.18%) SaaS
3 2 (18.18%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
General
1 3 (27.27%) Tech for Good
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) AngularJS
2 6 (54.55%) Node.js
2 6 (54.55%) React
3 4 (36.36%) Bootstrap
3 4 (36.36%) CSS
3 4 (36.36%) CSS3
3 4 (36.36%) Express.js
3 4 (36.36%) hapi
3 4 (36.36%) HTML
3 4 (36.36%) HTML5
3 4 (36.36%) HTML5 Boilerplate
3 4 (36.36%) NestJS
3 4 (36.36%) Vue
4 2 (18.18%) Kafka
4 2 (18.18%) RESTful
5 1 (9.09%) Ionic Framework
5 1 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Mobile App
2 3 (27.27%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Android
1 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (36.36%) Code Quality
2 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
2 4 (36.36%) TDD
2 4 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
4 2 (18.18%) AI
4 2 (18.18%) Event-Driven
4 2 (18.18%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Event-Driven Programming
4 2 (18.18%) LLM
4 2 (18.18%) Microservices
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Secure Coding
4 2 (18.18%) Workflow
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (36.36%) TypeScript
3 1 (9.09%) Java
3 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker