JavaScript Engineer Job Trends in London

JavaScript Engineer
England > London

The median JavaScript Engineer salary in London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 444 417
Rank change year-on-year +52 -27 +202
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Engineer 2 20 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.017% 0.10% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.11% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2 18 73
10th Percentile £66,250 £49,625 £45,500
25th Percentile £71,875 £53,125 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £65,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% -18.75% +14.29%
75th Percentile £91,875 £73,750 £102,500
90th Percentile £96,750 £103,750 £132,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +36.36% -24.14% +5.45%

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 10,877 18,303 21,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 95.44% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 7,089 11,556 17,424
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,871
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £53,911
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 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript Engineer in London

JavaScript Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Engineer job vacancies in London

JavaScript Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Engineer in London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for JavaScript Engineer in London

JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, JavaScript Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Foundry
2 1 (50.00%) Palantir
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development

JavaScript Engineer 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Foundry
1 1 (50.00%) Palantir