JavaScript Job Trends in London

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 32 18
Rank change year-on-year -41 -14 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 613 975 2,162
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.86% 8.00% 8.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.51% 19.19% 22.03%
Number of salaries quoted 468 785 1,796
10th Percentile £35,125 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £59,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.83% -5.29% +13.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £110,000 £118,750
90th Percentile £142,500 £135,000 £148,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.37% +10.33% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
London

JavaScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,327 5,082 9,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.85% 41.68% 39.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,762 3,520 7,653
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,925 £47,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,975 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% +1.22% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
90th Percentile £118,750 £132,700 £130,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

JavaScript job vacancy trend in London

JavaScript
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in London

JavaScript
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 17 June 2026. 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 -45 95 £80,000 +6.67% 50
South London +6 13 £80,000 +135.29% 2
West London -14 12 £32,500 -48.82% 17
East London -11 7 £30,500 -61.88% 14
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
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 28 (4.57%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.75%) WordPress
3 18 (2.94%) CMS
4 10 (1.63%) Confluence
5 7 (1.14%) IIS
6 6 (0.98%) Drupal
7 5 (0.82%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.65%) Apache
8 4 (0.65%) ColdFusion
8 4 (0.65%) JBoss
8 4 (0.65%) Moodle
9 3 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.49%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.33%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.33%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.33%) Liferay
10 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.33%) nginx
11 1 (0.16%) DNN
11 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.63%) Adobe XD
3 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.49%) Blender
4 3 (0.49%) Maya
5 2 (0.33%) InVision
5 2 (0.33%) Sketch
6 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 18 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.82%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.65%) Shopify
4 3 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 226 (36.87%) AWS
2 221 (36.05%) Azure
3 114 (18.60%) GCP
4 70 (11.42%) GitHub
5 51 (8.32%) Power Platform
6 37 (6.04%) Serverless
7 34 (5.55%) Azure DevOps
7 34 (5.55%) PowerApps
8 32 (5.22%) Power Automate
9 29 (4.73%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (4.08%) SaaS
12 23 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 23 (3.75%) Figma
13 22 (3.59%) GitHub Actions
14 19 (3.10%) Azure Functions
14 19 (3.10%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (2.77%) Entra ID
15 17 (2.77%) OpenShift
16 16 (2.61%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.08%) Broadband
2 22 (3.59%) Internet
3 5 (0.82%) HTTP
4 4 (0.65%) Intranet
5 3 (0.49%) VPN
6 2 (0.33%) DNS
6 2 (0.33%) Multicast
6 2 (0.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.01%) Relational Database
2 41 (6.69%) NoSQL
3 36 (5.87%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (5.38%) MongoDB
5 29 (4.73%) Power BI
6 25 (4.08%) MySQL
6 25 (4.08%) RDBMS
7 24 (3.92%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.79%) BigQuery
8 11 (1.79%) Tableau
9 8 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.98%) Pinecone
12 4 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.49%) Big Data
13 3 (0.49%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.49%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
14 2 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.33%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 90 (14.68%) Git
2 43 (7.01%) Jenkins
3 23 (3.75%) Cypress.io
4 20 (3.26%) JIRA
5 16 (2.61%) GitLab
5 16 (2.61%) TeamCity
6 15 (2.45%) Jaeger
6 15 (2.45%) Selenium
7 12 (1.96%) Balsamiq
7 12 (1.96%) Postman
7 12 (1.96%) Vite
8 10 (1.63%) Axure RP
9 8 (1.31%) CircleCI
10 7 (1.14%) webpack
11 5 (0.82%) Maven
12 4 (0.65%) Claude Code
12 4 (0.65%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.49%) Appium
13 3 (0.49%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.49%) Mockito
General
1 169 (27.57%) Social Skills
2 151 (24.63%) Finance
3 67 (10.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 63 (10.28%) Front Office
5 48 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (7.67%) Public Sector
7 43 (7.01%) Law
8 34 (5.55%) Retail
9 33 (5.38%) Banking
10 26 (4.24%) Legal
11 21 (3.43%) Marketing
12 19 (3.10%) Multimedia
13 15 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (2.12%) Legal Technology
14 13 (2.12%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.96%) Advertising
15 12 (1.96%) Billing
15 12 (1.96%) Health Technology
16 7 (1.14%) Investment Banking
17 4 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 297 (48.45%) Developer
2 141 (23.00%) Senior
3 102 (16.64%) Software Engineer
4 95 (15.50%) Lead
5 82 (13.38%) Senior Developer
6 59 (9.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 54 (8.81%) Full-Stack Developer
7 54 (8.81%) React Developer
8 53 (8.65%) Lead Developer
9 47 (7.67%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 41 (6.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 35 (5.71%) Lead Software Developer
12 33 (5.38%) Lead Software Engineer
13 29 (4.73%) Architect
14 27 (4.40%) Java Developer
15 24 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
16 20 (3.26%) Cloud Engineer
17 19 (3.10%) Trainee
18 18 (2.94%) Consultant
18 18 (2.94%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (42.09%) React
2 157 (25.61%) HTML
3 156 (25.45%) CSS
4 147 (23.98%) Node.js
5 119 (19.41%) .NET
6 78 (12.72%) REST
7 58 (9.46%) Redux
8 50 (8.16%) Kafka
9 49 (7.99%) AngularJS
10 40 (6.53%) GraphQL
10 40 (6.53%) Vue
11 36 (5.87%) RESTful
11 36 (5.87%) Spring
12 32 (5.22%) ASP.NET
13 31 (5.06%) .NET Framework
13 31 (5.06%) Spring Boot
14 28 (4.57%) CSS3
14 28 (4.57%) HTML5
14 28 (4.57%) Playwright
15 25 (4.08%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.79%) Fixed Income
2 57 (9.30%) Cloud Native
3 31 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 24 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (3.26%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.77%) Derivative
7 16 (2.61%) Equities
7 16 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
8 14 (2.28%) Mobile App
9 13 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (2.12%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.47%) Blog
11 9 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (1.31%) Virtual Team
13 7 (1.14%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
14 6 (0.98%) Low-Code
14 6 (0.98%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 36 (5.87%) Linux
2 18 (2.94%) Unix
3 13 (2.12%) Windows
4 5 (0.82%) Android
4 5 (0.82%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.49%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.33%) CentOS
6 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.33%) Rocky
7 1 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (45.02%) Agile
2 184 (30.02%) Full-Stack Development
3 167 (27.24%) CI/CD
4 153 (24.96%) Mentoring
5 151 (24.63%) Software Engineering
6 147 (23.98%) DevOps
6 147 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
7 106 (17.29%) AI
8 95 (15.50%) Microservices
9 94 (15.33%) Containerisation
9 94 (15.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 73 (11.91%) Test Automation
10 73 (11.91%) User Experience
11 64 (10.44%) Front End Development
12 62 (10.11%) Infrastructure as Code
13 61 (9.95%) Computer Science
14 55 (8.97%) Technical Leadership
15 54 (8.81%) Investment Management
16 51 (8.32%) Portfolio Management
17 47 (7.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 238 (38.83%) TypeScript
2 224 (36.54%) Python
3 151 (24.63%) Java
4 122 (19.90%) C#
5 114 (18.60%) SQL
6 52 (8.48%) Go
7 34 (5.55%) PowerShell
8 33 (5.38%) PHP
9 24 (3.92%) Bash
10 18 (2.94%) R
11 17 (2.77%) C++
12 14 (2.28%) Bicep
13 11 (1.79%) Apex Code
13 11 (1.79%) Kotlin
14 8 (1.31%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.82%) Google Apps Script
16 4 (0.65%) Ruby
17 3 (0.49%) Swift
17 3 (0.49%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.33%) DataWeave
Qualifications
1 96 (15.66%) Degree
2 81 (13.21%) Security Cleared
3 65 (10.60%) SC Cleared
4 47 (7.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (6.53%) AWS Certification
6 34 (5.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (3.59%) Azure Certification
8 19 (3.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 12 (1.96%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.31%) ISTQB
11 7 (1.14%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.33%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.16%) Accessibility
2 30 (4.89%) QA
3 24 (3.92%) WCAG
4 9 (1.47%) GDPR
4 9 (1.47%) SLA
5 7 (1.14%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.14%) PERC
6 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.49%) HL7
7 3 (0.49%) NIST
System Software
1 92 (15.01%) Docker
2 8 (1.31%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.65%) KVM
5 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 103 (16.80%) Kubernetes
2 67 (10.93%) Terraform
3 24 (3.92%) Prometheus
4 21 (3.43%) Ansible
5 20 (3.26%) Grafana
6 15 (2.45%) Argo
6 15 (2.45%) Kustomize
7 7 (1.14%) Podman
8 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.65%) Kibana
10 2 (0.33%) Nagios
10 2 (0.33%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.16%) logstash
Vendors
1 128 (20.88%) Microsoft
2 61 (9.95%) Google
3 19 (3.10%) Salesforce
4 13 (2.12%) Adobe
4 13 (2.12%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.96%) Oracle
6 11 (1.79%) OpenAI
7 10 (1.63%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.14%) Databricks
8 7 (1.14%) Palo Alto
9 6 (0.98%) VMware
10 5 (0.82%) Intapp
10 5 (0.82%) Splunk
11 4 (0.65%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (0.65%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.65%) SAP
11 4 (0.65%) Workday
12 3 (0.49%) Fortinet
12 3 (0.49%) Foundry