Senior JavaScript Developer Job Trends in London

Senior JavaScript Developer
England > London

The median Senior JavaScript Developer salary in London is £48,676 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 October 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 - 447
Rank change year-on-year - - -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior JavaScript Developer 5 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.019% - 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% - 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,526 - £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,676 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.74%
75th Percentile £86,000 - £95,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £82,500 £75,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% -

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 23,991 10,620 17,450
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 90.99% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15,970 6,919 10,739
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -2.03% -1.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £119,071
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% -1.79% -6.67%

Senior JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior JavaScript Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior JavaScript Developer job vacancy trend in London

Senior JavaScript Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior JavaScript Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior JavaScript Developer job vacancies in London

Senior JavaScript Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior JavaScript Developer in London over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior JavaScript Developer in London

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

For the 6 months to 12 October 2026, Senior 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 Senior JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) CSS3
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) HTML5
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Ajax
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) CMS
2 3 (60.00%) Content Management
2 3 (60.00%) Drupal
2 3 (60.00%) JSON
2 3 (60.00%) Laravel
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) MySQL
2 3 (60.00%) PHP
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) WCAG
2 3 (60.00%) Web Development
2 3 (60.00%) WordPress
3 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
3 2 (40.00%) Bootstrap
3 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (40.00%) Express.js
3 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (40.00%) GitHub
3 2 (40.00%) GitHub Copilot

Senior 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 3 (60.00%) CMS
1 3 (60.00%) Drupal
1 3 (60.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) GitHub
2 2 (40.00%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MySQL
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) CSS3
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
1 5 (100.00%) HTML5
2 3 (60.00%) Ajax
2 3 (60.00%) JSON
2 3 (60.00%) Laravel
3 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
3 2 (40.00%) Bootstrap
3 2 (40.00%) Express.js
3 2 (40.00%) hapi
3 2 (40.00%) HTML5 Boilerplate
3 2 (40.00%) NestJS
3 2 (40.00%) Node.js
3 2 (40.00%) React
3 2 (40.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Content Management
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (60.00%) Web Development
3 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (40.00%) TDD
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (60.00%) PHP
3 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (60.00%) WCAG