Senior JavaScript Developer Job Trends in Manchester

Senior JavaScript Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Senior JavaScript Developer salary in Manchester is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 179 173
Rank change year-on-year +28 -6 +93
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior JavaScript Developer 2 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.084% 0.049% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.052% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £68,000 £68,000 £61,200
25th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £61,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £77,000 £75,500
North West median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,152 3,840 2,625
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 94.49% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 2,202 2,114
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £34,554
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Senior JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Senior JavaScript Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Senior JavaScript Developer in Manchester

Senior JavaScript Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior JavaScript Developer job vacancies in Manchester

Senior JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Senior 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 Manchester region featuring Senior JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Health Technology
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) hapi
2 1 (50.00%) Vue
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (50.00%) Redux
2 1 (50.00%) Next.js
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) NestJS
2 1 (50.00%) CSS3
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (50.00%) Express.js
2 1 (50.00%) Bootstrap
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App

Senior JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (50.00%) Bootstrap
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) CSS3
2 1 (50.00%) Express.js
2 1 (50.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (50.00%) hapi
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5 Boilerplate
2 1 (50.00%) NestJS
2 1 (50.00%) Next.js
2 1 (50.00%) Redux
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker