JavaScript Engineer Job Trends

JavaScript Engineer
UK

The median JavaScript Engineer salary in the UK is £63,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 January 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 670 636
Rank change year-on-year +38 -34 +103
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Engineer 15 34 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.063% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.067% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14 20 60
10th Percentile £43,750 £38,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £48,125 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% -6.40% -0.79%
75th Percentile £81,875 £77,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £95,500 £83,250 £135,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £67,500 £52,993
% change year-on-year -29.63% +27.38% -15.21%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 53,793 50,378 50,490
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 92.94% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 33,153 26,319 38,828
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,430
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

JavaScript Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

JavaScript Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

JavaScript Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Engineer job vacancies in the UK

JavaScript Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Engineer over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript Engineer in the UK

JavaScript Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 January 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
England +51 15 £63,750 -1.92% 57
London +52 9 £65,000 +18.18% 9
Work from Home +56 7 £62,500 -9.09% 11
UK excluding London +19 6 £47,500 -29.63% 52
East of England +31 4 £47,500 - 11
West Midlands +24 1 £85,000 - 4
South East +21 1 - - 13
Midlands +18 1 £85,000 - 10

JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, JavaScript Engineer 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 featuring JavaScript Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 12 (80.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 9 (60.00%) AI
4 7 (46.67%) Software Engineering
5 5 (33.33%) Cypress.io
5 5 (33.33%) Node.js
5 5 (33.33%) SQL
5 5 (33.33%) Vue
6 4 (26.67%) AngularJS
6 4 (26.67%) Black-Box Testing
6 4 (26.67%) Fintech
6 4 (26.67%) Python
6 4 (26.67%) QA
6 4 (26.67%) QA Automation
6 4 (26.67%) React
6 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
6 4 (26.67%) Test Planning
6 4 (26.67%) Test Strategy
6 4 (26.67%) White-Box Testing
7 3 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
7 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 3 (20.00%) Degree
7 3 (20.00%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (20.00%) Front End Development
7 3 (20.00%) Java
7 3 (20.00%) Machine Learning
7 3 (20.00%) Mathematics
7 3 (20.00%) Physics
7 3 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (6.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (20.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Cypress.io
2 1 (6.67%) Cucumber
2 1 (6.67%) Jasmine
General
1 4 (26.67%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Games
3 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (33.33%) Node.js
1 5 (33.33%) Vue
2 4 (26.67%) AngularJS
2 4 (26.67%) React
3 1 (6.67%) .NET
3 1 (6.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (6.67%) Jest
3 1 (6.67%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (6.67%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (60.00%) AI
3 7 (46.67%) Software Engineering
4 4 (26.67%) Black-Box Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Fintech
4 4 (26.67%) QA Automation
4 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
4 4 (26.67%) Test Planning
4 4 (26.67%) Test Strategy
4 4 (26.67%) White-Box Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (20.00%) Front End Development
5 3 (20.00%) Machine Learning
5 3 (20.00%) Mathematics
5 3 (20.00%) Physics
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) SDLC
5 3 (20.00%) User Experience
5 3 (20.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (26.67%) Python
4 3 (20.00%) Java
4 3 (20.00%) TypeScript
5 1 (6.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Foundry
1 1 (6.67%) Palantir