JavaScript Engineer
UK
The median JavaScript Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 671 | 849 | 795 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +178 | -54 | -62 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Engineer | 20 | 53 | 189 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.038% | 0.054% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.043% | 0.057% | 0.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 44 | 155 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,250 | £41,125 | £47,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £45,000 | £57,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £67,750 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.06% | -3.21% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £82,500 | £90,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £79,500 | £84,250 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,500 | £69,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.17% | +6.15% | +13.04% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 | 46,967 | 93,227 | 95,240 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.30% | 94.63% | 91.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,330 | 66,890 | 59,886 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,900 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.70% | -11.83% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
JavaScript Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured JavaScript Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
JavaScript Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JavaScript Engineer.
JavaScript Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.
JavaScript Engineer
Top 9 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 2 May 2025. 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 |
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| England | +151 | 19 | £65,000 | -7.14% | 26 |
| UK excluding London | +189 | 16 | £67,500 | -2.17% | 15 |
| North of England | +100 | 8 | £75,000 | +3.45% | 5 |
| North West | - | 8 | £75,000 | - | 3 |
| Work from Home | +161 | 5 | £65,000 | - | 13 |
| South East | +113 | 4 | £57,500 | +27.78% | 7 |
| London | +104 | 4 | £43,750 | -45.31% | 13 |
| East of England | +51 | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| Scotland | +130 | 1 | £72,500 | +5.07% |
JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 May 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 featuring JavaScript Engineer in the job title.
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JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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