JavaScript Engineer Jobs

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 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 792 761 789
Rank change year-on-year -31 +28 -167
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Engineer 50 126 524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.16% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.17% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 46 121 233
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £73,063 £100,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% +10.58%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

JavaScript Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript Engineer in the UK

JavaScript Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JavaScript Engineer.

Salary trend for JavaScript Engineer in the UK

JavaScript Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Engineer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for JavaScript Engineer in the UK

JavaScript Engineer
Top 13 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 26 July 2024. 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 -38 43 £65,000 -7.14% 7
UK excluding London -32 27 £52,500 -19.23% 7
Work from Home -5 25 £65,000 -7.14% 6
London +14 20 £65,000 -18.75% 3
North of England +9 6 £51,250 +5.67% 1
South East +2 6 £52,500 -19.23% 1
South West -1 6 £70,000 +9.80% 1
Yorkshire +60 4 £50,000 -32.20%
East of England -5 4 £52,500 +31.25% 2
Scotland -42 4 £69,000 -1.43% 1
North West -10 2 £52,500 +8.25% 1
Midlands -21 1 £50,000 -2.44%
East Midlands -28 1 £50,000 -2.44%

JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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.

1 50 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 39 (78.00%) Software Engineering
3 27 (54.00%) React
4 20 (40.00%) Node.js
4 20 (40.00%) TypeScript
5 18 (36.00%) Full Stack Development
6 15 (30.00%) Python
6 15 (30.00%) Agile
7 13 (26.00%) SQL
8 11 (22.00%) AWS
8 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
8 11 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (18.00%) .NET
9 9 (18.00%) C#
9 9 (18.00%) SaaS
10 8 (16.00%) Docker
10 8 (16.00%) SDLC
10 8 (16.00%) React Native
10 8 (16.00%) Fintech
10 8 (16.00%) Artificial Intelligence
11 7 (14.00%) Microservices
11 7 (14.00%) DevOps
11 7 (14.00%) Azure
12 6 (12.00%) Mentoring
12 6 (12.00%) C++
12 6 (12.00%) PHP
12 6 (12.00%) Clean Code
13 5 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
13 5 (10.00%) C
13 5 (10.00%) Java

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.00%) CMS
1 1 (2.00%) Confluence
1 1 (2.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.00%) AWS
2 9 (18.00%) SaaS
3 7 (14.00%) Azure
4 5 (10.00%) GCP
5 2 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.00%) ChatGPT
6 1 (2.00%) Contentful
6 1 (2.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.00%) MySQL
2 2 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.00%) Git
1 1 (2.00%) gulp
1 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Finance
4 1 (2.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (2.00%) Law
4 1 (2.00%) Marketing
4 1 (2.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (54.00%) React
2 20 (40.00%) Node.js
3 9 (18.00%) .NET
4 8 (16.00%) React Native
5 5 (10.00%) .NET Core
6 4 (8.00%) CSS
6 4 (8.00%) HTML
6 4 (8.00%) Next.js
6 4 (8.00%) Redux
6 4 (8.00%) RESTful
6 4 (8.00%) Vue
7 2 (4.00%) .NET Framework
7 2 (4.00%) AngularJS
7 2 (4.00%) Django
8 1 (2.00%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (2.00%) Babylonjs
8 1 (2.00%) GraphQL
8 1 (2.00%) jQuery
8 1 (2.00%) Laravel
8 1 (2.00%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
1 5 (10.00%) IoT
2 2 (4.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (4.00%) Client/Server
2 2 (4.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.00%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (78.00%) Software Engineering
2 18 (36.00%) Full Stack Development
3 15 (30.00%) Agile
4 11 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (16.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (16.00%) Fintech
5 8 (16.00%) SDLC
6 7 (14.00%) DevOps
6 7 (14.00%) Microservices
7 6 (12.00%) Clean Code
7 6 (12.00%) Mentoring
8 5 (10.00%) API Development
8 5 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (10.00%) Computer Science
8 5 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (8.00%) Machine Learning
10 3 (6.00%) Front End Development
10 3 (6.00%) Logistics
10 3 (6.00%) Scrum
10 3 (6.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 50 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 20 (40.00%) TypeScript
3 15 (30.00%) Python
4 13 (26.00%) SQL
5 9 (18.00%) C#
6 6 (12.00%) C++
6 6 (12.00%) PHP
7 5 (10.00%) C
7 5 (10.00%) Go
7 5 (10.00%) Java
8 1 (2.00%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (6.00%) Degree
1 3 (6.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (4.00%) Postgraduate
3 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (16.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (10.00%) Google
1 5 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.00%) Dynatrace
3 1 (2.00%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.00%) Optimizely