JavaScript Developer
UK

The median JavaScript Developer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 666 560 453
Rank change year-on-year -106 -107 -245
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 218 471 1,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.47% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.51% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 191 421 908
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,875 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £93,750 £79,063
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript Developer in the UK

JavaScript Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for JavaScript Developer in the UK

JavaScript Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Developer over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for JavaScript Developer in the UK

JavaScript Developer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 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 -107 187 £60,000 -14.29% 64
UK excluding London +20 159 £55,000 -5.98% 34
Work from Home -50 107 £60,000 -14.29% 50
London -102 70 £65,000 -12.16% 30
South East +16 57 £55,000 -5.98% 6
Midlands +19 32 £50,000 -9.91% 13
North of England +41 26 £66,000 +17.33% 12
West Midlands +33 25 £65,000 +11.11% 4
Scotland -42 22 £60,000 -14.29%
North West +2 20 £66,000 +23.65% 8
East of England +27 14 £70,750 -11.56% 2
South West -21 8 £45,000 -18.18%
East Midlands -2 7 £47,500 -5.00% 9
Yorkshire +81 6 £65,000 +8.33% 2

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, 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 featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 218 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 102 (46.79%) React
3 95 (43.58%) Full Stack Development
4 94 (43.12%) TypeScript
5 87 (39.91%) CSS
6 77 (35.32%) Node.js
7 76 (34.86%) HTML
8 67 (30.73%) Agile
8 67 (30.73%) Azure
9 64 (29.36%) C#
10 61 (27.98%) .NET
11 56 (25.69%) AWS
12 52 (23.85%) SQL Server
13 45 (20.64%) AngularJS
13 45 (20.64%) Social Skills
14 43 (19.72%) Web Development
15 42 (19.27%) Vue
16 39 (17.89%) DevOps
17 37 (16.97%) SQL
17 37 (16.97%) MVC
18 36 (16.51%) Front End Development
19 35 (16.06%) User Experience
20 31 (14.22%) .NET Framework
21 30 (13.76%) ASP.NET
22 29 (13.30%) Microsoft
23 28 (12.84%) Azure DevOps
24 27 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
25 25 (11.47%) UX Design
26 24 (11.01%) Finance
26 24 (11.01%) CI/CD

JavaScript Developer 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 9 (4.13%) CMS
2 8 (3.67%) WordPress
3 6 (2.75%) Headless CMS
4 4 (1.83%) Apache
4 4 (1.83%) Drupal
4 4 (1.83%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.92%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.46%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.46%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.46%) JBoss
6 1 (0.46%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.46%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 67 (30.73%) Azure
2 56 (25.69%) AWS
3 28 (12.84%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (9.17%) GitHub
5 14 (6.42%) SaaS
6 8 (3.67%) Serverless
7 5 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.83%) TestFlight
9 3 (1.38%) AWS IoT
10 2 (0.92%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.92%) Cloud Functions
10 2 (0.92%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.92%) Firebase
10 2 (0.92%) GCP
11 1 (0.46%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.46%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.46%) Azure App Service
11 1 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.96%) HTTP
2 4 (1.83%) MQTT
3 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (23.85%) SQL Server
2 20 (9.17%) MongoDB
3 12 (5.50%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.29%) MySQL
4 5 (2.29%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.38%) GIS
6 2 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.46%) ArangoDB
7 1 (0.46%) DB2
7 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (10.09%) Git
2 14 (6.42%) webpack
3 12 (5.50%) gulp
4 10 (4.59%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.75%) Visual Studio
6 5 (2.29%) Bugzilla
6 5 (2.29%) Cypress.io
6 5 (2.29%) JIRA
6 5 (2.29%) Zephyr
7 4 (1.83%) Grunt
7 4 (1.83%) Maven
8 2 (0.92%) Mocha
8 2 (0.92%) Moq
8 2 (0.92%) MSTest
8 2 (0.92%) Postman
8 2 (0.92%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.46%) GitLab
General
1 45 (20.64%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.01%) Finance
3 18 (8.26%) Marketing
4 11 (5.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (5.05%) Retail
5 10 (4.59%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.13%) Legal
7 8 (3.67%) Banking
7 8 (3.67%) Multimedia
8 7 (3.21%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.21%) Tech for Good
9 6 (2.75%) Games
10 5 (2.29%) Law
11 4 (1.83%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.83%) Electronics
11 4 (1.83%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.92%) Automotive
13 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.46%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (46.79%) React
2 87 (39.91%) CSS
3 77 (35.32%) Node.js
4 76 (34.86%) HTML
5 61 (27.98%) .NET
6 45 (20.64%) AngularJS
7 42 (19.27%) Vue
8 31 (14.22%) .NET Framework
9 30 (13.76%) ASP.NET
10 23 (10.55%) ASP.NET Web API
11 19 (8.72%) Entity Framework
12 16 (7.34%) WebGL
13 14 (6.42%) Laravel
14 13 (5.96%) ASP.NET MVC
14 13 (5.96%) Web Services
15 12 (5.50%) HTML5
15 12 (5.50%) RESTful
16 11 (5.05%) REST
16 11 (5.05%) Sass
16 11 (5.05%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.26%) Client/Server
2 15 (6.88%) Data Structures
3 11 (5.05%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (5.05%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.59%) Algorithms
5 9 (4.13%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.67%) Augmented Reality
6 8 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.67%) Virtual Reality
7 7 (3.21%) IoT
7 7 (3.21%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.83%) Arduino
9 4 (1.83%) Mobile Banking
9 4 (1.83%) Online Gambling
9 4 (1.83%) Raspberry Pi
10 3 (1.38%) 3D Graphics
10 3 (1.38%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.46%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.13%) Windows
2 6 (2.75%) Apple iOS
2 6 (2.75%) Linux
3 4 (1.83%) Android
4 3 (1.38%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (43.58%) Full Stack Development
2 67 (30.73%) Agile
3 43 (19.72%) Web Development
4 39 (17.89%) DevOps
5 37 (16.97%) MVC
6 36 (16.51%) Front End Development
7 35 (16.06%) User Experience
8 27 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (11.47%) UX Design
10 24 (11.01%) CI/CD
11 22 (10.09%) TDD
12 19 (8.72%) Artificial Intelligence
12 19 (8.72%) Microservices
12 19 (8.72%) Scrum
13 16 (7.34%) E-Commerce
13 16 (7.34%) Kanban
13 16 (7.34%) Machine Learning
14 15 (6.88%) ITIL
14 15 (6.88%) Service Delivery
14 15 (6.88%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 218 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 94 (43.12%) TypeScript
3 64 (29.36%) C#
4 37 (16.97%) SQL
5 23 (10.55%) Python
6 22 (10.09%) Java
7 20 (9.17%) PHP
8 6 (2.75%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.83%) Objective-C
9 4 (1.83%) Swift
9 4 (1.83%) VBScript
10 2 (0.92%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.46%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (9.17%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.72%) CTC Cleared
3 14 (6.42%) Degree
4 12 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.46%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.96%) QA
System Software
1 14 (6.42%) Docker
2 4 (1.83%) Firmware
3 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.29%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (1.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) Ansible
Vendors
1 29 (13.30%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.96%) Oracle
3 9 (4.13%) OpenAI
4 5 (2.29%) HP
5 4 (1.83%) NVIDIA
5 4 (1.83%) SAP
5 4 (1.83%) Sitecore
6 2 (0.92%) Google
7 1 (0.46%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.46%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.46%) YouTube