Senior JavaScript Developer Jobs

Senior JavaScript Developer
UK

The median Senior JavaScript Developer salary in the UK is £71,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 674 839 862
Rank change year-on-year +165 +23 +72
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior JavaScript Developer 18 57 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.058% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.061% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17 50 100
10th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £61,125
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,938 £67,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% -9.38% +23.08%
75th Percentile £82,500 £94,375 £100,000
90th Percentile £111,600 £95,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% +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 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
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%

Senior JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior JavaScript Developer in the UK

Senior JavaScript Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior JavaScript Developer in the UK

Senior JavaScript Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior JavaScript Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior JavaScript Developer in the UK

Senior JavaScript Developer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior JavaScript Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +137 17 £73,000 +0.69% 14
UK excluding London +188 9 £70,000 - 9
Work from Home +179 8 £73,000 +2.10% 13
London +91 8 £92,500 +2.78% 6
South East +100 6 £70,500 +17.50% 1
East of England +50 3 £67,500 -5.59% 3

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 featuring Senior JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 14 (77.78%) React
3 10 (55.56%) Node.js
4 8 (44.44%) CI/CD
5 7 (38.89%) Clean Code
5 7 (38.89%) GitHub
5 7 (38.89%) TypeScript
6 6 (33.33%) Mobile App
6 6 (33.33%) AWS
6 6 (33.33%) Agile
6 6 (33.33%) Python
6 6 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (33.33%) GraphQL
7 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
7 5 (27.78%) User Experience
8 4 (22.22%) Microservices
8 4 (22.22%) Docker
8 4 (22.22%) Cypress.io
8 4 (22.22%) Azure
8 4 (22.22%) Web Development
8 4 (22.22%) UX Design
8 4 (22.22%) .NET
8 4 (22.22%) Front End Development
8 4 (22.22%) Vue
9 3 (16.67%) SOLID
9 3 (16.67%) API Integration
9 3 (16.67%) React Native
9 3 (16.67%) Cloud Native
9 3 (16.67%) C#
9 3 (16.67%) Front Office

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) GitHub
2 6 (33.33%) AWS
3 4 (22.22%) Azure
4 3 (16.67%) SaaS
5 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Cypress.io
2 3 (16.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 3 (16.67%) Selenium
3 2 (11.11%) Git
4 1 (5.56%) gulp
4 1 (5.56%) Mocha
4 1 (5.56%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (5.56%) webpack
General
1 3 (16.67%) Banking
1 3 (16.67%) Finance
1 3 (16.67%) Front Office
1 3 (16.67%) Investment Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Retail
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Games
3 1 (5.56%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (77.78%) React
2 10 (55.56%) Node.js
3 6 (33.33%) GraphQL
4 4 (22.22%) .NET
4 4 (22.22%) Vue
5 3 (16.67%) React Native
6 2 (11.11%) AngularJS
6 2 (11.11%) CSS
6 2 (11.11%) HTML
6 2 (11.11%) REST
7 1 (5.56%) Express.js
7 1 (5.56%) HTML5
7 1 (5.56%) Jest
7 1 (5.56%) MEAN Stack
7 1 (5.56%) Nuxt
7 1 (5.56%) RESTful
7 1 (5.56%) Sass
7 1 (5.56%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (5.56%) Vuetify.js
7 1 (5.56%) Vuex
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 3 (16.67%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.11%) Client/Server
3 2 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (11.11%) Virtual Team
4 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) CI/CD
2 7 (38.89%) Clean Code
3 6 (33.33%) Agile
3 6 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (27.78%) Software Engineering
4 5 (27.78%) User Experience
5 4 (22.22%) Front End Development
5 4 (22.22%) Microservices
5 4 (22.22%) UX Design
5 4 (22.22%) Web Development
6 3 (16.67%) API Integration
6 3 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
6 3 (16.67%) Investment Management
6 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 3 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
6 3 (16.67%) SOLID
6 3 (16.67%) Web Application Development
6 3 (16.67%) Workflow
7 2 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (38.89%) TypeScript
3 6 (33.33%) Python
4 3 (16.67%) C#
5 2 (11.11%) PHP
6 1 (5.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) RSA Archer