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 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 679 563 463
Rank change year-on-year -116 -100 -254
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 219 462 1,257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.46% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.51% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 192 414 896
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £37,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £73,688 £94,688 £80,000
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 93,908 91,208 153,609
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.47% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,161 57,434 84,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,950
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 15 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 15 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 -125 189 £60,000 -14.29% 67
UK excluding London -2 159 £55,000 -5.98% 36
Work from Home -67 107 £60,000 -14.29% 52
London -91 71 £65,000 -12.16% 32
South East +6 56 £55,000 -5.98% 8
Midlands +17 33 £48,750 -16.67% 12
North of England +33 27 £66,000 +17.33% 13
West Midlands +36 26 £65,000 +5.26% 4
North West +3 21 £66,000 +23.65% 11
Scotland -43 21 £60,000 -14.29%
East of England +14 14 £70,750 -11.56% 3
South West -29 8 £45,000 -18.18%
East Midlands -13 7 £47,500 -5.00% 8
Yorkshire +87 6 £65,000 +8.33% 1

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

For the 6 months to 15 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.

1 219 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 101 (46.12%) React
3 95 (43.38%) Full Stack Development
4 94 (42.92%) TypeScript
5 87 (39.73%) CSS
6 78 (35.62%) HTML
6 78 (35.62%) Node.js
7 68 (31.05%) Azure
8 66 (30.14%) Agile
9 64 (29.22%) C#
10 61 (27.85%) .NET
11 57 (26.03%) AWS
12 53 (24.20%) SQL Server
13 45 (20.55%) AngularJS
13 45 (20.55%) Social Skills
14 44 (20.09%) Web Development
15 42 (19.18%) Vue
16 40 (18.26%) DevOps
17 38 (17.35%) SQL
18 37 (16.89%) MVC
19 35 (15.98%) Front End Development
19 35 (15.98%) User Experience
20 31 (14.16%) .NET Framework
21 30 (13.70%) Microsoft
21 30 (13.70%) ASP.NET
22 28 (12.79%) Azure DevOps
22 28 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
23 24 (10.96%) CI/CD
23 24 (10.96%) Finance
24 23 (10.50%) Python

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 (4.11%) CMS
2 8 (3.65%) WordPress
3 6 (2.74%) Headless CMS
4 4 (1.83%) Apache
4 4 (1.83%) Drupal
4 4 (1.83%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.91%) 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 68 (31.05%) Azure
2 57 (26.03%) AWS
3 28 (12.79%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (9.13%) GitHub
5 15 (6.85%) SaaS
6 8 (3.65%) Serverless
7 5 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.28%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.83%) TestFlight
9 3 (1.37%) AWS IoT
10 2 (0.91%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.91%) Cloud Functions
10 2 (0.91%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.91%) Firebase
10 2 (0.91%) 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 (5.94%) HTTP
2 4 (1.83%) MQTT
3 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (24.20%) SQL Server
2 20 (9.13%) MongoDB
3 12 (5.48%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.74%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.28%) MySQL
5 5 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.37%) GIS
7 2 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.46%) ArangoDB
8 1 (0.46%) DB2
8 1 (0.46%) MS Access
8 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (10.05%) Git
2 14 (6.39%) webpack
3 12 (5.48%) gulp
4 10 (4.57%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.74%) Visual Studio
6 5 (2.28%) Bugzilla
6 5 (2.28%) Cypress.io
6 5 (2.28%) JIRA
6 5 (2.28%) Zephyr
7 4 (1.83%) Grunt
7 4 (1.83%) Maven
8 2 (0.91%) Mocha
8 2 (0.91%) Moq
8 2 (0.91%) MSTest
8 2 (0.91%) Postman
8 2 (0.91%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.46%) GitLab
General
1 45 (20.55%) Social Skills
2 24 (10.96%) Finance
3 18 (8.22%) Marketing
4 11 (5.02%) Retail
5 10 (4.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (4.57%) Manufacturing
6 9 (4.11%) Legal
7 8 (3.65%) Banking
7 8 (3.65%) Multimedia
8 7 (3.20%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.20%) Tech for Good
9 6 (2.74%) Games
10 5 (2.28%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (2.28%) Law
11 4 (1.83%) Electronics
11 4 (1.83%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.91%) Automotive
13 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.46%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (46.12%) React
2 87 (39.73%) CSS
3 78 (35.62%) HTML
3 78 (35.62%) Node.js
4 61 (27.85%) .NET
5 45 (20.55%) AngularJS
6 42 (19.18%) Vue
7 31 (14.16%) .NET Framework
8 30 (13.70%) ASP.NET
9 23 (10.50%) ASP.NET Web API
10 19 (8.68%) Entity Framework
11 16 (7.31%) WebGL
12 14 (6.39%) Laravel
13 13 (5.94%) ASP.NET MVC
13 13 (5.94%) RESTful
13 13 (5.94%) Web Services
14 12 (5.48%) HTML5
15 11 (5.02%) REST
15 11 (5.02%) Sass
15 11 (5.02%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.22%) Client/Server
2 15 (6.85%) Data Structures
3 12 (5.48%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.57%) Algorithms
4 10 (4.57%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (4.11%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.65%) Augmented Reality
6 8 (3.65%) Virtual Reality
7 7 (3.20%) IoT
7 7 (3.20%) Mobile App
7 7 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.28%) 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 (1.37%) 3D Graphics
10 3 (1.37%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.46%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.46%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.11%) Windows
2 7 (3.20%) Apple iOS
3 6 (2.74%) Linux
4 5 (2.28%) Android
5 3 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (43.38%) Full Stack Development
2 66 (30.14%) Agile
3 44 (20.09%) Web Development
4 40 (18.26%) DevOps
5 37 (16.89%) MVC
6 35 (15.98%) Front End Development
6 35 (15.98%) User Experience
7 28 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (10.96%) CI/CD
9 23 (10.50%) UX Design
10 22 (10.05%) TDD
11 19 (8.68%) Artificial Intelligence
11 19 (8.68%) Microservices
11 19 (8.68%) Scrum
12 16 (7.31%) E-Commerce
12 16 (7.31%) Kanban
12 16 (7.31%) Machine Learning
13 15 (6.85%) ITIL
13 15 (6.85%) Service Delivery
13 15 (6.85%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 219 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 94 (42.92%) TypeScript
3 64 (29.22%) C#
4 38 (17.35%) SQL
5 23 (10.50%) Python
6 22 (10.05%) Java
7 20 (9.13%) PHP
8 7 (3.20%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.83%) Objective-C
9 4 (1.83%) Swift
9 4 (1.83%) VBScript
10 2 (0.91%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.46%) Rust
11 1 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (9.13%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.68%) CTC Cleared
3 14 (6.39%) Degree
4 12 (5.48%) 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 14 (6.39%) QA
System Software
1 15 (6.85%) Docker
2 4 (1.83%) Firmware
3 2 (0.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.28%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (1.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) Ansible
Vendors
1 30 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.94%) Oracle
3 9 (4.11%) OpenAI
4 5 (2.28%) HP
5 4 (1.83%) NVIDIA
5 4 (1.83%) SAP
5 4 (1.83%) Sitecore
6 2 (0.91%) Google
7 1 (0.46%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.46%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.46%) YouTube