JavaScript Developer Jobs

JavaScript Developer
UK

The median JavaScript Developer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 669 552 499
Rank change year-on-year -117 -53 -266
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 237 413 1,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.45% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.49% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 195 383 816
10th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £54,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +9.80% +15.91%
75th Percentile £73,250 £95,000 £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

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 104,121 84,323 165,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.19% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73,469 54,972 85,174
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,603 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%

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 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for JavaScript Developer in the UK

JavaScript Developer
Top 16 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 12 June 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 -104 206 £55,000 -21.43% 42
UK excluding London -2 169 £55,000 -5.98% 28
Work from Home -79 113 £60,000 -14.29% 26
London -94 68 £72,500 -2.03% 13
South East -22 52 £55,000 -5.98% 5
Midlands -8 40 £47,500 -18.80% 10
North of England +21 37 £62,500 +13.64% 11
North West -11 30 £55,000 +22.22% 6
West Midlands +8 26 £55,000 -10.93% 7
Scotland -65 17 £60,000 -14.29%
East of England +1 14 £70,750 -25.53% 1
East Midlands -18 14 £47,500 -5.00% 3
South West -44 8 £45,000 -16.28% 1
Yorkshire +66 6 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Wales +10 1 - -
North East -19 1 £45,000 -18.18% 2

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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.

1 237 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 103 (43.46%) React
3 102 (43.04%) Full Stack Development
4 96 (40.51%) TypeScript
5 87 (36.71%) HTML
6 86 (36.29%) CSS
6 86 (36.29%) Node.js
7 71 (29.96%) Agile
8 66 (27.85%) Azure
9 63 (26.58%) C#
10 61 (25.74%) .NET
11 59 (24.89%) AWS
12 52 (21.94%) Vue
13 51 (21.52%) SQL Server
14 48 (20.25%) Social Skills
15 47 (19.83%) Web Development
16 45 (18.99%) AngularJS
17 43 (18.14%) Front End Development
18 39 (16.46%) DevOps
18 39 (16.46%) SQL
19 35 (14.77%) MVC
19 35 (14.77%) User Experience
19 35 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
20 29 (12.24%) CI/CD
21 28 (11.81%) ASP.NET
21 28 (11.81%) Python
21 28 (11.81%) .NET Framework
22 24 (10.13%) PHP
22 24 (10.13%) Microsoft
23 23 (9.70%) TDD

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 11 (4.64%) CMS
2 7 (2.95%) WordPress
3 6 (2.53%) Headless CMS
4 4 (1.69%) Apache
4 4 (1.69%) Drupal
4 4 (1.69%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.84%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.42%) Ethereum
6 1 (0.42%) Hyperledger
6 1 (0.42%) JBoss
6 1 (0.42%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.42%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 66 (27.85%) Azure
2 59 (24.89%) AWS
3 22 (9.28%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (7.59%) GitHub
5 17 (7.17%) SaaS
6 7 (2.95%) Serverless
7 6 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.27%) AWS IoT
9 3 (1.27%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (0.84%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.84%) Cloud Functions
10 2 (0.84%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.84%) Firebase
10 2 (0.84%) GCP
11 1 (0.42%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.42%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.42%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.49%) HTTP
2 4 (1.69%) MQTT
3 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (21.52%) SQL Server
2 21 (8.86%) MongoDB
3 12 (5.06%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (3.38%) MySQL
5 5 (2.11%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.27%) GIS
7 3 (1.27%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.42%) DB2
9 1 (0.42%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 23 (9.70%) Git
2 13 (5.49%) webpack
3 11 (4.64%) gulp
4 9 (3.80%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.11%) Bugzilla
5 5 (2.11%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.11%) JIRA
5 5 (2.11%) Zephyr
6 4 (1.69%) Maven
7 3 (1.27%) Grunt
7 3 (1.27%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.84%) Mocha
8 2 (0.84%) Moq
8 2 (0.84%) MSTest
8 2 (0.84%) Postman
8 2 (0.84%) SpecFlow
General
1 48 (20.25%) Social Skills
2 22 (9.28%) Marketing
3 20 (8.44%) Finance
4 14 (5.91%) Games
5 11 (4.64%) Legal
6 10 (4.22%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.22%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.22%) Retail
7 7 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.95%) Tech for Good
8 6 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.53%) Multimedia
9 5 (2.11%) Banking
9 5 (2.11%) Law
10 4 (1.69%) Electronics
10 4 (1.69%) Investment Banking
10 4 (1.69%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.27%) French Language
12 2 (0.84%) Automotive
12 2 (0.84%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (43.46%) React
2 87 (36.71%) HTML
3 86 (36.29%) CSS
3 86 (36.29%) Node.js
4 61 (25.74%) .NET
5 52 (21.94%) Vue
6 45 (18.99%) AngularJS
7 28 (11.81%) .NET Framework
7 28 (11.81%) ASP.NET
8 23 (9.70%) ASP.NET Web API
9 20 (8.44%) HTML5
10 19 (8.02%) Entity Framework
11 18 (7.59%) Laravel
12 17 (7.17%) RESTful
12 17 (7.17%) Web Services
13 16 (6.75%) WebGL
14 14 (5.91%) ASP.NET MVC
14 14 (5.91%) Pixi.js
15 12 (5.06%) GraphQL
16 11 (4.64%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.02%) Client/Server
2 15 (6.33%) Data Structures
3 14 (5.91%) Product Ownership
4 13 (5.49%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (4.64%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.38%) Algorithms
6 8 (3.38%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.95%) IoT
8 6 (2.53%) Augmented Reality
8 6 (2.53%) Virtual Reality
9 5 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.69%) Arduino
10 4 (1.69%) Raspberry Pi
11 3 (1.27%) 3D Graphics
11 3 (1.27%) Hedge funds
11 3 (1.27%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.27%) Online Gambling
11 3 (1.27%) Video\Live Streaming
12 2 (0.84%) Online Games
12 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.53%) Linux
1 6 (2.53%) Windows
2 5 (2.11%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.27%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.84%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (43.04%) Full Stack Development
2 71 (29.96%) Agile
3 47 (19.83%) Web Development
4 43 (18.14%) Front End Development
5 39 (16.46%) DevOps
6 35 (14.77%) MVC
6 35 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (14.77%) User Experience
7 29 (12.24%) CI/CD
8 23 (9.70%) TDD
9 22 (9.28%) Artificial Intelligence
10 20 (8.44%) Software Testing
11 19 (8.02%) Machine Learning
11 19 (8.02%) UX Design
12 18 (7.59%) Mentoring
12 18 (7.59%) Microservices
12 18 (7.59%) Scrum
12 18 (7.59%) Software Engineering
13 17 (7.17%) E-Commerce
14 16 (6.75%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 237 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 96 (40.51%) TypeScript
3 63 (26.58%) C#
4 39 (16.46%) SQL
5 28 (11.81%) Python
6 24 (10.13%) PHP
7 20 (8.44%) Java
8 4 (1.69%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.27%) Go
10 2 (0.84%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.42%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.42%) Rust
11 1 (0.42%) Swift
11 1 (0.42%) VBA
11 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (6.75%) Security Cleared
2 14 (5.91%) Degree
3 13 (5.49%) CTC Cleared
4 12 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.27%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.75%) QA
2 3 (1.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (6.33%) Docker
2 4 (1.69%) Firmware
3 2 (0.84%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (2.11%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (10.13%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.64%) OpenAI
3 10 (4.22%) Oracle
4 5 (2.11%) HP
5 4 (1.69%) NVIDIA
5 4 (1.69%) SAP
5 4 (1.69%) Sitecore
6 2 (0.84%) Google
7 1 (0.42%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.42%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.42%) YouTube