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 to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 779 736
Rank change year-on-year -70 -43 -181
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Engineer 58 169 587
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.18% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.20% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 48 146 296
10th Percentile £42,625 £47,250 £43,500
25th Percentile £47,813 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,938 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.15% +13.04% +15.00%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
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 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for JavaScript Engineer in the UK

JavaScript Engineer
Top 15 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 1 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 -77 45 £70,000 - 16
UK excluding London -46 37 £69,000 +6.15% 7
Work from Home -35 22 £65,000 -7.14% 11
London +25 15 £65,000 -17.46% 9
South West -14 15 £70,000 +27.27% 3
East of England +1 8 £52,500 +9.38%
Scotland -64 4 £69,000 -1.43%
South East -17 3 £48,750 -25.00% 3
Wales - 3 £45,000 -
North of England +13 2 £62,500 -3.85% 1
Midlands -14 2 £55,000 +10.00%
Yorkshire +47 1 £72,500 +11.54%
North West -8 1 £52,500 +8.25% 1
East Midlands -20 1 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 58 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 34 (58.62%) Software Engineering
3 28 (48.28%) React
4 22 (37.93%) TypeScript
4 22 (37.93%) Node.js
5 20 (34.48%) Agile
5 20 (34.48%) Full Stack Development
6 19 (32.76%) Python
7 12 (20.69%) Social Skills
7 12 (20.69%) CSS
7 12 (20.69%) Scrum
8 11 (18.97%) HTML
8 11 (18.97%) AWS
9 10 (17.24%) JIRA
10 9 (15.52%) Jenkins
10 9 (15.52%) DevOps
10 9 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (15.52%) Front End Development
10 9 (15.52%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 9 (15.52%) CI/CD
10 9 (15.52%) Vue
10 9 (15.52%) Fintech
11 8 (13.79%) Clean Code
11 8 (13.79%) React Native
11 8 (13.79%) Mobile App
12 7 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (12.07%) Process Improvement
12 7 (12.07%) Bitbucket
12 7 (12.07%) Confluence
12 7 (12.07%) gulp

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 7 (12.07%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.97%) AWS
2 6 (10.34%) SaaS
3 4 (6.90%) Azure
4 2 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.72%) ChatGPT
5 1 (1.72%) GCP
5 1 (1.72%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.45%) MySQL
2 2 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.45%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (17.24%) JIRA
2 9 (15.52%) Jenkins
3 7 (12.07%) Bitbucket
3 7 (12.07%) gulp
4 6 (10.34%) Git
5 3 (5.17%) Cypress.io
5 3 (5.17%) GitLab
6 2 (3.45%) JUnit
6 2 (3.45%) Selenium
6 2 (3.45%) TestNG
General
1 12 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.52%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.62%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.72%) Finance
4 1 (1.72%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.72%) Law
4 1 (1.72%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (48.28%) React
2 22 (37.93%) Node.js
3 12 (20.69%) CSS
4 11 (18.97%) HTML
5 9 (15.52%) Vue
6 8 (13.79%) React Native
7 7 (12.07%) Jest
8 5 (8.62%) .NET
9 4 (6.90%) Next.js
9 4 (6.90%) Redux
9 4 (6.90%) RESTful
10 3 (5.17%) AngularJS
11 2 (3.45%) .NET Core
11 2 (3.45%) .NET Framework
11 2 (3.45%) Django
11 2 (3.45%) Laravel
12 1 (1.72%) Babylonjs
12 1 (1.72%) GraphQL
12 1 (1.72%) jQuery
12 1 (1.72%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.79%) Mobile App
2 7 (12.07%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.45%) Algorithms
3 2 (3.45%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.72%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (1.72%) IoT
4 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (58.62%) Software Engineering
2 20 (34.48%) Agile
2 20 (34.48%) Full Stack Development
3 12 (20.69%) Scrum
4 9 (15.52%) CI/CD
4 9 (15.52%) DevOps
4 9 (15.52%) Fintech
4 9 (15.52%) Front End Development
4 9 (15.52%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 8 (13.79%) Clean Code
6 7 (12.07%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (12.07%) E-Commerce
6 7 (12.07%) Process Improvement
7 6 (10.34%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (10.34%) Test Automation
8 5 (8.62%) Computer Science
8 5 (8.62%) SDLC
9 4 (6.90%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 58 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 22 (37.93%) TypeScript
3 19 (32.76%) Python
4 5 (8.62%) C#
4 5 (8.62%) SQL
5 4 (6.90%) Java
5 4 (6.90%) PHP
6 1 (1.72%) C
6 1 (1.72%) C++
6 1 (1.72%) Go
6 1 (1.72%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (6.90%) DV Cleared
1 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.17%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.07%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (10.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (12.07%) Atlassian
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.45%) Zoho
3 1 (1.72%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.72%) Google