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Lead and principal JavaScript jobs in the UK

Live lead and principal JavaScript jobs in the UK, detected on employer careers pages and updated hourly.

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115 Live vacancies
62 Employers hiring
£55,000 Median advertised
40% Remote
11 hours ago Last updated

We are currently tracking 115 live vacancies matching lead and principal JavaScript jobs in the UK, advertised by 62 different employers. 12 of them were first seen in the last seven days. The most active employers in this slice are Cloudodyssey, Cypexsoft, Hr Champ and Remotefriendly. Every role is detected on the employer's own careers page rather than reposted from another board, so what you see here is the vacancy as the employer wrote it.

Of the 115 roles, 16 publish a salary. The median advertised ceiling is £55,000. The middle half of the market sits between £45,000 and £97,250, so anything above the upper figure is a genuinely strong offer for lead and principal JavaScript jobs in the UK. Contract day rates are annualised at 230 working days a year, so permanent and contract pay compare like for like.

On working pattern, 40% are fully remote, 29% are hybrid and 2% are contract rather than permanent. By seniority, 100% at lead or principal level. Filter by any of these on the left.

Employers hiring for JavaScript in this slice most often ask for it alongside AWS, Python, Azure, SQL, React and C#. That co-occurrence is counted from the live listings on this page, not from a fixed list, so it moves with the market.

115 live vacancies

Technical Architect

Serosoft · Cambridge · On-site
Java JavaScript Angular AWS Azure
First seen 1 month ago

Lead Software Engineer - Full Clarity

Fullclarity · Bristol · Remote
Remote
C# JavaScript
First seen 1 month ago

CRM Manager Job | Implementations & Lifecycle Marketing | Pathway

Wearepathway · Manchester · Hybrid
Hybrid
JavaScript
First seen 1 month ago

Quality Assurance Test Manager – Altimus, Kensington

Altimus · London · On-site
Python JavaScript TypeScript GitHub Actions Selenium
First seen 1 month ago

C# Web Developer | Lead Insight

Leadinsight · Remote
Remote
C# JavaScript SQL Microsoft SQL Server
First seen 1 month ago

Manager, Technical Support | Hyre Center

Hyrecenter · London · Remote
Remote
Python Java PHP Ruby JavaScript
First seen 1 month ago

Work with Us | Software Engineering Lead

Farewill · Hybrid
Hybrid
£110,000 a year
JavaScript TypeScript React Node.js AWS
First seen 2 months ago

Lead Web Developer | Double Up Media

Doubleupmedia · Nottingham · On-site
£50,000 a year
PHP JavaScript Laravel Linux MySQL
First seen 2 months ago

Cyber Risk & Security Manager – SPIRiT UK

Spirituk · London · Hybrid
Hybrid
£50,000 – £70,000 a year
Python C++ JavaScript AWS Linux
First seen 2 months ago

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Solutions Architect | VML MAP MAP

Wt Map · London · On-site
JavaScript SQL Salesforce Scrum
First seen 2 months ago

Manager - Salesforce Marketing Cloud Development | VML MAP MAP

Wt Map · London · On-site
JavaScript AWS SQL Salesforce
First seen 2 months ago

CRM Application Manager - Salesforce Marketing Cloud | VML MAP MAP

Wt Map · London · On-site
JavaScript AWS Salesforce
First seen 2 months ago

Lead Back End Integration Developer - Horizon powered by XCM

Horizoncdp · Remote
Remote
C# JavaScript SQL
First seen 2 months ago

ServiceNow Architect - TSM Role in London, UK (Hybrid)

Ittrp · London · Hybrid
Hybrid
£500 – £690 a day
Python JavaScript React Angular AWS
First seen 3 months ago

Solutions Architect Job Vacancy in Oxford

Ridgeway · Oxford · Remote
Remote
£60,000 – £68,000 a year
C# JavaScript React Azure
First seen 3 months ago

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The exact titles on the live vacancies in this search, most common first.

Questions about these roles

How many lead and principal JavaScript jobs in the UK are there right now?

We are tracking 115 live vacancies across 62 employers. The crawler revisits employer careers pages continuously and roles disappear from this page as soon as they come down, so the count reflects what is genuinely open today.

What do lead and principal JavaScript jobs in the UK pay?

The median advertised ceiling is £55,000, based on the 16 of these roles that publish a figure. The middle half of the market runs from £45,000 to £97,250. Contract day rates are annualised so they compare against permanent salaries.

Can these roles be done remotely?

40% are advertised as fully remote and 29% as hybrid. The rest are on-site or do not say — where an employer is silent we leave it blank rather than guessing.

Are these contract or permanent roles?

2% are contract or fixed-term and the remainder are permanent or unstated. A quoted day rate is treated as contract even when the advert does not use the word.

Which employers are hiring?

The most active right now are Cloudodyssey, Cypexsoft, Hr Champ, Remotefriendly and Nihilent. Every vacancy links straight to that employer's own careers page — we are an aggregator, not the hiring company, and there is no middleman between you and the application.

What other skills do these roles ask for?

Most often AWS, Python, Azure, SQL and React. That is counted from the live adverts on this page rather than a fixed list, so it tracks what employers are asking for this month.

How much does a JavaScript developer earn in the UK?

£55,000 is the middle of what is advertised here, in line with the UK IT median of £55,000. Read it as the ceiling an employer is advertising towards rather than an offer: 99 of these adverts name no figure at all, and those are the ones where asking early is worth most.

Can you work from home as a JavaScript developer in the UK?

79 of the 115 live adverts here offer home working in some form — 46 fully remote and 33 hybrid. Fully remote means the advert states no office requirement; hybrid means it names a split.

Are there entry-level or graduate JavaScript developer jobs in the UK?

Not right now — every live advert here signals mid-level experience or above. Graduate intakes are seasonal, so this is worth checking again rather than reading as a permanent state of the market.

What job titles are used for this role?

Employers on this page advertise it as Engineering Manager, Technical Project Manager, Lead Software Engineer, SalesForce Technical Architect and Staff Security Engineer. Searching one wording and not another is the most common way people miss vacancies, which is why this page groups them.

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