Node.js Job Trends in Manchester

Node
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Node.js skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 64 52
Rank change year-on-year -23 -12 +48
Permanent jobs citing Node.js 62 94 190
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.54% 4.32% 4.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.59% 17.28% 17.19%
Number of salaries quoted 35 74 127
10th Percentile £53,500 £45,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,625 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £79,800
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £87,500
North West median annual salary £74,830 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.23% +15.38% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Manchester

Node.js falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 425 544 1,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 10.54% 24.98% 25.25%
Number of salaries quoted 356 420 915
10th Percentile £34,125 £39,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £82,500
North West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -

Node.js
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Node.js relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Node.js job vacancy trend in Manchester

Node.js
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Node.js.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Node.js

Node.js
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Node.js in Manchester over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Node.js in Manchester

Node.js
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Node.js within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
Salford -8 1 £74,830 +89.44%
Node.js
North West

Node.js
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.45%) Apache
1 4 (6.45%) Apache Spark
2 3 (4.84%) Apache Solr
3 2 (3.23%) GeoServer
3 2 (3.23%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.61%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 38 (61.29%) AWS
2 21 (33.87%) Azure
3 18 (29.03%) Serverless
4 9 (14.52%) Amazon EKS
5 8 (12.90%) AWS Lambda
6 7 (11.29%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (8.06%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (8.06%) GCP
7 5 (8.06%) SaaS
8 4 (6.45%) OpenShift
9 2 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (3.23%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 2 (3.23%) ChatGPT
9 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (1.61%) Amazon S3
10 1 (1.61%) AWS Fargate
10 1 (1.61%) Datadog
10 1 (1.61%) Firebase
10 1 (1.61%) GitHub
10 1 (1.61%) Google App Engine
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.45%) AMQP
2 3 (4.84%) SSH
3 2 (3.23%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.29%) MongoDB
1 7 (11.29%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (8.06%) Relational Database
3 4 (6.45%) Big Data
3 4 (6.45%) Cloudera CDH
3 4 (6.45%) Hadoop
4 3 (4.84%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (3.23%) DocumentDB
5 2 (3.23%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (3.23%) GIS
5 2 (3.23%) Neo4j
5 2 (3.23%) NoSQL
5 2 (3.23%) QGIS
5 2 (3.23%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.61%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.61%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.61%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (17.74%) Git
2 8 (12.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.61%) GitLab
General
1 12 (19.35%) Public Sector
2 8 (12.90%) Finance
2 8 (12.90%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.45%) Aerospace
4 3 (4.84%) Electronics
5 2 (3.23%) Marketing
6 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (38.71%) Developer
2 19 (30.65%) Full-Stack Developer
2 19 (30.65%) Software Engineer
3 13 (20.97%) Lead
4 10 (16.13%) Node.js Developer
4 10 (16.13%) Senior
5 8 (12.90%) Java Developer
6 7 (11.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 7 (11.29%) Lead Software Engineer
7 6 (9.68%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 5 (8.06%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
9 4 (6.45%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
9 4 (6.45%) Senior Developer
9 4 (6.45%) Software Manager
10 3 (4.84%) Architect
10 3 (4.84%) Cloud Engineer
10 3 (4.84%) Lead Developer
10 3 (4.84%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 3 (4.84%) Software Developer
10 3 (4.84%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (33.87%) React
2 15 (24.19%) REST
3 13 (20.97%) .NET
4 12 (19.35%) AngularJS
4 12 (19.35%) Spring
4 12 (19.35%) Spring Boot
5 5 (8.06%) NestJS
6 4 (6.45%) gRPC
6 4 (6.45%) Material-UI
6 4 (6.45%) OpenAPI
6 4 (6.45%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (6.45%) Swagger
7 3 (4.84%) AWS CDK
7 3 (4.84%) CSS
7 3 (4.84%) HTML
7 3 (4.84%) Web Services
8 2 (3.23%) Django
8 2 (3.23%) Next.js
8 2 (3.23%) PostGIS
8 2 (3.23%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 17 (27.42%) Cloud Native
2 6 (9.68%) Product Ownership
3 5 (8.06%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (6.45%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.61%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.61%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.90%) Linux
2 4 (6.45%) CentOS
2 4 (6.45%) Debian
2 4 (6.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (6.45%) Ubuntu
3 3 (4.84%) Windows
3 3 (4.84%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (50.00%) Agile
1 31 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 26 (41.94%) Software Engineering
3 20 (32.26%) Scrum
4 19 (30.65%) CI/CD
5 17 (27.42%) Microservices
6 16 (25.81%) Kanban
7 14 (22.58%) TDD
8 12 (19.35%) DevOps
9 11 (17.74%) Infrastructure as Code
10 9 (14.52%) Open Source
11 8 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (12.90%) Mentoring
12 7 (11.29%) Coaching
12 7 (11.29%) Containerisation
12 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (11.29%) Technical Leadership
13 6 (9.68%) Collaborative Working
13 6 (9.68%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 6 (9.68%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 42 (67.74%) JavaScript
2 27 (43.55%) TypeScript
3 22 (35.48%) Java
4 19 (30.65%) Python
5 3 (4.84%) C#
5 3 (4.84%) SQL
6 2 (3.23%) Bash
6 2 (3.23%) C
6 2 (3.23%) Go
6 2 (3.23%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.61%) PHP
7 1 (1.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (11.29%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.68%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.06%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.61%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.84%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (24.19%) Terraform
2 10 (16.13%) Ansible
3 6 (9.68%) Kubernetes
4 4 (6.45%) Puppet
5 2 (3.23%) BMC PATROL
6 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (6.45%) Google
1 4 (6.45%) Red Hat
1 4 (6.45%) SaltStack
2 2 (3.23%) Freshdesk
2 2 (3.23%) Pega
2 2 (3.23%) WSO2
3 1 (1.61%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.61%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle
3 1 (1.61%) SAP