Node.js Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Node
UK > Northern Ireland

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 34 50
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 -2
Permanent jobs citing Node.js 21 14 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 3.95% 3.57% 0.60%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 38.89% 15.73% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 21 5 1
10th Percentile £60,000 - -
25th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +77.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 - -
90th Percentile £95,000 - -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% +7.41% -3.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 54 89 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 10.17% 22.70% 28.27%
Number of salaries quoted 34 24 76
10th Percentile £55,375 £46,713 £38,250
25th Percentile £63,141 £50,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £61,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.49% +6.52% +9.52%
75th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,500 £91,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

Node.js
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Node.js job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Node.js
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Node.js.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Node.js

Node.js
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Node.js in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Node.js in Northern Ireland

Node.js
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Node.js within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 17 January 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
County Antrim +9 21 £82,500 +3.13% 8
Node.js
UK

Node.js
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) AWS
1 6 (28.57%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) GCP
3 4 (19.05%) AWS CloudFormation
3 4 (19.05%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (19.05%) Azure Functions
3 4 (19.05%) Cloud Functions
3 4 (19.05%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) MongoDB
1 2 (9.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Git
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
1 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Lead
2 5 (23.81%) Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Architect
3 4 (19.05%) JavaScript Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Node.js Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Lead Developer
4 1 (4.76%) Python Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (38.10%) React
2 4 (19.05%) AngularJS
2 4 (19.05%) Django
2 4 (19.05%) Next.js
2 4 (19.05%) Vue
3 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) AI
2 8 (38.10%) LLM
3 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 5 (23.81%) DevOps
4 5 (23.81%) Machine Learning
4 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
5 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
5 4 (19.05%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (19.05%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
5 4 (19.05%) Software Delivery
5 4 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (19.05%) User Experience
6 3 (14.29%) Agile
7 2 (9.52%) Asynchronous Programming
7 2 (9.52%) Containerisation
7 2 (9.52%) Data Protection
7 2 (9.52%) Front End Development
7 2 (9.52%) Microservices
8 1 (4.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) Python
2 8 (38.10%) JavaScript
3 4 (19.05%) C#
3 4 (19.05%) Java
3 4 (19.05%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Terraform