Node.js Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Node
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Node.js skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 112 135
Rank change year-on-year -116 +23 -16
Permanent jobs citing Node.js 399 709 1,286
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.75% 2.53% 2.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.86% 12.80% 10.45%
Number of salaries quoted 333 427 962
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £74,688
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,761 £85,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +3.70% -3.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,502 5,540 12,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.49% 19.79% 21.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,451 3,800 9,607
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,340 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -11.11%

Node.js
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Node.js job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Node.js
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Node.js.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Node.js

Node.js
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Node.js in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Node.js in the UK excluding London

Node.js
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Node.js within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England -36 163 £70,000 +3.70% 82
North West -26 78 £74,915 +1.58% 45
Midlands -26 77 £62,500 -3.85% 41
Yorkshire -12 76 £62,500 -7.41% 27
South East -128 63 £70,000 +27.27% 83
East Midlands -10 49 £65,000 - 14
South West -65 46 £62,500 +4.17% 28
West Midlands -23 28 £60,000 - 27
Northern Ireland -13 21 £82,500 +37.50% 2
East of England -56 13 £47,500 -17.39% 25
Wales -13 12 £71,894 +62.13% 9
North East -24 9 £52,500 -4.55% 10
Scotland -37 9 £67,500 +22.73% 9
Node.js
UK

Node.js
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (3.26%) OpenStack
2 9 (2.26%) CMS
3 8 (2.01%) Apache Spark
4 7 (1.75%) IIS
5 5 (1.25%) Apache
6 4 (1.00%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.75%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.50%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.50%) JBoss
8 2 (0.50%) nginx
9 1 (0.25%) Confluence
9 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (1.75%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.25%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 226 (56.64%) AWS
2 109 (27.32%) Serverless
3 103 (25.81%) Azure
4 77 (19.30%) AWS Lambda
5 72 (18.05%) Amazon S3
6 43 (10.78%) Amazon EKS
7 40 (10.03%) Amazon ECS
8 36 (9.02%) AWS CloudFormation
8 36 (9.02%) SaaS
9 35 (8.77%) GitHub
10 33 (8.27%) GCP
11 19 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (4.01%) AWS Step Functions
13 15 (3.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 15 (3.76%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 11 (2.76%) Amazon SQS
14 11 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (2.76%) npm
15 8 (2.01%) Datadog
16 7 (1.75%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.50%) AMQP
2 3 (0.75%) HTTP
2 3 (0.75%) SSH
3 2 (0.50%) Hyperconnected
3 2 (0.50%) Internet
3 2 (0.50%) OpenVPN
4 1 (0.25%) Broadband
4 1 (0.25%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.77%) DynamoDB
1 35 (8.77%) NoSQL
2 31 (7.77%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (7.52%) MySQL
4 28 (7.02%) Relational Database
5 26 (6.52%) MongoDB
6 20 (5.01%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (3.26%) Amazon Athena
7 13 (3.26%) Amazon Redshift
7 13 (3.26%) SQL Server
8 7 (1.75%) Redis
9 6 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (1.25%) Big Data
10 5 (1.25%) Cloudera CDH
10 5 (1.25%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.75%) QGIS
11 3 (0.75%) SAP Data Services
11 3 (0.75%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 67 (16.79%) Git
2 37 (9.27%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.51%) GitLab
4 9 (2.26%) JIRA
5 5 (1.25%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.00%) Babel
6 4 (1.00%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.00%) rollup.js
7 3 (0.75%) Maven
7 3 (0.75%) Selenium
7 3 (0.75%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.50%) JUnit
9 1 (0.25%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.25%) NUnit
9 1 (0.25%) SpecFlow
General
1 67 (16.79%) Social Skills
2 34 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (8.02%) Finance
4 27 (6.77%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.01%) Marketing
7 5 (1.25%) Law
7 5 (1.25%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.00%) Aerospace
9 3 (0.75%) Electronics
9 3 (0.75%) Games
10 2 (0.50%) Back Office
11 1 (0.25%) Automotive
11 1 (0.25%) Billing
11 1 (0.25%) Legal
11 1 (0.25%) Local Government
11 1 (0.25%) Retail
11 1 (0.25%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.25%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 192 (48.12%) Developer
2 90 (22.56%) Full-Stack Developer
3 83 (20.80%) Senior
4 79 (19.80%) Software Engineer
5 51 (12.78%) Lead
6 42 (10.53%) Senior Developer
7 37 (9.27%) Java Developer
8 35 (8.77%) Architect
8 35 (8.77%) Node.js Developer
9 34 (8.52%) Software Developer
10 21 (5.26%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 21 (5.26%) Technical Architect
11 20 (5.01%) React Developer
12 19 (4.76%) AWS Developer
13 18 (4.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 17 (4.26%) JavaScript Developer
14 17 (4.26%) Lead Developer
14 17 (4.26%) Senior Software Engineer
15 15 (3.76%) Python Developer
16 14 (3.51%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (53.13%) React
2 66 (16.54%) REST
3 64 (16.04%) HTML
4 62 (15.54%) AngularJS
5 61 (15.29%) CSS
6 53 (13.28%) .NET
7 43 (10.78%) Vue
8 39 (9.77%) Spring
9 34 (8.52%) Spring Boot
10 26 (6.52%) NestJS
11 25 (6.27%) Next.js
12 24 (6.02%) RESTful
13 22 (5.51%) Django
14 21 (5.26%) .NET Core
15 19 (4.76%) Web Services
16 17 (4.26%) GraphQL
17 15 (3.76%) ASP.NET
18 13 (3.26%) Elastic Stack
18 13 (3.26%) Kafka
19 11 (2.76%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.78%) Cloud Native
2 20 (5.01%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (4.01%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.76%) IoT
4 11 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (2.76%) Mobile App
5 9 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.25%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.00%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (0.75%) Robotics
9 2 (0.50%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.50%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.50%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.50%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.25%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.25%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.25%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.76%) Linux
2 12 (3.01%) Windows
3 5 (1.25%) CentOS
3 5 (1.25%) Debian
3 5 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.25%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.25%) Android
5 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (42.86%) Full-Stack Development
2 157 (39.35%) Software Engineering
3 145 (36.34%) CI/CD
4 121 (30.33%) DevOps
5 111 (27.82%) Agile
6 83 (20.80%) Mentoring
7 81 (20.30%) Microservices
8 80 (20.05%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (14.79%) Infrastructure as Code
10 49 (12.28%) Scrum
11 48 (12.03%) Continuous Improvement
12 39 (9.77%) TDD
13 38 (9.52%) AI
14 33 (8.27%) API Development
14 33 (8.27%) Kanban
15 32 (8.02%) Test Automation
16 30 (7.52%) Containerisation
17 28 (7.02%) Technical Leadership
18 27 (6.77%) SDLC
19 26 (6.52%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 203 (50.88%) JavaScript
2 155 (38.85%) TypeScript
3 110 (27.57%) Python
4 91 (22.81%) Java
5 77 (19.30%) SQL
6 44 (11.03%) C#
7 26 (6.52%) PHP
8 18 (4.51%) Kotlin
9 12 (3.01%) Bash
10 9 (2.26%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.25%) C
12 3 (0.75%) ABAP
12 3 (0.75%) C++
12 3 (0.75%) Go
12 3 (0.75%) Scala
13 2 (0.50%) Groovy
14 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.25%) Ruby
14 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (7.02%) Degree
2 23 (5.76%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (5.01%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.50%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.75%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 6 (1.50%) QA
System Software
1 67 (16.79%) Docker
2 2 (0.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 75 (18.80%) Terraform
2 50 (12.53%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.01%) Ansible
4 6 (1.50%) Grafana
5 5 (1.25%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.25%) Puppet
6 4 (1.00%) Argo
7 3 (0.75%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.75%) Nagios
8 2 (0.50%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.25%) Podman
Vendors
1 14 (3.51%) Microsoft
2 11 (2.76%) Google
3 7 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (1.75%) SAP
4 5 (1.25%) Pega
4 5 (1.25%) Red Hat
4 5 (1.25%) SaltStack
4 5 (1.25%) WSO2
5 4 (1.00%) Oracle
5 4 (1.00%) PagerDuty
5 4 (1.00%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.75%) Adobe
6 3 (0.75%) Guidewire
6 3 (0.75%) Informatica
6 3 (0.75%) MuleSoft
6 3 (0.75%) Workday
7 2 (0.50%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.50%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.25%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.25%) HubSpot