Node.js Developer Job Trends

Node.js Developer
UK

The median Node.js Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 728 646 716
Rank change year-on-year -82 +70 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Node.js Developer 59 40 75
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.055% 0.080% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.089% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 55 27 67
10th Percentile £60,000 £56,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £58,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £90,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +38.46% -7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £109,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £76,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.22% -4.17% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 100,980 44,926 78,729
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 89.92% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,058 26,577 52,385
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,950 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -6.54%

Node.js Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Node.js Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Node.js Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Node.js Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Node.js Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Node.js Developer job vacancies in the UK

Node.js Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Node.js Developer over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Node.js Developer in the UK

Node.js Developer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Node.js Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 August 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
England -77 50 £70,000 -22.22% 13
Work from Home -1 28 £70,000 +16.67% 10
UK excluding London -83 27 £66,250 +15.22% 8
London -37 22 £100,000 +11.11% 6
North of England -34 17 £70,000 +86.67% 2
North West +7 14 £70,000 - 2
South East -23 6 £65,000 +4.00% 1
West Midlands -24 2 £67,500 +12.50% 2
Midlands -33 2 £67,500 +12.50% 2
North East -59 2 £67,500 -
East of England - 2 £45,000 -
Yorkshire -35 1 - -

Node.js Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 August 2026, Node.js Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Node.js Developer in the job title.

1 59 (100.00%) Node.js
2 40 (67.80%) TypeScript
3 39 (66.10%) Full-Stack Development
4 21 (35.59%) React
5 18 (30.51%) CI/CD
6 17 (28.81%) Git
7 16 (27.12%) AWS
8 15 (25.42%) Microservices
9 14 (23.73%) SaaS
10 12 (20.34%) Event-Driven
10 12 (20.34%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 12 (20.34%) RESTful
11 11 (18.64%) Observability
11 11 (18.64%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (18.64%) Product Vision
12 10 (16.95%) Computer Science
12 10 (16.95%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (16.95%) Degree
12 10 (16.95%) Next.js
12 10 (16.95%) Performance Optimisation
12 10 (16.95%) Software Engineering
13 9 (15.25%) DevOps
13 9 (15.25%) JavaScript
14 8 (13.56%) AI
14 8 (13.56%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
14 8 (13.56%) Data Pipeline
14 8 (13.56%) GraphQL
14 8 (13.56%) Vue
15 7 (11.86%) Agile
15 7 (11.86%) Docker

Node.js Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 16 (27.12%) AWS
2 14 (23.73%) SaaS
3 7 (11.86%) Serverless
4 6 (10.17%) Amazon ECS
4 6 (10.17%) Amazon S3
4 6 (10.17%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (6.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (6.78%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (6.78%) Kong
6 3 (5.08%) Amazon SQS
6 3 (5.08%) GitHub
6 3 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.39%) Amazon ECR
7 2 (3.39%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (3.39%) AWS Fargate
7 2 (3.39%) AWS KMS
7 2 (3.39%) CloudFront
8 1 (1.69%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.69%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.64%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (6.78%) DynamoDB
3 3 (5.08%) MySQL
3 3 (5.08%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.39%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (3.39%) DocumentDB
4 2 (3.39%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.69%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.69%) Redis
5 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (28.81%) Git
2 2 (3.39%) GitLab
2 2 (3.39%) JIRA
General
1 11 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.17%) Retail
3 3 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (5.08%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (100.00%) Node.js
2 21 (35.59%) React
3 12 (20.34%) RESTful
4 10 (16.95%) Next.js
5 8 (13.56%) GraphQL
5 8 (13.56%) Vue
6 6 (10.17%) Redux
7 5 (8.47%) Express.js
8 4 (6.78%) AngularJS
8 4 (6.78%) NestJS
8 4 (6.78%) REST
9 3 (5.08%) Jest
10 2 (3.39%) AWS CDK
10 2 (3.39%) HTML
10 2 (3.39%) Kafka
10 2 (3.39%) MEAN Stack
10 2 (3.39%) Nunjucks
10 2 (3.39%) OAuth
10 2 (3.39%) OAuth2
10 2 (3.39%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.42%) Cloud Native
2 11 (18.64%) PropTech
3 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (66.10%) Full-Stack Development
2 18 (30.51%) CI/CD
3 15 (25.42%) Microservices
4 12 (20.34%) Event-Driven
4 12 (20.34%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 11 (18.64%) Observability
5 11 (18.64%) Product Vision
6 10 (16.95%) Computer Science
6 10 (16.95%) Performance Optimisation
6 10 (16.95%) Software Engineering
7 9 (15.25%) DevOps
8 8 (13.56%) AI
8 8 (13.56%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
8 8 (13.56%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (11.86%) Agile
9 7 (11.86%) Test Automation
10 6 (10.17%) Analytics
10 6 (10.17%) B2B
10 6 (10.17%) Infrastructure as Code
11 4 (6.78%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 40 (67.80%) TypeScript
2 9 (15.25%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.08%) SQL
4 1 (1.69%) Bash
4 1 (1.69%) C#
4 1 (1.69%) Java
4 1 (1.69%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (16.95%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (16.95%) Degree
2 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) QA
2 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (11.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (11.86%) Terraform
2 4 (6.78%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.08%) Grafana
4 1 (1.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (3.39%) Confluent
1 2 (3.39%) Dynatrace
2 1 (1.69%) Google