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 28 January 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 649 708
Rank change year-on-year +47 +59 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Node.js Developer 47 48 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.074% 0.092% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.099% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 36 39 66
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,250 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +10.00% -22.58%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £125,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -4.17%

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 57,321 48,360 64,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.27% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35,616 24,820 50,671
10th Percentile £28,964 £33,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.37%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.76%

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 28 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Node.js Developer in the UK

Node.js Developer
Top 13 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 28 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
England +38 36 £65,000 -1.52% 6
Work from Home +68 31 £65,000 +4.00% 6
UK excluding London +41 24 £60,000 -7.69% 4
London +43 17 £92,500 -3.90% 3
Midlands +16 11 £60,000 +11.63% 2
East Midlands 0 11 £60,000 +33.33% 2
North of England +13 4 £37,500 -28.57%
Northern Ireland - 4 £90,000 -
North West +18 2 £60,000 +14.29%
South East +10 2 £70,000 +7.69% 2
South West - 2 £43,750 -
Yorkshire - 2 £36,250 -
Wales - 1 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 January 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 47 (100.00%) Node.js
2 28 (59.57%) Full-Stack Development
3 22 (46.81%) AWS
3 22 (46.81%) React
3 22 (46.81%) TypeScript
4 21 (44.68%) Software Engineering
5 19 (40.43%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (38.30%) CI/CD
6 18 (38.30%) JavaScript
6 18 (38.30%) Python
7 17 (36.17%) Serverless
8 16 (34.04%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (31.91%) Amazon S3
10 14 (29.79%) Mentoring
10 14 (29.79%) SQL
11 13 (27.66%) AI
12 10 (21.28%) HTML
12 10 (21.28%) Microservices
12 10 (21.28%) Redis
13 9 (19.15%) Agile
13 9 (19.15%) GitHub
14 7 (14.89%) Clean Code
14 7 (14.89%) Git
14 7 (14.89%) NestJS
14 7 (14.89%) SaaS
15 6 (12.77%) Azure
15 6 (12.77%) Code Coverage
15 6 (12.77%) Computer Science
15 6 (12.77%) Degree
15 6 (12.77%) Mathematics

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.51%) CMS
2 1 (2.13%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 22 (46.81%) AWS
2 17 (36.17%) Serverless
3 16 (34.04%) AWS Lambda
4 15 (31.91%) Amazon S3
5 9 (19.15%) GitHub
6 7 (14.89%) SaaS
7 6 (12.77%) Azure
8 4 (8.51%) Amazon SQS
8 4 (8.51%) Firebase
8 4 (8.51%) GCP
9 3 (6.38%) Amazon Cognito
9 3 (6.38%) Amazon EventBridge
10 2 (4.26%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (2.13%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (2.13%) Azure API Management
11 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (2.13%) Kong
11 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
11 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.28%) Redis
2 6 (12.77%) MongoDB
3 3 (6.38%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (4.26%) DynamoDB
5 1 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (2.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Git
2 3 (6.38%) ESLint
2 3 (6.38%) JIRA
3 1 (2.13%) GitLab
3 1 (2.13%) SonarQube
General
1 14 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.02%) Finance
3 6 (12.77%) Back Office
4 3 (6.38%) Tech for Good
5 2 (4.26%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (100.00%) Node.js
2 22 (46.81%) React
3 10 (21.28%) HTML
4 7 (14.89%) NestJS
5 5 (10.64%) RESTful
6 4 (8.51%) CSS
6 4 (8.51%) Web Services
7 3 (6.38%) WebAssembly
8 2 (4.26%) Express.js
9 1 (2.13%) AngularJS
9 1 (2.13%) koa
9 1 (2.13%) Redux
9 1 (2.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Cloud Native
1 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (4.26%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (59.57%) Full-Stack Development
2 21 (44.68%) Software Engineering
3 19 (40.43%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (38.30%) CI/CD
5 14 (29.79%) Mentoring
6 13 (27.66%) AI
7 10 (21.28%) Microservices
8 9 (19.15%) Agile
9 7 (14.89%) Clean Code
10 6 (12.77%) Code Coverage
10 6 (12.77%) Computer Science
10 6 (12.77%) Mathematics
10 6 (12.77%) Physics
10 6 (12.77%) Roadmaps
11 5 (10.64%) Change Management
11 5 (10.64%) Front End Development
11 5 (10.64%) User Experience
12 4 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (8.51%) Machine Learning
12 4 (8.51%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 22 (46.81%) TypeScript
2 18 (38.30%) JavaScript
2 18 (38.30%) Python
3 14 (29.79%) SQL
4 3 (6.38%) Java
4 3 (6.38%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.13%) Bash
5 1 (2.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) Degree
2 4 (8.51%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) Grafana
2 2 (4.26%) Terraform
3 1 (2.13%) Ansible
3 1 (2.13%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.13%) Qualys