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 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
28 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 642 684 693
Rank change year-on-year +42 +9 +137
Permanent jobs requiring a Node.js Developer 28 62 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.091% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.096% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 25 50 50
10th Percentile £49,000 £42,500 £47,000
25th Percentile £59,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year - +5.66% -11.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £74,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,500 £95,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,568 64,813 52,404
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 95.27% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,697 36,797 40,580
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £42,814
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -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 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Node.js Developer in the UK

Node.js Developer
Top 9 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 October 2025. 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 +52 21 £80,000 +14.29% 10
London +45 13 £91,250 +1.39% 6
UK excluding London +7 9 £55,000 -21.43% 7
Work from Home +53 7 £70,000 +27.27% 9
North of England +4 5 £37,500 -46.43% 3
South East +41 3 £70,000 +12.00% 3
North West +7 3 £60,000 -14.29% 2
Yorkshire +10 2 £36,250 -48.21%
Wales +7 1 £50,000 +42.86%

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

For the 6 months to 28 October 2025, 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 28 (100.00%) Node.js
2 25 (89.29%) TypeScript
3 18 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (57.14%) CI/CD
5 13 (46.43%) AWS
6 11 (39.29%) Azure
6 11 (39.29%) JavaScript
7 10 (35.71%) Microservices
7 10 (35.71%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (35.71%) React
8 9 (32.14%) Front End Development
8 9 (32.14%) Full-Stack Development
9 8 (28.57%) Agile
9 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
9 8 (28.57%) RESTful
10 7 (25.00%) Clean Code
10 7 (25.00%) Docker
10 7 (25.00%) GCP
10 7 (25.00%) Serverless
11 6 (21.43%) CMS
11 6 (21.43%) Firebase
11 6 (21.43%) GitHub
11 6 (21.43%) GraphQL
11 6 (21.43%) Linux
11 6 (21.43%) MongoDB
11 6 (21.43%) Redis
11 6 (21.43%) User Experience
11 6 (21.43%) Web Services
12 5 (17.86%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (17.86%) Amazon S3

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 6 (21.43%) CMS
2 1 (3.57%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 13 (46.43%) AWS
2 11 (39.29%) Azure
3 7 (25.00%) GCP
3 7 (25.00%) Serverless
4 6 (21.43%) Firebase
4 6 (21.43%) GitHub
5 5 (17.86%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (17.86%) Amazon S3
5 5 (17.86%) Amazon SQS
6 4 (14.29%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (10.71%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (10.71%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (10.71%) Twilio
7 3 (10.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (7.14%) SaaS
9 1 (3.57%) Amazon Kinesis
9 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (3.57%) Kong
9 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) MQTT
1 3 (10.71%) SMS
1 3 (10.71%) SSH
1 3 (10.71%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (35.71%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (21.43%) MongoDB
2 6 (21.43%) Redis
3 4 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (14.29%) MySQL
4 3 (10.71%) DynamoDB
4 3 (10.71%) NoSQL
5 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Git
2 3 (10.71%) JIRA
3 2 (7.14%) GitLab
4 1 (3.57%) Mocha
4 1 (3.57%) Sinon.JS
4 1 (3.57%) SonarQube
General
1 8 (28.57%) Back Office
2 6 (21.43%) Finance
2 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Tech for Good
4 2 (7.14%) Law
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (100.00%) Node.js
2 10 (35.71%) React
3 8 (28.57%) RESTful
4 6 (21.43%) GraphQL
4 6 (21.43%) Web Services
5 4 (14.29%) Express.js
6 3 (10.71%) gRPC
6 3 (10.71%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (10.71%) React Native
6 3 (10.71%) Sequelize
6 3 (10.71%) WebSockets
7 1 (3.57%) .NET
7 1 (3.57%) koa
7 1 (3.57%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 3 (10.71%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.14%) IoT
4 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 10 (35.71%) Microservices
4 9 (32.14%) Front End Development
4 9 (32.14%) Full-Stack Development
5 8 (28.57%) Agile
5 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
6 7 (25.00%) Clean Code
7 6 (21.43%) User Experience
8 5 (17.86%) Code Quality
9 4 (14.29%) Containerisation
9 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (14.29%) DevOps
9 4 (14.29%) TDD
9 4 (14.29%) Test Automation
10 3 (10.71%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (10.71%) Data Protection
10 3 (10.71%) Product Management
10 3 (10.71%) Scrum
10 3 (10.71%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 25 (89.29%) TypeScript
2 11 (39.29%) JavaScript
3 5 (17.86%) SQL
4 3 (10.71%) Java
4 3 (10.71%) Shell Script
5 1 (3.57%) Bash
5 1 (3.57%) C#
5 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (10.71%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Grafana
1 3 (10.71%) Kubernetes
2 2 (7.14%) Terraform
3 1 (3.57%) Ansible
3 1 (3.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Qualys
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