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 9 April 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 585 775
Rank change year-on-year -44 +190 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Node.js Developer 70 51 87
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.084% 0.12% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.14% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 58 42 80
10th Percentile £52,500 £49,125 £38,625
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,938 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -18.92%
75th Percentile £83,438 £84,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £117,100 £89,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £63,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year +11.11% +12.00% -4.26%

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 76,620 36,654 87,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 89.66% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 49,282 23,303 65,248
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 9 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Node.js Developer in the UK

Node.js Developer
Top 14 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 9 April 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 -48 60 £70,000 +7.69% 17
Work from Home +39 44 £70,000 +16.67% 14
UK excluding London -55 43 £70,000 +11.11% 15
London -10 20 £85,000 -2.86% 4
North of England -66 18 £70,000 +33.33% 8
North West -20 16 £70,000 +33.33% 7
Midlands -32 13 £60,000 -
East Midlands -43 12 £60,000 +33.33%
South East -40 4 £65,000 - 4
Northern Ireland - 4 £90,000 - 1
Yorkshire -63 2 £80,000 -
South West - 2 £43,750 - 2
East of England - 2 £45,000 -
West Midlands -23 1 £85,000 +38.78%

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

For the 6 months to 9 April 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 70 (100.00%) Node.js
2 53 (75.71%) Full-Stack Development
3 32 (45.71%) React
4 30 (42.86%) TypeScript
5 28 (40.00%) Software Engineering
6 25 (35.71%) AWS
7 24 (34.29%) CI/CD
7 24 (34.29%) JavaScript
8 21 (30.00%) Python
9 20 (28.57%) AI
9 20 (28.57%) Serverless
10 19 (27.14%) Amazon S3
10 19 (27.14%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (22.86%) Computer Science
11 16 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (22.86%) SQL
12 15 (21.43%) Degree
12 15 (21.43%) SaaS
13 14 (20.00%) Git
14 13 (18.57%) HTML
15 11 (15.71%) Mentoring
16 10 (14.29%) NestJS
17 9 (12.86%) Product Vision
17 9 (12.86%) RESTful
18 8 (11.43%) Agile
18 8 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
18 8 (11.43%) DevOps
18 8 (11.43%) GitHub
18 8 (11.43%) Microservices
18 8 (11.43%) Next.js

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 1 (1.43%) CMS
1 1 (1.43%) JBoss
1 1 (1.43%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 25 (35.71%) AWS
2 20 (28.57%) Serverless
3 19 (27.14%) Amazon S3
3 19 (27.14%) AWS Lambda
4 15 (21.43%) SaaS
5 8 (11.43%) GitHub
6 5 (7.14%) Amazon SQS
7 3 (4.29%) Amazon Cognito
7 3 (4.29%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (4.29%) Amazon EventBridge
7 3 (4.29%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (4.29%) Azure
8 2 (2.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (2.86%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.43%) Apigee
9 1 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.43%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.43%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.86%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.43%) Redis
2 7 (10.00%) MongoDB
3 4 (5.71%) DynamoDB
4 3 (4.29%) MySQL
4 3 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (2.86%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.43%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (1.43%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (20.00%) Git
2 3 (4.29%) ESLint
3 2 (2.86%) GitLab
3 2 (2.86%) JIRA
4 1 (1.43%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.43%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.43%) Maven
4 1 (1.43%) Selenium
4 1 (1.43%) SonarQube
General
1 23 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.14%) Finance
3 3 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.29%) Back Office
4 2 (2.86%) Retail
5 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (100.00%) Node.js
2 32 (45.71%) React
3 13 (18.57%) HTML
4 10 (14.29%) NestJS
5 9 (12.86%) RESTful
6 8 (11.43%) Next.js
7 6 (8.57%) CSS
7 6 (8.57%) GraphQL
7 6 (8.57%) Vue
8 3 (4.29%) AngularJS
8 3 (4.29%) WebAssembly
9 2 (2.86%) Redux
10 1 (1.43%) AWS CDK
10 1 (1.43%) Express.js
10 1 (1.43%) Gherkin
10 1 (1.43%) Jest
10 1 (1.43%) REST
10 1 (1.43%) Spring Boot
10 1 (1.43%) Web Services
10 1 (1.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.14%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.86%) IoT
3 2 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (75.71%) Full-Stack Development
2 28 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 24 (34.29%) CI/CD
4 20 (28.57%) AI
5 16 (22.86%) Computer Science
5 16 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (15.71%) Mentoring
7 9 (12.86%) Product Vision
8 8 (11.43%) Agile
8 8 (11.43%) DevOps
8 8 (11.43%) Microservices
8 8 (11.43%) Performance Optimisation
9 7 (10.00%) Code Coverage
9 7 (10.00%) Mathematics
9 7 (10.00%) Observability
9 7 (10.00%) Physics
10 6 (8.57%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
10 6 (8.57%) Data Pipeline
11 5 (7.14%) API Development
11 5 (7.14%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (42.86%) TypeScript
2 24 (34.29%) JavaScript
3 21 (30.00%) Python
4 16 (22.86%) SQL
5 4 (5.71%) Java
6 2 (2.86%) Bash
6 2 (2.86%) Kotlin
6 2 (2.86%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.43%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 15 (21.43%) Degree
2 8 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.86%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.86%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.43%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.43%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.43%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.71%) Grafana
1 4 (5.71%) Terraform
2 2 (2.86%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.43%) Ansible
3 1 (1.43%) HP Fortify