Node.js Developer Job Trends

Node.js Developer
UK

The median Node.js Developer salary in the UK is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 628 687 685
Rank change year-on-year +59 -2 +137
Permanent jobs requiring a Node.js Developer 28 59 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.054% 0.088% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.093% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 24 47 48
10th Percentile £42,375 £42,500 £53,375
25th Percentile £58,188 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +3.70% -12.90%
75th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £105,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +7.69% +1.96%

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 46,784 63,693 50,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.01% 94.85% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 28,718 35,683 39,423
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -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 11 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Node.js Developer in the UK

Node.js Developer
Top 10 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 11 November 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 +30 21 £70,000 - 17
UK excluding London +51 12 £50,000 -28.57% 9
London +42 10 £92,500 +2.78% 10
Work from Home +64 8 £65,000 +18.18% 13
North of England +20 6 £37,500 -46.43% 3
North West +20 4 £60,000 -14.29% 3
South East +31 3 £70,000 +19.15% 3
South West +28 2 £43,750 -16.67% 1
Yorkshire +4 2 £36,250 -48.21%
Wales +6 1 £50,000 +42.86%

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 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 23 (82.14%) TypeScript
3 17 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (50.00%) CI/CD
5 13 (46.43%) AWS
6 10 (35.71%) Agile
6 10 (35.71%) Full-Stack Development
6 10 (35.71%) React
7 9 (32.14%) Azure
7 9 (32.14%) JavaScript
8 8 (28.57%) Clean Code
8 8 (28.57%) Front End Development
8 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
8 8 (28.57%) Microservices
9 7 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (25.00%) User Experience
10 6 (21.43%) CMS
10 6 (21.43%) Firebase
10 6 (21.43%) Git
10 6 (21.43%) Redis
10 6 (21.43%) Serverless
10 6 (21.43%) Web Services
11 5 (17.86%) Amazon S3
11 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (17.86%) GCP
11 5 (17.86%) GitHub
11 5 (17.86%) Linux
11 5 (17.86%) RESTful
12 4 (14.29%) Accessibility
12 4 (14.29%) Amazon EC2

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 9 (32.14%) Azure
3 6 (21.43%) Firebase
3 6 (21.43%) Serverless
4 5 (17.86%) Amazon S3
4 5 (17.86%) GCP
4 5 (17.86%) GitHub
5 4 (14.29%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (14.29%) Amazon ECS
5 4 (14.29%) Amazon SQS
5 4 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (7.14%) SaaS
6 2 (7.14%) Twilio
6 2 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (3.57%) Kong
7 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) SSH
2 2 (7.14%) MQTT
2 2 (7.14%) SMS
2 2 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (21.43%) Redis
3 4 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (14.29%) DynamoDB
4 3 (10.71%) MongoDB
4 3 (10.71%) MySQL
5 1 (3.57%) NoSQL
5 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) 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 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Tech for Good
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Law
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (100.00%) Node.js
2 10 (35.71%) React
3 6 (21.43%) Web Services
4 5 (17.86%) RESTful
5 3 (10.71%) Express.js
5 3 (10.71%) GraphQL
6 2 (7.14%) gRPC
6 2 (7.14%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (7.14%) React Native
6 2 (7.14%) Sequelize
7 1 (3.57%) .NET
7 1 (3.57%) AngularJS
7 1 (3.57%) CSS
7 1 (3.57%) HTML
7 1 (3.57%) koa
7 1 (3.57%) NestJS
7 1 (3.57%) Redux
7 1 (3.57%) REST
7 1 (3.57%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.71%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.14%) IoT
4 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 10 (35.71%) Agile
3 10 (35.71%) Full-Stack Development
4 8 (28.57%) Clean Code
4 8 (28.57%) Front End Development
4 8 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 8 (28.57%) Microservices
5 7 (25.00%) User Experience
6 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 4 (14.29%) TDD
8 3 (10.71%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (10.71%) Roadmaps
8 3 (10.71%) Scrum
8 3 (10.71%) SDLC
8 3 (10.71%) Sprint Planning
8 3 (10.71%) Task Automation
8 3 (10.71%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 23 (82.14%) TypeScript
2 9 (32.14%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.71%) Java
3 3 (10.71%) Shell Script
3 3 (10.71%) SQL
4 1 (3.57%) Bash
4 1 (3.57%) C#
4 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Grafana
1 3 (10.71%) Terraform
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
2 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Qualys