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 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 604 746
Rank change year-on-year -19 +142 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Node.js Developer 59 52 77
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.080% 0.12% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.13% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 48 45 72
10th Percentile £50,250 £50,250 £37,625
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £84,063 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £122,100 £94,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.36% +20.95% -12.50%

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 67,520 39,640 79,197
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 90.72% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 42,919 22,979 60,984
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,983 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.06% +9.97% -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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -17 50 £70,000 +7.69% 21
Work from Home +38 40 £70,000 +16.67% 17
UK excluding London -15 34 £65,000 +2.36% 16
London +16 19 £85,000 -2.86% 9
Midlands -11 12 £60,000 -
East Midlands -25 12 £60,000 +33.33%
North of England -28 11 £70,000 +33.33% 8
North West -3 9 £70,000 +33.33% 8
Northern Ireland - 4 £90,000 - 1
South East -27 3 £70,000 +7.69% 6
South West - 2 £43,750 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £57,500 -
East of England - 2 £45,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 12 March 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 41 (69.49%) Full-Stack Development
3 28 (47.46%) React
4 27 (45.76%) Software Engineering
5 26 (44.07%) TypeScript
6 23 (38.98%) CI/CD
6 23 (38.98%) JavaScript
7 22 (37.29%) AWS
8 21 (35.59%) Python
9 19 (32.20%) AI
9 19 (32.20%) Serverless
10 18 (30.51%) Amazon S3
10 18 (30.51%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (28.81%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (27.12%) SQL
13 15 (25.42%) Computer Science
14 14 (23.73%) Degree
15 13 (22.03%) HTML
15 13 (22.03%) SaaS
16 12 (20.34%) Git
16 12 (20.34%) Mentoring
17 10 (16.95%) NestJS
18 9 (15.25%) Agile
19 8 (13.56%) Microservices
19 8 (13.56%) Redis
19 8 (13.56%) RESTful
20 7 (11.86%) Code Coverage
20 7 (11.86%) Computer Science Degree
20 7 (11.86%) GitHub
20 7 (11.86%) 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 1 (1.69%) CMS
1 1 (1.69%) JBoss
1 1 (1.69%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 22 (37.29%) AWS
2 19 (32.20%) Serverless
3 18 (30.51%) Amazon S3
3 18 (30.51%) AWS Lambda
4 13 (22.03%) SaaS
5 7 (11.86%) GitHub
6 5 (8.47%) Amazon SQS
7 3 (5.08%) Amazon Cognito
7 3 (5.08%) Amazon EventBridge
7 3 (5.08%) Azure
8 2 (3.39%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (3.39%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (3.39%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.69%) Apigee
9 1 (1.69%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (1.69%) Firebase
9 1 (1.69%) GCP
9 1 (1.69%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.56%) Redis
2 7 (11.86%) MongoDB
3 3 (5.08%) DynamoDB
3 3 (5.08%) MySQL
4 2 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (20.34%) Git
2 3 (5.08%) ESLint
3 2 (3.39%) GitLab
3 2 (3.39%) JIRA
4 1 (1.69%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.69%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.69%) Maven
4 1 (1.69%) Selenium
4 1 (1.69%) SonarQube
General
1 22 (37.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.47%) Finance
3 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.08%) Back Office
4 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.69%) Law
4 1 (1.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (100.00%) Node.js
2 28 (47.46%) React
3 13 (22.03%) HTML
4 10 (16.95%) NestJS
5 8 (13.56%) RESTful
6 7 (11.86%) Next.js
7 6 (10.17%) CSS
8 5 (8.47%) GraphQL
8 5 (8.47%) Vue
9 3 (5.08%) WebAssembly
10 2 (3.39%) AngularJS
11 1 (1.69%) Drools
11 1 (1.69%) Express.js
11 1 (1.69%) Gherkin
11 1 (1.69%) Middleware
11 1 (1.69%) Redux
11 1 (1.69%) REST
11 1 (1.69%) Spring Boot
11 1 (1.69%) Web Services
11 1 (1.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.56%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.39%) IoT
3 2 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (69.49%) Full-Stack Development
2 27 (45.76%) Software Engineering
3 23 (38.98%) CI/CD
4 19 (32.20%) AI
5 17 (28.81%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (25.42%) Computer Science
7 12 (20.34%) Mentoring
8 9 (15.25%) Agile
9 8 (13.56%) Microservices
10 7 (11.86%) Code Coverage
10 7 (11.86%) Mathematics
10 7 (11.86%) Performance Optimisation
10 7 (11.86%) Physics
11 6 (10.17%) DevOps
11 6 (10.17%) Observability
12 5 (8.47%) API Development
12 5 (8.47%) Clean Code
12 5 (8.47%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
12 5 (8.47%) Data Pipeline
12 5 (8.47%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 26 (44.07%) TypeScript
2 23 (38.98%) JavaScript
3 21 (35.59%) Python
4 16 (27.12%) SQL
5 4 (6.78%) Java
6 3 (5.08%) Shell Script
7 2 (3.39%) Bash
8 1 (1.69%) Groovy
8 1 (1.69%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 14 (23.73%) Degree
2 7 (11.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.39%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.78%) Grafana
1 4 (6.78%) Terraform
2 2 (3.39%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.69%) Ansible
3 1 (1.69%) HP Fortify