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 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 750 639 727
Rank change year-on-year -111 +88 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Node.js Developer 54 36 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.073% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.081% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 50 24 63
10th Percentile £59,500 £56,275 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £59,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £90,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £74,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £52,500 £61,250
% change year-on-year +28.57% -14.29% +2.08%

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 105,974 44,478 74,870
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 89.66% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 73,002 26,192 45,789
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 12 September 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 September 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 -104 46 £80,000 -11.11% 4
UK excluding London -112 29 £67,500 +28.57% 3
Work from Home -22 21 £70,000 -6.67% 4
London -45 17 £100,000 +11.11% 1
North of England -53 13 £70,000 +86.67% 1
North West -16 9 £70,000 -
Midlands - 8 £65,000 - 1
South East -31 6 £65,000 +4.00% 1
West Midlands - 5 £80,000 - 1
East Midlands - 3 £50,000 -
North East - 3 £67,500 - 1
South West - 2 £85,000 -
Yorkshire -54 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 12 September 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 54 (100.00%) Node.js
2 38 (70.37%) TypeScript
3 27 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 19 (35.19%) Microservices
5 17 (31.48%) AWS
6 15 (27.78%) CI/CD
6 15 (27.78%) React
7 12 (22.22%) Agile
7 12 (22.22%) Docker
7 12 (22.22%) Event-Driven
7 12 (22.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 11 (20.37%) Git
8 11 (20.37%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (18.52%) JavaScript
10 9 (16.67%) RESTful
10 9 (16.67%) SaaS
11 8 (14.81%) DevOps
11 8 (14.81%) Kubernetes
12 7 (12.96%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (12.96%) Express.js
12 7 (12.96%) Product Vision
12 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
12 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
12 7 (12.96%) Serverless
12 7 (12.96%) Terraform
13 6 (11.11%) Amazon S3
13 6 (11.11%) Analytics
13 6 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (11.11%) B2B
13 6 (11.11%) Kafka

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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (31.48%) AWS
2 9 (16.67%) SaaS
3 7 (12.96%) Amazon ECS
3 7 (12.96%) Serverless
4 6 (11.11%) Amazon S3
4 6 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
5 5 (9.26%) Kong
6 4 (7.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (7.41%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (7.41%) OpenShift
7 3 (5.56%) Amazon ECR
7 3 (5.56%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (5.56%) Amazon SQS
7 3 (5.56%) AWS Fargate
7 3 (5.56%) AWS KMS
7 3 (5.56%) GitHub
7 3 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (3.70%) CloudFront
9 1 (1.85%) Datadog
9 1 (1.85%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.37%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (7.41%) DynamoDB
2 4 (7.41%) MongoDB
3 3 (5.56%) DocumentDB
4 2 (3.70%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (3.70%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.85%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.85%) Redis
5 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (20.37%) Git
2 3 (5.56%) GitLab
3 1 (1.85%) Mocha
General
1 6 (11.11%) Retail
2 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
2 4 (7.41%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.56%) Games
3 3 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.70%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (100.00%) Node.js
2 15 (27.78%) React
3 9 (16.67%) RESTful
4 7 (12.96%) Express.js
4 7 (12.96%) Terraform
5 6 (11.11%) Kafka
5 6 (11.11%) Redux
5 6 (11.11%) REST
6 5 (9.26%) AngularJS
6 5 (9.26%) Jest
7 3 (5.56%) GraphQL
7 3 (5.56%) JWT
7 3 (5.56%) Material-UI
7 3 (5.56%) MEAN Stack
7 3 (5.56%) NestJS
7 3 (5.56%) Next.js
7 3 (5.56%) Nunjucks
7 3 (5.56%) OAuth
7 3 (5.56%) OAuth2
7 3 (5.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.22%) Cloud Native
2 11 (20.37%) PropTech
3 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 19 (35.19%) Microservices
3 15 (27.78%) CI/CD
4 12 (22.22%) Agile
4 12 (22.22%) Event-Driven
4 12 (22.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 8 (14.81%) DevOps
6 7 (12.96%) Product Vision
7 6 (11.11%) Analytics
7 6 (11.11%) B2B
7 6 (11.11%) Software Engineering
7 6 (11.11%) Test Automation
8 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (9.26%) Observability
9 4 (7.41%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (5.56%) Clean Code
10 3 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (5.56%) Data Pipeline
10 3 (5.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 3 (5.56%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (70.37%) TypeScript
2 10 (18.52%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.70%) SQL
4 1 (1.85%) Bash
4 1 (1.85%) C#
4 1 (1.85%) Java
4 1 (1.85%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
1 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.70%) Grafana
Vendors
1 3 (5.56%) Confluent
1 3 (5.56%) Dynatrace
2 1 (1.85%) Google