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 14 May 2026.

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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 609 785
Rank change year-on-year -26 +176 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Node.js Developer 77 54 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.085% 0.12% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.14% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67 43 88
10th Percentile £57,000 £57,500 £38,375
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £90,000 £111,250 £74,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £87,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £64,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.78% +17.27% -4.35%

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 84,582 38,850 91,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 89.47% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 55,708 22,832 66,939
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,670 £52,686
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +9.46% -12.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £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% -5.66%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -32 65 £70,000 - 5
Work from Home +38 52 £70,000 +16.67% 3
UK excluding London -53 42 £65,000 +0.78% 3
London -16 26 £100,000 +3.90% 4
North of England -19 16 £70,000 +33.33% 1
North West +11 14 £70,000 +33.33%
Midlands -24 13 £60,000 -2.04%
East Midlands - 12 £60,000 -
South East -20 7 £65,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 4 £90,000 -
Yorkshire -65 2 £80,000 -
East of England - 2 £45,000 -
West Midlands -26 1 £85,000 +38.78%

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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 77 (100.00%) Node.js
2 58 (75.32%) Full-Stack Development
3 38 (49.35%) TypeScript
4 36 (46.75%) React
5 27 (35.06%) AWS
5 27 (35.06%) Software Engineering
6 21 (27.27%) AI
6 21 (27.27%) CI/CD
6 21 (27.27%) JavaScript
6 21 (27.27%) SaaS
7 19 (24.68%) Python
8 18 (23.38%) Amazon S3
8 18 (23.38%) AWS Lambda
8 18 (23.38%) Serverless
9 17 (22.08%) Computer Science
10 16 (20.78%) Degree
10 16 (20.78%) SQL
11 15 (19.48%) Git
12 12 (15.58%) HTML
12 12 (15.58%) Microservices
12 12 (15.58%) Product Vision
13 11 (14.29%) RESTful
14 10 (12.99%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (12.99%) Event-Driven
14 10 (12.99%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 10 (12.99%) Next.js
14 10 (12.99%) Performance Optimisation
15 9 (11.69%) DevOps
15 9 (11.69%) Mentoring
15 9 (11.69%) Observability

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 (1.30%) JBoss
Cloud Services
1 27 (35.06%) AWS
2 21 (27.27%) SaaS
3 18 (23.38%) Amazon S3
3 18 (23.38%) AWS Lambda
3 18 (23.38%) Serverless
4 7 (9.09%) GitHub
5 4 (5.19%) Amazon SQS
6 3 (3.90%) Amazon Cognito
6 3 (3.90%) Amazon EventBridge
7 2 (2.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (2.60%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (2.60%) AWS Step Functions
7 2 (2.60%) Azure
8 1 (1.30%) Apigee
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.30%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.30%) Datadog
8 1 (1.30%) GCP
8 1 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.39%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (7.79%) MongoDB
2 6 (7.79%) Redis
3 3 (3.90%) DynamoDB
3 3 (3.90%) MySQL
4 2 (2.60%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.30%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.30%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (19.48%) Git
2 3 (3.90%) ESLint
3 2 (2.60%) JIRA
4 1 (1.30%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.30%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.30%) GitLab
4 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.30%) Maven
4 1 (1.30%) Selenium
4 1 (1.30%) SonarQube
General
1 20 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.09%) Retail
3 4 (5.19%) Finance
4 3 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (100.00%) Node.js
2 36 (46.75%) React
3 12 (15.58%) HTML
4 11 (14.29%) RESTful
5 10 (12.99%) Next.js
6 8 (10.39%) GraphQL
6 8 (10.39%) NestJS
6 8 (10.39%) Vue
7 7 (9.09%) Redux
8 5 (6.49%) CSS
9 3 (3.90%) WebAssembly
10 2 (2.60%) AngularJS
11 1 (1.30%) AWS CDK
11 1 (1.30%) Drools
11 1 (1.30%) Gherkin
11 1 (1.30%) Jest
11 1 (1.30%) Middleware
11 1 (1.30%) Spring Boot
11 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.48%) Cloud Native
2 6 (7.79%) PropTech
3 3 (3.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.60%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (75.32%) Full-Stack Development
2 27 (35.06%) Software Engineering
3 21 (27.27%) AI
3 21 (27.27%) CI/CD
4 17 (22.08%) Computer Science
5 12 (15.58%) Microservices
5 12 (15.58%) Product Vision
6 10 (12.99%) Event-Driven
6 10 (12.99%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 10 (12.99%) Performance Optimisation
7 9 (11.69%) DevOps
7 9 (11.69%) Mentoring
7 9 (11.69%) Observability
7 9 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (10.39%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
8 8 (10.39%) Data Pipeline
9 7 (9.09%) Analytics
9 7 (9.09%) B2B
10 6 (7.79%) Code Coverage
10 6 (7.79%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 38 (49.35%) TypeScript
2 21 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 19 (24.68%) Python
4 16 (20.78%) SQL
5 2 (2.60%) Java
5 2 (2.60%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.30%) Bash
6 1 (1.30%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 16 (20.78%) Degree
2 10 (12.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Developer
3 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) Terraform
2 1 (1.30%) Grafana
2 1 (1.30%) HP Fortify
2 1 (1.30%) Prometheus