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 25 November 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 617 675 673
Rank change year-on-year +58 -2 +119
Permanent jobs requiring a Node.js Developer 33 63 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.062% 0.094% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.099% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 26 51 43
10th Percentile £43,125 £42,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -12.90%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £125,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -

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 48,141 63,471 49,094
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.44% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 30,347 35,539 38,193
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £74,066 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.65% -0.95% -

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 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 +68 22 £65,000 -7.14% 16
UK excluding London +72 18 £65,000 - 13
Work from Home +93 13 £65,000 +18.18% 10
London +46 9 £92,500 +15.63% 6
North of England +30 6 £37,500 -46.43% 5
North West +47 4 £60,000 -14.29% 4
Northern Ireland - 4 £90,000 -
South East +40 3 £70,000 +12.00% 3
Midlands +55 2 £65,000 +44.44%
East Midlands +28 2 £65,000 +44.44%
Yorkshire +16 2 £36,250 -48.21% 1
South West - 2 £43,750 - 5
Wales +13 1 £50,000 +42.86%

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 33 (100.00%) Node.js
2 19 (57.58%) TypeScript
3 18 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (42.42%) CI/CD
5 13 (39.39%) Full-Stack Development
6 12 (36.36%) AWS
6 12 (36.36%) JavaScript
7 10 (30.30%) Agile
7 10 (30.30%) React
8 9 (27.27%) Mentoring
8 9 (27.27%) Microservices
8 9 (27.27%) Software Engineering
9 8 (24.24%) Azure
9 8 (24.24%) Clean Code
9 8 (24.24%) Redis
10 7 (21.21%) AI
10 7 (21.21%) Serverless
11 6 (18.18%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (18.18%) Front End Development
11 6 (18.18%) Git
11 6 (18.18%) GitHub
11 6 (18.18%) Python
11 6 (18.18%) User Experience
12 5 (15.15%) Amazon S3
12 5 (15.15%) CMS
12 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (15.15%) Firebase
12 5 (15.15%) GCP
12 5 (15.15%) SaaS
12 5 (15.15%) Web Services

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 5 (15.15%) CMS
2 1 (3.03%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) AWS
2 8 (24.24%) Azure
3 7 (21.21%) Serverless
4 6 (18.18%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (18.18%) GitHub
5 5 (15.15%) Amazon S3
5 5 (15.15%) Firebase
5 5 (15.15%) GCP
5 5 (15.15%) SaaS
6 2 (6.06%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (6.06%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (6.06%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (6.06%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (3.03%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (3.03%) Kong
7 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.03%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (24.24%) Redis
2 4 (12.12%) DynamoDB
2 4 (12.12%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (9.09%) MongoDB
4 2 (6.06%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (3.03%) MySQL
5 1 (3.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Git
2 3 (9.09%) JIRA
3 2 (6.06%) GitLab
4 1 (3.03%) Mocha
4 1 (3.03%) Sinon.JS
4 1 (3.03%) SonarQube
General
1 9 (27.27%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.21%) Back Office
4 3 (9.09%) Tech for Good
5 2 (6.06%) Law
6 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (100.00%) Node.js
2 10 (30.30%) React
3 5 (15.15%) Web Services
4 4 (12.12%) NestJS
5 3 (9.09%) HTML
6 2 (6.06%) Express.js
6 2 (6.06%) RESTful
7 1 (3.03%) .NET
7 1 (3.03%) AngularJS
7 1 (3.03%) CSS
7 1 (3.03%) koa
7 1 (3.03%) Redux
7 1 (3.03%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.06%) IoT
3 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (42.42%) CI/CD
3 13 (39.39%) Full-Stack Development
4 10 (30.30%) Agile
5 9 (27.27%) Mentoring
5 9 (27.27%) Microservices
5 9 (27.27%) Software Engineering
6 8 (24.24%) Clean Code
7 7 (21.21%) AI
8 6 (18.18%) Front End Development
8 6 (18.18%) User Experience
9 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (12.12%) LLM
10 4 (12.12%) Machine Learning
10 4 (12.12%) TDD
11 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
11 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
11 3 (9.09%) Sprint Planning
11 3 (9.09%) Task Automation
11 3 (9.09%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 19 (57.58%) TypeScript
2 12 (36.36%) JavaScript
3 6 (18.18%) Python
4 4 (12.12%) SQL
5 3 (9.09%) Java
5 3 (9.09%) Shell Script
6 1 (3.03%) Bash
6 1 (3.03%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (9.09%) Degree
3 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Grafana
1 3 (9.09%) Terraform
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.03%) Qualys