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 24 June 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 680 614 774
Rank change year-on-year -66 +160 -40
Permanent jobs requiring a Node.js Developer 69 43 112
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.073% 0.095% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 62 31 103
10th Percentile £53,250 £57,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £59,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £90,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +50.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £97,500 £111,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -

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 89,394 40,455 102,187
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.45% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 61,374 23,051 73,787
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.54%

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 24 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Node.js Developer in the UK

Node.js Developer
Top 12 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 24 June 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 -59 61 £70,000 -22.22% 6
Work from Home +44 44 £70,000 +16.67% 3
UK excluding London -36 34 £65,000 +1.56% 3
London -20 26 £100,000 +11.11% 3
North of England -32 16 £70,000 - 1
North West +6 14 £70,000 - 1
Midlands -15 9 £60,000 - 1
East Midlands - 8 £57,500 - 1
South East -22 7 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire -46 2 £80,000 -
East of England - 2 £45,000 -
West Midlands -13 1 £85,000 +41.67%

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 69 (100.00%) Node.js
2 51 (73.91%) Full-Stack Development
3 39 (56.52%) TypeScript
4 30 (43.48%) React
5 23 (33.33%) AWS
6 20 (28.99%) Software Engineering
7 19 (27.54%) SaaS
8 18 (26.09%) CI/CD
9 15 (21.74%) Computer Science
10 14 (20.29%) Degree
10 14 (20.29%) Git
10 14 (20.29%) Microservices
10 14 (20.29%) Serverless
11 13 (18.84%) AI
11 13 (18.84%) Amazon S3
11 13 (18.84%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (18.84%) JavaScript
11 13 (18.84%) Python
12 12 (17.39%) Product Vision
13 11 (15.94%) Event-Driven
13 11 (15.94%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 10 (14.49%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (14.49%) Next.js
14 10 (14.49%) Observability
14 10 (14.49%) Performance Optimisation
14 10 (14.49%) PostgreSQL
14 10 (14.49%) SQL
15 9 (13.04%) RESTful
16 8 (11.59%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
16 8 (11.59%) Data Pipeline

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 (1.45%) JBoss
Cloud Services
1 23 (33.33%) AWS
2 19 (27.54%) SaaS
3 14 (20.29%) Serverless
4 13 (18.84%) Amazon S3
4 13 (18.84%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (8.70%) GitHub
6 4 (5.80%) Amazon ECS
6 4 (5.80%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (2.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (2.90%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (2.90%) AWS Step Functions
7 2 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.45%) Amazon EventBridge
8 1 (1.45%) Apigee
8 1 (1.45%) Azure
8 1 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.45%) CloudFront
8 1 (1.45%) Datadog
8 1 (1.45%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.49%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (5.80%) DynamoDB
2 4 (5.80%) MongoDB
2 4 (5.80%) Redis
3 3 (4.35%) MySQL
3 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.45%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (20.29%) Git
2 2 (2.90%) JIRA
3 1 (1.45%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.45%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.45%) ESLint
3 1 (1.45%) GitLab
3 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.45%) Maven
3 1 (1.45%) Selenium
3 1 (1.45%) SonarQube
General
1 16 (23.19%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.14%) Retail
3 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.45%) Finance
4 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (100.00%) Node.js
2 30 (43.48%) React
3 10 (14.49%) Next.js
4 9 (13.04%) RESTful
5 8 (11.59%) GraphQL
5 8 (11.59%) HTML
5 8 (11.59%) Vue
6 7 (10.14%) NestJS
6 7 (10.14%) Redux
7 3 (4.35%) AngularJS
7 3 (4.35%) CSS
8 1 (1.45%) Drools
8 1 (1.45%) Express.js
8 1 (1.45%) Gherkin
8 1 (1.45%) Middleware
8 1 (1.45%) OAuth
8 1 (1.45%) OAuth2
8 1 (1.45%) REST
8 1 (1.45%) WebAssembly
8 1 (1.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.29%) Cloud Native
2 9 (13.04%) PropTech
3 2 (2.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (73.91%) Full-Stack Development
2 20 (28.99%) Software Engineering
3 18 (26.09%) CI/CD
4 15 (21.74%) Computer Science
5 14 (20.29%) Microservices
6 13 (18.84%) AI
7 12 (17.39%) Product Vision
8 11 (15.94%) Event-Driven
8 11 (15.94%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 10 (14.49%) Observability
9 10 (14.49%) Performance Optimisation
10 8 (11.59%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
10 8 (11.59%) Data Pipeline
10 8 (11.59%) DevOps
11 7 (10.14%) Analytics
11 7 (10.14%) B2B
11 7 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (7.25%) Infrastructure as Code
12 5 (7.25%) Mentoring
13 4 (5.80%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 39 (56.52%) TypeScript
2 13 (18.84%) JavaScript
2 13 (18.84%) Python
3 10 (14.49%) SQL
4 2 (2.90%) Bash
4 2 (2.90%) Java
4 2 (2.90%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.45%) C#
5 1 (1.45%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 14 (20.29%) Degree
2 10 (14.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.45%) AWS Certified Developer
3 1 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (5.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) Terraform
2 2 (2.90%) Grafana
3 1 (1.45%) HP Fortify
3 1 (1.45%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1 (1.45%) Google