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 21 August 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 730 628 737
Rank change year-on-year -102 +109 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Node.js Developer 58 42 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.054% 0.084% 0.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.094% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 54 28 66
10th Percentile £60,000 £56,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £58,813 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £87,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +34.62% -7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £99,063 £72,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £76,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -4.00%

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 101,140 44,848 79,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 89.92% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 69,235 26,502 52,116
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,712 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.64% -4.63% -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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -85 49 £70,000 -22.22% 8
Work from Home -17 26 £70,000 +16.67% 7
UK excluding London -102 26 £65,000 +13.04% 8
London -59 22 £100,000 +11.11% 1
North of England -41 16 £70,000 +86.67% 2
North West -14 13 £70,000 - 2
South East -32 6 £65,000 +4.00% 1
West Midlands -34 2 £67,500 +12.50% 2
Midlands -39 2 £67,500 +12.50% 2
North East -53 2 £67,500 -
East of England - 2 £45,000 -
Yorkshire -44 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 21 August 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 58 (100.00%) Node.js
2 41 (70.69%) TypeScript
3 37 (63.79%) Full-Stack Development
4 21 (36.21%) React
5 19 (32.76%) CI/CD
6 18 (31.03%) Git
7 17 (29.31%) AWS
8 16 (27.59%) Microservices
9 14 (24.14%) SaaS
10 13 (22.41%) Event-Driven
10 13 (22.41%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 13 (22.41%) RESTful
11 12 (20.69%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (18.97%) Observability
12 11 (18.97%) Software Engineering
13 10 (17.24%) Computer Science
13 10 (17.24%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (17.24%) Degree
13 10 (17.24%) DevOps
13 10 (17.24%) JavaScript
13 10 (17.24%) Next.js
13 10 (17.24%) Performance Optimisation
14 9 (15.52%) Product Vision
15 8 (13.79%) Agile
15 8 (13.79%) AI
15 8 (13.79%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
15 8 (13.79%) Data Pipeline
15 8 (13.79%) Docker
15 8 (13.79%) GraphQL
15 8 (13.79%) Test Automation

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 (29.31%) AWS
2 14 (24.14%) SaaS
3 7 (12.07%) Serverless
4 6 (10.34%) Amazon ECS
4 6 (10.34%) Amazon S3
4 6 (10.34%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (6.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (6.90%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (6.90%) Kong
6 3 (5.17%) Amazon SQS
6 3 (5.17%) GitHub
6 3 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.45%) Amazon ECR
7 2 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (3.45%) AWS Fargate
7 2 (3.45%) AWS KMS
7 2 (3.45%) CloudFront
8 1 (1.72%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (20.69%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (8.62%) DynamoDB
3 3 (5.17%) MongoDB
3 3 (5.17%) MySQL
3 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.45%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (3.45%) DocumentDB
4 2 (3.45%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.72%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.72%) Redis
5 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (31.03%) Git
2 2 (3.45%) GitLab
2 2 (3.45%) JIRA
3 1 (1.72%) Mocha
General
1 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Retail
3 3 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.45%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (100.00%) Node.js
2 21 (36.21%) React
3 13 (22.41%) RESTful
4 10 (17.24%) Next.js
5 8 (13.79%) GraphQL
5 8 (13.79%) Vue
6 7 (12.07%) Terraform
7 6 (10.34%) Express.js
7 6 (10.34%) Redux
8 5 (8.62%) NestJS
8 5 (8.62%) REST
9 4 (6.90%) AngularJS
9 4 (6.90%) Jest
10 3 (5.17%) JWT
10 3 (5.17%) OAuth
10 3 (5.17%) OAuth2
11 2 (3.45%) CSS
11 2 (3.45%) HTML
11 2 (3.45%) Kafka
11 2 (3.45%) MEAN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) Cloud Native
2 11 (18.97%) PropTech
3 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.72%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (63.79%) Full-Stack Development
2 19 (32.76%) CI/CD
3 16 (27.59%) Microservices
4 13 (22.41%) Event-Driven
4 13 (22.41%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 11 (18.97%) Observability
5 11 (18.97%) Software Engineering
6 10 (17.24%) Computer Science
6 10 (17.24%) DevOps
6 10 (17.24%) Performance Optimisation
7 9 (15.52%) Product Vision
8 8 (13.79%) Agile
8 8 (13.79%) AI
8 8 (13.79%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
8 8 (13.79%) Data Pipeline
8 8 (13.79%) Test Automation
9 6 (10.34%) Analytics
9 6 (10.34%) B2B
9 6 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (6.90%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 41 (70.69%) TypeScript
2 10 (17.24%) JavaScript
3 4 (6.90%) SQL
4 1 (1.72%) Bash
4 1 (1.72%) C#
4 1 (1.72%) Java
4 1 (1.72%) Kotlin
4 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (17.24%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (17.24%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) QA
2 1 (1.72%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.72%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (13.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.17%) Grafana
3 1 (1.72%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (3.45%) Confluent
1 2 (3.45%) Dynatrace
2 1 (1.72%) Google