Node
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Node.js skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 158 127
Rank change year-on-year -19 -31 -28
Permanent jobs citing Node.js 1,050 958 2,261
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.13% 2.15% 2.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.05% 10.97% 10.48%
Number of salaries quoted 851 621 1,625
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,468 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% +10.00% -10.34%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,528 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £125,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -7.69%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Node.js falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,501 8,735 21,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.20% 19.61% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,085 5,716 16,353
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,254 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

Node.js
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Node.js relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Node.js job vacancy trend in the UK

Node.js
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Node.js.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Node.js

Node.js
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Node.js over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Node.js in the UK

Node.js
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Node.js within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 -27 946 £75,000 +3.45% 217
UK excluding London -12 652 £67,500 +12.50% 167
Work from Home -6 505 £69,655 -7.13% 155
London -25 313 £90,000 -5.26% 81
North of England -42 244 £70,000 - 57
South East +21 162 £75,000 +36.36% 54
North West -54 123 £75,000 - 39
Midlands +26 97 £60,000 -4.00% 17
Yorkshire +13 91 £70,000 +3.70% 9
South West -56 65 £52,500 -12.50% 19
East Midlands +27 59 £65,000 -7.14% 7
East of England -8 45 £50,000 +42.86% 11
West Midlands -13 38 £60,000 - 10
North East -27 30 £52,065 -9.45% 9
Wales -31 27 £72,500 +41.06% 5
Scotland +7 9 £60,000 +9.09% 4
Northern Ireland - 5 £75,000 - 3

Node.js
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 19 (1.81%) Confluence
2 17 (1.62%) CMS
3 13 (1.24%) Apache
4 12 (1.14%) IIS
4 12 (1.14%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.05%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.67%) JBoss
7 7 (0.67%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.67%) Sitecore CMS
8 6 (0.57%) nginx
9 5 (0.48%) WordPress
10 4 (0.38%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.38%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.29%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.095%) Red Hat Fuse
13 1 (0.095%) Strapi
Applications
1 14 (1.33%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.48%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.29%) Blender
3 3 (0.29%) Maya
4 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.095%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.095%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.095%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.095%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 609 (58.00%) AWS
2 311 (29.62%) Azure
3 209 (19.90%) Serverless
4 169 (16.10%) AWS Lambda
5 151 (14.38%) GitHub
6 141 (13.43%) Amazon S3
7 135 (12.86%) GCP
8 119 (11.33%) SaaS
9 94 (8.95%) Amazon ECS
10 75 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
11 69 (6.57%) Amazon SQS
12 67 (6.38%) AWS CloudFormation
13 64 (6.10%) GitHub Actions
14 41 (3.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 36 (3.43%) GitHub Copilot
16 33 (3.14%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 33 (3.14%) AWS Step Functions
17 30 (2.86%) Azure Service Bus
18 29 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
19 28 (2.67%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.38%) Broadband
2 16 (1.52%) Firewall
3 10 (0.95%) DMARC
3 10 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.76%) AMQP
5 6 (0.57%) Hyperconnected
5 6 (0.57%) Internet
6 5 (0.48%) VoIP
6 5 (0.48%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.38%) DNS
7 4 (0.38%) SSH
8 3 (0.29%) DSL
8 3 (0.29%) LAN
8 3 (0.29%) VLAN
8 3 (0.29%) WAN
9 2 (0.19%) HTTP
9 2 (0.19%) Multicast
9 2 (0.19%) VPN
10 1 (0.095%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.095%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (17.62%) MongoDB
2 157 (14.95%) PostgreSQL
3 98 (9.33%) Elasticsearch
4 97 (9.24%) NoSQL
5 83 (7.90%) Azure SQL Database
6 75 (7.14%) DynamoDB
7 62 (5.90%) MySQL
8 43 (4.10%) SQL Server
9 34 (3.24%) Redis
10 30 (2.86%) Amazon Athena
11 26 (2.48%) Relational Database
12 20 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
13 17 (1.62%) BigQuery
14 13 (1.24%) Semantic Layer
15 12 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
16 7 (0.67%) Neo4j
17 6 (0.57%) Db2
17 6 (0.57%) GIS
18 5 (0.48%) DTS
18 5 (0.48%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 125 (11.90%) Git
2 78 (7.43%) Jenkins
3 50 (4.76%) Cypress.io
4 41 (3.90%) GitLab
5 31 (2.95%) JIRA
6 14 (1.33%) CircleCI
6 14 (1.33%) Selenium
7 12 (1.14%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.76%) Vite
9 7 (0.67%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.67%) Storybook
10 6 (0.57%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.48%) Maven
12 4 (0.38%) JUnit
12 4 (0.38%) Mocha
12 4 (0.38%) Postman
13 3 (0.29%) Claude Code
13 3 (0.29%) ESLint
13 3 (0.29%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 200 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 131 (12.48%) Finance
3 79 (7.52%) Public Sector
4 52 (4.95%) Front Office
5 51 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (3.33%) Retail
7 28 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (2.19%) Law
9 13 (1.24%) Marketing
10 12 (1.14%) Legal
11 11 (1.05%) Advertising
11 11 (1.05%) Banking
12 10 (0.95%) Tech for Good
13 9 (0.86%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.67%) Automotive
14 7 (0.67%) Games
14 7 (0.67%) Legal Technology
14 7 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 536 (51.05%) Developer
2 257 (24.48%) Senior
3 216 (20.57%) Software Engineer
4 211 (20.10%) Full-Stack Developer
5 192 (18.29%) Lead
6 107 (10.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 97 (9.24%) Senior Developer
8 95 (9.05%) Lead Developer
9 83 (7.90%) .NET Developer
10 70 (6.67%) Node.js Developer
11 66 (6.29%) Senior Software Engineer
12 63 (6.00%) Lead Software Developer
13 62 (5.90%) Lead Software Engineer
14 61 (5.81%) Software Developer
15 59 (5.62%) Java Developer
16 56 (5.33%) React Developer
17 47 (4.48%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 46 (4.38%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
19 43 (4.10%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
20 42 (4.00%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 560 (53.33%) React
2 183 (17.43%) .NET
3 133 (12.67%) AngularJS
4 120 (11.43%) CSS
5 114 (10.86%) REST
6 111 (10.57%) Vue
7 108 (10.29%) HTML
8 98 (9.33%) .NET Core
9 96 (9.14%) ASP.NET
10 93 (8.86%) RESTful
11 88 (8.38%) ASP.NET Core
12 71 (6.76%) Redux
13 70 (6.67%) GraphQL
13 70 (6.67%) Spring
13 70 (6.67%) Spring Boot
14 67 (6.38%) Kafka
15 58 (5.52%) Next.js
16 50 (4.76%) Jest
17 49 (4.67%) NestJS
18 44 (4.19%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 148 (14.10%) Cloud Native
2 49 (4.67%) Fixed Income
3 42 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
4 40 (3.81%) Greenfield Project
5 35 (3.33%) Mobile App
6 34 (3.24%) Product Ownership
7 32 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (1.62%) Derivative
9 16 (1.52%) Equities
9 16 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.43%) IoT
10 15 (1.43%) Management Information System
10 15 (1.43%) Onboarding
11 13 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.14%) AI Agents
13 9 (0.86%) PropTech
14 8 (0.76%) Algorithms
15 7 (0.67%) Mainframe
16 6 (0.57%) Marketing Technology
16 6 (0.57%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 58 (5.52%) Linux
2 32 (3.05%) Windows
3 20 (1.90%) Unix
4 9 (0.86%) Debian
4 9 (0.86%) Ubuntu
5 7 (0.67%) CentOS
6 5 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.29%) Android
7 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.29%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.19%) AIX
8 2 (0.19%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 529 (50.38%) Full-Stack Development
2 407 (38.76%) CI/CD
3 404 (38.48%) Agile
4 352 (33.52%) Software Engineering
5 316 (30.10%) Microservices
6 281 (26.76%) DevOps
7 234 (22.29%) Mentoring
8 171 (16.29%) AI
9 154 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
10 139 (13.24%) Test Automation
11 128 (12.19%) Infrastructure as Code
12 123 (11.71%) Containerisation
13 122 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
14 120 (11.43%) Scrum
15 103 (9.81%) Technical Leadership
16 100 (9.52%) TDD
17 90 (8.57%) Observability
18 88 (8.38%) Event-Driven
19 83 (7.90%) Computer Science
20 70 (6.67%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 498 (47.43%) TypeScript
2 483 (46.00%) JavaScript
3 248 (23.62%) Python
4 243 (23.14%) SQL
5 239 (22.76%) Java
6 167 (15.90%) C#
7 54 (5.14%) Go
8 44 (4.19%) Ruby
9 43 (4.10%) PHP
10 39 (3.71%) Kotlin
11 32 (3.05%) Bash
12 14 (1.33%) PowerShell
13 8 (0.76%) C++
14 7 (0.67%) Scala
15 6 (0.57%) ABAP
16 5 (0.48%) Rust
16 5 (0.48%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.38%) Groovy
17 4 (0.38%) RPG
17 4 (0.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 87 (8.29%) Degree
2 64 (6.10%) Security Cleared
3 61 (5.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 39 (3.71%) SC Cleared
5 20 (1.90%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.14%) AWS Certification
6 12 (1.14%) Master's Degree
7 8 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
9 6 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.19%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.19%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.095%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.095%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.095%) HNC
12 1 (0.095%) HND
12 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.095%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.33%) QA
2 33 (3.14%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.33%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.24%) WCAG
5 6 (0.57%) GDPR
6 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.19%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.095%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.095%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.095%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 203 (19.33%) Docker
2 4 (0.38%) Firmware
3 3 (0.29%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 151 (14.38%) Terraform
2 136 (12.95%) Kubernetes
3 32 (3.05%) Ansible
4 20 (1.90%) Argo
4 20 (1.90%) Prometheus
5 19 (1.81%) Grafana
6 12 (1.14%) Podman
7 6 (0.57%) Puppet
8 4 (0.38%) HP Fortify
8 4 (0.38%) Nagios
9 3 (0.29%) Istio
9 3 (0.29%) linkerd
9 3 (0.29%) Packer
10 2 (0.19%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.095%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.095%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 118 (11.24%) Microsoft
2 41 (3.90%) Google
3 14 (1.33%) OpenAI
4 11 (1.05%) SendGrid
5 9 (0.86%) Adobe
5 9 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
5 9 (0.86%) Oracle
6 7 (0.67%) Dynatrace
6 7 (0.67%) HubSpot
6 7 (0.67%) iManage
6 7 (0.67%) Red Hat
6 7 (0.67%) SAP
6 7 (0.67%) Sitecore
7 6 (0.57%) Atlassian
8 5 (0.48%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.48%) SaltStack
8 5 (0.48%) Splunk
9 4 (0.38%) IBM
9 4 (0.38%) OneLogin
10 3 (0.29%) Pega