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 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 118 124
Rank change year-on-year -91 +6 -34
Permanent jobs citing Node.js 854 1,042 2,120
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.03% 2.55% 2.33%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.01% 11.99% 10.63%
Number of salaries quoted 702 742 1,559
10th Percentile £50,000 £37,523 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £90,188 £83,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -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 8,528 8,694 19,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.30% 21.26% 21.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6,240 6,581 15,524
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,200 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.81% +10.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 8 April 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 8 April 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 -90 751 £77,500 +10.71% 326
UK excluding London -101 458 £70,000 +16.67% 217
Work from Home -70 348 £74,830 +3.21% 214
London -42 320 £92,500 +5.71% 141
North of England -46 175 £70,000 +3.70% 71
Midlands -12 92 £64,500 +3.20% 38
North West -39 90 £75,000 - 47
South East -106 87 £77,500 +40.91% 58
Yorkshire -25 78 £70,000 +3.70% 16
East Midlands -21 58 £66,000 +1.54% 12
South West -79 46 £60,000 - 20
West Midlands -9 34 £60,000 - 26
Northern Ireland -18 21 £82,500 - 1
East of England -76 16 £46,250 -19.57% 15
Wales -23 14 £68,958 +14.93% 8
Scotland -41 12 £60,000 +9.09% 7
North East -30 7 £52,500 -6.67% 8

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 15 (1.76%) OpenStack
2 14 (1.64%) CMS
3 10 (1.17%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.17%) Confluence
3 10 (1.17%) IIS
3 10 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.82%) nginx
6 6 (0.70%) Apache
7 4 (0.47%) Appian
7 4 (0.47%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Pulsar
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.35%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.35%) JBoss
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.23%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) Moodle
10 1 (0.12%) Strapi
Applications
1 14 (1.64%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.35%) InVision
3 3 (0.35%) Sketch
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 487 (57.03%) AWS
2 210 (24.59%) Azure
3 189 (22.13%) Serverless
4 145 (16.98%) AWS Lambda
5 133 (15.57%) GCP
6 118 (13.82%) Amazon S3
7 102 (11.94%) GitHub
7 102 (11.94%) SaaS
8 80 (9.37%) Amazon ECS
9 56 (6.56%) Amazon SQS
10 55 (6.44%) AWS CloudFormation
11 45 (5.27%) Amazon EKS
12 44 (5.15%) GitHub Actions
13 41 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
14 31 (3.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 25 (2.93%) Amazon EC2
16 23 (2.69%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 23 (2.69%) Datadog
17 21 (2.46%) AWS Step Functions
18 19 (2.22%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.41%) AMQP
2 9 (1.05%) SSH
3 6 (0.70%) Broadband
4 4 (0.47%) HTTP
5 2 (0.23%) DNS
5 2 (0.23%) DSL
5 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.23%) Hyperconnected
5 2 (0.23%) Internet
5 2 (0.23%) Multicast
5 2 (0.23%) OpenVPN
5 2 (0.23%) VLAN
6 1 (0.12%) CTI
6 1 (0.12%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (13.11%) PostgreSQL
2 73 (8.55%) NoSQL
3 72 (8.43%) MongoDB
4 56 (6.56%) DynamoDB
5 41 (4.80%) MySQL
6 35 (4.10%) SQL Server
7 33 (3.86%) Relational Database
8 24 (2.81%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (2.34%) Amazon Athena
9 20 (2.34%) Redis
10 16 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.64%) BigQuery
12 13 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.17%) DB2
14 5 (0.59%) Big Data
14 5 (0.59%) Cloudera CDH
14 5 (0.59%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.47%) Power BI
15 4 (0.47%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 115 (13.47%) Git
2 75 (8.78%) Jenkins
3 36 (4.22%) Cypress.io
4 24 (2.81%) JIRA
5 17 (1.99%) Selenium
6 15 (1.76%) Cucumber
6 15 (1.76%) GitLab
7 12 (1.41%) CircleCI
8 11 (1.29%) Storybook
9 10 (1.17%) Bitbucket
10 9 (1.05%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.59%) Maven
11 5 (0.59%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.47%) Babel
12 4 (0.47%) rollup.js
12 4 (0.47%) Vite
13 3 (0.35%) ESLint
13 3 (0.35%) Mocha
13 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 182 (21.31%) Social Skills
2 125 (14.64%) Finance
3 52 (6.09%) Front Office
4 48 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (5.04%) Public Sector
6 21 (2.46%) Law
7 20 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (1.87%) Banking
9 12 (1.41%) Marketing
10 10 (1.17%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.17%) Tech for Good
11 9 (1.05%) Retail
12 8 (0.94%) Electronics
12 8 (0.94%) Legal
13 7 (0.82%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.70%) Advertising
15 4 (0.47%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.47%) Back Office
15 4 (0.47%) Local Government
16 3 (0.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 433 (50.70%) Developer
2 196 (22.95%) Senior
3 190 (22.25%) Full-Stack Developer
4 185 (21.66%) Software Engineer
5 148 (17.33%) Lead
6 100 (11.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 84 (9.84%) Senior Developer
8 73 (8.55%) Lead Developer
9 71 (8.31%) Java Developer
10 69 (8.08%) Node.js Developer
11 61 (7.14%) React Developer
12 48 (5.62%) Architect
13 46 (5.39%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 46 (5.39%) Lead Software Engineer
14 45 (5.27%) Lead Software Developer
15 44 (5.15%) Senior Software Engineer
16 42 (4.92%) Software Developer
17 39 (4.57%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
18 34 (3.98%) AWS Developer
19 33 (3.86%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 512 (59.95%) React
2 122 (14.29%) CSS
3 117 (13.70%) HTML
4 99 (11.59%) .NET
4 99 (11.59%) REST
5 90 (10.54%) AngularJS
6 88 (10.30%) Vue
7 87 (10.19%) RESTful
8 67 (7.85%) GraphQL
8 67 (7.85%) Kafka
9 66 (7.73%) Redux
10 57 (6.67%) Spring
11 49 (5.74%) Spring Boot
12 47 (5.50%) Next.js
13 45 (5.27%) NestJS
14 42 (4.92%) Jest
15 40 (4.68%) React Native
16 36 (4.22%) Django
17 28 (3.28%) Ruby on Rails
17 28 (3.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 95 (11.12%) Cloud Native
2 48 (5.62%) Fixed Income
3 44 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (3.63%) Mobile App
5 30 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
5 30 (3.51%) Product Ownership
6 29 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (2.22%) IoT
7 19 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (1.99%) Derivative
9 16 (1.87%) Equities
10 7 (0.82%) Onboarding
11 6 (0.70%) Distributed Architecture
11 6 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.70%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.59%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.59%) Low-Code
12 5 (0.59%) Mobile Payment
13 4 (0.47%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 34 (3.98%) Linux
2 14 (1.64%) Windows
3 8 (0.94%) Android
3 8 (0.94%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.82%) CentOS
5 6 (0.70%) Unix
6 5 (0.59%) Debian
6 5 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.59%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.23%) Rocky
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 419 (49.06%) Full-Stack Development
2 324 (37.94%) Software Engineering
3 301 (35.25%) CI/CD
4 277 (32.44%) Agile
5 206 (24.12%) DevOps
6 200 (23.42%) Microservices
7 167 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
8 156 (18.27%) Mentoring
9 130 (15.22%) AI
10 115 (13.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 107 (12.53%) Infrastructure as Code
12 95 (11.12%) Computer Science
13 86 (10.07%) Test Automation
14 83 (9.72%) Containerisation
15 77 (9.02%) Scrum
16 71 (8.31%) User Experience
17 66 (7.73%) Technical Leadership
18 58 (6.79%) Clean Code
18 58 (6.79%) Front End Development
19 54 (6.32%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 452 (52.93%) JavaScript
2 414 (48.48%) TypeScript
3 231 (27.05%) Python
4 210 (24.59%) Java
5 125 (14.64%) SQL
6 66 (7.73%) C#
7 61 (7.14%) Go
8 33 (3.86%) Kotlin
8 33 (3.86%) Ruby
9 27 (3.16%) PHP
10 23 (2.69%) Bash
11 17 (1.99%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.05%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.70%) C
14 4 (0.47%) Scala
15 3 (0.35%) ABAP
15 3 (0.35%) C++
15 3 (0.35%) Groovy
15 3 (0.35%) RPG
16 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 95 (11.12%) Degree
2 64 (7.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 45 (5.27%) Security Cleared
4 39 (4.57%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.05%) AWS Certified Developer
6 8 (0.94%) AWS Certification
6 8 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (0.94%) DV Cleared
6 8 (0.94%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.35%) PhD
9 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.40%) Accessibility
2 24 (2.81%) QA
3 7 (0.82%) GDPR
3 7 (0.82%) WCAG
4 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.47%) SLA
5 3 (0.35%) PERC
6 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 160 (18.74%) Docker
2 4 (0.47%) Firmware
3 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 139 (16.28%) Terraform
2 113 (13.23%) Kubernetes
3 31 (3.63%) Ansible
4 13 (1.52%) Argo
5 12 (1.41%) Grafana
5 12 (1.41%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.70%) Podman
7 5 (0.59%) Nagios
7 5 (0.59%) Puppet
8 4 (0.47%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.23%) BMC PATROL
10 2 (0.23%) Packer
10 2 (0.23%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 32 (3.75%) Google
2 30 (3.51%) Microsoft
3 14 (1.64%) Atlassian
4 11 (1.29%) Salesforce
4 11 (1.29%) SAP
5 10 (1.17%) CrowdStrike
5 10 (1.17%) Red Hat
6 7 (0.82%) Adobe
6 7 (0.82%) OpenAI
6 7 (0.82%) Pega
7 6 (0.70%) Dynatrace
7 6 (0.70%) WSO2
8 5 (0.59%) SaltStack
9 4 (0.47%) MuleSoft
9 4 (0.47%) Oracle
9 4 (0.47%) PagerDuty
10 3 (0.35%) Ericsson
10 3 (0.35%) IBM
10 3 (0.35%) Informatica
10 3 (0.35%) Nokia