Node.js Job Trends

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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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 112 130
Rank change year-on-year -93 +18 -42
Permanent jobs citing Node.js 769 1,257 1,809
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.07% 2.75% 2.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.74% 12.47% 10.06%
Number of salaries quoted 648 762 1,466
10th Percentile £50,875 £40,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £130,838 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -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 7,897 10,080 17,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.00% 22.05% 22.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,801 6,520 14,491
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,225 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,219 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +10.37% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £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 5 March 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 5 March 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 -96 675 £76,640 +5.71% 499
UK excluding London -123 365 £65,000 +8.33% 357
London -47 333 £100,000 +14.29% 188
Work from Home -83 326 £75,000 - 319
North of England -26 155 £70,000 +3.70% 97
Yorkshire -13 75 £62,500 -7.41% 32
Midlands -21 71 £64,000 +0.39% 62
North West -32 71 £75,000 +3.45% 55
South East -149 54 £65,000 +18.18% 102
East Midlands -7 45 £65,000 - 18
South West -60 38 £62,500 +4.17% 35
West Midlands -34 26 £60,000 -4.00% 42
Northern Ireland -20 21 £82,500 +37.50% 3
Wales -17 12 £71,894 +62.13% 5
East of England -54 12 £47,500 -17.39% 46
North East -20 9 £50,000 -9.09% 10
Scotland -46 7 £74,830 +36.05% 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 14 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (1.69%) CMS
2 13 (1.69%) OpenStack
3 12 (1.56%) Confluence
4 7 (0.91%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.91%) IIS
4 7 (0.91%) nginx
5 6 (0.78%) Apache
5 6 (0.78%) Apache Solr
5 6 (0.78%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.52%) Appian
7 3 (0.39%) Apache Pulsar
7 3 (0.39%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.39%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.26%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) Moodle
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) Strapi
Applications
1 9 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (1.17%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.91%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.39%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.39%) InVision
3 3 (0.39%) Sketch
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
1 4 (0.52%) Shopify
2 3 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 447 (58.13%) AWS
2 188 (24.45%) Azure
3 169 (21.98%) Serverless
4 131 (17.04%) GCP
5 130 (16.91%) AWS Lambda
6 105 (13.65%) GitHub
7 100 (13.00%) Amazon S3
8 82 (10.66%) SaaS
9 63 (8.19%) Amazon ECS
10 47 (6.11%) Amazon EKS
10 47 (6.11%) Amazon SQS
11 45 (5.85%) AWS CloudFormation
12 44 (5.72%) GitHub Actions
13 29 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
14 24 (3.12%) Figma
15 21 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
16 20 (2.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 20 (2.60%) Datadog
17 18 (2.34%) AWS Step Functions
18 15 (1.95%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.56%) AMQP
2 11 (1.43%) SSH
3 4 (0.52%) HTTP
4 2 (0.26%) DSL
4 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.26%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.13%) Broadband
5 1 (0.13%) CTI
5 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.13%) Internet
5 1 (0.13%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (14.82%) PostgreSQL
2 74 (9.62%) MongoDB
3 60 (7.80%) NoSQL
4 45 (5.85%) DynamoDB
5 40 (5.20%) MySQL
6 34 (4.42%) Relational Database
7 33 (4.29%) SQL Server
8 29 (3.77%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (2.60%) Amazon Athena
9 20 (2.60%) Redis
10 15 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.82%) BigQuery
12 13 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (1.43%) DB2
14 7 (0.91%) Apache Arrow
14 7 (0.91%) Apache Iceberg
14 7 (0.91%) Dremio
15 5 (0.65%) Big Data
15 5 (0.65%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 109 (14.17%) Git
2 78 (10.14%) Jenkins
3 27 (3.51%) Cypress.io
3 27 (3.51%) JIRA
4 19 (2.47%) GitLab
5 16 (2.08%) Selenium
6 15 (1.95%) Cucumber
7 12 (1.56%) Storybook
7 12 (1.56%) TeamCity
8 10 (1.30%) Bitbucket
8 10 (1.30%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.65%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (0.52%) Babel
10 4 (0.52%) Maven
10 4 (0.52%) Mocha
10 4 (0.52%) rollup.js
10 4 (0.52%) Vite
11 3 (0.39%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.39%) webpack
General
1 189 (24.58%) Social Skills
2 129 (16.78%) Finance
3 58 (7.54%) Front Office
4 42 (5.46%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (5.46%) Public Sector
5 20 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (2.21%) Law
7 16 (2.08%) Marketing
8 13 (1.69%) Retail
9 12 (1.56%) Banking
10 10 (1.30%) Tech for Good
11 9 (1.17%) Legal
11 9 (1.17%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.91%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.78%) Electronics
14 5 (0.65%) Back Office
15 4 (0.52%) Advertising
15 4 (0.52%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.26%) Games
16 2 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 402 (52.28%) Developer
2 174 (22.63%) Senior
3 168 (21.85%) Software Engineer
4 150 (19.51%) Full-Stack Developer
5 138 (17.95%) Lead
6 89 (11.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 73 (9.49%) Senior Developer
8 68 (8.84%) Java Developer
9 63 (8.19%) Lead Developer
10 56 (7.28%) Node.js Developer
11 53 (6.89%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 53 (6.89%) React Developer
12 46 (5.98%) Architect
13 43 (5.59%) Lead Software Engineer
14 40 (5.20%) Lead Software Developer
14 40 (5.20%) Software Developer
15 37 (4.81%) AWS Developer
16 33 (4.29%) Senior Software Engineer
17 31 (4.03%) Python Developer
17 31 (4.03%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 480 (62.42%) React
2 124 (16.12%) CSS
3 122 (15.86%) HTML
4 109 (14.17%) AngularJS
5 100 (13.00%) Vue
6 97 (12.61%) REST
7 83 (10.79%) .NET
8 80 (10.40%) RESTful
9 72 (9.36%) GraphQL
10 66 (8.58%) Kafka
11 59 (7.67%) Redux
12 57 (7.41%) Spring
13 49 (6.37%) Spring Boot
14 46 (5.98%) Next.js
15 36 (4.68%) Jest
16 35 (4.55%) NestJS
17 33 (4.29%) React Native
18 31 (4.03%) Django
19 27 (3.51%) .NET Core
20 25 (3.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 97 (12.61%) Cloud Native
2 55 (7.15%) Fixed Income
3 38 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
4 30 (3.90%) Mobile App
5 27 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (3.38%) Product Ownership
7 23 (2.99%) Equities
7 23 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (2.60%) IoT
9 17 (2.21%) Derivative
10 15 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.78%) Distributed Architecture
12 6 (0.78%) Low-Code
13 5 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.65%) Management Information System
13 5 (0.65%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.52%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.52%) Hackathon
14 4 (0.52%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.94%) Linux
2 16 (2.08%) Windows
3 9 (1.17%) Android
3 9 (1.17%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.91%) Unix
5 6 (0.78%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.65%) CentOS
6 5 (0.65%) Debian
6 5 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.65%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 357 (46.42%) Full-Stack Development
2 297 (38.62%) Software Engineering
3 286 (37.19%) CI/CD
4 280 (36.41%) Agile
5 186 (24.19%) Microservices
6 175 (22.76%) DevOps
7 169 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
8 153 (19.90%) Mentoring
9 116 (15.08%) AI
10 96 (12.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 90 (11.70%) Infrastructure as Code
12 88 (11.44%) Computer Science
13 85 (11.05%) User Experience
14 80 (10.40%) Containerisation
15 78 (10.14%) Technical Leadership
16 75 (9.75%) Test Automation
17 72 (9.36%) Scrum
18 67 (8.71%) Front End Development
19 61 (7.93%) Investment Management
20 56 (7.28%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 425 (55.27%) JavaScript
2 378 (49.15%) TypeScript
3 234 (30.43%) Python
4 206 (26.79%) Java
5 122 (15.86%) SQL
6 60 (7.80%) Go
7 56 (7.28%) C#
8 28 (3.64%) PHP
8 28 (3.64%) Ruby
9 25 (3.25%) Kotlin
10 19 (2.47%) Bash
11 15 (1.95%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.43%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.78%) C
14 4 (0.52%) C++
15 3 (0.39%) ABAP
15 3 (0.39%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.39%) RPG
16 2 (0.26%) Groovy
17 1 (0.13%) XAML
Qualifications
1 88 (11.44%) Degree
2 57 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
2 57 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 44 (5.72%) SC Cleared
4 15 (1.95%) DV Cleared
5 10 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.04%) AWS Certification
7 5 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
7 5 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.39%) PhD
10 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.29%) Accessibility
2 25 (3.25%) QA
3 9 (1.17%) GDPR
4 7 (0.91%) WCAG
5 5 (0.65%) PERC
6 4 (0.52%) SLA
7 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 135 (17.56%) Docker
2 2 (0.26%) Firmware
3 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 124 (16.12%) Terraform
2 101 (13.13%) Kubernetes
3 31 (4.03%) Ansible
4 15 (1.95%) Argo
5 10 (1.30%) Grafana
5 10 (1.30%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.65%) Puppet
7 3 (0.39%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.39%) Nagios
7 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.26%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.26%) Packer
Vendors
1 28 (3.64%) Google
1 28 (3.64%) Microsoft
2 19 (2.47%) Atlassian
3 12 (1.56%) Salesforce
4 11 (1.43%) SAP
5 10 (1.30%) OpenAI
6 9 (1.17%) Red Hat
7 8 (1.04%) Oracle
8 7 (0.91%) Adobe
8 7 (0.91%) CrowdStrike
9 5 (0.65%) Dynatrace
9 5 (0.65%) Pega
9 5 (0.65%) SaltStack
10 4 (0.52%) iManage
10 4 (0.52%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.52%) PagerDuty
10 4 (0.52%) WSO2
11 3 (0.39%) Aderant
11 3 (0.39%) Intapp
11 3 (0.39%) Workday