Node.js Job Trends

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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 110 131
Rank change year-on-year -104 +21 -45
Permanent jobs citing Node.js 693 1,347 1,740
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.05% 2.69% 2.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.27% 12.17% 9.98%
Number of salaries quoted 582 773 1,474
10th Percentile £52,500 £41,775 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +7.41% -3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £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 7,474 11,066 17,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.38% 22.13% 23.46%
Number of salaries quoted 5,505 6,559 14,349
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,000 £61,551
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +7.23% -8.81%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 10 February 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 10 February 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 -86 599 £75,000 - 358
UK excluding London -140 308 £65,000 +8.33% 254
London -54 306 £92,500 +5.71% 156
Work from Home -88 294 £72,500 -3.33% 272
North of England -29 125 £62,500 -9.09% 79
Midlands -18 67 £64,000 -1.54% 32
Yorkshire -22 61 £62,500 -7.41% 27
North West -12 56 £74,830 -0.23% 43
East Midlands -4 43 £64,000 -1.54% 9
South East -137 40 £65,000 +18.18% 69
South West -64 32 £63,750 +6.25% 37
West Midlands -25 24 £63,750 -8.93% 23
Northern Ireland -11 21 £82,500 +3.13% 2
Wales -13 11 £74,830 +68.75% 11
East of England -51 11 £55,000 -2.22% 16
North East -15 8 £50,000 -9.09% 9
Scotland -63 6 £77,415 +40.75% 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 21 (3.03%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (2.31%) CMS
3 13 (1.88%) Confluence
3 13 (1.88%) OpenStack
4 8 (1.15%) Apache Solr
4 8 (1.15%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.01%) nginx
6 6 (0.87%) Apache
6 6 (0.87%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.87%) IIS
7 4 (0.58%) Appian
8 3 (0.43%) Apache Pulsar
8 3 (0.43%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) Strapi
Applications
1 9 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (1.30%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.01%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.72%) Adobe XD
3 5 (0.72%) InVision
3 5 (0.72%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
1 4 (0.58%) Shopify
2 3 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 397 (57.29%) AWS
2 175 (25.25%) Azure
3 151 (21.79%) Serverless
4 118 (17.03%) AWS Lambda
5 114 (16.45%) GCP
6 106 (15.30%) GitHub
7 87 (12.55%) Amazon S3
8 70 (10.10%) SaaS
9 54 (7.79%) Amazon ECS
10 49 (7.07%) Amazon EKS
11 44 (6.35%) GitHub Actions
12 42 (6.06%) Amazon SQS
13 38 (5.48%) AWS CloudFormation
14 29 (4.18%) Azure DevOps
15 24 (3.46%) Figma
16 18 (2.60%) Amazon EC2
16 18 (2.60%) Datadog
16 18 (2.60%) dbt
17 17 (2.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 15 (2.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.73%) AMQP
2 11 (1.59%) SSH
3 3 (0.43%) HTTP
4 2 (0.29%) Broadband
4 2 (0.29%) DSL
4 2 (0.29%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.29%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.14%) CTI
5 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.14%) Internet
5 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (15.30%) PostgreSQL
2 77 (11.11%) MongoDB
3 62 (8.95%) NoSQL
4 39 (5.63%) DynamoDB
4 39 (5.63%) MySQL
5 36 (5.19%) Elasticsearch
6 34 (4.91%) Relational Database
7 30 (4.33%) SQL Server
8 23 (3.32%) Amazon Athena
9 20 (2.89%) Redis
10 18 (2.60%) Azure SQL Database
11 16 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (2.02%) Apache Arrow
12 14 (2.02%) Apache Iceberg
12 14 (2.02%) BigQuery
12 14 (2.02%) Dremio
13 11 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.59%) DB2
14 5 (0.72%) Big Data
14 5 (0.72%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 103 (14.86%) Git
2 71 (10.25%) Jenkins
3 30 (4.33%) JIRA
4 23 (3.32%) Cypress.io
5 17 (2.45%) GitLab
6 15 (2.16%) Selenium
6 15 (2.16%) TeamCity
7 13 (1.88%) Cucumber
8 12 (1.73%) CircleCI
9 10 (1.44%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.44%) Storybook
10 6 (0.87%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.87%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.72%) Mocha
11 5 (0.72%) webpack
12 4 (0.58%) Babel
12 4 (0.58%) rollup.js
12 4 (0.58%) Vite
13 3 (0.43%) ESLint
13 3 (0.43%) Maven
General
1 186 (26.84%) Social Skills
2 110 (15.87%) Finance
3 39 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (5.34%) Public Sector
5 28 (4.04%) Front Office
6 20 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (2.45%) Marketing
8 15 (2.16%) Retail
9 13 (1.88%) Banking
9 13 (1.88%) Tech for Good
10 11 (1.59%) Law
11 9 (1.30%) Legal
11 9 (1.30%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.01%) Back Office
12 7 (1.01%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.87%) Electronics
14 4 (0.58%) Advertising
14 4 (0.58%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.29%) Games
15 2 (0.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 341 (49.21%) Developer
2 159 (22.94%) Senior
3 129 (18.61%) Software Engineer
4 121 (17.46%) Full-Stack Developer
5 106 (15.30%) Lead
6 76 (10.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 61 (8.80%) Senior Developer
8 53 (7.65%) Java Developer
9 52 (7.50%) Architect
10 47 (6.78%) Node.js Developer
11 42 (6.06%) AWS Developer
12 40 (5.77%) React Developer
13 39 (5.63%) Python Developer
14 34 (4.91%) Software Developer
15 32 (4.62%) Lead Developer
16 31 (4.47%) Senior Software Engineer
17 30 (4.33%) Backend Developer
18 27 (3.90%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 27 (3.90%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
19 26 (3.75%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 434 (62.63%) React
2 124 (17.89%) CSS
3 122 (17.60%) HTML
4 115 (16.59%) AngularJS
5 106 (15.30%) Vue
6 94 (13.56%) REST
7 79 (11.40%) RESTful
8 76 (10.97%) .NET
9 54 (7.79%) Spring
10 48 (6.93%) GraphQL
11 44 (6.35%) Spring Boot
12 42 (6.06%) Kafka
13 38 (5.48%) Next.js
14 34 (4.91%) .NET Core
15 33 (4.76%) React Native
16 31 (4.47%) Django
16 31 (4.47%) Jest
17 27 (3.90%) ASP.NET
17 27 (3.90%) Web Services
18 26 (3.75%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 95 (13.71%) Cloud Native
2 40 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
3 35 (5.05%) Mobile App
4 26 (3.75%) Fixed Income
4 26 (3.75%) Product Ownership
5 25 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
6 20 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (2.89%) IoT
7 18 (2.60%) Equities
8 17 (2.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.73%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.44%) AI Agents
11 6 (0.87%) Distributed Architecture
12 5 (0.72%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.72%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.58%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.58%) Derivative
13 4 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.92%) Linux
2 17 (2.45%) Windows
3 9 (1.30%) Android
3 9 (1.30%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.15%) Unix
5 5 (0.72%) CentOS
5 5 (0.72%) Debian
5 5 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.72%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (44.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 279 (40.26%) CI/CD
3 266 (38.38%) Agile
4 249 (35.93%) Software Engineering
5 183 (26.41%) Microservices
6 174 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
7 161 (23.23%) DevOps
8 131 (18.90%) Mentoring
9 120 (17.32%) AI
10 94 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (13.13%) User Experience
12 86 (12.41%) Infrastructure as Code
13 84 (12.12%) Computer Science
14 81 (11.69%) Containerisation
15 79 (11.40%) Scrum
16 77 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
16 77 (11.11%) Test Automation
17 70 (10.10%) Front End Development
18 59 (8.51%) Kanban
19 57 (8.23%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 367 (52.96%) JavaScript
2 337 (48.63%) TypeScript
3 217 (31.31%) Python
4 174 (25.11%) Java
5 123 (17.75%) SQL
6 56 (8.08%) C#
7 36 (5.19%) Go
8 29 (4.18%) PHP
9 26 (3.75%) Ruby
10 16 (2.31%) Bash
11 15 (2.16%) Kotlin
11 15 (2.16%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.59%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.87%) C
14 3 (0.43%) ABAP
14 3 (0.43%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.43%) C++
14 3 (0.43%) RPG
15 2 (0.29%) R
16 1 (0.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 82 (11.83%) Degree
2 64 (9.24%) Security Cleared
3 49 (7.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 48 (6.93%) SC Cleared
5 18 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.72%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.43%) PhD
11 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.14%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.34%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.75%) QA
3 12 (1.73%) GDPR
4 8 (1.15%) WCAG
5 7 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.72%) PERC
7 4 (0.58%) SLA
8 3 (0.43%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.29%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.14%) Data Quality
System Software
1 125 (18.04%) Docker
2 3 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.43%) vSphere
3 2 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 115 (16.59%) Terraform
2 97 (14.00%) Kubernetes
3 34 (4.91%) Ansible
4 15 (2.16%) Argo
5 11 (1.59%) Grafana
6 8 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.72%) Puppet
8 3 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.29%) BMC PATROL
9 2 (0.29%) Nagios
9 2 (0.29%) Packer
10 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 43 (6.20%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.90%) Google
3 20 (2.89%) Atlassian
4 16 (2.31%) OpenAI
5 14 (2.02%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.59%) SAP
7 9 (1.30%) Adobe
7 9 (1.30%) Oracle
7 9 (1.30%) Red Hat
8 6 (0.87%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (0.87%) iManage
9 5 (0.72%) Dynatrace
9 5 (0.72%) Pega
9 5 (0.72%) SaltStack
10 4 (0.58%) MuleSoft
10 4 (0.58%) PagerDuty
10 4 (0.58%) WSO2
11 3 (0.43%) AppDynamics
11 3 (0.43%) Guidewire
11 3 (0.43%) ServiceNow