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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 186 131
Rank change year-on-year -16 -55 -8
Permanent jobs citing Node.js 1,159 837 1,405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.98% 1.70% 1.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.75% 10.10% 8.95%
Number of salaries quoted 910 504 841
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +18.52% -10.00%
75th Percentile £92,188 £110,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +4.35% -11.54%

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 11,884 8,291 15,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.08% 16.87% 21.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,351 5,274 9,725
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £49,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,192 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.45% +6.45% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 12 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Node.js in the UK

Node.js
Top 16 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 12 October 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 -22 1,022 £70,000 -17.65% 814
UK excluding London +23 761 £67,500 +12.50% 381
Work from Home -14 589 £68,403 -22.93% 398
London -94 291 £84,000 -16.00% 476
North of England -29 260 £65,000 - 127
South East +74 235 £75,000 +30.43% 74
North West -75 110 £76,000 +14.72% 80
Midlands +22 86 £60,000 -19.82% 45
North East -3 75 £56,250 -15.09% 15
Yorkshire -4 75 £69,310 +15.52% 32
South West -21 72 £63,500 +10.43% 38
East of England -13 51 £60,000 +9.09% 42
Wales -27 51 £72,500 +39.56% 5
West Midlands -5 48 £60,000 -20.00% 30
East Midlands +3 38 £55,000 -4.35% 15
Scotland +7 6 £100,000 +33.64% 30

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 37 (3.19%) Confluence
2 25 (2.16%) CMS
3 21 (1.81%) Apache
4 19 (1.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 15 (1.29%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.86%) IIS
7 9 (0.78%) Sitecore CMS
8 8 (0.69%) Headless CMS
9 6 (0.52%) WordPress
10 5 (0.43%) JBoss
10 5 (0.43%) nginx
11 4 (0.35%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.26%) DNN
12 3 (0.26%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.26%) Ethereum
12 3 (0.26%) Hedera
12 3 (0.26%) Kentico
12 3 (0.26%) SAS
12 3 (0.26%) Sitefinity
12 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (0.95%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.86%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.26%) Blender
3 3 (0.26%) Maya
Business Applications
1 10 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
3 3 (0.26%) Shopify
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.17%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.086%) Quorum
5 1 (0.086%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 618 (53.32%) AWS
2 425 (36.67%) Azure
3 243 (20.97%) GitHub
4 208 (17.95%) Serverless
5 168 (14.50%) SaaS
6 152 (13.11%) AWS Lambda
7 147 (12.68%) GCP
8 115 (9.92%) GitHub Actions
9 114 (9.84%) Amazon S3
10 103 (8.89%) Amazon ECS
11 89 (7.68%) AWS CloudFormation
12 80 (6.90%) GitHub Copilot
13 77 (6.64%) Azure DevOps
14 65 (5.61%) Amazon SQS
15 45 (3.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 36 (3.11%) AWS Step Functions
17 35 (3.02%) Datadog
18 33 (2.85%) Azure Service Bus
19 31 (2.67%) Amazon EKS
20 30 (2.59%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.64%) Broadband
2 16 (1.38%) TCP/IP
3 15 (1.29%) DMARC
3 15 (1.29%) Firewall
4 13 (1.12%) Internet
5 10 (0.86%) VPN
6 9 (0.78%) DNS
7 8 (0.69%) Wireshark
8 7 (0.60%) AMQP
9 6 (0.52%) BGP
9 6 (0.52%) Hyperconnected
9 6 (0.52%) IPsec
9 6 (0.52%) VoIP
10 4 (0.35%) HTTP
10 4 (0.35%) LAN
10 4 (0.35%) WAN
11 2 (0.17%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.17%) MQTT
11 2 (0.17%) Network Security
12 1 (0.086%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 251 (21.66%) MongoDB
2 174 (15.01%) PostgreSQL
3 146 (12.60%) Elasticsearch
4 143 (12.34%) Azure SQL Database
5 96 (8.28%) NoSQL
6 75 (6.47%) DynamoDB
7 72 (6.21%) Redis
8 68 (5.87%) SQL Server
9 50 (4.31%) MySQL
10 45 (3.88%) Relational Database
11 24 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
12 23 (1.98%) Amazon Athena
13 15 (1.29%) BigQuery
13 15 (1.29%) Semantic Layer
14 14 (1.21%) Big Data
15 13 (1.12%) Hadoop
16 12 (1.04%) DTS
17 11 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
18 10 (0.86%) Db2
19 9 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 146 (12.60%) Git
2 93 (8.02%) Jenkins
3 63 (5.44%) GitLab
4 47 (4.06%) Cypress.io
5 41 (3.54%) JIRA
6 16 (1.38%) Vite
7 15 (1.29%) Claude Code
8 13 (1.12%) Selenium
9 12 (1.04%) Bitbucket
9 12 (1.04%) JUnit
9 12 (1.04%) Storybook
10 8 (0.69%) Postman
10 8 (0.69%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.69%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.60%) Mocha
12 6 (0.52%) Maven
12 6 (0.52%) REST Assured
13 5 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.43%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 276 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 144 (12.42%) Finance
3 124 (10.70%) Public Sector
4 60 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 54 (4.66%) Retail
6 38 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (2.33%) Marketing
8 19 (1.64%) Games
9 18 (1.55%) Banking
10 16 (1.38%) Law
11 12 (1.04%) Legal
12 11 (0.95%) Military
13 10 (0.86%) Manufacturing
14 9 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.69%) Advertising
15 8 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.60%) Aerospace
16 7 (0.60%) Automotive
16 7 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 538 (46.42%) Developer
2 273 (23.55%) Senior
3 207 (17.86%) Lead
4 204 (17.60%) Full-Stack Developer
5 196 (16.91%) Software Engineer
6 142 (12.25%) .NET Developer
7 104 (8.97%) Software Developer
8 93 (8.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 82 (7.08%) Lead Developer
10 80 (6.90%) Senior Developer
11 78 (6.73%) Senior Software Engineer
12 67 (5.78%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 66 (5.69%) Lead Software Developer
14 52 (4.49%) Software Manager
15 50 (4.31%) Development Manager
15 50 (4.31%) Software Development Manager
16 47 (4.06%) Architect
17 46 (3.97%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
18 42 (3.62%) Node.js Developer
19 40 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 508 (43.83%) React
2 265 (22.86%) .NET
3 182 (15.70%) AngularJS
4 168 (14.50%) Terraform
5 162 (13.98%) ASP.NET
6 155 (13.37%) .NET Core
7 153 (13.20%) CSS
8 147 (12.68%) ASP.NET Core
9 141 (12.17%) HTML
10 140 (12.08%) Vue
11 138 (11.91%) REST
12 108 (9.32%) Spring Boot
13 103 (8.89%) Spring
14 102 (8.80%) RESTful
15 86 (7.42%) NestJS
16 85 (7.33%) Next.js
17 78 (6.73%) ASP.NET Web API
18 75 (6.47%) Jest
19 67 (5.78%) Kafka
20 63 (5.44%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 202 (17.43%) Cloud Native
2 67 (5.78%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (3.88%) Product Ownership
4 41 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
5 39 (3.36%) Greenfield Project
6 36 (3.11%) AI Agents
7 27 (2.33%) Onboarding
8 21 (1.81%) Mobile App
9 19 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 19 (1.64%) Mainframe
10 17 (1.47%) Virtual Team
11 15 (1.29%) IoT
11 15 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.12%) Management Information System
13 12 (1.04%) PropTech
14 10 (0.86%) EPoS
14 10 (0.86%) iSeries
15 9 (0.78%) Algorithms
15 9 (0.78%) Data Structures
16 8 (0.69%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 58 (5.00%) Linux
2 25 (2.16%) Windows
3 15 (1.29%) Debian
3 15 (1.29%) Ubuntu
3 15 (1.29%) Unix
4 7 (0.60%) CentOS
4 7 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.35%) AIX
5 4 (0.35%) Android
5 4 (0.35%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.26%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (48.23%) Full-Stack Development
2 552 (47.63%) CI/CD
3 504 (43.49%) Agile
4 423 (36.50%) Microservices
5 357 (30.80%) Software Engineering
6 329 (28.39%) DevOps
7 289 (24.94%) AI
8 239 (20.62%) Mentoring
9 210 (18.12%) Test Automation
10 180 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 168 (14.50%) Technical Leadership
12 162 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
13 151 (13.03%) Event-Driven
13 151 (13.03%) Infrastructure as Code
14 145 (12.51%) Containerisation
14 145 (12.51%) Scrum
15 126 (10.87%) TDD
16 124 (10.70%) Observability
17 118 (10.18%) Code Quality
18 106 (9.15%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 542 (46.76%) TypeScript
2 503 (43.40%) JavaScript
3 325 (28.04%) SQL
4 269 (23.21%) Python
5 267 (23.04%) C#
6 237 (20.45%) Java
7 58 (5.00%) Ruby
8 46 (3.97%) PHP
9 39 (3.36%) Go
10 34 (2.93%) Kotlin
11 27 (2.33%) Bash
12 13 (1.12%) C++
13 10 (0.86%) ABAP
13 10 (0.86%) PowerShell
13 10 (0.86%) RPG
14 6 (0.52%) Bicep
14 6 (0.52%) C
14 6 (0.52%) COBOL
15 4 (0.35%) Rust
15 4 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 122 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 99 (8.54%) Degree
3 87 (7.51%) SC Cleared
4 63 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.24%) DV Cleared
6 24 (2.07%) AWS Certification
7 15 (1.29%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (0.35%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.35%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 3 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.26%) ICAEW
12 3 (0.26%) OCP
12 3 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.086%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.086%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (7.25%) QA
2 68 (5.87%) Accessibility
3 44 (3.80%) WCAG
4 22 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.12%) GDPR
6 12 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.60%) GRC
8 6 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (0.52%) NCSC
8 6 (0.52%) NIST
9 5 (0.43%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.26%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.17%) SLA
System Software
1 284 (24.50%) Docker
2 7 (0.60%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 212 (18.29%) Kubernetes
2 34 (2.93%) Ansible
3 22 (1.90%) Grafana
4 19 (1.64%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.29%) Argo
6 11 (0.95%) Puppet
7 7 (0.60%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.52%) Hadoop YARN
9 4 (0.35%) Istio
9 4 (0.35%) linkerd
9 4 (0.35%) Podman
10 3 (0.26%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.26%) Packer
10 3 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.17%) Bugsnag
Vendors
1 223 (19.24%) Microsoft
2 49 (4.23%) Google
3 37 (3.19%) OpenAI
4 19 (1.64%) Adobe
5 18 (1.55%) SAP
6 16 (1.38%) IBM
6 16 (1.38%) Oracle
7 15 (1.29%) SendGrid
8 12 (1.04%) OneLogin
9 10 (0.86%) Dynatrace
9 10 (0.86%) Red Hat
10 9 (0.78%) iManage
10 9 (0.78%) Sitecore
10 9 (0.78%) Splunk
11 7 (0.60%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.60%) SaltStack
12 6 (0.52%) Confluent
12 6 (0.52%) HP
13 5 (0.43%) AppDynamics
13 5 (0.43%) Databricks