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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 212 111 134
Rank change year-on-year -101 +23 -63
Permanent jobs citing Node.js 648 1,459 1,259
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.15% 2.35% 2.49%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.28% 10.99% 9.44%
Number of salaries quoted 544 842 1,039
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,594 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £107,500 £88,750 £88,875
90th Percentile £137,500 £108,750 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%

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 6,983 13,270 13,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.38% 21.36% 26.43%
Number of salaries quoted 5,172 8,094 10,992
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £66,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -1.52% +1.54%
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £108,750 £106,289
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -91 577 £80,000 +12.68% 831
London -34 337 £100,000 +17.65% 167
Work from Home -67 326 £80,000 +6.67% 538
UK excluding London -136 256 £62,500 +4.17% 770
North of England -33 99 £60,000 -7.69% 169
South East -93 58 £57,500 +6.48% 212
Yorkshire -16 49 £60,000 +9.09% 66
North West -2 42 £62,500 -10.71% 88
Midlands -35 40 £65,000 - 137
West Midlands -17 23 £67,500 -3.57% 73
East Midlands -8 17 £65,000 +6.12% 58
South West -25 17 £62,500 +4.17% 81
Northern Ireland -8 16 £90,000 +12.50% 16
Wales -21 13 £68,958 +55.51% 25
East of England -57 9 £57,500 +4.55% 106
North East -15 8 £50,000 -33.33% 15
Scotland -53 7 £77,415 +19.10% 40

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 52 (8.02%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (3.09%) Confluence
3 11 (1.70%) CMS
4 9 (1.39%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.23%) Headless CMS
6 7 (1.08%) Apache Solr
6 7 (1.08%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.77%) nginx
8 4 (0.62%) Appian
9 3 (0.46%) Apache
9 3 (0.46%) Apache Pulsar
9 3 (0.46%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.31%) Drupal
10 2 (0.31%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.31%) IIS
10 2 (0.31%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.39%) Chatbot
2 7 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (1.08%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.77%) Adobe XD
3 5 (0.77%) InVision
3 5 (0.77%) Sketch
4 2 (0.31%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (1.85%) Shopify
2 7 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 384 (59.26%) AWS
2 183 (28.24%) Azure
3 137 (21.14%) GCP
4 94 (14.51%) Serverless
5 70 (10.80%) GitHub
6 65 (10.03%) AWS Lambda
7 59 (9.10%) SaaS
8 49 (7.56%) dbt
9 43 (6.64%) Amazon S3
10 39 (6.02%) Amazon ECS
11 35 (5.40%) Amazon EKS
12 30 (4.63%) Amazon SQS
12 30 (4.63%) Figma
13 26 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
14 25 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
15 18 (2.78%) Power Platform
16 13 (2.01%) npm
16 13 (2.01%) Vercel
17 12 (1.85%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.08%) SSH
2 6 (0.93%) AMQP
3 5 (0.77%) Broadband
4 4 (0.62%) Internet
5 3 (0.46%) DHCP
5 3 (0.46%) DNS
5 3 (0.46%) Firewall
5 3 (0.46%) HTTP
5 3 (0.46%) STUN
5 3 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.46%) VLAN
5 3 (0.46%) VoIP
5 3 (0.46%) VoLTE
5 3 (0.46%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.31%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.31%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.15%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (18.83%) PostgreSQL
2 78 (12.04%) MongoDB
3 53 (8.18%) NoSQL
4 45 (6.94%) Amazon Athena
4 45 (6.94%) Apache Arrow
4 45 (6.94%) Apache Iceberg
4 45 (6.94%) Dremio
5 36 (5.56%) Elasticsearch
6 32 (4.94%) MySQL
7 31 (4.78%) Relational Database
7 31 (4.78%) SQL Server
8 26 (4.01%) DynamoDB
9 24 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
10 21 (3.24%) Redis
11 11 (1.70%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (1.39%) DB2
13 7 (1.08%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.62%) Pinecone
14 4 (0.62%) Weaviate
15 3 (0.46%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 101 (15.59%) Git
2 55 (8.49%) Jenkins
3 38 (5.86%) JIRA
4 25 (3.86%) Cypress.io
5 21 (3.24%) GitLab
6 17 (2.62%) TeamCity
7 15 (2.31%) Selenium
8 11 (1.70%) Cucumber
8 11 (1.70%) webpack
9 9 (1.39%) Bitbucket
9 9 (1.39%) CircleCI
10 8 (1.23%) Visual Studio
10 8 (1.23%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.77%) Maven
11 5 (0.77%) Mocha
11 5 (0.77%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.62%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.62%) Babel
12 4 (0.62%) Postman
General
1 197 (30.40%) Social Skills
2 156 (24.07%) Finance
3 73 (11.27%) Front Office
4 38 (5.86%) Law
5 31 (4.78%) Marketing
6 28 (4.32%) Public Sector
7 26 (4.01%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (3.40%) Retail
10 17 (2.62%) Banking
11 14 (2.16%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.85%) Legal
13 8 (1.23%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.93%) Back Office
14 6 (0.93%) Electronics
15 5 (0.77%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.62%) Health Technology
17 3 (0.46%) Advertising
17 3 (0.46%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 352 (54.32%) Developer
2 141 (21.76%) Senior
3 139 (21.45%) Software Engineer
4 120 (18.52%) Full-Stack Developer
5 94 (14.51%) Lead
6 76 (11.73%) Senior Developer
7 72 (11.11%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 61 (9.41%) Architect
9 58 (8.95%) AWS Engineer
10 55 (8.49%) AWS Developer
11 52 (8.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 52 (8.02%) Python Developer
12 48 (7.41%) AWS Software Engineer
13 45 (6.94%) Python Engineer
14 44 (6.79%) Python Software Engineer
15 42 (6.48%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 40 (6.17%) Java Developer
17 33 (5.09%) Lead Developer
18 32 (4.94%) Node.js Developer
18 32 (4.94%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 435 (67.13%) React
2 143 (22.07%) AngularJS
3 130 (20.06%) CSS
4 128 (19.75%) HTML
5 127 (19.60%) Vue
6 86 (13.27%) .NET
7 83 (12.81%) RESTful
8 77 (11.88%) GraphQL
8 77 (11.88%) REST
9 52 (8.02%) Kafka
10 51 (7.87%) Redux
11 45 (6.94%) NumPy
11 45 (6.94%) Pandas
11 45 (6.94%) SciPy
12 40 (6.17%) ASP.NET
13 39 (6.02%) Next.js
13 39 (6.02%) React Native
14 38 (5.86%) .NET Core
15 37 (5.71%) Spring
16 30 (4.63%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 83 (12.81%) Cloud Native
2 71 (10.96%) Fixed Income
3 48 (7.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 47 (7.25%) Equities
5 40 (6.17%) Mobile App
6 38 (5.86%) Distributed Systems
7 20 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
7 20 (3.09%) Product Ownership
8 17 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (2.16%) Low-Code
10 12 (1.85%) Onboarding
11 11 (1.70%) IoT
12 10 (1.54%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.23%) AI Agents
14 7 (1.08%) Data Centre
14 7 (1.08%) Public Cloud
15 5 (0.77%) Algorithms
15 5 (0.77%) Data Structures
15 5 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
16 4 (0.62%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.86%) Linux
2 20 (3.09%) Windows
3 10 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.08%) Unix
5 6 (0.93%) Android
5 6 (0.93%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.31%) CentOS
6 2 (0.31%) Debian
6 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (50.31%) Agile
2 269 (41.51%) Full-Stack Development
3 236 (36.42%) Software Engineering
4 224 (34.57%) CI/CD
5 158 (24.38%) Problem-Solving
6 143 (22.07%) DevOps
7 132 (20.37%) Microservices
8 118 (18.21%) User Experience
9 106 (16.36%) AI
10 105 (16.20%) Mentoring
11 82 (12.65%) Test Automation
12 77 (11.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 76 (11.73%) Containerisation
13 76 (11.73%) Investment Management
14 74 (11.42%) Technical Leadership
15 73 (11.27%) Fintech
15 73 (11.27%) Scrum
16 69 (10.65%) Front End Development
16 69 (10.65%) Order Management
17 68 (10.49%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 381 (58.80%) JavaScript
2 347 (53.55%) TypeScript
3 220 (33.95%) Python
4 160 (24.69%) Java
5 121 (18.67%) SQL
6 69 (10.65%) C#
7 51 (7.87%) Go
8 25 (3.86%) PHP
9 21 (3.24%) Ruby
10 15 (2.31%) Bash
11 13 (2.01%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.77%) C
12 5 (0.77%) C++
12 5 (0.77%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.46%) ABAP
13 3 (0.46%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.46%) Groovy
13 3 (0.46%) R
13 3 (0.46%) RPG
14 2 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 64 (9.88%) Degree
2 58 (8.95%) Security Cleared
3 41 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 34 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.93%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.08%) AWS Certification
7 6 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.62%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.46%) CCNP
9 3 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.46%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.31%) MCP
10 2 (0.31%) PhD
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (7.72%) QA
2 41 (6.33%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.70%) GDPR
4 8 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.77%) PERC
5 5 (0.77%) SLA
5 5 (0.77%) WCAG
6 4 (0.62%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.31%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 91 (14.04%) Docker
2 5 (0.77%) Firmware
2 5 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 88 (13.58%) Kubernetes
2 73 (11.27%) Terraform
3 30 (4.63%) Ansible
4 13 (2.01%) Grafana
5 11 (1.70%) Argo
5 11 (1.70%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.31%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (0.31%) Nagios
6 2 (0.31%) Puppet
7 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.15%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.24%) Google
3 17 (2.62%) OpenAI
4 15 (2.31%) Atlassian
5 11 (1.70%) SAP
6 10 (1.54%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.39%) Apple
8 8 (1.23%) Adobe
8 8 (1.23%) Oracle
9 7 (1.08%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.93%) iManage
11 5 (0.77%) Dynatrace
11 5 (0.77%) VMware
12 4 (0.62%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.62%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.62%) PagerDuty
12 4 (0.62%) Pega
12 4 (0.62%) WSO2
13 3 (0.46%) Mavenir
13 3 (0.46%) Sonatype