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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 113 127
Rank change year-on-year -89 +14 -38
Permanent jobs citing Node.js 732 1,299 1,771
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.05% 2.73% 2.36%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.46% 12.27% 10.12%
Number of salaries quoted 618 773 1,453
10th Percentile £52,125 £41,594 £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 £93,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £110,000 £97,500
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 7,740 10,586 17,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.11% 22.24% 23.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,684 6,605 14,195
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,225 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +8.57% -9.63%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £80,500
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 26 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 26 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 -105 638 £76,000 +1.33% 366
UK excluding London -128 336 £65,000 +8.33% 253
London -50 322 £100,000 +14.29% 160
Work from Home -84 310 £75,000 - 237
North of England -35 136 £65,000 -3.70% 69
Midlands -19 69 £64,000 -1.54% 48
Yorkshire -29 69 £62,500 -7.41% 20
North West -32 58 £74,915 -0.11% 41
South East -147 51 £65,000 +18.18% 73
East Midlands -9 44 £64,500 -0.77% 16
South West -57 36 £62,500 - 28
West Midlands -22 25 £60,000 -4.00% 32
Northern Ireland -14 21 £82,500 +37.50% 1
Wales -11 12 £71,894 +62.13% 7
North East -10 9 £50,000 -8.68% 8
East of England -59 9 £51,250 -10.87% 21
Scotland -53 7 £74,830 +36.05% 7

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 18 (2.46%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (1.91%) CMS
3 13 (1.78%) OpenStack
4 12 (1.64%) Confluence
5 7 (0.96%) nginx
5 7 (0.96%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.82%) Apache
6 6 (0.82%) Apache Solr
6 6 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.82%) IIS
7 4 (0.55%) Appian
8 3 (0.41%) Apache Pulsar
8 3 (0.41%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.27%) JBoss
10 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.14%) Strapi
Applications
1 9 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (1.23%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.82%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.55%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.55%) InVision
3 4 (0.55%) Sketch
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
1 4 (0.55%) Shopify
2 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 428 (58.47%) AWS
2 181 (24.73%) Azure
3 165 (22.54%) Serverless
4 131 (17.90%) GCP
5 126 (17.21%) AWS Lambda
6 105 (14.34%) GitHub
7 96 (13.11%) Amazon S3
8 77 (10.52%) SaaS
9 60 (8.20%) Amazon ECS
10 48 (6.56%) Amazon EKS
11 46 (6.28%) Amazon SQS
12 43 (5.87%) AWS CloudFormation
12 43 (5.87%) GitHub Actions
13 28 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
14 25 (3.42%) Figma
15 20 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (2.60%) Datadog
17 18 (2.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 16 (2.19%) AWS Step Functions
19 15 (2.05%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.64%) AMQP
2 11 (1.50%) SSH
3 4 (0.55%) HTTP
4 2 (0.27%) Broadband
4 2 (0.27%) DSL
4 2 (0.27%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.14%) CTI
5 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
5 1 (0.14%) Internet
5 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (15.30%) PostgreSQL
2 71 (9.70%) MongoDB
3 60 (8.20%) NoSQL
4 43 (5.87%) DynamoDB
5 38 (5.19%) MySQL
6 34 (4.64%) Relational Database
7 29 (3.96%) SQL Server
8 28 (3.83%) Elasticsearch
9 22 (3.01%) Amazon Athena
10 21 (2.87%) Redis
11 16 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (1.91%) BigQuery
13 13 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (1.50%) Apache Arrow
14 11 (1.50%) Apache Iceberg
14 11 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (1.50%) DB2
14 11 (1.50%) Dremio
15 5 (0.68%) Big Data
15 5 (0.68%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 105 (14.34%) Git
2 75 (10.25%) Jenkins
3 27 (3.69%) Cypress.io
3 27 (3.69%) JIRA
4 19 (2.60%) GitLab
5 16 (2.19%) Selenium
6 15 (2.05%) Cucumber
7 13 (1.78%) TeamCity
8 12 (1.64%) Storybook
9 11 (1.50%) CircleCI
10 10 (1.37%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.68%) Maven
11 5 (0.68%) Mocha
11 5 (0.68%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.55%) Babel
12 4 (0.55%) rollup.js
12 4 (0.55%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.55%) Vite
12 4 (0.55%) webpack
General
1 189 (25.82%) Social Skills
2 121 (16.53%) Finance
3 49 (6.69%) Front Office
4 41 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (5.33%) Public Sector
6 20 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (2.19%) Law
8 15 (2.05%) Marketing
9 14 (1.91%) Retail
10 11 (1.50%) Banking
10 11 (1.50%) Tech for Good
11 9 (1.23%) Legal
11 9 (1.23%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.96%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.82%) Back Office
13 6 (0.82%) Electronics
14 4 (0.55%) Advertising
14 4 (0.55%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.27%) Games
15 2 (0.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 378 (51.64%) Developer
2 166 (22.68%) Senior
3 151 (20.63%) Software Engineer
4 139 (18.99%) Full-Stack Developer
5 123 (16.80%) Lead
6 85 (11.61%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 65 (8.88%) Senior Developer
8 60 (8.20%) Java Developer
9 52 (7.10%) Lead Developer
10 51 (6.97%) Node.js Developer
11 49 (6.69%) React Developer
12 48 (6.56%) Architect
13 46 (6.28%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 40 (5.46%) AWS Developer
15 37 (5.05%) Software Developer
16 34 (4.64%) Python Developer
17 33 (4.51%) Senior Software Engineer
18 31 (4.23%) Lead Software Developer
18 31 (4.23%) Lead Software Engineer
18 31 (4.23%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 463 (63.25%) React
2 122 (16.67%) CSS
3 121 (16.53%) HTML
4 110 (15.03%) AngularJS
5 101 (13.80%) Vue
6 97 (13.25%) REST
7 78 (10.66%) RESTful
8 75 (10.25%) .NET
9 62 (8.47%) GraphQL
10 58 (7.92%) Kafka
11 55 (7.51%) Spring
12 48 (6.56%) Redux
13 47 (6.42%) Spring Boot
14 41 (5.60%) Next.js
15 35 (4.78%) Jest
15 35 (4.78%) React Native
16 31 (4.23%) Django
17 30 (4.10%) NestJS
18 26 (3.55%) .NET Core
18 26 (3.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 97 (13.25%) Cloud Native
2 47 (6.42%) Fixed Income
3 38 (5.19%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (4.37%) Mobile App
5 27 (3.69%) Product Ownership
5 27 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.14%) Equities
7 21 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (2.73%) IoT
9 14 (1.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.64%) Derivative
10 12 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (0.96%) Low-Code
12 6 (0.82%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (0.68%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.68%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.55%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 37 (5.05%) Linux
2 15 (2.05%) Windows
3 9 (1.23%) Android
3 9 (1.23%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.09%) Unix
5 6 (0.82%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.68%) CentOS
6 5 (0.68%) Debian
6 5 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.68%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (45.49%) Full-Stack Development
2 274 (37.43%) CI/CD
3 273 (37.30%) Agile
4 272 (37.16%) Software Engineering
5 184 (25.14%) Microservices
6 172 (23.50%) Problem-Solving
7 168 (22.95%) DevOps
8 146 (19.95%) Mentoring
9 112 (15.30%) AI
10 93 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 89 (12.16%) Infrastructure as Code
12 85 (11.61%) Computer Science
12 85 (11.61%) User Experience
13 81 (11.07%) Containerisation
14 77 (10.52%) Technical Leadership
15 71 (9.70%) Test Automation
16 70 (9.56%) Scrum
17 69 (9.43%) Front End Development
18 53 (7.24%) Investment Management
19 52 (7.10%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 403 (55.05%) JavaScript
2 355 (48.50%) TypeScript
3 224 (30.60%) Python
4 190 (25.96%) Java
5 117 (15.98%) SQL
6 53 (7.24%) C#
7 50 (6.83%) Go
8 27 (3.69%) Ruby
9 26 (3.55%) PHP
10 21 (2.87%) Kotlin
11 18 (2.46%) Bash
12 14 (1.91%) PowerShell
13 11 (1.50%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.96%) C
15 4 (0.55%) C++
16 3 (0.41%) ABAP
16 3 (0.41%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.41%) RPG
17 2 (0.27%) Groovy
17 2 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (11.61%) Degree
2 60 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 53 (7.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 46 (6.28%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.19%) DV Cleared
6 10 (1.37%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.68%) AWS Certified Developer
7 5 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.55%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.41%) PhD
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.14%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.78%) Accessibility
2 25 (3.42%) QA
3 9 (1.23%) GDPR
4 7 (0.96%) WCAG
5 5 (0.68%) PERC
6 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.55%) SLA
7 1 (0.14%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 132 (18.03%) Docker
2 2 (0.27%) Firmware
2 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 121 (16.53%) Terraform
2 100 (13.66%) Kubernetes
3 31 (4.23%) Ansible
4 15 (2.05%) Argo
5 10 (1.37%) Grafana
5 10 (1.37%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.68%) Puppet
7 3 (0.41%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.41%) Nagios
7 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.27%) BMC PATROL
8 2 (0.27%) Packer
Vendors
1 29 (3.96%) Google
1 29 (3.96%) Microsoft
2 19 (2.60%) Atlassian
3 13 (1.78%) Salesforce
4 11 (1.50%) OpenAI
4 11 (1.50%) SAP
5 9 (1.23%) Red Hat
6 8 (1.09%) Adobe
6 8 (1.09%) Oracle
7 6 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (0.68%) Dynatrace
8 5 (0.68%) iManage
8 5 (0.68%) Pega
8 5 (0.68%) SaltStack
9 4 (0.55%) MuleSoft
9 4 (0.55%) PagerDuty
9 4 (0.55%) WSO2
10 3 (0.41%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.41%) Mavenir
10 3 (0.41%) ServiceNow