Hybrid/Remote Node.js Job Trends

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Node.js skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 62 85
Rank change year-on-year -83 +23 -23
Permanent jobs citing Node.js 284 820 911
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.80% 5.05% 3.48%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 10.07% 16.19% 11.59%
Number of salaries quoted 242 417 774
10th Percentile £47,550 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,400 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +11.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £99,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% +7.41% -3.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options 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 2,820 5,065 7,863
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.86% 31.20% 30.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,131 3,243 6,821
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

Node.js
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Node.js and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Node.js job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Node.js
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Node.js.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Node.js

Node.js
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Node.js over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Node.js salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Node.js
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 19 (6.69%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.82%) Apache Solr
2 8 (2.82%) CMS
3 3 (1.06%) Apache Pulsar
3 3 (1.06%) Confluence
3 3 (1.06%) nginx
3 3 (1.06%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.70%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.35%) Drupal
5 1 (0.35%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
5 1 (0.35%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.35%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Shopify
2 3 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 181 (63.73%) AWS
2 75 (26.41%) Azure
3 73 (25.70%) Serverless
4 62 (21.83%) GCP
5 60 (21.13%) AWS Lambda
6 57 (20.07%) SaaS
7 50 (17.61%) GitHub
8 41 (14.44%) Amazon S3
9 29 (10.21%) Amazon SQS
10 28 (9.86%) Amazon ECS
11 19 (6.69%) dbt
12 17 (5.99%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (5.63%) Amazon EKS
14 14 (4.93%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (4.58%) Figma
15 13 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
17 8 (2.82%) AWS Step Functions
18 7 (2.46%) Amazon EventBridge
18 7 (2.46%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.11%) AMQP
2 4 (1.41%) SSH
3 2 (0.70%) Broadband
3 2 (0.70%) DSL
3 2 (0.70%) HTTP
3 2 (0.70%) OpenVPN
4 1 (0.35%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (21.13%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (19.72%) MongoDB
3 33 (11.62%) NoSQL
4 31 (10.92%) Elasticsearch
5 26 (9.15%) MySQL
6 21 (7.39%) Amazon Athena
7 19 (6.69%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (5.99%) Apache Arrow
8 17 (5.99%) Apache Iceberg
8 17 (5.99%) Dremio
8 17 (5.99%) Relational Database
9 13 (4.58%) DynamoDB
10 11 (3.87%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (3.87%) SQL Server
11 9 (3.17%) BigQuery
11 9 (3.17%) Redis
12 2 (0.70%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.70%) Power BI
13 1 (0.35%) Cloud Spanner
13 1 (0.35%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 53 (18.66%) Git
2 15 (5.28%) Cypress.io
3 14 (4.93%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.87%) CircleCI
4 11 (3.87%) JIRA
5 10 (3.52%) Storybook
6 6 (2.11%) GitLab
7 5 (1.76%) Selenium
8 3 (1.06%) ESLint
8 3 (1.06%) Maven
8 3 (1.06%) Mocha
8 3 (1.06%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.06%) webpack
9 2 (0.70%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.70%) JMeter
9 2 (0.70%) Postman
9 2 (0.70%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.70%) Synon
9 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 78 (27.46%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.25%) Finance
3 18 (6.34%) Front Office
4 16 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.23%) Retail
7 11 (3.87%) Marketing
7 11 (3.87%) Public Sector
8 10 (3.52%) Law
9 5 (1.76%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.41%) Electronics
11 3 (1.06%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.70%) Games
12 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.70%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.35%) Advertising
13 1 (0.35%) Banking
13 1 (0.35%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 150 (52.82%) Developer
2 60 (21.13%) Senior
3 59 (20.77%) Software Engineer
4 49 (17.25%) Full-Stack Developer
5 42 (14.79%) Lead
6 32 (11.27%) AWS Developer
6 32 (11.27%) Node.js Developer
7 31 (10.92%) Python Developer
8 25 (8.80%) React Developer
9 24 (8.45%) Architect
10 20 (7.04%) Backend Developer
10 20 (7.04%) Senior Developer
11 19 (6.69%) .NET Developer
11 19 (6.69%) AWS Engineer
11 19 (6.69%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 19 (6.69%) Software Developer
12 18 (6.34%) Python Engineer
12 18 (6.34%) Solutions Architect
13 17 (5.99%) AWS Software Engineer
13 17 (5.99%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (70.42%) React
2 62 (21.83%) AngularJS
3 59 (20.77%) Vue
4 42 (14.79%) HTML
5 35 (12.32%) .NET
5 35 (12.32%) CSS
6 33 (11.62%) React Native
7 31 (10.92%) RESTful
8 28 (9.86%) REST
9 26 (9.15%) .NET Core
10 22 (7.75%) Spring
11 21 (7.39%) ASP.NET
12 19 (6.69%) Kafka
13 17 (5.99%) Entity Framework
13 17 (5.99%) Jest
13 17 (5.99%) NumPy
13 17 (5.99%) Pandas
13 17 (5.99%) RabbitMQ
13 17 (5.99%) SciPy
13 17 (5.99%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.56%) Mobile App
2 29 (10.21%) Cloud Native
3 22 (7.75%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (7.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 17 (5.99%) Equities
5 17 (5.99%) Fixed Income
6 12 (4.23%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.11%) Distributed Architecture
8 5 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.41%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.41%) IoT
9 4 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.06%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.06%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.06%) Sports Betting
11 2 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.70%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.70%) Social Media
11 2 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.75%) Linux
2 9 (3.17%) Android
2 9 (3.17%) Apple iOS
3 8 (2.82%) Windows
3 8 (2.82%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.41%) Unix
5 1 (0.35%) CentOS
5 1 (0.35%) Debian
5 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (44.37%) Full-Stack Development
2 113 (39.79%) CI/CD
3 112 (39.44%) Agile
4 111 (39.08%) Software Engineering
5 88 (30.99%) Microservices
6 71 (25.00%) DevOps
7 65 (22.89%) AI
7 65 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (19.72%) Mentoring
9 39 (13.73%) Containerisation
10 37 (13.03%) Technical Leadership
11 34 (11.97%) TDD
12 33 (11.62%) Scrum
13 32 (11.27%) Test Automation
14 28 (9.86%) Computer Science
14 28 (9.86%) Infrastructure as Code
15 27 (9.51%) Event-Driven
15 27 (9.51%) Fintech
16 26 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
17 25 (8.80%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 137 (48.24%) JavaScript
2 128 (45.07%) TypeScript
3 86 (30.28%) Python
4 68 (23.94%) SQL
5 43 (15.14%) Java
6 29 (10.21%) C#
7 22 (7.75%) PHP
8 18 (6.34%) Ruby
9 10 (3.52%) Kotlin
10 8 (2.82%) Go
11 4 (1.41%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.41%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.06%) Bash
13 2 (0.70%) C
13 2 (0.70%) R
13 2 (0.70%) RPG
14 1 (0.35%) Bicep
14 1 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 26 (9.15%) Degree
2 18 (6.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (5.99%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.99%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.06%) AWS Certification
4 3 (1.06%) AWS Certified Developer
4 3 (1.06%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.69%) Accessibility
2 14 (4.93%) QA
3 7 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.41%) GDPR
4 4 (1.41%) WCAG
5 3 (1.06%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 64 (22.54%) Docker
2 3 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.06%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (13.38%) Terraform
2 34 (11.97%) Kubernetes
3 15 (5.28%) Ansible
4 13 (4.58%) Argo
5 3 (1.06%) Grafana
5 3 (1.06%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.70%) Packer
6 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.35%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 34 (11.97%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.93%) Google
3 5 (1.76%) Atlassian
4 4 (1.41%) OpenAI
4 4 (1.41%) PagerDuty
4 4 (1.41%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.06%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.06%) Ericsson
5 3 (1.06%) Guidewire
5 3 (1.06%) Mavenir
5 3 (1.06%) Nokia
5 3 (1.06%) VMware
6 2 (0.70%) IBM
6 2 (0.70%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.70%) SAP
6 2 (0.70%) SendGrid
7 1 (0.35%) Okta
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle
7 1 (0.35%) SaltStack
7 1 (0.35%) WSO2