MERN Stack Contract Job Trends in Brighton

MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js)
East Sussex > Brighton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Brighton requiring MERN Stack skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MERN Stack 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 2.44% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
East Sussex median daily rate £450 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Brighton

MERN Stack falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Brighton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 14 15 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton 34.15% 24.19% 48.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 13
10th Percentile £360 £373 £293
25th Percentile £400 £410 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% -2.38% -12.50%
75th Percentile £518 £625 £550
90th Percentile £573 £638 £650
East Sussex median daily rate £450 £465 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% -11.43% -8.70%

MERN Stack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brighton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker