npm Contract Job Trends in Central London

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London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring npm skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 127 161
Rank change year-on-year +1 +34 +36
Contract jobs citing npm 1 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.051% 0.13% 0.062%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.13% 0.32% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £730 £674
25th Percentile - £738 £691
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £750 £738
Median % change year-on-year - +1.69% +2.43%
75th Percentile - £800 £791
90th Percentile - £815 £811
London median daily rate £775 £600 £750
% change year-on-year +29.17% -20.00% +3.45%

All Cloud Skills
Central London

npm falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 773 941 1,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 39.62% 40.56% 42.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 531 637 930
10th Percentile £333 £388 £325
25th Percentile £425 £473 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £563
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -0.44% -2.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £763 £788
London median daily rate £533 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -3.09% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 6
10th Percentile £20.82 - £14.63
25th Percentile £25.56 £27.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +68.67% -37.59%
75th Percentile £54.46 - £34.44
90th Percentile £79.48 £69.50 £45.25
London median hourly rate £31.00 £30.80 £40.50
% change year-on-year +0.67% -23.96% +15.71%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing npm as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for npm in Central London

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Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing npm.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing npm

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing npm within the Central London region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +9 1 - -
npm
London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Yarn
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Babel
1 1 (100.00%) webpack
General
1 1 (100.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript