MERN Stack Contract Job Trends in the East of England

MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring MERN Stack skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MERN Stack 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.078% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £503 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 - -
75th Percentile £508 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £473 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -21.25% +26.32% -13.64%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 202 258 223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 15.86% 17.32% 12.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 104 144
10th Percentile £353 £298 £363
25th Percentile £447 £340 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £420 £506
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -17.04% -3.48%
75th Percentile £575 £541 £638
90th Percentile £680 £638 £700
England median daily rate £508 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.73% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 58 10
10th Percentile £40.75 - £20.45
25th Percentile £43.00 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £43.00 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +45.35% +4.24% -31.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £67.00 - £73.98
England median hourly rate £54.35 £62.93 £60.00
% change year-on-year -13.63% +4.88% -

MERN Stack
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing MERN Stack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for MERN Stack in the East of England

MERN Stack
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MERN Stack.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing MERN Stack

MERN Stack
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MERN Stack within the East of England region over the 6 months to 5 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
Essex - 1 £505 -
MERN Stack
England

MERN Stack
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (100.00%) Agriculture
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Micro Frontends
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft