MERN Stack Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring MERN Stack skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MERN Stack 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 1.20% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South East median daily rate £450 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 17 26 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 20.48% 29.89% 41.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 16
10th Percentile £295 £300 £305
25th Percentile £342 £351 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -11.43% -8.70%
75th Percentile £463 £575 £546
90th Percentile £573 £638 £650
South East median daily rate £481 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.55%

MERN Stack
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Brighton - 1 £450 -
MERN Stack
South East

MERN Stack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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