Node.js Contracts in Edinburgh

Node
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Node.js skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Node.js over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 65 78
Rank change year-on-year +5 +13 +24
Contract jobs citing Node.js 9 13 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.38% 1.49% 1.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.12% 6.99% 6.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 20
10th Percentile - - £382
25th Percentile £406 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £450 £455
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -1.10% -0.44%
75th Percentile £484 £463 £482
90th Percentile £503 - £508
Scotland median daily rate £478 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +6.11% - -3.23%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Edinburgh

Node.js 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 147 186 353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 22.51% 21.31% 29.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 122 276
10th Percentile £400 £364 £400
25th Percentile £450 £415 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -1.04% -4.00%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £538
90th Percentile £600 £700 £613
Scotland median daily rate £475 £460 £488
% change year-on-year +3.37% -5.74% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £40.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £38.87
% change year-on-year - +41.52% -17.75%

Node.js
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Node.js as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Node.js in Edinburgh

Node.js
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Node.js in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Node.js in Edinburgh

Node.js
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 5 (55.56%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) Amazon S3
2 4 (44.44%) AWS Lambda
2 4 (44.44%) Serverless
3 3 (33.33%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (11.11%) Azure
4 1 (11.11%) CloudFront
4 1 (11.11%) GCP
4 1 (11.11%) Route 53
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (22.22%) Amazon Aurora
2 2 (22.22%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (11.11%) MySQL
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database
3 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Cypress.io
2 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 7 (77.78%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Java Developer
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared Java Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) AWS Developer
4 1 (11.11%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) AWS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (88.89%) React
2 7 (77.78%) Spring Boot
3 5 (55.56%) Spring
4 4 (44.44%) REST
5 3 (33.33%) AWS CDK
5 3 (33.33%) Next.js
6 1 (11.11%) JSON
6 1 (11.11%) JSON Schema
6 1 (11.11%) OAuth
6 1 (11.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 7 (77.78%) TDD
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Delivery
3 4 (44.44%) Design Patterns
3 4 (44.44%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (33.33%) Human-Centred Design
4 3 (33.33%) Inclusive Design
4 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (33.33%) Kanban
4 3 (33.33%) Pair Programming
4 3 (33.33%) Scrum
5 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
6 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (11.11%) API Development
6 1 (11.11%) Code Coverage
6 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 1 (11.11%) Fintech
6 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) Java
2 4 (44.44%) TypeScript
3 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (11.11%) Bash
4 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) VMware