Node.js Contract Job Trends in England

Node
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Node.js skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 166 136
Rank change year-on-year +31 -30 -41
Contract jobs citing Node.js 639 468 718
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.06% 1.54% 1.86%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.26% 7.08% 8.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 278 514
10th Percentile £351 £374 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £519
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +11.81% -5.68%
75th Percentile £623 £670 £618
90th Percentile £738 £779 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £570 £500
% change year-on-year -12.28% +14.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 4
10th Percentile £63.05 £63.25 £53.60
25th Percentile - - £59.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year - -2.99% +2.29%
75th Percentile £65.25 - £72.75
90th Percentile £67.00 £66.75 £74.10
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year - -2.99% +2.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,902 6,610 8,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.29% 21.80% 21.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,629 4,224 6,131
10th Percentile £350 £358 £369
25th Percentile £413 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% - -4.68%
75th Percentile £625 £666 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 95 174
10th Percentile £31.10 £26.35 £35.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.25 £46.18
Median hourly rate £56.90 £65.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.46% +21.50% -17.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.33 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £54.78
% change year-on-year -12.00% +14.09% -15.72%

Node.js
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Node.js relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Node.js job vacancy trend in England

Node.js
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Node.js.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Node.js

Node.js
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Node.js in England over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Node.js in England

Node.js
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Node.js.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Node.js

Node.js
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Node.js within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London +28 354 £513 -18.00% 125
North of England +31 128 £445 -1.11% 112
North West +21 67 £400 -11.11% 61
Yorkshire +6 53 £500 -8.05% 41
East of England 0 50 £553 +47.33% 61
South West -10 36 £600 +11.63% 58
Midlands -18 26 £500 +17.65% 85
South East -34 20 £508 -11.74% 124
West Midlands -19 18 £600 +17.07% 45
North East +1 12 £500 +17.65% 10
East Midlands -10 8 £402 +23.69% 36
Node.js
UK

Node.js
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (3.29%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (2.50%) CMS
2 16 (2.50%) Confluence
3 15 (2.35%) WebLogic
3 15 (2.35%) WebSphere
4 10 (1.56%) SAS
5 7 (1.10%) Apache
6 4 (0.63%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.47%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.31%) Drupal
8 2 (0.31%) WordPress
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.16%) Mattermost
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.16%) Traefik
Applications
1 15 (2.35%) Chatbot
2 10 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.47%) Shopify
3 2 (0.31%) Magento
4 1 (0.16%) Finacle
4 1 (0.16%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.16%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 315 (49.30%) AWS
2 160 (25.04%) Azure
3 141 (22.07%) Serverless
4 111 (17.37%) GitHub
5 102 (15.96%) AWS Lambda
6 91 (14.24%) GCP
7 72 (11.27%) GitHub Actions
8 55 (8.61%) Amazon S3
8 55 (8.61%) Azure DevOps
9 47 (7.36%) SaaS
10 41 (6.42%) Amazon ECS
11 33 (5.16%) Azure AKS
12 29 (4.54%) AWS CloudFormation
13 27 (4.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 27 (4.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 27 (4.23%) npm
14 26 (4.07%) OpenShift
15 24 (3.76%) Amazon SQS
15 24 (3.76%) Apigee
16 23 (3.60%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.76%) TCP/IP
2 21 (3.29%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.10%) Firewall
4 6 (0.94%) HTTP
4 6 (0.94%) Network Security
5 3 (0.47%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.31%) SSL
6 2 (0.31%) VoIP
6 2 (0.31%) VPN
7 1 (0.16%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.16%) DKIM
7 1 (0.16%) DNS
7 1 (0.16%) LAN
7 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.16%) STUN
7 1 (0.16%) WAN
7 1 (0.16%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (19.56%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (9.55%) NoSQL
3 59 (9.23%) MongoDB
4 38 (5.95%) Redis
5 35 (5.48%) DynamoDB
6 31 (4.85%) Relational Database
7 28 (4.38%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (4.07%) MySQL
9 18 (2.82%) SQL Server
10 15 (2.35%) Amazon Athena
10 15 (2.35%) Apache Arrow
10 15 (2.35%) Apache Iceberg
10 15 (2.35%) Dremio
11 13 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (1.56%) DocumentDB
13 8 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
15 6 (0.94%) Power BI
15 6 (0.94%) Weaviate
16 5 (0.78%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 120 (18.78%) Git
2 88 (13.77%) Jenkins
3 75 (11.74%) GitLab
4 44 (6.89%) JIRA
5 40 (6.26%) Cypress.io
6 30 (4.69%) Visual Studio
7 27 (4.23%) Cucumber
8 25 (3.91%) SonarQube
9 21 (3.29%) Eclipse
10 18 (2.82%) Selenium
11 16 (2.50%) Bitbucket
11 16 (2.50%) Maven
12 14 (2.19%) Mockito
13 13 (2.03%) JUnit
13 13 (2.03%) Mocha
14 12 (1.88%) Sonatype Nexus
15 10 (1.56%) Artifactory
16 7 (1.10%) gulp
17 6 (0.94%) Grunt
17 6 (0.94%) Subversion
General
1 140 (21.91%) Social Skills
2 99 (15.49%) Finance
3 82 (12.83%) Public Sector
4 39 (6.10%) Banking
5 34 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (5.32%) Front Office
6 28 (4.38%) Military
7 24 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (2.19%) Retail
9 8 (1.25%) Law
10 7 (1.10%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.78%) Investment Banking
11 5 (0.78%) Manufacturing
11 5 (0.78%) Marketing
12 4 (0.63%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.63%) Games
13 3 (0.47%) Back Office
13 3 (0.47%) Electronics
13 3 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 304 (47.57%) Developer
2 119 (18.62%) Software Engineer
3 100 (15.65%) Senior
4 96 (15.02%) Full-Stack Developer
5 62 (9.70%) Lead
6 48 (7.51%) Node.js Developer
7 45 (7.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 42 (6.57%) AWS Engineer
9 40 (6.26%) Senior Developer
10 39 (6.10%) AWS Developer
11 38 (5.95%) Consultant
12 36 (5.63%) Java Developer
13 32 (5.01%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 32 (5.01%) React Developer
14 28 (4.38%) Python Developer
15 24 (3.76%) AWS Software Engineer
16 21 (3.29%) Backend Developer
17 19 (2.97%) C# Software Engineer
17 19 (2.97%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 19 (2.97%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 293 (45.85%) React
2 103 (16.12%) HTML
3 96 (15.02%) AngularJS
4 91 (14.24%) CSS
5 89 (13.93%) GraphQL
6 84 (13.15%) RESTful
7 73 (11.42%) Jest
8 62 (9.70%) REST
9 57 (8.92%) .NET
10 53 (8.29%) Redux
11 51 (7.98%) Express.js
12 46 (7.20%) Next.js
12 46 (7.20%) Playwright
13 44 (6.89%) Vue
14 43 (6.73%) Kafka
14 43 (6.73%) Spring
15 39 (6.10%) Spring Boot
16 37 (5.79%) Web Services
17 28 (4.38%) HTML5
17 28 (4.38%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 106 (16.59%) Cloud Native
2 43 (6.73%) Distributed Systems
3 31 (4.85%) Fixed Income
4 27 (4.23%) Product Ownership
5 19 (2.97%) Mobile App
6 17 (2.66%) Equities
6 17 (2.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (2.50%) AI Agents
8 14 (2.19%) Algorithms
8 14 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.88%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.88%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.78%) Distributed Architecture
11 5 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.63%) Hedge funds
12 4 (0.63%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.47%) Blog
13 3 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.70%) Linux
2 35 (5.48%) Windows
3 10 (1.56%) Android
3 10 (1.56%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.10%) Unix
5 4 (0.63%) CentOS
6 3 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.47%) VMS
7 1 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (51.64%) CI/CD
2 304 (47.57%) Agile
3 212 (33.18%) DevOps
4 198 (30.99%) Microservices
5 195 (30.52%) Full-Stack Development
6 176 (27.54%) Software Engineering
7 132 (20.66%) Containerisation
8 128 (20.03%) Problem-Solving
9 104 (16.28%) Test Automation
10 93 (14.55%) TDD
11 83 (12.99%) Infrastructure as Code
12 73 (11.42%) Mentoring
13 60 (9.39%) Continuous Integration
14 56 (8.76%) AI
15 53 (8.29%) Code Quality
15 53 (8.29%) User Experience
16 51 (7.98%) E-Commerce
16 51 (7.98%) Unit Testing
17 50 (7.82%) Observability
18 47 (7.36%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 286 (44.76%) TypeScript
2 278 (43.51%) JavaScript
3 213 (33.33%) Python
4 187 (29.26%) Java
5 111 (17.37%) SQL
6 56 (8.76%) C#
7 49 (7.67%) C++
8 37 (5.79%) PHP
9 33 (5.16%) Go
10 31 (4.85%) Ruby
11 21 (3.29%) C
12 18 (2.82%) Bash
12 18 (2.82%) Bicep
13 10 (1.56%) Perl
13 10 (1.56%) PowerShell
14 7 (1.10%) JSX
15 6 (0.94%) VBA
16 4 (0.63%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.63%) Scala
16 4 (0.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 167 (26.13%) Security Cleared
2 126 (19.72%) SC Cleared
3 27 (4.23%) Degree
4 21 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.97%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.35%) AWS Certification
6 15 (2.35%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.94%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.47%) CCNA
9 3 (0.47%) CCNP
9 3 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.47%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.31%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.16%) MCP
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.89%) Accessibility
2 34 (5.32%) QA
3 22 (3.44%) WCAG
4 4 (0.63%) GDPR
5 3 (0.47%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.31%) NIST
6 2 (0.31%) SLA
7 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.16%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.16%) NCSC
7 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 208 (32.55%) Docker
2 12 (1.88%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.31%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 172 (26.92%) Kubernetes
2 106 (16.59%) Terraform
3 43 (6.73%) Grafana
4 29 (4.54%) Ansible
5 16 (2.50%) Prometheus
6 13 (2.03%) Argo
7 8 (1.25%) Docker Swarm
8 7 (1.10%) Kibana
9 5 (0.78%) Puppet
10 4 (0.63%) Istio
10 4 (0.63%) Packer
11 2 (0.31%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.31%) Rancher
11 2 (0.31%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.16%) Bitnami
12 1 (0.16%) Consul
12 1 (0.16%) Icinga
12 1 (0.16%) Podman
12 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (8.29%) Microsoft
2 35 (5.48%) Google
3 25 (3.91%) Oracle
4 19 (2.97%) Dynatrace
5 16 (2.50%) OpenAI
6 15 (2.35%) Red Hat
7 13 (2.03%) Splunk
8 12 (1.88%) Databricks
9 11 (1.72%) AppDynamics
9 11 (1.72%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.10%) Adobe
11 6 (0.94%) Perforce
11 6 (0.94%) SAP
11 6 (0.94%) Veracode
12 4 (0.63%) Ping Identity
13 3 (0.47%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.47%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.47%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.47%) Virgin Media
14 2 (0.31%) Avaloq