MERN Stack Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js)
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich 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 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MERN Stack 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 2.33% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
Suffolk median daily rate £450 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 12 22 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 27.91% 44.00% 27.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 11
10th Percentile £319 £300 £375
25th Percentile £347 £300 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £375 £625
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -40.00% -2.34%
75th Percentile £463 £400 £650
90th Percentile £485 £450 -
Suffolk median daily rate £425 £375 £613
% change year-on-year +13.33% -38.78% -3.16%

MERN Stack
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MERN Stack relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.

MERN Stack job vacancy trend in Ipswich

MERN Stack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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