Node.js Contract Job Trends in London

Node
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Node.js skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 125 125
Rank change year-on-year -25 0 -61
Contract jobs citing Node.js 308 286 341
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.72% 2.29% 1.95%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.42% 8.77% 7.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 230 235
10th Percentile £382 £400 £400
25th Percentile £441 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £750 £713 £675
90th Percentile £802 £838 £772
England median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,151 3,262 4,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.13% 26.07% 25.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,758 2,285 3,356
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% -1.22% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £825
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 24
10th Percentile £23.00 - £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £33.25 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £48.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.68% +21.25% -41.82%
75th Percentile £59.99 £65.63 £63.13
90th Percentile £95.00 £81.25 £72.60
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

Node.js
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Node.js job vacancy trend in London

Node.js
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Node.js
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Node.js in London over the 6 months to 18 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Node.js in London

Node.js
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Node.js
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 May 2026. 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
Central London -24 23 £568 +11.27% 47
South London +6 16 £521 -16.32%
West London -17 14 - - 6
East London - 2 £432 - 10
Node.js
England

Node.js
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 10 (3.25%) Confluence
2 5 (1.62%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.30%) CMS
4 2 (0.65%) Apache
4 2 (0.65%) IIS
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.32%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.32%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.32%) Solana
Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.32%) Maya
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.32%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 178 (57.79%) AWS
2 106 (34.42%) Azure
3 58 (18.83%) GCP
4 57 (18.51%) Serverless
5 44 (14.29%) GitHub
6 29 (9.42%) AWS Lambda
7 28 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (7.47%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (6.49%) Amazon S3
10 19 (6.17%) AWS CloudFormation
11 18 (5.84%) Amazon EKS
12 16 (5.19%) Azure AKS
13 15 (4.87%) Azure Functions
13 15 (4.87%) Datadog
14 14 (4.55%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 14 (4.55%) Azure Logic Apps
15 13 (4.22%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (4.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 13 (4.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 12 (3.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.97%) Network Security
1 3 (0.97%) SSL
2 1 (0.32%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (18.83%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (9.09%) NoSQL
3 20 (6.49%) MongoDB
4 17 (5.52%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (5.52%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (4.87%) DynamoDB
6 9 (2.92%) Redis
7 6 (1.95%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.95%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.95%) SQL Server
8 5 (1.62%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.30%) MySQL
9 4 (1.30%) Pinecone
10 3 (0.97%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.97%) GIS
10 3 (0.97%) Metadata
10 3 (0.97%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.97%) Weaviate
11 2 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.65%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 53 (17.21%) Jenkins
2 43 (13.96%) Git
3 18 (5.84%) GitLab
4 17 (5.52%) JIRA
5 8 (2.60%) Vite
6 5 (1.62%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.62%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.30%) Maven
7 4 (1.30%) Mocha
7 4 (1.30%) Spinnaker
7 4 (1.30%) webpack
8 3 (0.97%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.97%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.97%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.97%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.65%) DbUnit
9 2 (0.65%) Hudson
9 2 (0.65%) Mockito
9 2 (0.65%) Subversion
General
1 68 (22.08%) Finance
2 53 (17.21%) Front Office
3 46 (14.94%) Public Sector
4 43 (13.96%) Social Skills
5 17 (5.52%) Banking
6 16 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (2.60%) Retail
8 7 (2.27%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.62%) iGaming
10 3 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.97%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.97%) Publishing
11 2 (0.65%) Advertising
11 2 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.32%) Games
12 1 (0.32%) Legal
12 1 (0.32%) Police
12 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 179 (58.12%) Developer
2 64 (20.78%) Software Engineer
3 58 (18.83%) Lead
4 57 (18.51%) Full-Stack Developer
4 57 (18.51%) Senior
5 44 (14.29%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 39 (12.66%) Lead Developer
7 35 (11.36%) React Developer
8 34 (11.04%) Lead Software Developer
9 33 (10.71%) Lead Software Engineer
10 26 (8.44%) Node.js Developer
11 25 (8.12%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 20 (6.49%) Senior Developer
13 17 (5.52%) Java Developer
14 16 (5.19%) Python Developer
15 13 (4.22%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
16 12 (3.90%) Cloud Engineer
16 12 (3.90%) Software Developer
17 11 (3.57%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 11 (3.57%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (48.38%) React
2 65 (21.10%) GraphQL
3 62 (20.13%) Kafka
4 57 (18.51%) Redux
5 45 (14.61%) Spring
6 43 (13.96%) AngularJS
7 42 (13.64%) REST
8 38 (12.34%) RESTful
9 34 (11.04%) Spring Boot
10 29 (9.42%) HTML
11 28 (9.09%) .NET
11 28 (9.09%) CSS
12 25 (8.12%) Playwright
13 20 (6.49%) Vue
14 17 (5.52%) Jest
14 17 (5.52%) OpenTelemetry
15 16 (5.19%) Vitest
16 14 (4.55%) JSON
16 14 (4.55%) Next.js
16 14 (4.55%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 65 (21.10%) Cloud Native
2 50 (16.23%) Fixed Income
3 17 (5.52%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (5.52%) Equities
4 16 (5.19%) Derivative
5 13 (4.22%) AI Agents
6 11 (3.57%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.25%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.30%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.30%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.65%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.65%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.65%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.57%) Linux
2 3 (0.97%) Windows
3 2 (0.65%) Unix
3 2 (0.65%) VMS
4 1 (0.32%) Android
4 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (46.75%) Agile
2 141 (45.78%) CI/CD
3 112 (36.36%) Full-Stack Development
4 109 (35.39%) DevOps
5 101 (32.79%) Software Engineering
6 82 (26.62%) Microservices
7 64 (20.78%) Containerisation
8 61 (19.81%) Infrastructure as Code
9 60 (19.48%) Test Automation
10 56 (18.18%) Mentoring
11 49 (15.91%) Portfolio Management
12 48 (15.58%) Investment Management
13 42 (13.64%) AI
14 38 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
15 36 (11.69%) Observability
16 33 (10.71%) Order Management
17 29 (9.42%) TDD
18 27 (8.77%) E-Commerce
19 25 (8.12%) Event-Driven
20 24 (7.79%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 156 (50.65%) TypeScript
2 150 (48.70%) JavaScript
3 116 (37.66%) Python
4 107 (34.74%) Java
5 39 (12.66%) Go
6 33 (10.71%) SQL
7 30 (9.74%) C#
8 7 (2.27%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.95%) Bicep
10 5 (1.62%) Ruby
11 4 (1.30%) C++
11 4 (1.30%) Scala
12 3 (0.97%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.65%) Ada
13 2 (0.65%) Bash
13 2 (0.65%) PHP
13 2 (0.65%) R
13 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (21.75%) Security Cleared
2 52 (16.88%) SC Cleared
3 12 (3.90%) Degree
4 8 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.62%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.62%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.97%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.79%) Accessibility
2 19 (6.17%) QA
3 7 (2.27%) WCAG
4 3 (0.97%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.65%) GDPR
6 1 (0.32%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.32%) NIST
6 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 89 (28.90%) Docker
2 2 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.65%) HDFS
3 1 (0.32%) Postfix
3 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (24.35%) Kubernetes
2 62 (20.13%) Terraform
3 19 (6.17%) Grafana
4 17 (5.52%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.60%) Istio
6 6 (1.95%) Argo
7 4 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.97%) Ansible
9 2 (0.65%) Rancher
10 1 (0.32%) Icinga
10 1 (0.32%) linkerd
Vendors
1 15 (4.87%) OpenAI
2 12 (3.90%) Microsoft
3 9 (2.92%) Google
4 8 (2.60%) Databricks
4 8 (2.60%) Dynatrace
5 4 (1.30%) Adobe
5 4 (1.30%) Foundry
5 4 (1.30%) HubSpot
5 4 (1.30%) Netlify
5 4 (1.30%) Oracle
5 4 (1.30%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.97%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.65%) Jaspersoft
7 2 (0.65%) PagerDuty
7 2 (0.65%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.32%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.32%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.32%) NEC
8 1 (0.32%) New Relic
8 1 (0.32%) Workday