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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 131 116
Rank change year-on-year +6 -15 -45
Contract jobs citing Node.js 352 282 363
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.32% 2.07% 1.99%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.89% 7.87% 8.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 201 234
10th Percentile £352 £400 £366
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -11.02%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £635
90th Percentile £785 £825 £725
England median daily rate £500 £575 £513
% change year-on-year -13.04% +12.20% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.00 - -
Median hourly rate £68.00 - £72.00
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.75 £70.00
% change year-on-year +1.96% -8.93% +6.87%

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 3,961 3,583 4,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.11% 26.36% 24.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,669 2,359 3,400
10th Percentile £363 £381 £385
25th Percentile £425 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -5.74%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
England median daily rate £523 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 21 29
10th Percentile £27.75 £35.00 £28.18
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £47.00 £52.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% +10.53% -26.92%
75th Percentile £63.00 £65.00 £66.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £73.92
England median hourly rate £63.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.60% +13.64% -15.38%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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
West London +10 33 £550 +35.14% 6
Central London -13 27 £500 - 55
South London - 21 £506 - 6
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 8 (2.27%) CMS
2 7 (1.99%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (1.99%) Confluence
3 6 (1.70%) SAS
4 5 (1.42%) Apache
5 3 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.85%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.57%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 6 (1.70%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.85%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Shopify
2 2 (0.57%) Magento
2 2 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.28%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.28%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 164 (46.59%) AWS
2 117 (33.24%) Azure
3 84 (23.86%) Serverless
4 75 (21.31%) GitHub
5 56 (15.91%) GCP
6 55 (15.63%) AWS Lambda
7 49 (13.92%) Azure DevOps
8 46 (13.07%) GitHub Actions
9 37 (10.51%) SaaS
10 27 (7.67%) Amazon S3
11 26 (7.39%) Azure AKS
12 22 (6.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 22 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
12 22 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
13 19 (5.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 19 (5.40%) Azure Functions
14 17 (4.83%) AWS CloudFormation
15 16 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
16 15 (4.26%) Amazon ECS
16 15 (4.26%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.70%) Network Security
2 3 (0.85%) Firewall
2 3 (0.85%) SSL
3 1 (0.28%) DKIM
3 1 (0.28%) DNS
3 1 (0.28%) HTTP
3 1 (0.28%) VPN
3 1 (0.28%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (17.33%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (9.09%) NoSQL
3 29 (8.24%) MongoDB
4 21 (5.97%) DynamoDB
5 19 (5.40%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (2.27%) Redis
8 7 (1.99%) SQL Server
9 6 (1.70%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.70%) Weaviate
10 5 (1.42%) MySQL
10 5 (1.42%) Pinecone
11 4 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
11 4 (1.14%) Apache Arrow
11 4 (1.14%) Apache Iceberg
11 4 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.14%) Dremio
12 3 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.85%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 67 (19.03%) Jenkins
2 57 (16.19%) Git
3 25 (7.10%) GitLab
4 18 (5.11%) JIRA
5 14 (3.98%) Cypress.io
6 8 (2.27%) Bitbucket
6 8 (2.27%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.42%) Selenium
8 4 (1.14%) Maven
8 4 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (1.14%) Vite
9 3 (0.85%) Hudson
9 3 (0.85%) Lerna
9 3 (0.85%) Mocha
9 3 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.85%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.85%) Subversion
9 3 (0.85%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.57%) PVCS
General
1 73 (20.74%) Social Skills
2 55 (15.63%) Finance
3 38 (10.80%) Public Sector
4 32 (9.09%) Banking
5 22 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (5.68%) Front Office
7 9 (2.56%) Retail
8 7 (1.99%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.85%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.85%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.57%) Law
10 2 (0.57%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.57%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.28%) Legal
11 1 (0.28%) Local Government
11 1 (0.28%) Military
11 1 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.28%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 179 (50.85%) Developer
2 69 (19.60%) Full-Stack Developer
3 63 (17.90%) Senior
4 40 (11.36%) Software Engineer
5 29 (8.24%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 27 (7.67%) Lead
7 26 (7.39%) Consultant
8 20 (5.68%) Technical Consultant
9 19 (5.40%) Senior Developer
10 18 (5.11%) React Developer
11 17 (4.83%) AWS Engineer
11 17 (4.83%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (4.83%) Senior Consultant
11 17 (4.83%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 17 (4.83%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 17 (4.83%) Senior Technical Specialist
11 17 (4.83%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
11 17 (4.83%) Technical Specialist
12 16 (4.55%) Backend Developer
12 16 (4.55%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (46.02%) React
2 65 (18.47%) GraphQL
3 52 (14.77%) RESTful
4 51 (14.49%) CSS
5 50 (14.20%) HTML
6 49 (13.92%) AngularJS
7 45 (12.78%) Playwright
8 41 (11.65%) Spring
9 32 (9.09%) Kafka
9 32 (9.09%) Vitest
10 30 (8.52%) .NET
11 29 (8.24%) Next.js
12 27 (7.67%) Spring Boot
13 26 (7.39%) Jest
14 25 (7.10%) Redux
14 25 (7.10%) REST
15 22 (6.25%) YAML
16 21 (5.97%) JWT
16 21 (5.97%) OAuth
16 21 (5.97%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 79 (22.44%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.10%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (6.53%) Product Ownership
4 18 (5.11%) AI Agents
5 16 (4.55%) Fixed Income
6 9 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.56%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.27%) Equities
8 5 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.14%) Derivative
9 4 (1.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.14%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.85%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.85%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.85%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.57%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.57%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.55%) Linux
2 7 (1.99%) Unix
3 3 (0.85%) CentOS
3 3 (0.85%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.85%) VMS
4 2 (0.57%) Windows
5 1 (0.28%) Alpine Linux
5 1 (0.28%) Android
5 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (59.09%) CI/CD
2 169 (48.01%) Agile
3 152 (43.18%) DevOps
4 125 (35.51%) Full-Stack Development
5 98 (27.84%) Microservices
6 87 (24.72%) Software Engineering
7 85 (24.15%) Containerisation
8 79 (22.44%) Problem-Solving
9 75 (21.31%) Test Automation
10 71 (20.17%) Infrastructure as Code
11 51 (14.49%) Mentoring
12 49 (13.92%) AI
13 48 (13.64%) E-Commerce
14 36 (10.23%) Observability
15 34 (9.66%) Code Quality
16 32 (9.09%) Front End Development
16 32 (9.09%) TDD
17 31 (8.81%) API Design
17 31 (8.81%) Coaching
17 31 (8.81%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 176 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 160 (45.45%) JavaScript
3 134 (38.07%) Python
4 104 (29.55%) Java
5 59 (16.76%) SQL
6 34 (9.66%) C#
7 20 (5.68%) Go
8 13 (3.69%) Bicep
9 12 (3.41%) Ruby
10 7 (1.99%) JSX
10 7 (1.99%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.42%) Bash
11 5 (1.42%) C++
11 5 (1.42%) Perl
12 3 (0.85%) C
12 3 (0.85%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.57%) Ada
13 2 (0.57%) PHP
13 2 (0.57%) Scala
13 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 85 (24.15%) Security Cleared
2 67 (19.03%) SC Cleared
3 17 (4.83%) Degree
4 11 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.56%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.70%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.14%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.28%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (7.10%) Accessibility
2 23 (6.53%) QA
3 6 (1.70%) WCAG
4 3 (0.85%) GDPR
5 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.57%) SLA
6 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 136 (38.64%) Docker
2 10 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.57%) HDFS
3 2 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 119 (33.81%) Kubernetes
2 64 (18.18%) Terraform
3 20 (5.68%) Grafana
4 17 (4.83%) Prometheus
5 14 (3.98%) Argo
6 10 (2.84%) Ansible
7 8 (2.27%) Istio
8 5 (1.42%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.85%) Kibana
10 2 (0.57%) Rancher
10 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.28%) Icinga
Vendors
1 28 (7.95%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.40%) OpenAI
3 15 (4.26%) Google
4 11 (3.13%) Red Hat
5 10 (2.84%) Databricks
6 9 (2.56%) Oracle
7 8 (2.27%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.99%) Adobe
9 5 (1.42%) Dynatrace
10 4 (1.14%) Foundry
11 3 (0.85%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.57%) Avaloq
12 2 (0.57%) Genesys
12 2 (0.57%) SAP
12 2 (0.57%) ServiceNow
13 1 (0.28%) Hitachi
13 1 (0.28%) MuleSoft
13 1 (0.28%) Ping Identity
13 1 (0.28%) Solace
13 1 (0.28%) Workday