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 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	246	120	142
Rank change year-on-year	-126	+22	-52
Contract jobs citing Node.js	221	322	299
As % of all contract jobs in London	1.08%	2.42%	1.89%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	4.06%	8.24%	6.31%
Number of daily rates quoted	165	247	194
10^th Percentile	£385	£400	£400
25^th Percentile	£450	£463	£491
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£550	£601
Median % change year-on-year	-4.55%	-8.45%	+9.23%
75^th Percentile	£600	£723	£688
90^th Percentile	£738	£875	£768
England median daily rate	£510	£513	£575
% change year-on-year	-0.49%	-10.87%	+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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills	5,448	3,906	4,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	26.64%	29.39%	29.92%
Number of daily rates quoted	3,689	2,663	3,179
10^th Percentile	£400	£366	£385
25^th Percentile	£456	£430	£468
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£669	£675	£700
90^th Percentile	£750	£788	£839
England median daily rate	£535	£519	£550
% change year-on-year	+3.18%	-5.73%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	34	32	23
10^th Percentile	£36.08	£31.77	£24.12
25^th Percentile	£36.25	£34.17	£37.50
Median hourly rate	£52.00	£51.97	£42.50
Median % change year-on-year	+0.06%	+22.28%	-30.61%
75^th Percentile	£59.81	£61.56	£61.97
90^th Percentile	£81.25	£85.95	£74.20
England median hourly rate	£65.00	£54.00	£65.00
% change year-on-year	+20.37%	-16.92%	+11.59%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 20 October 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.

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 20 October 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	-26	23	£550	+3.53%	49
West London	-32	8	£604	+27.16%	8
South London	-12	1	-	-	2
Node.js England

Node.js Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Node.js also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for Node.js.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	TypeScript	60.6%	134
2	React	55.7%	123
3	CI/CD	54.3%	120
4	AWS	50.7%	112
5	Agile	48.9%	108
6	JavaScript	42.5%	94
7	Full-Stack Development	39.8%	88
7	Java	39.8%	88
9	Microservices	38.0%	84
10	DevOps	32.1%	71
11	Azure	29.0%	64
12	REST	26.7%	59
13	Event-Driven	26.2%	58
14	Security Cleared	25.3%	56
14	Software Engineering	25.3%	56
16	Python	24.4%	54
17	Kubernetes	24.0%	53
18	Git	23.5%	52
19	Jenkins	22.6%	50
20	SC Cleared	22.2%	49
20	Serverless	22.2%	49
22	Docker	21.7%	48
23	Test Automation	21.3%	47
24	RESTful	19.9%	44
25	SQL	19.5%	43
26	AI	19.0%	42
26	Event-Driven Architecture	19.0%	42
28	GraphQL	18.6%	41
28	TDD	18.6%	41
30	PostgreSQL	18.1%	40

Node.js Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	React	55.7%	123
2	REST	26.7%	59
3	RESTful	19.9%	44
4	GraphQL	18.6%	41
5	Terraform	17.2%	38
6	.NET	14.9%	33
6	CSS	14.9%	33
8	HTML	14.5%	32
9	AngularJS	14.0%	31
9	Spring Boot	14.0%	31
11	Spring	13.6%	30
12	Kafka	12.7%	28
13	Next.js	11.8%	26
14	HTML5	10.4%	23
15	CSS3	9.0%	20
15	Jest	9.0%	20
17	OAuth	8.6%	19
18	Playwright	8.1%	18
19	Nunjucks	6.8%	15
19	OAuth2	6.8%	15