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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 125 119
Rank change year-on-year -18 -6 -50
Contract jobs citing Node.js 335 278 367
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.89% 2.21% 2.06%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.98% 8.48% 8.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 225 251
10th Percentile £363 £400 £375
25th Percentile £438 £414 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +6.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £750 £713 £675
90th Percentile £801 £838 £750
England median daily rate £521 £537 £544
% change year-on-year -3.07% -1.24% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.00 - -
Median hourly rate £68.00 - -
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -7.14%

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 4,199 3,280 4,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.64% 26.09% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,813 2,301 3,353
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £654 £725 £700
90th Percentile £775 £838 £825
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 17 27
10th Percentile £23.33 £33.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £35.00 £23.99
Median hourly rate £42.50 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +40.00% -43.18%
75th Percentile £60.94 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.80 £78.75 £68.20
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

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 3 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 3 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 -19 24 £528 +0.48% 58
West London -11 21 £550 - 8
South London - 20 £521 -
East London - 2 £432 - 9
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 (2.39%) Confluence
2 5 (1.49%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.19%) CMS
4 2 (0.60%) Apache
4 2 (0.60%) Cloud Foundry
4 2 (0.60%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.30%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.30%) Solana
Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.30%) Maya
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.60%) Shopify
3 1 (0.30%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 189 (56.42%) AWS
2 123 (36.72%) Azure
3 65 (19.40%) GCP
4 64 (19.10%) Serverless
5 50 (14.93%) GitHub
6 36 (10.75%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (9.25%) AWS Lambda
8 26 (7.76%) GitHub Actions
9 22 (6.57%) Amazon S3
9 22 (6.57%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (5.67%) Azure AKS
11 18 (5.37%) Azure Logic Apps
12 17 (5.07%) Amazon EKS
12 17 (5.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 17 (5.07%) Azure Functions
13 16 (4.78%) Amazon ECS
13 16 (4.78%) Datadog
13 16 (4.78%) SaaS
14 14 (4.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 14 (4.18%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.49%) Network Security
2 3 (0.90%) SSL
3 2 (0.60%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (17.61%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (8.06%) NoSQL
3 22 (6.57%) MongoDB
4 17 (5.07%) DynamoDB
4 17 (5.07%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (4.78%) Amazon RDS
6 10 (2.99%) Redis
7 7 (2.09%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.79%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.79%) Pinecone
8 6 (1.79%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.49%) Weaviate
10 4 (1.19%) MySQL
10 4 (1.19%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.90%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.90%) DocumentDB
11 3 (0.90%) GIS
11 3 (0.90%) Metadata
12 2 (0.60%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 60 (17.91%) Jenkins
2 43 (12.84%) Git
3 20 (5.97%) GitLab
4 17 (5.07%) JIRA
5 9 (2.69%) Vite
6 7 (2.09%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.79%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.49%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.19%) Claude Code
9 4 (1.19%) IBM UrbanCode
9 4 (1.19%) Maven
9 4 (1.19%) Mocha
9 4 (1.19%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.19%) Spinnaker
9 4 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.90%) Mockito
10 3 (0.90%) Selenium
10 3 (0.90%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.90%) webpack
11 2 (0.60%) DbUnit
General
1 72 (21.49%) Finance
2 53 (15.82%) Front Office
3 49 (14.63%) Social Skills
4 46 (13.73%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.27%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (5.97%) Banking
7 8 (2.39%) Retail
8 7 (2.09%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.49%) iGaming
9 5 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.49%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.90%) Publishing
11 2 (0.60%) Advertising
11 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Legal
12 1 (0.30%) Police
12 1 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 191 (57.01%) Developer
2 67 (20.00%) Senior
3 62 (18.51%) Software Engineer
4 58 (17.31%) Full-Stack Developer
4 58 (17.31%) Lead
5 44 (13.13%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 39 (11.64%) Lead Developer
7 36 (10.75%) React Developer
8 34 (10.15%) Lead Software Developer
9 33 (9.85%) Lead Software Engineer
10 26 (7.76%) Node.js Developer
11 25 (7.46%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 24 (7.16%) Senior Developer
13 17 (5.07%) Java Developer
13 17 (5.07%) Python Developer
14 16 (4.78%) Cloud Engineer
15 13 (3.88%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 13 (3.88%) Consultant
15 13 (3.88%) DevOps Engineer
15 13 (3.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (46.87%) React
2 69 (20.60%) GraphQL
3 62 (18.51%) Kafka
4 58 (17.31%) Redux
5 47 (14.03%) Spring
6 44 (13.13%) AngularJS
7 41 (12.24%) RESTful
8 40 (11.94%) REST
9 33 (9.85%) HTML
10 32 (9.55%) .NET
10 32 (9.55%) CSS
10 32 (9.55%) Playwright
10 32 (9.55%) Spring Boot
11 23 (6.87%) Vitest
12 21 (6.27%) OpenTelemetry
12 21 (6.27%) Vue
13 17 (5.07%) HTML5
13 17 (5.07%) Jest
14 16 (4.78%) LangChain
14 16 (4.78%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 72 (21.49%) Cloud Native
2 50 (14.93%) Fixed Income
3 21 (6.27%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (5.37%) AI Agents
5 17 (5.07%) Equities
6 16 (4.78%) Derivative
7 12 (3.58%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.69%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.19%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.19%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.60%) Blog
11 2 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.60%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.60%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.60%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.18%) Linux
2 4 (1.19%) VMS
2 4 (1.19%) Windows
3 2 (0.60%) Unix
4 1 (0.30%) Android
4 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (48.66%) Agile
2 161 (48.06%) CI/CD
3 131 (39.10%) DevOps
4 119 (35.52%) Full-Stack Development
5 104 (31.04%) Software Engineering
6 96 (28.66%) Microservices
7 75 (22.39%) Containerisation
8 69 (20.60%) Test Automation
9 67 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 62 (18.51%) Mentoring
11 50 (14.93%) AI
11 50 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
12 49 (14.63%) Portfolio Management
13 48 (14.33%) Investment Management
14 40 (11.94%) Observability
15 34 (10.15%) E-Commerce
16 32 (9.55%) Order Management
17 31 (9.25%) TDD
18 27 (8.06%) Code Quality
19 26 (7.76%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 169 (50.45%) TypeScript
2 161 (48.06%) JavaScript
3 133 (39.70%) Python
4 115 (34.33%) Java
5 40 (11.94%) Go
6 37 (11.04%) SQL
7 35 (10.45%) C#
8 9 (2.69%) Bicep
9 8 (2.39%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.09%) Ruby
11 5 (1.49%) C++
12 4 (1.19%) Scala
13 3 (0.90%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.60%) Ada
14 2 (0.60%) Bash
14 2 (0.60%) PHP
14 2 (0.60%) R
14 2 (0.60%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.30%) Perl
15 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (21.79%) Security Cleared
2 56 (16.72%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.88%) Degree
4 9 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.49%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.49%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.49%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.19%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.36%) Accessibility
2 21 (6.27%) QA
3 9 (2.69%) WCAG
4 3 (0.90%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.60%) GDPR
6 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.30%) NIST
6 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 107 (31.94%) Docker
2 5 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.60%) HDFS
4 1 (0.30%) Postfix
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 86 (25.67%) Kubernetes
2 69 (20.60%) Terraform
3 23 (6.87%) Grafana
4 20 (5.97%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.39%) Istio
6 6 (1.79%) Argo
7 4 (1.19%) Ansible
7 4 (1.19%) Rancher
7 4 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.30%) Icinga
8 1 (0.30%) linkerd
Vendors
1 19 (5.67%) OpenAI
2 17 (5.07%) Microsoft
3 12 (3.58%) Databricks
4 11 (3.28%) Google
5 9 (2.69%) Dynatrace
6 6 (1.79%) Oracle
7 4 (1.19%) Adobe
7 4 (1.19%) Foundry
7 4 (1.19%) HubSpot
7 4 (1.19%) Netlify
8 3 (0.90%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.60%) Jaspersoft
9 2 (0.60%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.60%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.30%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.30%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.30%) New Relic
10 1 (0.30%) Solace
10 1 (0.30%) Workday