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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 133 112
Rank change year-on-year +8 -21 -39
Contract jobs citing Node.js 331 281 383
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.24% 2.02% 2.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.56% 7.74% 8.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 193 247
10th Percentile £352 £400 £383
25th Percentile £425 £480 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £615 £713 £638
90th Percentile £713 £848 £700
England median daily rate £500 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
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 £65.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year - -1.52% +0.76%

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 3,867 3,629 4,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.17% 26.11% 24.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,607 2,360 3,443
10th Percentile £363 £380 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £688
90th Percentile £773 £825 £800
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 20 30
10th Percentile £35.00 £34.83 £29.60
25th Percentile £41.88 £38.44 £35.79
Median hourly rate £55.00 £54.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +10.77% -25.00%
75th Percentile £66.25 £65.00 £69.19
90th Percentile £95.00 £81.38 £76.50
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +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 29 January 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 29 January 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 +11 33 £550 +35.14% 5
Central London -16 27 £513 -2.38% 58
South London - 19 £505 - 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 (2.42%) Apache Airflow
1 8 (2.42%) CMS
2 6 (1.81%) Confluence
2 6 (1.81%) SAS
3 5 (1.51%) Apache
4 3 (0.91%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.30%) Mattermost
6 1 (0.30%) Traefik
Applications
1 6 (1.81%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.60%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Shopify
2 2 (0.60%) Magento
2 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.30%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.30%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.30%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 147 (44.41%) AWS
2 103 (31.12%) Azure
3 81 (24.47%) Serverless
4 74 (22.36%) GitHub
5 57 (17.22%) AWS Lambda
6 49 (14.80%) GitHub Actions
7 48 (14.50%) GCP
8 45 (13.60%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (11.18%) SaaS
10 27 (8.16%) Amazon S3
10 27 (8.16%) Azure AKS
11 22 (6.65%) Azure Monitor
12 20 (6.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 20 (6.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 19 (5.74%) Azure Logic Apps
14 16 (4.83%) AWS CloudFormation
14 16 (4.83%) Azure Functions
15 14 (4.23%) Amazon ECS
15 14 (4.23%) Amazon EKS
15 14 (4.23%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.81%) Network Security
2 4 (1.21%) Firewall
3 3 (0.91%) SSL
4 1 (0.30%) DKIM
4 1 (0.30%) DNS
4 1 (0.30%) HTTP
4 1 (0.30%) STUN
4 1 (0.30%) VPN
4 1 (0.30%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (16.92%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (9.67%) NoSQL
3 30 (9.06%) MongoDB
4 18 (5.44%) DynamoDB
5 16 (4.83%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (3.63%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (2.11%) BigQuery
8 6 (1.81%) Redis
8 6 (1.81%) SQL Server
9 5 (1.51%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (1.51%) Apache Arrow
9 5 (1.51%) Apache Iceberg
9 5 (1.51%) Dremio
9 5 (1.51%) Weaviate
10 4 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.21%) MySQL
10 4 (1.21%) Pinecone
11 3 (0.91%) GIS
11 3 (0.91%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 65 (19.64%) Jenkins
2 53 (16.01%) Git
3 26 (7.85%) GitLab
4 17 (5.14%) JIRA
5 15 (4.53%) Cypress.io
6 7 (2.11%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.11%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.21%) Maven
7 4 (1.21%) Selenium
7 4 (1.21%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.91%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.91%) Hudson
8 3 (0.91%) Lerna
8 3 (0.91%) Mocha
8 3 (0.91%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.91%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.91%) Subversion
8 3 (0.91%) Vite
9 2 (0.60%) Jaeger
General
1 73 (22.05%) Social Skills
2 40 (12.08%) Finance
3 31 (9.37%) Public Sector
4 30 (9.06%) Banking
5 20 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.32%) Retail
7 8 (2.42%) Front Office
8 7 (2.11%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.91%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.60%) Law
10 2 (0.60%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.60%) Private Banking
10 2 (0.60%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.30%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.30%) Legal
11 1 (0.30%) Marketing
11 1 (0.30%) Military
11 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 158 (47.73%) Developer
2 64 (19.34%) Senior
3 61 (18.43%) Full-Stack Developer
4 29 (8.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 29 (8.76%) Software Engineer
5 26 (7.85%) Consultant
6 20 (6.04%) Technical Consultant
7 18 (5.44%) AWS Engineer
7 18 (5.44%) DevOps Engineer
8 17 (5.14%) Lead
8 17 (5.14%) Senior Consultant
8 17 (5.14%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 17 (5.14%) Senior Developer
8 17 (5.14%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 17 (5.14%) Senior Technical Specialist
8 17 (5.14%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
8 17 (5.14%) Technical Specialist
9 16 (4.83%) Backend Developer
10 15 (4.53%) Python Developer
10 15 (4.53%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (46.83%) React
2 60 (18.13%) GraphQL
3 49 (14.80%) RESTful
4 48 (14.50%) AngularJS
5 45 (13.60%) CSS
6 44 (13.29%) HTML
7 43 (12.99%) Playwright
8 38 (11.48%) Spring
9 32 (9.67%) Vitest
10 30 (9.06%) Next.js
11 27 (8.16%) .NET
12 26 (7.85%) Spring Boot
13 25 (7.55%) Jest
14 23 (6.95%) YAML
15 22 (6.65%) Kafka
16 20 (6.04%) OAuth
16 20 (6.04%) REST
17 18 (5.44%) JWT
18 17 (5.14%) Vue
19 16 (4.83%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 80 (24.17%) Cloud Native
2 24 (7.25%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (6.65%) Product Ownership
4 18 (5.44%) AI Agents
5 10 (3.02%) Mobile App
6 8 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.51%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (1.51%) Equities
7 5 (1.51%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.21%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.91%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.91%) Hedge funds
9 3 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.91%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.60%) Blog
10 2 (0.60%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.60%) Music Streaming
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.53%) Linux
2 6 (1.81%) Unix
3 3 (0.91%) CentOS
3 3 (0.91%) Mac OS
3 3 (0.91%) VMS
4 1 (0.30%) Alpine Linux
4 1 (0.30%) Android
4 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (58.91%) CI/CD
2 158 (47.73%) Agile
3 150 (45.32%) DevOps
4 115 (34.74%) Full-Stack Development
5 93 (28.10%) Microservices
6 81 (24.47%) Containerisation
7 77 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (21.75%) Software Engineering
9 70 (21.15%) Test Automation
10 63 (19.03%) Infrastructure as Code
11 49 (14.80%) E-Commerce
12 45 (13.60%) AI
13 44 (13.29%) Mentoring
14 36 (10.88%) Observability
15 34 (10.27%) Code Quality
16 32 (9.67%) Front End Development
17 31 (9.37%) API Design
17 31 (9.37%) Coaching
17 31 (9.37%) Performance Optimisation
18 30 (9.06%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 167 (50.45%) TypeScript
2 144 (43.50%) JavaScript
3 113 (34.14%) Python
4 88 (26.59%) Java
5 62 (18.73%) SQL
6 27 (8.16%) C#
7 13 (3.93%) Bicep
7 13 (3.93%) Go
7 13 (3.93%) Ruby
8 7 (2.11%) JSX
8 7 (2.11%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.81%) Bash
10 5 (1.51%) C++
10 5 (1.51%) Perl
11 3 (0.91%) C
11 3 (0.91%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.60%) Ada
12 2 (0.60%) PHP
12 2 (0.60%) R
12 2 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 81 (24.47%) Security Cleared
2 66 (19.94%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.53%) Degree
4 12 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.72%) AWS Certification
5 9 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.21%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.91%) MCP
9 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.34%) QA
2 20 (6.04%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.51%) WCAG
4 3 (0.91%) GDPR
5 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.60%) SLA
6 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 133 (40.18%) Docker
2 10 (3.02%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.60%) HDFS
3 2 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 115 (34.74%) Kubernetes
2 58 (17.52%) Terraform
3 22 (6.65%) Grafana
4 18 (5.44%) Prometheus
5 15 (4.53%) Argo
6 11 (3.32%) Ansible
7 8 (2.42%) Istio
8 5 (1.51%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.91%) Kibana
10 2 (0.60%) Rancher
11 1 (0.30%) Icinga
11 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (7.85%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.14%) Google
3 15 (4.53%) OpenAI
4 11 (3.32%) Red Hat
5 10 (3.02%) Databricks
5 10 (3.02%) Oracle
6 8 (2.42%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.81%) Adobe
8 5 (1.51%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.60%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.60%) Avaloq
9 2 (0.60%) Genesys
9 2 (0.60%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.60%) SAP
9 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.60%) Splunk
10 1 (0.30%) Foundry
10 1 (0.30%) Ping Identity
10 1 (0.30%) Solace
10 1 (0.30%) Workday