npm Contract Job Trends in London
npm
England > London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring npm skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 450 | 359 | 376 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -91 | +17 | +8 |
| Contract jobs citing npm | 12 | 9 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs in London | 0.059% | 0.067% | 0.081% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 0.14% | 0.15% | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £510 | £347 | £567 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £447 | £600 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £650 | £750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.38% | -13.33% | -6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £788 | £813 |
| 90th Percentile | £870 | - | £875 |
| England median daily rate | £550 | £531 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.53% | -11.46% | -20.00% |
All Cloud Computing Skills
London
npm falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in London.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 8,361 | 5,855 | 6,576 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London | 41.02% | 43.78% | 41.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,785 | 3,969 | 4,492 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £350 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £775 | £800 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £501 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.90% | -5.57% | -1.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 93 | 102 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.60 | £21.00 | £23.44 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.33 | £24.57 | £23.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.40 | £26.30 | £32.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.97% | -19.08% | -19.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £47.31 | £51.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £79.88 | £68.05 |
| England median hourly rate | £32.50 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.22% | -28.14% | +8.36% |
npm Job Vacancy Trend in London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing npm relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.
npm Daily Rate Trend in London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing npm.
npm Daily Rate Histogram in London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing npm in London over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.
npm Hourly Rate Trend in London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing npm.
npm 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.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 50.0% | 6 |
| 1 | Yarn | 50.0% | 6 |
| 3 | GitHub | 41.7% | 5 |
| 4 | AWS | 33.3% | 4 |
| 5 | Azure DevOps | 25.0% | 3 |
| 5 | Entra ID | 25.0% | 3 |
| 5 | GitHub Actions | 25.0% | 3 |
| 8 | Amazon EventBridge | 16.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Amazon SQS | 16.7% | 2 |
| 10 | Amazon CloudWatch | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | Amazon EC2 | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | Amazon ECS | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | Amazon ELB | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | Amazon S3 | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | AWS CloudFormation | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | AWS CloudTrail | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | AWS KMS | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | Datadog | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | GCP | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | Google Kubernetes Engine | 8.3% | 1 |