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 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 362 365
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 +22
Contract jobs citing npm 6 15 44
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.042% 0.096% 0.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.096% 0.23% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 39
10th Percentile £631 £404 £653
25th Percentile £750 £585 £775
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £750 £850
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -11.76% +25.93%
75th Percentile £834 £788 -
90th Percentile £850 £865 £875
England median daily rate £540 £564 £800
% change year-on-year -4.21% -29.53% +27.49%

All Cloud 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,245 6,397 7,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.69% 41.00% 38.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,258 4,362 5,513
10th Percentile £349 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 38 65
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.81 £18.37
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.98 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -6.67% +22.95%
75th Percentile £46.75 £58.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.30 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.84% +24.00% +11.11%

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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 job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing npm.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing npm

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing npm in London over the 6 months to 11 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for npm in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing npm.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing npm

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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 npm within the London region over the 6 months to 11 December 2025. 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 +5 1 £525 -30.00%
npm
England

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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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Yarn
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) GitHub
3 1 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) webpack
2 4 (66.67%) Git
3 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
3 1 (16.67%) gulp
3 1 (16.67%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 5 (83.33%) Banking
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
1 5 (83.33%) Investment Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (83.33%) Senior
2 5 (83.33%) Senior Developer
3 3 (50.00%) Senior UI Developer
3 3 (50.00%) UI Developer
4 2 (33.33%) Electronic Trading Developer
4 2 (33.33%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
4 2 (33.33%) GUI Developer
4 2 (33.33%) Java Developer
4 2 (33.33%) Java GUI Developer
4 2 (33.33%) React Developer
4 2 (33.33%) Senior GUI Developer
4 2 (33.33%) Senior Java Developer
4 2 (33.33%) Senior React Developer
5 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) React
2 3 (50.00%) HTML
3 2 (33.33%) Electron
3 2 (33.33%) Redux
3 2 (33.33%) RxJS
4 1 (16.67%) HTML5
4 1 (16.67%) Jest
4 1 (16.67%) Node.js
4 1 (16.67%) Playwright
4 1 (16.67%) REST
4 1 (16.67%) Sass
4 1 (16.67%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Derivative
2 3 (50.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Electronic Trading
1 5 (83.33%) Event-Driven
1 5 (83.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (50.00%) DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) Event-Driven Programming
2 3 (50.00%) Web Development
3 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Compatibility Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
4 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 1 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Front End Development
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (16.67%) Responsive Web Design
4 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 5 (83.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft