MERN Stack Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring MERN Stack skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MERN Stack 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.40% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
North West median daily rate £450 £325 £425
% change year-on-year +38.46% -23.53% -18.27%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Merseyside

MERN Stack 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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 24 20 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 9.56% 8.81% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 11
10th Percentile £309 £373 £325
25th Percentile £414 £440 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% +11.76% -20.75%
75th Percentile £578 £638 £550
90th Percentile £649 - £575
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £36.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - -28.00% -
North West median hourly rate £62.75 £55.84 £46.18
% change year-on-year +12.37% +20.92% +3.36%

MERN Stack
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MERN Stack relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

MERN Stack job vacancy trend in Merseyside

MERN Stack
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing MERN Stack.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing MERN Stack

MERN Stack
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MERN Stack within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 16 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
Liverpool - 1 £450 -
MERN Stack
North West

MERN Stack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Express.js
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker