Express.js Contract Job Trends in the North West

Express.js
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Express.js skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 116 123
Rank change year-on-year -41 +7 +31
Contract jobs citing Express.js 5 5 14
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.16% 0.26% 0.50%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.81% 1.21% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 14
10th Percentile £432 £506 £399
25th Percentile - £538 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £663
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -16.98% +12.77%
75th Percentile £470 £563 £694
90th Percentile £472 - -
England median daily rate £513 £531 £450
% change year-on-year -3.53% +18.06% -14.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West

Express.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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 619 413 515
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 19.90% 21.19% 18.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 411 310 388
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
25th Percentile £400 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £563 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £689
England median daily rate £525 £534 £545
% change year-on-year -1.59% -2.11% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 4 19
10th Percentile £52.50 - £37.63
25th Percentile £53.75 £65.25 £45.88
Median hourly rate £70.00 £67.75 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +3.32% +46.71% +13.77%
75th Percentile £77.50 £74.69 £71.87
90th Percentile £94.50 £83.13 £74.20
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +0.78% +35.79% -26.92%

Express.js
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Express.js relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Express.js job vacancy trend in the North West

Express.js
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Express.js.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Express.js

Express.js
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Express.js within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 April 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
Manchester -24 4 £458 -16.82% 4
Merseyside - 1 £450 -
Express.js
England

Express.js
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (80.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (20.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GitLab
2 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Backend Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Node.js
1 4 (80.00%) Nunjucks
1 4 (80.00%) Spring
2 1 (20.00%) Jest
2 1 (20.00%) Kafka
2 1 (20.00%) MERN Stack
2 1 (20.00%) Middleware
2 1 (20.00%) React
2 1 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) YAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (60.00%) Microservices
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Kanban
4 1 (20.00%) Pair Programming
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes