MERN Stack Contract Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring MERN Stack skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 125 137
Rank change year-on-year -35 +12 +19
Contract jobs citing MERN Stack 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.031% 0.052% 0.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.16% 0.23% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £458 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -13.46%
75th Percentile - £473 £475
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £503 £465 £525
% change year-on-year +8.06% -11.43% -0.94%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 635 427 499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 19.84% 22.03% 17.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 321 368
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £400 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £572 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £638 £741
England median daily rate £525 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -1.59% -3.00% -2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 4 18
10th Percentile £52.50 - £37.63
25th Percentile £53.44 £65.25 £45.88
Median hourly rate £70.00 £67.75 £47.31
Median % change year-on-year +3.32% +43.22% +10.54%
75th Percentile £77.50 £74.69 £71.87
90th Percentile £94.50 £83.13 £75.05
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

MERN Stack
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

MERN Stack job vacancy trend in the North West

MERN Stack
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing MERN Stack.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing MERN Stack

MERN Stack
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 MERN Stack within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Merseyside - 1 £450 - 1
MERN Stack
England

MERN Stack
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 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