Node.js Contracts in Reading

Node
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Node.js skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Node.js over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 60 63
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 +15
Contract jobs citing Node.js 6 31 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.01% 2.60% 2.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 4.41% 15.50% 10.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 15
10th Percentile £423 £408 £428
25th Percentile £443 £446 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +9.09% +18.92%
75th Percentile £507 £625 £591
90th Percentile £600 £631 £600
Berkshire median daily rate £465 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -22.50% +9.09% +18.92%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Reading

Node.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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 136 200 220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 22.78% 16.78% 21.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 131 173
10th Percentile £350 £325 £407
25th Percentile £409 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £680
90th Percentile £663 £675 £725
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.71% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - £56.50 £72.76
25th Percentile - £56.65 £76.89
Median hourly rate £77.19 £58.30 £79.19
Median % change year-on-year +32.40% -26.38% +143.66%
75th Percentile - £61.60 -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £77.19 £61.60 £78.75
% change year-on-year +25.31% -21.78% +20.23%

Node.js
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Node.js as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Node.js in Reading

Node.js
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Node.js in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Node.js in Reading

Node.js
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Node.js in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Node.js in Reading

Node.js
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Azure AKS
2 4 (66.67%) Serverless
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Functions
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Figma
4 1 (16.67%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (33.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) Vite
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) React Developer
3 3 (50.00%) Azure Developer
3 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (50.00%) Node.js Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Backend Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (16.67%) HTML Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Front-End Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) React
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) GraphQL
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) Prisma
2 2 (33.33%) RESTful
2 2 (33.33%) TanStack
3 1 (16.67%) Express.js
3 1 (16.67%) Framer.js
3 1 (16.67%) Material-UI
3 1 (16.67%) Next.js
3 1 (16.67%) OpenAPI
3 1 (16.67%) Swagger
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (50.00%) DevOps
1 3 (50.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (33.33%) API Design
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 2 (33.33%) Cost Management
2 2 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) Event-Driven
2 2 (33.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (33.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) API Development
3 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) UX Design
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) TypeScript
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Spotify