MERN Stack Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js)
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring MERN Stack skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MERN Stack 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 1.30% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 6.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
East of England median daily rate £478 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 15 24 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 19.48% 22.02% 20.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 12
10th Percentile £308 £300 £330
25th Percentile £338 £300 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £613
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -38.78% -2.00%
75th Percentile £475 £400 £650
90th Percentile £530 £450 -
East of England median daily rate £500 £416 £500
% change year-on-year +20.12% -16.75% -9.09%

MERN Stack
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

MERN Stack job vacancy trend in Suffolk

MERN Stack
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 15 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
Ipswich - 1 £450 -
MERN Stack
East of England

MERN Stack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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