Node.js Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Node
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Node.js skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 176 147
Rank change year-on-year -14 -29 -11
Contract jobs citing Node.js 285 182 306
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.20% 1.43% 1.47%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.41% 7.68% 9.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 141 238
10th Percentile £393 £358 £313
25th Percentile £413 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -1.20% -
75th Percentile £563 £575 £625
90th Percentile £625 £650 £825
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 11
10th Percentile £58.75 £54.75 £35.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £66.25 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £95.00 - £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -7.14%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,844 2,370 3,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.18% 18.59% 15.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,587 1,637 2,160
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £600
90th Percentile £663 £661 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 82 188
10th Percentile £40.68 £30.62 £21.25
25th Percentile £53.75 £56.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.90%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.10 £82.03 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%

Node.js
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Node.js relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Node.js job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Node.js
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Node.js.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Node.js

Node.js
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Node.js in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Node.js in the UK excluding London

Node.js
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Node.js.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Node.js

Node.js
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Node.js in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Node.js in the UK excluding London

Node.js
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Node.js within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
North of England -32 128 £525 +3.45% 53
North West -29 75 £525 - 30
Midlands -19 53 £425 +1.19% 38
Yorkshire -27 45 £500 -4.76% 10
East of England -10 34 £550 +11.39% 12
West Midlands -31 34 £425 -5.56% 15
South West -12 30 £525 -4.55% 26
Scotland +4 25 £413 -14.06% 8
South East -61 24 £514 +1.33% 61
East Midlands -25 18 £447 +37.12% 22
North East -21 13 £425 -11.46% 13
Wales -16 1 £375 -6.25% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 6
Node.js
UK

Node.js
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.16%) CMS
1 9 (3.16%) Sitecore CMS
2 6 (2.11%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.40%) Apache
4 3 (1.05%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.70%) Confluence
5 2 (0.70%) nginx
5 2 (0.70%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.35%) Moodle
6 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.40%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.35%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.35%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 175 (61.40%) AWS
2 79 (27.72%) Azure
3 72 (25.26%) Serverless
4 52 (18.25%) GitHub
5 48 (16.84%) AWS Lambda
6 39 (13.68%) GitHub Actions
7 36 (12.63%) GCP
8 33 (11.58%) Amazon S3
9 31 (10.88%) Amazon SQS
10 28 (9.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 25 (8.77%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (7.02%) Amazon EC2
12 20 (7.02%) AWS CloudFormation
13 18 (6.32%) Amazon ECS
14 15 (5.26%) Amazon EKS
15 13 (4.56%) Amazon EventBridge
16 12 (4.21%) AWS KMS
17 11 (3.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 10 (3.51%) Route 53
19 9 (3.16%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.91%) Ethernet
1 14 (4.91%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.75%) Firewall
3 4 (1.40%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.70%) HTTP
5 1 (0.35%) LAN
5 1 (0.35%) Network Security
5 1 (0.35%) VPN
5 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (15.79%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (14.04%) DynamoDB
3 24 (8.42%) NoSQL
4 21 (7.37%) MongoDB
5 19 (6.67%) Amazon RDS
6 17 (5.96%) Redis
7 12 (4.21%) Relational Database
8 11 (3.86%) Aerospike
8 11 (3.86%) Amazon Aurora
8 11 (3.86%) SQL Server
9 10 (3.51%) MySQL
10 8 (2.81%) DocumentDB
11 5 (1.75%) Metadata
12 4 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (1.05%) Big Data
13 3 (1.05%) Pinecone
13 3 (1.05%) Power BI
13 3 (1.05%) Weaviate
14 2 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 59 (20.70%) Git
2 58 (20.35%) Jenkins
3 45 (15.79%) GitLab
4 26 (9.12%) JUnit
4 26 (9.12%) SonarQube
5 17 (5.96%) Maven
6 14 (4.91%) Eclipse
6 14 (4.91%) Visual Studio
7 12 (4.21%) Cypress.io
8 11 (3.86%) Mockito
9 10 (3.51%) Mocha
10 9 (3.16%) JIRA
11 8 (2.81%) Bitbucket
12 7 (2.46%) CircleCI
12 7 (2.46%) Cucumber
12 7 (2.46%) DbUnit
12 7 (2.46%) jMock
12 7 (2.46%) Selenium
13 5 (1.75%) Bitbucket Server
14 4 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 72 (25.26%) Social Skills
2 70 (24.56%) Public Sector
3 33 (11.58%) Finance
4 21 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.26%) Military
6 14 (4.91%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.46%) Banking
8 3 (1.05%) Games
8 3 (1.05%) Marketing
8 3 (1.05%) Publishing
8 3 (1.05%) Retail
9 2 (0.70%) Law
10 1 (0.35%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.35%) Electronics
10 1 (0.35%) Legal
10 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (51.58%) Developer
2 52 (18.25%) Full-Stack Developer
3 35 (12.28%) Lead
4 33 (11.58%) Software Engineer
5 32 (11.23%) Java Developer
6 28 (9.82%) Node.js Developer
6 28 (9.82%) Senior
7 23 (8.07%) Architect
8 19 (6.67%) Senior Developer
9 18 (6.32%) AWS Developer
10 16 (5.61%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 15 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (5.26%) Lead Developer
11 15 (5.26%) Software Developer
12 14 (4.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 13 (4.56%) AWS Engineer
13 13 (4.56%) JavaScript Developer
14 12 (4.21%) Technical Architect
15 11 (3.86%) Technical Leader
16 10 (3.51%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (35.09%) React
2 64 (22.46%) REST
3 52 (18.25%) Spring
4 48 (16.84%) AngularJS
5 44 (15.44%) Spring Boot
6 33 (11.58%) RESTful
7 30 (10.53%) Jest
8 28 (9.82%) Web Services
9 21 (7.37%) Express.js
9 21 (7.37%) YAML
10 19 (6.67%) Kafka
11 18 (6.32%) .NET
11 18 (6.32%) CSS
11 18 (6.32%) OAuth
12 17 (5.96%) Flask
12 17 (5.96%) GraphQL
13 16 (5.61%) Django
13 16 (5.61%) Vue
14 15 (5.26%) HTML
14 15 (5.26%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 49 (17.19%) Cloud Native
2 32 (11.23%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.51%) NHS
4 10 (3.51%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.11%) IVR
7 2 (0.70%) Educational Technology
7 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.35%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.35%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.35%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.35%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.35%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.35%) Replication
8 1 (0.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.18%) Linux
2 17 (5.96%) Windows
3 1 (0.35%) Android
3 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (58.60%) CI/CD
2 125 (43.86%) Agile
3 119 (41.75%) DevOps
4 107 (37.54%) Microservices
5 90 (31.58%) Full-Stack Development
6 57 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 54 (18.95%) Software Engineering
8 50 (17.54%) Containerisation
9 46 (16.14%) Test Automation
10 45 (15.79%) TDD
11 42 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
12 35 (12.28%) Front End Development
13 34 (11.93%) Code Quality
14 32 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (10.53%) Event-Driven
16 28 (9.82%) Scrum
17 26 (9.12%) Secure Coding
17 26 (9.12%) Unit Testing
18 25 (8.77%) AI
18 25 (8.77%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 113 (39.65%) JavaScript
2 101 (35.44%) Java
3 100 (35.09%) TypeScript
4 82 (28.77%) Python
5 36 (12.63%) SQL
6 33 (11.58%) C#
7 16 (5.61%) C++
8 12 (4.21%) Bash
9 11 (3.86%) PowerShell
10 10 (3.51%) Go
11 6 (2.11%) Groovy
11 6 (2.11%) Ruby
12 4 (1.40%) Bicep
12 4 (1.40%) Perl
13 3 (1.05%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.05%) Scala
14 2 (0.70%) PHP
14 2 (0.70%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.35%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 74 (25.96%) Security Cleared
2 60 (21.05%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (3.86%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.51%) AWS Certification
6 9 (3.16%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.75%) Degree
8 2 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.07%) Accessibility
2 19 (6.67%) QA
3 18 (6.32%) WCAG
4 11 (3.86%) GDPR
5 8 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.81%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.75%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.05%) PMO
7 3 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.05%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.35%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 84 (29.47%) Docker
2 6 (2.11%) Postfix
3 3 (1.05%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 62 (21.75%) Kubernetes
2 55 (19.30%) Terraform
3 21 (7.37%) Grafana
4 9 (3.16%) Ansible
5 8 (2.81%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.05%) Podman
7 2 (0.70%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.70%) Istio
7 2 (0.70%) Rancher
8 1 (0.35%) Icinga
Vendors
1 23 (8.07%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.56%) Databricks
3 11 (3.86%) Google
4 10 (3.51%) Jaspersoft
4 10 (3.51%) Sitecore
5 9 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.46%) Atlassian
6 7 (2.46%) OpenAI
7 6 (2.11%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.75%) Avaya
8 5 (1.75%) Cisco
8 5 (1.75%) Genesys
8 5 (1.75%) Oracle
8 5 (1.75%) Ping Identity
8 5 (1.75%) Sonatype
9 4 (1.40%) Adobe
9 4 (1.40%) Okta
9 4 (1.40%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.40%) Splunk
9 4 (1.40%) Virgin Media