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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 178 187
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 -49
Contract jobs citing Node.js 273 209 263
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.60% 1.25% 1.26%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.39% 7.16% 7.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 116 213
10th Percentile £350 £324 £364
25th Percentile £400 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £578 £588
90th Percentile £630 £670 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 3
10th Percentile - £62.50 £52.40
25th Percentile - - £56.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - +4.84% -5.34%
75th Percentile £65.19 - £66.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £67.50 £68.40
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% +6.87%

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 3,253 2,919 3,754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.07% 17.45% 18.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,156 1,796 2,636
10th Percentile £320 £327 £325
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £678
UK median daily rate £505 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -7.34% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 89 145
10th Percentile £30.18 £22.00 £45.11
25th Percentile £43.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +19.13% -16.06%
75th Percentile £66.88 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £71.95 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £63.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.29% +15.91% -15.38%

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 8 November 2025.

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
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 8 November 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
North of England +29 112 £450 - 148
Yorkshire +9 52 £500 -9.09% 23
North West +1 52 £400 -11.11% 111
East of England 0 46 £553 +47.33% 49
South West +2 41 £550 -12.00% 42
Scotland +13 32 £455 +3.94% 38
Midlands -18 23 £503 -8.64% 51
South East -21 20 £514 -8.62% 587
West Midlands -23 18 £600 +4.35% 33
North East -2 11 £500 +17.65% 14
East Midlands -11 5 £346 +6.31% 17
Wales +3 4 £375 -33.33% 21
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 17 (6.23%) WebLogic
2 15 (5.49%) WebSphere
3 10 (3.66%) Confluence
4 4 (1.47%) CMS
5 2 (0.73%) Apache
5 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.73%) Drupal
5 2 (0.73%) nginx
5 2 (0.73%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.73%) SAS
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.37%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (2.20%) Chatbot
1 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.47%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.37%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 138 (50.55%) AWS
2 70 (25.64%) Azure
3 62 (22.71%) Serverless
4 47 (17.22%) AWS Lambda
5 31 (11.36%) GCP
6 28 (10.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 26 (9.52%) GitHub
7 26 (9.52%) npm
8 23 (8.42%) Amazon S3
9 21 (7.69%) Amazon ECS
10 15 (5.49%) Amazon SQS
10 15 (5.49%) OpenShift
10 15 (5.49%) SaaS
11 14 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
12 13 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
13 12 (4.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 12 (4.40%) Amazon EC2
14 10 (3.66%) IaaS
14 10 (3.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.96%) TCP/IP
2 18 (6.59%) Ethernet
3 6 (2.20%) Firewall
4 2 (0.73%) VoIP
5 1 (0.37%) Asterisk PBX
5 1 (0.37%) HTTP
5 1 (0.37%) LAN
5 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (19.78%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (9.52%) MySQL
2 26 (9.52%) NoSQL
3 25 (9.16%) MongoDB
4 23 (8.42%) Relational Database
5 17 (6.23%) Amazon RDS
5 17 (6.23%) Redis
6 13 (4.76%) DynamoDB
7 11 (4.03%) SQL Server
8 8 (2.93%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (2.20%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (1.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.47%) DocumentDB
11 3 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.73%) Big Data
12 2 (0.73%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.73%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.73%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 69 (25.27%) Git
2 45 (16.48%) GitLab
3 43 (15.75%) Jenkins
4 34 (12.45%) JIRA
5 27 (9.89%) Visual Studio
6 22 (8.06%) Cypress.io
7 20 (7.33%) SonarQube
8 18 (6.59%) Eclipse
9 16 (5.86%) Cucumber
10 14 (5.13%) Sonatype Nexus
11 12 (4.40%) Artifactory
11 12 (4.40%) Bitbucket
11 12 (4.40%) Selenium
12 9 (3.30%) Mockito
12 9 (3.30%) webpack
13 8 (2.93%) Mocha
14 7 (2.56%) Maven
15 6 (2.20%) Grunt
15 6 (2.20%) gulp
15 6 (2.20%) JUnit
General
1 58 (21.25%) Social Skills
2 57 (20.88%) Public Sector
3 30 (10.99%) Finance
4 21 (7.69%) Military
5 20 (7.33%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.03%) Banking
8 5 (1.83%) Law
8 5 (1.83%) Retail
9 4 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.73%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.73%) Back Office
11 1 (0.37%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.37%) Automotive
11 1 (0.37%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.37%) Marketing
11 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.37%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.37%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 122 (44.69%) Developer
2 51 (18.68%) Software Engineer
3 42 (15.38%) Senior
4 39 (14.29%) Lead
5 34 (12.45%) Full-Stack Developer
6 23 (8.42%) Node.js Developer
6 23 (8.42%) Senior Developer
7 18 (6.59%) C# Software Engineer
7 18 (6.59%) Software Developer
8 15 (5.49%) Consultant
9 14 (5.13%) C++ Software Engineer
9 14 (5.13%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 13 (4.76%) Architect
10 13 (4.76%) Technical Leader
10 13 (4.76%) Test Engineer
11 12 (4.40%) Java Developer
11 12 (4.40%) JavaScript Developer
12 11 (4.03%) AWS Engineer
12 11 (4.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 10 (3.66%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (45.42%) React
2 68 (24.91%) HTML
3 49 (17.95%) CSS
4 47 (17.22%) AngularJS
5 45 (16.48%) RESTful
6 39 (14.29%) Jest
7 34 (12.45%) .NET
8 33 (12.09%) REST
9 29 (10.62%) Express.js
10 27 (9.89%) Redux
10 27 (9.89%) Web Services
11 23 (8.42%) HTML5
11 23 (8.42%) Next.js
12 22 (8.06%) CSS3
13 21 (7.69%) Vue
14 19 (6.96%) Spring Boot
15 17 (6.23%) Middleware
16 16 (5.86%) Spring
17 12 (4.40%) Sass
18 11 (4.03%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.36%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (3.66%) Algorithms
3 10 (3.66%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.93%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.20%) NHS
7 4 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.47%) IVR
7 4 (1.47%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.47%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.73%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.37%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.37%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.37%) Tandem
10 1 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (16.48%) Linux
2 32 (11.72%) Windows
3 4 (1.47%) Android
3 4 (1.47%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.37%) CentOS
4 1 (0.37%) Unix
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (52.38%) CI/CD
2 116 (42.49%) Agile
3 101 (37.00%) Microservices
4 90 (32.97%) DevOps
5 70 (25.64%) Full-Stack Development
6 64 (23.44%) Software Engineering
7 56 (20.51%) TDD
8 53 (19.41%) Containerisation
9 40 (14.65%) Continuous Integration
9 40 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (12.45%) Test Automation
11 32 (11.72%) Clean Code
12 31 (11.36%) Infrastructure as Code
13 30 (10.99%) Mentoring
14 28 (10.26%) Unit Testing
15 27 (9.89%) Code Quality
15 27 (9.89%) Design Patterns
16 25 (9.16%) Continuous Delivery
16 25 (9.16%) Front End Development
17 23 (8.42%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 127 (46.52%) JavaScript
2 103 (37.73%) TypeScript
3 81 (29.67%) Java
4 75 (27.47%) Python
5 43 (15.75%) SQL
6 42 (15.38%) C++
7 31 (11.36%) C#
8 28 (10.26%) PHP
9 19 (6.96%) C
10 17 (6.23%) Bash
11 14 (5.13%) Ruby
12 9 (3.30%) Perl
12 9 (3.30%) PowerShell
13 8 (2.93%) Go
14 6 (2.20%) VBA
15 5 (1.83%) Shell Script
16 3 (1.10%) Bicep
17 1 (0.37%) ABAP
17 1 (0.37%) Groovy
17 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (27.47%) Security Cleared
2 54 (19.78%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.40%) AWS Certification
3 12 (4.40%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (3.30%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.93%) Degree
6 7 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.83%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.37%) CCNA
9 1 (0.37%) CCNP
9 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.62%) Accessibility
2 21 (7.69%) QA
3 20 (7.33%) WCAG
4 6 (2.20%) GDPR
5 5 (1.83%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
7 3 (1.10%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.10%) PMO
8 2 (0.73%) NIST
9 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 84 (30.77%) Docker
2 4 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.73%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.37%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 66 (24.18%) Kubernetes
2 57 (20.88%) Terraform
3 24 (8.79%) Grafana
4 14 (5.13%) Ansible
5 4 (1.47%) Packer
5 4 (1.47%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.10%) Argo
7 2 (0.73%) Kibana
7 2 (0.73%) Podman
8 1 (0.37%) Consul
8 1 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 28 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.69%) Oracle
3 18 (6.59%) Google
4 16 (5.86%) Dynatrace
5 11 (4.03%) AppDynamics
6 8 (2.93%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.20%) Perforce
8 5 (1.83%) Splunk
8 5 (1.83%) Veracode
9 4 (1.47%) Cisco
9 4 (1.47%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.10%) Adobe
10 3 (1.10%) Avaya
10 3 (1.10%) Genesys
10 3 (1.10%) OpenAI
10 3 (1.10%) Pega
10 3 (1.10%) Ping Identity
10 3 (1.10%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.73%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.73%) SAP