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 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 161 178
Rank change year-on-year -14 +17 -44
Contract jobs citing Node.js 288 194 246
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.33% 1.51% 1.17%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.50% 7.92% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 145 193
10th Percentile £365 £352 £313
25th Percentile £402 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £488 £498
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -2.01% -0.50%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £600
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 3 7
10th Percentile £58.75 £62.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £61.25 £63.13 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +6.87%
75th Percentile £66.25 - £76.25
90th Percentile £95.00 - £78.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year - +4.84% -5.34%

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 3,838 2,449 3,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.70% 19.01% 15.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,566 1,646 2,193
10th Percentile £350 £348 £316
25th Percentile £412 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year - +1.42% -3.80%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £594
90th Percentile £670 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 71 171
10th Percentile £40.95 £26.50 £21.25
25th Percentile £53.75 £61.25 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%
75th Percentile £74.26 £71.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £82.96 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%

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 15 March 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 15 March 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 15 March 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 -25 132 £500 -4.76% 81
North West -20 71 £500 -6.89% 45
Midlands -15 53 £425 -5.56% 39
Yorkshire -13 52 £494 -5.95% 26
West Midlands -35 37 £450 -25.00% 26
South West -13 30 £525 -4.55% 28
East of England -8 29 £550 +11.39% 25
Scotland -5 27 £358 -19.55% 10
South East -57 27 £501 -4.52% 86
North East -8 15 £450 -6.25% 10
East Midlands -18 15 £402 +16.02% 13
Wales -18 2 £375 -6.25% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3
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 (3.13%) CMS
1 9 (3.13%) Sitecore CMS
2 7 (2.43%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.74%) Apache
4 3 (1.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.04%) Confluence
5 2 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.69%) Drupal
5 2 (0.69%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.69%) SAS
6 1 (0.35%) Moodle
Applications
1 5 (1.74%) Chatbot
2 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 175 (60.76%) AWS
2 82 (28.47%) Azure
3 75 (26.04%) Serverless
4 56 (19.44%) AWS Lambda
5 51 (17.71%) GitHub
6 38 (13.19%) GitHub Actions
7 37 (12.85%) GCP
8 32 (11.11%) Amazon SQS
9 30 (10.42%) Amazon S3
10 27 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (8.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 25 (8.68%) Amazon ECS
11 25 (8.68%) AWS CloudFormation
12 24 (8.33%) Amazon EC2
13 20 (6.94%) Amazon EKS
14 14 (4.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 11 (3.82%) Amazon EventBridge
16 10 (3.47%) AWS KMS
16 10 (3.47%) OpenShift
17 9 (3.13%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.86%) Ethernet
1 14 (4.86%) TCP/IP
2 10 (3.47%) Firewall
3 2 (0.69%) HTTP
3 2 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.69%) VoIP
4 1 (0.35%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (0.35%) LAN
4 1 (0.35%) Network Security
4 1 (0.35%) VPN
4 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (18.06%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (12.85%) DynamoDB
3 33 (11.46%) NoSQL
4 26 (9.03%) MongoDB
5 24 (8.33%) Redis
6 21 (7.29%) Amazon RDS
7 17 (5.90%) Relational Database
8 15 (5.21%) MySQL
8 15 (5.21%) SQL Server
9 13 (4.51%) Amazon Aurora
10 11 (3.82%) Aerospike
11 9 (3.13%) DocumentDB
12 7 (2.43%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (1.04%) Pinecone
13 3 (1.04%) Weaviate
14 2 (0.69%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.69%) Big Data
14 2 (0.69%) Metadata
14 2 (0.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 80 (27.78%) Git
2 61 (21.18%) Jenkins
3 55 (19.10%) GitLab
4 22 (7.64%) JUnit
5 19 (6.60%) SonarQube
6 18 (6.25%) Cypress.io
7 17 (5.90%) Mocha
8 16 (5.56%) JIRA
9 14 (4.86%) Eclipse
9 14 (4.86%) Visual Studio
10 12 (4.17%) Cucumber
10 12 (4.17%) Maven
11 11 (3.82%) Bitbucket
11 11 (3.82%) Mockito
12 10 (3.47%) Selenium
13 9 (3.13%) Sonatype Nexus
14 7 (2.43%) CircleCI
15 6 (2.08%) DbUnit
15 6 (2.08%) jMock
16 4 (1.39%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 77 (26.74%) Public Sector
2 75 (26.04%) Social Skills
3 38 (13.19%) Finance
4 29 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (5.90%) Military
6 15 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (3.82%) Banking
8 3 (1.04%) Games
9 2 (0.69%) Back Office
9 2 (0.69%) Law
9 2 (0.69%) Marketing
10 1 (0.35%) Electronics
10 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.35%) Legal
10 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Publishing
10 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 147 (51.04%) Developer
2 46 (15.97%) Full-Stack Developer
3 40 (13.89%) Senior
4 34 (11.81%) Node.js Developer
5 33 (11.46%) Software Engineer
6 28 (9.72%) Lead
7 26 (9.03%) Java Developer
8 22 (7.64%) Senior Developer
9 18 (6.25%) AWS Developer
9 18 (6.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 16 (5.56%) Architect
10 16 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (5.21%) AWS Engineer
11 15 (5.21%) Software Developer
12 14 (4.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 14 (4.86%) React Developer
13 13 (4.51%) Test Engineer
14 10 (3.47%) C# Software Engineer
15 9 (3.13%) Lead Developer
16 8 (2.78%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (35.76%) React
2 60 (20.83%) REST
3 47 (16.32%) AngularJS
4 43 (14.93%) Spring
5 39 (13.54%) Jest
6 36 (12.50%) RESTful
6 36 (12.50%) Spring Boot
7 29 (10.07%) CSS
7 29 (10.07%) Web Services
8 26 (9.03%) HTML
9 22 (7.64%) Express.js
10 21 (7.29%) YAML
11 19 (6.60%) .NET
12 18 (6.25%) Kafka
12 18 (6.25%) Playwright
13 17 (5.90%) Flask
13 17 (5.90%) Vue
14 16 (5.56%) Django
15 15 (5.21%) GraphQL
16 14 (4.86%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 46 (15.97%) Cloud Native
2 27 (9.38%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (4.86%) Product Ownership
4 12 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.78%) NHS
6 6 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.08%) IVR
7 2 (0.69%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.69%) Educational Technology
7 2 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.35%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.35%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.35%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.35%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.19%) Linux
2 19 (6.60%) Windows
3 2 (0.69%) Android
3 2 (0.69%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.35%) CentOS
4 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (57.99%) CI/CD
2 134 (46.53%) Agile
3 127 (44.10%) DevOps
4 123 (42.71%) Microservices
5 83 (28.82%) Full-Stack Development
6 57 (19.79%) Containerisation
6 57 (19.79%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (17.71%) Infrastructure as Code
7 51 (17.71%) Test Automation
8 48 (16.67%) Software Engineering
9 43 (14.93%) TDD
10 38 (13.19%) Front End Development
11 33 (11.46%) Code Quality
12 32 (11.11%) Scrum
13 29 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
14 28 (9.72%) Continuous Integration
14 28 (9.72%) Event-Driven
15 26 (9.03%) Clean Code
15 26 (9.03%) Unit Testing
16 25 (8.68%) AI
Programming Languages
1 106 (36.81%) JavaScript
2 100 (34.72%) Java
3 96 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 94 (32.64%) Python
5 48 (16.67%) SQL
6 34 (11.81%) C#
7 16 (5.56%) C++
7 16 (5.56%) Ruby
8 14 (4.86%) PowerShell
9 10 (3.47%) Bash
10 9 (3.13%) Go
10 9 (3.13%) Perl
11 5 (1.74%) PHP
12 4 (1.39%) Bicep
12 4 (1.39%) VBA
13 3 (1.04%) Groovy
13 3 (1.04%) Scala
14 2 (0.69%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.35%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 72 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 54 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (5.21%) AWS Certification
5 9 (3.13%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.78%) Degree
7 6 (2.08%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.46%) Accessibility
2 24 (8.33%) WCAG
3 17 (5.90%) QA
4 10 (3.47%) GDPR
5 9 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.43%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.74%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.04%) PMO
8 3 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.04%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.35%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.35%) NCSC
10 1 (0.35%) NIST
System Software
1 88 (30.56%) Docker
2 6 (2.08%) Virtual Servers
3 5 (1.74%) Postfix
4 3 (1.04%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 63 (21.88%) Kubernetes
2 56 (19.44%) Terraform
3 23 (7.99%) Grafana
4 10 (3.47%) Ansible
5 5 (1.74%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.04%) Argo
7 2 (0.69%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.69%) Istio
7 2 (0.69%) Rancher
8 1 (0.35%) Consul
8 1 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.35%) Icinga
Vendors
1 20 (6.94%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.21%) Google
3 13 (4.51%) Oracle
4 11 (3.82%) Databricks
5 10 (3.47%) Sitecore
6 8 (2.78%) Jaspersoft
7 7 (2.43%) Red Hat
7 7 (2.43%) Splunk
8 6 (2.08%) Atlassian
8 6 (2.08%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.08%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.74%) Adobe
9 5 (1.74%) Avaya
9 5 (1.74%) Cisco
9 5 (1.74%) Genesys
9 5 (1.74%) Ping Identity
10 4 (1.39%) Okta
10 4 (1.39%) Virgin Media
11 3 (1.04%) Dynatrace