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 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 165 149
Rank change year-on-year -26 -16 -17
Contract jobs citing Node.js 272 182 294
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.21% 1.45% 1.40%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.08% 7.74% 8.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 140 234
10th Percentile £375 £355 £313
25th Percentile £404 £412 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £538 £588 £625
90th Percentile £600 £650 £709
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 3,843 2,351 3,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.09% 18.67% 15.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,576 1,626 2,219
10th Percentile £350 £350 £324
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £658 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 71 148
10th Percentile £40.80 £26.50 £20.77
25th Percentile £54.06 £60.38 £39.35
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.97
Median % change year-on-year - +35.52% -23.26%
75th Percentile £71.87 £69.38 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £82.96 £73.96
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -31 126 £500 -4.76% 71
North West -34 65 £525 -4.55% 47
Yorkshire -12 54 £500 -4.76% 16
Midlands -31 49 £410 -6.34% 38
West Midlands -30 34 £419 -27.17% 26
East of England -6 32 £550 +10.00% 15
South East -54 26 £503 +8.06% 58
Scotland -4 24 £358 -19.55% 7
South West -14 23 £525 -4.55% 20
East Midlands -21 14 £402 +16.02% 12
North East -14 13 £450 -6.25% 8
Wales -17 2 £375 -6.25% 8
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1
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 (3.31%) CMS
1 9 (3.31%) Sitecore CMS
2 6 (2.21%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.47%) Apache
4 3 (1.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.10%) Confluence
5 2 (0.74%) Drupal
5 2 (0.74%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.74%) SAS
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.37%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.37%) Moodle
6 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.37%) ResourceLink
2 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 167 (61.40%) AWS
2 75 (27.57%) Azure
3 68 (25.00%) Serverless
4 53 (19.49%) AWS Lambda
5 50 (18.38%) GitHub
6 38 (13.97%) GitHub Actions
7 31 (11.40%) Amazon SQS
8 30 (11.03%) Amazon S3
8 30 (11.03%) GCP
9 26 (9.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 25 (9.19%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (8.09%) Amazon ECS
11 22 (8.09%) AWS CloudFormation
12 21 (7.72%) Amazon EC2
13 17 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
14 13 (4.78%) Amazon EventBridge
15 12 (4.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 10 (3.68%) AWS KMS
16 10 (3.68%) Power Platform
17 8 (2.94%) Amazon MSK
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.15%) Ethernet
1 14 (5.15%) TCP/IP
2 8 (2.94%) Firewall
3 2 (0.74%) HTTP
3 2 (0.74%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.37%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (0.37%) LAN
4 1 (0.37%) Network Security
4 1 (0.37%) VoIP
4 1 (0.37%) VPN
4 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (16.18%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (13.97%) DynamoDB
3 28 (10.29%) NoSQL
4 23 (8.46%) MongoDB
5 22 (8.09%) Redis
6 20 (7.35%) Amazon RDS
7 13 (4.78%) Relational Database
7 13 (4.78%) SQL Server
8 12 (4.41%) MySQL
9 11 (4.04%) Aerospike
10 9 (3.31%) Amazon Aurora
11 8 (2.94%) DocumentDB
12 4 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (1.47%) Metadata
13 3 (1.10%) Pinecone
13 3 (1.10%) Power BI
13 3 (1.10%) Weaviate
14 2 (0.74%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.74%) Big Data
14 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 66 (24.26%) Git
2 59 (21.69%) Jenkins
3 50 (18.38%) GitLab
4 23 (8.46%) JUnit
5 21 (7.72%) SonarQube
6 16 (5.88%) Cypress.io
7 15 (5.51%) Mocha
8 14 (5.15%) Eclipse
8 14 (5.15%) JIRA
8 14 (5.15%) Maven
8 14 (5.15%) Visual Studio
9 12 (4.41%) Cucumber
10 11 (4.04%) Mockito
11 9 (3.31%) Bitbucket
12 8 (2.94%) Selenium
13 7 (2.57%) CircleCI
13 7 (2.57%) Sonatype Nexus
14 6 (2.21%) DbUnit
14 6 (2.21%) jMock
15 4 (1.47%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 69 (25.37%) Public Sector
1 69 (25.37%) Social Skills
2 35 (12.87%) Finance
3 23 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (6.25%) Military
5 15 (5.51%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (3.31%) Banking
7 3 (1.10%) Games
7 3 (1.10%) Publishing
8 2 (0.74%) Back Office
8 2 (0.74%) Law
8 2 (0.74%) Marketing
9 1 (0.37%) Electronics
9 1 (0.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.37%) Legal
9 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 135 (49.63%) Developer
2 42 (15.44%) Full-Stack Developer
3 40 (14.71%) Senior
4 34 (12.50%) Software Engineer
5 27 (9.93%) Node.js Developer
6 26 (9.56%) Java Developer
7 24 (8.82%) Lead
8 21 (7.72%) Senior Developer
9 19 (6.99%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 18 (6.62%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (6.25%) AWS Developer
12 16 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
13 15 (5.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 14 (5.15%) Architect
15 12 (4.41%) Software Developer
16 11 (4.04%) React Developer
16 11 (4.04%) Test Engineer
17 10 (3.68%) C# Software Engineer
17 10 (3.68%) Data Engineer
18 9 (3.31%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (34.56%) React
2 58 (21.32%) REST
3 43 (15.81%) AngularJS
3 43 (15.81%) Spring
4 37 (13.60%) Spring Boot
5 35 (12.87%) Jest
5 35 (12.87%) RESTful
6 28 (10.29%) Web Services
7 26 (9.56%) CSS
8 23 (8.46%) HTML
9 22 (8.09%) Express.js
9 22 (8.09%) YAML
10 19 (6.99%) .NET
10 19 (6.99%) Kafka
11 18 (6.62%) Playwright
12 17 (6.25%) Flask
13 16 (5.88%) Django
14 14 (5.15%) NestJS
14 14 (5.15%) Vue
15 13 (4.78%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 41 (15.07%) Cloud Native
2 30 (11.03%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.51%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.68%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.31%) NHS
6 7 (2.57%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.21%) IVR
8 3 (1.10%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.74%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.74%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.37%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.37%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.37%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.37%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.37%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 35 (12.87%) Linux
2 18 (6.62%) Windows
3 1 (0.37%) Android
3 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.37%) CentOS
3 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (59.93%) CI/CD
2 126 (46.32%) Agile
3 119 (43.75%) DevOps
4 109 (40.07%) Microservices
5 80 (29.41%) Full-Stack Development
6 57 (20.96%) Infrastructure as Code
7 49 (18.01%) Containerisation
7 49 (18.01%) Test Automation
8 46 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
9 44 (16.18%) Software Engineering
10 42 (15.44%) TDD
11 38 (13.97%) Front End Development
12 32 (11.76%) Scrum
13 31 (11.40%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (11.40%) Event-Driven
14 29 (10.66%) Code Quality
15 26 (9.56%) Continuous Integration
15 26 (9.56%) Unit Testing
16 24 (8.82%) AI
16 24 (8.82%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 98 (36.03%) Java
1 98 (36.03%) JavaScript
2 91 (33.46%) TypeScript
3 86 (31.62%) Python
4 40 (14.71%) SQL
5 33 (12.13%) C#
6 16 (5.88%) C++
7 12 (4.41%) PowerShell
8 11 (4.04%) Ruby
9 10 (3.68%) Bash
9 10 (3.68%) Go
10 7 (2.57%) Perl
11 5 (1.84%) Groovy
12 4 (1.47%) Bicep
12 4 (1.47%) PHP
13 3 (1.10%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.10%) Scala
14 2 (0.74%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.37%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 64 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 47 (17.28%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.68%) AWS Certification
5 7 (2.57%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.21%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.47%) Degree
8 2 (0.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.03%) Accessibility
2 24 (8.82%) WCAG
3 19 (6.99%) QA
4 9 (3.31%) GDPR
4 9 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.57%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.84%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.10%) PMO
7 3 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.10%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.37%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.37%) NCSC
9 1 (0.37%) NIST
System Software
1 83 (30.51%) Docker
2 5 (1.84%) Postfix
3 4 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.10%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 60 (22.06%) Kubernetes
2 56 (20.59%) Terraform
3 21 (7.72%) Grafana
4 9 (3.31%) Ansible
5 7 (2.57%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.74%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.74%) Istio
6 2 (0.74%) Rancher
7 1 (0.37%) Consul
7 1 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.37%) Icinga
Vendors
1 20 (7.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.41%) Databricks
3 10 (3.68%) Oracle
3 10 (3.68%) Sitecore
4 8 (2.94%) Google
4 8 (2.94%) Jaspersoft
5 7 (2.57%) Splunk
6 6 (2.21%) Atlassian
6 6 (2.21%) OpenAI
6 6 (2.21%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.21%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.84%) Avaya
7 5 (1.84%) Cisco
7 5 (1.84%) Genesys
7 5 (1.84%) Ping Identity
8 4 (1.47%) Adobe
8 4 (1.47%) Okta
8 4 (1.47%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.47%) Sonatype
8 4 (1.47%) Virgin Media