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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 164 200
Rank change year-on-year -8 +36 -71
Contract jobs citing Node.js 279 186 224
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.49% 1.34% 1.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.23% 7.32% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 113 181
10th Percentile £358 £336 £363
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £544 £575 £606
90th Percentile £621 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £544 £525
% change year-on-year -8.09% +3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 1
10th Percentile £62.38 £62.38 -
25th Percentile - £64.06 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - +4.84% -5.34%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £65.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year - -2.99% +2.29%

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 3,389 2,542 3,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.05% 18.34% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,244 1,585 2,261
10th Percentile £350 £346 £325
25th Percentile £406 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £678
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £545
% change year-on-year -4.65% -1.38% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 62 148
10th Percentile £40.75 £25.14 £25.57
25th Percentile £50.00 £53.03 £46.18
Median hourly rate £64.00 £63.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% +15.91% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.00 £67.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.82 £77.65
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -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 22 January 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 22 January 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 22 January 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 +10 137 £475 +5.56% 136
North West 0 67 £450 - 63
Yorkshire +2 63 £476 -9.33% 55
South West +10 40 £550 +15.79% 81
Midlands -25 31 £481 -6.10% 67
Scotland -10 26 £400 -9.60% 25
South East -38 26 £488 -15.22% 191
East of England -22 25 £550 +41.94% 89
West Midlands -31 20 £586 +14.24% 23
North East -3 15 £450 -10.00% 18
East Midlands - 11 £401 - 41
Wales -6 3 £375 -34.78% 37
Northern Ireland -7 1 - - 13
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 (3.23%) CMS
2 5 (1.79%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (1.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.08%) Apache
3 3 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.08%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.72%) Drupal
4 2 (0.72%) SAS
4 2 (0.72%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.36%) Confluence
5 1 (0.36%) nginx
5 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (2.51%) Chatbot
2 6 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.43%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.36%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 162 (58.06%) AWS
2 79 (28.32%) Serverless
3 64 (22.94%) Azure
4 60 (21.51%) AWS Lambda
5 45 (16.13%) GitHub
6 36 (12.90%) GCP
7 32 (11.47%) GitHub Actions
8 28 (10.04%) Amazon ECS
8 28 (10.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 24 (8.60%) Amazon S3
10 19 (6.81%) Amazon SQS
10 19 (6.81%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (6.45%) Amazon EKS
12 17 (6.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 16 (5.73%) OpenShift
14 15 (5.38%) Amazon EC2
15 14 (5.02%) npm
15 14 (5.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 12 (4.30%) Apigee
17 10 (3.58%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.38%) TCP/IP
2 14 (5.02%) Ethernet
3 11 (3.94%) Firewall
4 2 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.72%) VoIP
5 1 (0.36%) Asterisk PBX
5 1 (0.36%) HTTP
5 1 (0.36%) LAN
5 1 (0.36%) Network Security
5 1 (0.36%) VPN
5 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (15.77%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (9.68%) Redis
3 26 (9.32%) DynamoDB
3 26 (9.32%) NoSQL
4 21 (7.53%) MongoDB
5 19 (6.81%) Relational Database
6 17 (6.09%) Amazon RDS
7 14 (5.02%) MySQL
8 8 (2.87%) Aerospike
8 8 (2.87%) DocumentDB
8 8 (2.87%) SQL Server
9 6 (2.15%) Amazon Athena
9 6 (2.15%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.08%) Pinecone
10 3 (1.08%) Weaviate
11 2 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.72%) Power BI
11 2 (0.72%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 76 (27.24%) Git
2 57 (20.43%) GitLab
3 54 (19.35%) Jenkins
4 25 (8.96%) Cypress.io
5 18 (6.45%) JIRA
6 16 (5.73%) Mocha
7 14 (5.02%) Cucumber
7 14 (5.02%) Eclipse
7 14 (5.02%) Visual Studio
8 12 (4.30%) SonarQube
9 11 (3.94%) Bitbucket
9 11 (3.94%) JUnit
10 10 (3.58%) Selenium
11 9 (3.23%) Sonatype Nexus
12 6 (2.15%) CircleCI
13 4 (1.43%) Maven
13 4 (1.43%) Mockito
13 4 (1.43%) Storybook
13 4 (1.43%) webpack
14 3 (1.08%) Jasmine
General
1 66 (23.66%) Public Sector
1 66 (23.66%) Social Skills
2 37 (13.26%) Finance
3 24 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (6.09%) Military
5 15 (5.38%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (4.30%) Banking
7 4 (1.43%) Law
7 4 (1.43%) Retail
8 3 (1.08%) Games
9 2 (0.72%) Back Office
9 2 (0.72%) Marketing
10 1 (0.36%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.36%) Electronics
10 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.36%) Legal
10 1 (0.36%) Publishing
10 1 (0.36%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.36%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 139 (49.82%) Developer
2 43 (15.41%) Senior
3 40 (14.34%) Software Engineer
4 39 (13.98%) Node.js Developer
5 37 (13.26%) Full-Stack Developer
5 37 (13.26%) Lead
6 22 (7.89%) Senior Developer
7 19 (6.81%) AWS Developer
8 16 (5.73%) Java Developer
9 15 (5.38%) Architect
9 15 (5.38%) AWS Engineer
9 15 (5.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 14 (5.02%) JavaScript Developer
10 14 (5.02%) Test Engineer
11 13 (4.66%) Technical Leader
12 12 (4.30%) C# Software Engineer
12 12 (4.30%) Lead Developer
12 12 (4.30%) Software Developer
13 11 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
13 11 (3.94%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (39.07%) React
2 46 (16.49%) REST
3 44 (15.77%) Jest
4 38 (13.62%) AngularJS
5 37 (13.26%) RESTful
6 32 (11.47%) CSS
6 32 (11.47%) HTML
7 29 (10.39%) Express.js
8 27 (9.68%) Spring
9 21 (7.53%) Playwright
10 20 (7.17%) Spring Boot
11 19 (6.81%) Next.js
11 19 (6.81%) Web Services
12 14 (5.02%) .NET
12 14 (5.02%) GraphQL
12 14 (5.02%) Kafka
12 14 (5.02%) OAuth
12 14 (5.02%) Redux
13 13 (4.66%) CSS3
13 13 (4.66%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 45 (16.13%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.02%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (4.66%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.15%) IVR
4 6 (2.15%) NHS
4 6 (2.15%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.72%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.72%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.36%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.36%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.36%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.36%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.36%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.90%) Linux
2 22 (7.89%) Windows
3 2 (0.72%) Android
3 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.36%) CentOS
4 1 (0.36%) Unix
4 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (51.25%) CI/CD
2 114 (40.86%) Agile
3 105 (37.63%) Microservices
4 96 (34.41%) DevOps
5 73 (26.16%) Full-Stack Development
6 61 (21.86%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (19.71%) Software Engineering
8 53 (19.00%) Containerisation
9 48 (17.20%) Test Automation
10 47 (16.85%) Infrastructure as Code
11 31 (11.11%) Code Quality
11 31 (11.11%) TDD
12 29 (10.39%) Clean Code
13 27 (9.68%) Unit Testing
14 26 (9.32%) Continuous Integration
15 25 (8.96%) Migration
16 24 (8.60%) Analytics
16 24 (8.60%) Front End Development
17 23 (8.24%) Mentoring
18 22 (7.89%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 103 (36.92%) JavaScript
2 98 (35.13%) TypeScript
3 90 (32.26%) Python
4 89 (31.90%) Java
5 34 (12.19%) SQL
6 25 (8.96%) C#
7 19 (6.81%) C++
8 18 (6.45%) Ruby
9 15 (5.38%) Bash
9 15 (5.38%) PowerShell
10 11 (3.94%) Go
10 11 (3.94%) Perl
11 9 (3.23%) PHP
12 6 (2.15%) VBA
13 5 (1.79%) C
14 4 (1.43%) Bicep
15 3 (1.08%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.72%) Groovy
16 2 (0.72%) Scala
16 2 (0.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (27.96%) Security Cleared
2 54 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (5.73%) AWS Certification
5 9 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.23%) Degree
6 8 (2.87%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.15%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.75%) Accessibility
2 21 (7.53%) WCAG
3 16 (5.73%) QA
4 9 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.87%) GDPR
6 7 (2.51%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.79%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.08%) PMO
9 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.72%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.36%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.36%) NCSC
10 1 (0.36%) NIST
System Software
1 73 (26.16%) Docker
2 6 (2.15%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (1.08%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 62 (22.22%) Terraform
2 54 (19.35%) Kubernetes
3 22 (7.89%) Grafana
4 16 (5.73%) Ansible
5 5 (1.79%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.08%) Argo
7 2 (0.72%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.72%) Istio
7 2 (0.72%) Kibana
7 2 (0.72%) Packer
8 1 (0.36%) Consul
8 1 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.36%) Icinga
8 1 (0.36%) Podman
8 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 22 (7.89%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.45%) Google
3 16 (5.73%) Oracle
4 10 (3.58%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.23%) Databricks
5 9 (3.23%) Splunk
6 7 (2.51%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.15%) AppDynamics
7 6 (2.15%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.79%) Adobe
8 5 (1.79%) Avaya
8 5 (1.79%) Cisco
8 5 (1.79%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.79%) Genesys
8 5 (1.79%) Ping Identity
8 5 (1.79%) Sitecore
9 4 (1.43%) Okta
9 4 (1.43%) Virgin Media
10 3 (1.08%) Pega
10 3 (1.08%) Perforce