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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 170 193
Rank change year-on-year -3 +23 -63
Contract jobs citing Node.js 265 186 229
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.44% 1.34% 1.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.00% 7.36% 6.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 112 186
10th Percentile £358 £335 £363
25th Percentile £400 £377 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £539 £575 £611
90th Percentile £622 £625 £689
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 1
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year - +4.84% -5.34%
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 3,314 2,526 3,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.96% 18.21% 17.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,182 1,567 2,305
10th Percentile £350 £349 £325
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £685 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 62 143
10th Percentile £40.53 £25.14 £28.45
25th Percentile £49.06 £47.76 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.75 £63.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +15.91% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.00 £67.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.95 £74.82 £77.90
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -1.60% +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 18 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
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 18 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 +14 129 £468 +4.00% 161
North West -2 62 £450 - 71
Yorkshire +2 61 £476 -9.33% 69
South West +17 40 £550 +15.79% 97
Midlands -23 29 £463 -9.76% 90
Scotland -7 26 £400 -9.60% 23
South East -27 26 £488 -15.22% 214
East of England -22 20 £505 +30.32% 110
West Midlands -26 18 £600 +17.07% 28
North East -5 14 £450 -10.00% 21
East Midlands - 11 £401 - 60
Wales -1 3 £375 -34.78% 42
Northern Ireland -6 1 - - 15
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 4 (1.51%) CMS
2 3 (1.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (1.13%) Apache
2 3 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.13%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.75%) Drupal
3 2 (0.75%) SAS
3 2 (0.75%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.75%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.38%) Confluence
4 1 (0.38%) nginx
4 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (2.64%) Chatbot
2 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.51%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.38%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 153 (57.74%) AWS
2 76 (28.68%) Serverless
3 62 (23.40%) Azure
4 57 (21.51%) AWS Lambda
5 42 (15.85%) GitHub
6 34 (12.83%) GCP
7 29 (10.94%) GitHub Actions
8 28 (10.57%) Amazon ECS
8 28 (10.57%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (8.30%) Amazon S3
10 18 (6.79%) Amazon EKS
10 18 (6.79%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (6.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (6.04%) Amazon SQS
12 15 (5.66%) OpenShift
13 14 (5.28%) npm
13 14 (5.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 13 (4.91%) Amazon EC2
15 12 (4.53%) Apigee
16 9 (3.40%) Amazon MSK
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.66%) TCP/IP
2 14 (5.28%) Ethernet
3 11 (4.15%) Firewall
4 2 (0.75%) VoIP
5 1 (0.38%) Asterisk PBX
5 1 (0.38%) HTTP
5 1 (0.38%) LAN
5 1 (0.38%) Network Security
5 1 (0.38%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.38%) VPN
5 1 (0.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (16.60%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (10.57%) Redis
3 26 (9.81%) DynamoDB
4 21 (7.92%) NoSQL
5 20 (7.55%) MongoDB
6 19 (7.17%) Relational Database
7 17 (6.42%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (5.28%) MySQL
9 8 (3.02%) Aerospike
10 7 (2.64%) DocumentDB
11 6 (2.26%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (2.26%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (1.89%) SQL Server
13 3 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (1.13%) Pinecone
13 3 (1.13%) Weaviate
14 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
14 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 73 (27.55%) Git
2 54 (20.38%) GitLab
3 52 (19.62%) Jenkins
4 24 (9.06%) Cypress.io
5 18 (6.79%) JIRA
6 14 (5.28%) Cucumber
6 14 (5.28%) Eclipse
6 14 (5.28%) Mocha
6 14 (5.28%) Visual Studio
7 12 (4.53%) SonarQube
8 11 (4.15%) Bitbucket
9 10 (3.77%) JUnit
9 10 (3.77%) Selenium
10 9 (3.40%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (1.89%) CircleCI
12 4 (1.51%) Mockito
12 4 (1.51%) Storybook
12 4 (1.51%) webpack
13 3 (1.13%) gulp
13 3 (1.13%) Maven
General
1 61 (23.02%) Public Sector
2 60 (22.64%) Social Skills
3 37 (13.96%) Finance
4 20 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.42%) Military
6 15 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (4.53%) Banking
8 4 (1.51%) Law
8 4 (1.51%) Retail
9 3 (1.13%) Games
10 2 (0.75%) Back Office
10 2 (0.75%) Marketing
11 1 (0.38%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.38%) Electronics
11 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.38%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.38%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 133 (50.19%) Developer
2 43 (16.23%) Senior
3 40 (15.09%) Software Engineer
4 38 (14.34%) Node.js Developer
5 36 (13.58%) Lead
6 33 (12.45%) Full-Stack Developer
7 22 (8.30%) Senior Developer
8 19 (7.17%) AWS Developer
9 16 (6.04%) Java Developer
10 15 (5.66%) AWS Engineer
10 15 (5.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 14 (5.28%) JavaScript Developer
11 14 (5.28%) Test Engineer
12 13 (4.91%) Technical Leader
13 12 (4.53%) Architect
13 12 (4.53%) C# Software Engineer
14 11 (4.15%) Lead Developer
14 11 (4.15%) React Developer
14 11 (4.15%) Software Developer
15 9 (3.40%) Cloud Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (38.11%) React
2 42 (15.85%) Jest
3 41 (15.47%) REST
4 34 (12.83%) RESTful
5 32 (12.08%) AngularJS
6 27 (10.19%) CSS
6 27 (10.19%) Express.js
6 27 (10.19%) HTML
7 24 (9.06%) Spring
8 20 (7.55%) Playwright
9 19 (7.17%) Next.js
9 19 (7.17%) Web Services
10 18 (6.79%) Spring Boot
11 15 (5.66%) Kafka
12 14 (5.28%) Redux
13 13 (4.91%) CSS3
13 13 (4.91%) GraphQL
13 13 (4.91%) HTML5
13 13 (4.91%) OAuth
14 11 (4.15%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 41 (15.47%) Cloud Native
2 13 (4.91%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.53%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.26%) IVR
4 6 (2.26%) NHS
4 6 (2.26%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.75%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (0.75%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.38%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.38%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.38%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.38%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.38%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.38%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.21%) Linux
2 22 (8.30%) Windows
3 2 (0.75%) Android
3 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.38%) CentOS
4 1 (0.38%) Unix
4 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (49.43%) CI/CD
2 105 (39.62%) Agile
3 95 (35.85%) Microservices
4 86 (32.45%) DevOps
5 65 (24.53%) Full-Stack Development
6 58 (21.89%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (20.38%) Software Engineering
8 49 (18.49%) Containerisation
9 45 (16.98%) Test Automation
10 43 (16.23%) Infrastructure as Code
11 31 (11.70%) Code Quality
11 31 (11.70%) TDD
12 29 (10.94%) Clean Code
13 28 (10.57%) Unit Testing
14 26 (9.81%) Continuous Integration
15 24 (9.06%) Analytics
15 24 (9.06%) Migration
16 23 (8.68%) Mentoring
17 21 (7.92%) Secure Coding
17 21 (7.92%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 101 (38.11%) JavaScript
2 93 (35.09%) TypeScript
3 87 (32.83%) Python
4 84 (31.70%) Java
5 31 (11.70%) SQL
6 20 (7.55%) C#
7 19 (7.17%) C++
8 18 (6.79%) Ruby
9 15 (5.66%) Bash
9 15 (5.66%) PowerShell
10 11 (4.15%) Perl
11 10 (3.77%) Go
12 9 (3.40%) PHP
13 6 (2.26%) VBA
14 5 (1.89%) C
15 4 (1.51%) Bicep
16 3 (1.13%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.75%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.75%) Scala
17 2 (0.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (28.30%) Security Cleared
2 53 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.42%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (6.04%) AWS Certification
5 8 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.02%) Degree
5 8 (3.02%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.26%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (10.94%) Accessibility
2 21 (7.92%) WCAG
3 16 (6.04%) QA
4 8 (3.02%) GDPR
4 8 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.64%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.51%) HIPAA
7 3 (1.13%) PMO
8 2 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.38%) NCSC
9 1 (0.38%) NIST
9 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (26.79%) Docker
2 6 (2.26%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (1.13%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 58 (21.89%) Terraform
2 51 (19.25%) Kubernetes
3 21 (7.92%) Grafana
4 15 (5.66%) Ansible
5 5 (1.89%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.13%) Argo
7 2 (0.75%) HP Fortify
7 2 (0.75%) Istio
7 2 (0.75%) Kibana
7 2 (0.75%) Packer
8 1 (0.38%) Consul
8 1 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.38%) Icinga
8 1 (0.38%) Podman
8 1 (0.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 22 (8.30%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.42%) Google
3 16 (6.04%) Oracle
4 10 (3.77%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.40%) Databricks
5 9 (3.40%) Splunk
6 6 (2.26%) AppDynamics
6 6 (2.26%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.89%) Adobe
7 5 (1.89%) Avaya
7 5 (1.89%) Cisco
7 5 (1.89%) Dynatrace
7 5 (1.89%) Genesys
7 5 (1.89%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.51%) Ping Identity
8 4 (1.51%) Virgin Media
9 3 (1.13%) Okta
9 3 (1.13%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.13%) Pega
9 3 (1.13%) Perforce