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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 159 181
Rank change year-on-year -77 +22 +3
Contract jobs citing Node.js 265 268 219
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.69% 1.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.54% 7.87% 6.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 183 118
10th Percentile £350 £350 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £546 £550 £600
90th Percentile £669 £625 £672
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -0.49% -6.82% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 27
10th Percentile - £62.40 £62.50
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £65.13 -
90th Percentile £75.60 £67.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -9.72%

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 4,783 3,406 3,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.98% 21.50% 19.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,037 2,245 2,071
10th Percentile £358 £320 £325
25th Percentile £419 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £677 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 137 152
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £28.48
25th Percentile £55.00 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.67% -15.38% +10.11%
75th Percentile £77.00 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £91.00 £70.00 £74.40
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £51.97 £65.00
% change year-on-year +25.07% -20.05% +8.33%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -46 141 £493 +15.88% 142
Yorkshire -11 63 £500 +1.27% 37
North West -62 49 £575 +43.75% 88
South West -38 34 £525 -4.55% 44
Scotland -9 33 £377 -19.57% 28
Midlands -36 31 £443 -8.05% 43
North East -23 29 £400 -20.00% 17
West Midlands -42 20 £456 -24.08% 27
South East -72 17 £400 -23.00% 72
East of England -64 12 £505 +3.06% 44
East Midlands -10 11 £425 +57.41% 16
Wales -12 1 - - 4
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 7 (2.64%) nginx
2 6 (2.26%) Apache
2 6 (2.26%) WordPress
3 5 (1.89%) CMS
3 5 (1.89%) Tomcat
3 5 (1.89%) WebLogic
3 5 (1.89%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.51%) Confluence
4 4 (1.51%) IBM HTTP Server
4 4 (1.51%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 4 (1.51%) WebLogic Portal
4 4 (1.51%) WebSphere Application Server
4 4 (1.51%) WebSphere Portal
5 3 (1.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (1.51%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.75%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 130 (49.06%) AWS
2 51 (19.25%) GCP
3 41 (15.47%) Azure
4 33 (12.45%) Serverless
5 31 (11.70%) GitHub
6 22 (8.30%) GitHub Actions
7 18 (6.79%) Amazon SQS
7 18 (6.79%) AWS Lambda
8 17 (6.42%) Amazon S3
8 17 (6.42%) OpenShift
9 13 (4.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 11 (4.15%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (3.40%) Figma
11 9 (3.40%) Slack
12 8 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (3.02%) AWS KMS
13 7 (2.64%) Amazon ECR
13 7 (2.64%) Google Gemini
13 7 (2.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 7 (2.64%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.53%) Ethernet
1 12 (4.53%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.64%) HTTP
2 7 (2.64%) Reverse Proxy
3 4 (1.51%) Internet
4 2 (0.75%) CTI
4 2 (0.75%) Firewall
5 1 (0.38%) Broadband
5 1 (0.38%) DNS
5 1 (0.38%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.43%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (8.30%) MongoDB
3 12 (4.53%) DynamoDB
4 11 (4.15%) Amazon Aurora
5 10 (3.77%) MySQL
5 10 (3.77%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (2.64%) DocumentDB
7 6 (2.26%) Metadata
7 6 (2.26%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.89%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.51%) SQL Server
10 3 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (1.13%) MariaDB
11 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.75%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.38%) Amazon QuickSight
12 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.38%) Redis
12 1 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 62 (23.40%) Git
2 39 (14.72%) Jenkins
3 25 (9.43%) Maven
4 22 (8.30%) JIRA
5 16 (6.04%) GitLab
6 15 (5.66%) Gradle
7 14 (5.28%) Cucumber
8 13 (4.91%) JUnit
9 12 (4.53%) Eclipse
9 12 (4.53%) SonarQube
9 12 (4.53%) Visual Studio
10 9 (3.40%) GoCD
10 9 (3.40%) Selenium
11 8 (3.02%) Claude Code
11 8 (3.02%) REST Assured
12 7 (2.64%) Cypress.io
12 7 (2.64%) JProfiler
13 5 (1.89%) Storybook
14 4 (1.51%) Mockito
14 4 (1.51%) webpack
General
1 66 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 64 (24.15%) Public Sector
3 33 (12.45%) Finance
4 26 (9.81%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.68%) Military
6 18 (6.79%) Retail
7 13 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (3.77%) Banking
9 9 (3.40%) Publishing
10 8 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.13%) Marketing
12 2 (0.75%) Back Office
12 2 (0.75%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.75%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.75%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.75%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.38%) Law
13 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 136 (51.32%) Developer
2 46 (17.36%) Senior
3 37 (13.96%) Software Engineer
4 34 (12.83%) Lead
5 32 (12.08%) Full-Stack Developer
6 29 (10.94%) Senior Developer
7 25 (9.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 25 (9.43%) Java Developer
8 18 (6.79%) Architect
9 17 (6.42%) Lead Developer
9 17 (6.42%) Node.js Developer
10 15 (5.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 14 (5.28%) Software Developer
12 10 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
13 9 (3.40%) C# Software Engineer
13 9 (3.40%) Senior Java Developer
13 9 (3.40%) Technical Architect
13 9 (3.40%) Technical Leader
14 8 (3.02%) Python Developer
14 8 (3.02%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (45.66%) React
2 84 (31.70%) REST
3 49 (18.49%) Terraform
4 47 (17.74%) Spring Boot
5 45 (16.98%) Spring
6 44 (16.60%) HTML
7 42 (15.85%) CSS
8 37 (13.96%) RESTful
9 31 (11.70%) AngularJS
10 29 (10.94%) Playwright
11 26 (9.81%) Jest
12 24 (9.06%) Express.js
13 23 (8.68%) Web Services
14 22 (8.30%) OAuth
15 19 (7.17%) Next.js
16 18 (6.79%) HTML5
16 18 (6.79%) OpenID
17 17 (6.42%) Kafka
17 17 (6.42%) OAuth2
18 15 (5.66%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 67 (25.28%) Cloud Native
2 28 (10.57%) Product Ownership
3 16 (6.04%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.15%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (4.15%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.51%) AI Agents
6 4 (1.51%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.13%) NHS
8 2 (0.75%) Culture of Ownership
8 2 (0.75%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.75%) IoT
8 2 (0.75%) IVR
8 2 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.75%) PKI
8 2 (0.75%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.38%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.38%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.92%) Linux
2 12 (4.53%) Windows
3 3 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.38%) Tizen
4 1 (0.38%) webOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (62.26%) CI/CD
2 130 (49.06%) Agile
3 96 (36.23%) Full-Stack Development
4 84 (31.70%) Microservices
5 81 (30.57%) Software Engineering
6 80 (30.19%) DevOps
7 78 (29.43%) Test Automation
8 58 (21.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (17.74%) Mentoring
10 44 (16.60%) Infrastructure as Code
10 44 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
11 43 (16.23%) Front End Development
12 41 (15.47%) TDD
13 40 (15.09%) Observability
14 38 (14.34%) Containerisation
14 38 (14.34%) Event-Driven
15 35 (13.21%) Technical Leadership
16 34 (12.83%) Continuous Integration
17 31 (11.70%) AI
17 31 (11.70%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 133 (50.19%) JavaScript
2 114 (43.02%) TypeScript
3 87 (32.83%) Java
4 60 (22.64%) Python
5 29 (10.94%) SQL
6 15 (5.66%) Bash
6 15 (5.66%) C#
7 13 (4.91%) C++
8 12 (4.53%) Go
9 9 (3.40%) Groovy
10 8 (3.02%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.64%) Ruby
11 7 (2.64%) Rust
12 6 (2.26%) PHP
13 3 (1.13%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.75%) Scala
15 1 (0.38%) Bicep
15 1 (0.38%) Dart
15 1 (0.38%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 65 (24.53%) Security Cleared
2 49 (18.49%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.42%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (3.02%) AWS Certification
4 8 (3.02%) Degree
5 7 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.89%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.51%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.51%) CISSP
8 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.13%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (18.11%) Accessibility
2 29 (10.94%) QA
3 14 (5.28%) WCAG
4 4 (1.51%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.51%) GDPR
4 4 (1.51%) HIPAA
4 4 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.51%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.75%) HL7
5 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 51 (19.25%) Docker
2 2 (0.75%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 57 (21.51%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.42%) Grafana
3 13 (4.91%) Ansible
4 10 (3.77%) Argo
4 10 (3.77%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.13%) HP ALM
5 3 (1.13%) Podman
6 2 (0.75%) Istio
6 2 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.75%) Puppet
7 1 (0.38%) Kibana
Vendors
1 35 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.06%) Google
3 16 (6.04%) Oracle
4 14 (5.28%) MuleSoft
5 10 (3.77%) SAP
5 10 (3.77%) ServiceNow
6 9 (3.40%) Red Hat
7 8 (3.02%) Dynatrace
7 8 (3.02%) Salesforce
8 6 (2.26%) Sonatype
9 5 (1.89%) Confluent
9 5 (1.89%) IBM
9 5 (1.89%) Okta
10 4 (1.51%) Ping Identity
11 3 (1.13%) Adobe
11 3 (1.13%) HP
11 3 (1.13%) Jaspersoft
12 2 (0.75%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.75%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (0.75%) Splunk