MERN Stack Contracts

MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MERN Stack skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MERN Stack over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 694 751
Rank change year-on-year +119 +57 -108
Contract jobs citing MERN Stack 23 25 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.042% 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.26% 0.18% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 21 65
10th Percentile £366 £413 £425
25th Percentile £425 £510 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.98% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £600
90th Percentile - £656 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +17.65%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

MERN Stack is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,876 13,931 24,130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.50% 23.29% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,162 10,182 17,689
10th Percentile £338 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £660
90th Percentile £767 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 153 242
10th Percentile £20.91 £31.60 £21.10
25th Percentile £39.98 £48.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £64.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.85 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +32.65% +8.89%

MERN Stack
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MERN Stack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MERN Stack in the UK

MERN Stack
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MERN Stack.

Daily rate trend for MERN Stack in the UK

MERN Stack
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MERN Stack over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MERN Stack in the UK

MERN Stack
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MERN Stack within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +127 21 £525 -0.94% 12
London +109 14 £650 +6.12% 7
UK excluding London +56 7 £450 -14.29% 5
Work from Home +128 5 £413 -12.70% 6
North of England +28 5 £450 -14.29%
North West +19 4 £450 -13.46%
Wales - 2 £300 -
Yorkshire +13 1 £400 -23.81%

MERN Stack
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (43.48%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) AWS
3 2 (8.70%) Serverless
4 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.35%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (100.00%) MongoDB
2 2 (8.70%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.35%) MySQL
3 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (39.13%) Git
General
1 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 9 (39.13%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (34.78%) Marketing
4 4 (17.39%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (86.96%) Developer
2 16 (69.57%) Full Stack Developer
3 7 (30.43%) MongoDB Developer
3 7 (30.43%) Node.js Developer
3 7 (30.43%) React Developer
4 6 (26.09%) Azure Developer
5 4 (17.39%) JavaScript Developer
6 3 (13.04%) Senior
6 3 (13.04%) Senior Developer
6 3 (13.04%) Senior JavaScript Developer
6 3 (13.04%) Software Developer
7 2 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (8.70%) Full Stack Engineer
8 1 (4.35%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 1 (4.35%) Full Stack JavaScript Developer
8 1 (4.35%) Full Stack Software Engineer
8 1 (4.35%) IT Manager
8 1 (4.35%) IT Project Manager
8 1 (4.35%) Project Manager
8 1 (4.35%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (100.00%) React
2 22 (95.65%) Express.js
3 21 (91.30%) Node.js
4 11 (47.83%) CSS
4 11 (47.83%) HTML
5 10 (43.48%) NestJS
6 8 (34.78%) koa
7 5 (21.74%) AngularJS
7 5 (21.74%) MEAN Stack
8 4 (17.39%) Vue
9 3 (13.04%) RESTful
10 2 (8.70%) HTML5
10 2 (8.70%) Kafka
11 1 (4.35%) ADO
11 1 (4.35%) Ajax
11 1 (4.35%) CSS3
11 1 (4.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (4.35%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) Full Stack Development
2 12 (52.17%) Agile
3 11 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (34.78%) Clean Code
5 4 (17.39%) Microservices
6 2 (8.70%) API Design
6 2 (8.70%) API Integration
6 2 (8.70%) Backlog Refinement
6 2 (8.70%) CI/CD
6 2 (8.70%) Cloud Security
6 2 (8.70%) DevOps
6 2 (8.70%) E-Commerce
6 2 (8.70%) Event-Driven
6 2 (8.70%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 2 (8.70%) Front End Development
6 2 (8.70%) Migration
6 2 (8.70%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (8.70%) Sprint Retrospective
6 2 (8.70%) Sprint Review
6 2 (8.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (65.22%) JavaScript
2 8 (34.78%) TypeScript
3 2 (8.70%) Java
3 2 (8.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Google
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft