Node
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Node.js skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Node.js over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 89 74
Rank change year-on-year -46 -15 -17
Contract jobs citing Node.js 753 1,600 2,925
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.74% 2.71% 3.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.48% 11.65% 12.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 1,144 2,197
10th Percentile £343 £413 £425
25th Percentile £431 £460 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £775 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 23
10th Percentile £43.00 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £57.19 £35.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +52.17% -29.77%
75th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £76.50 - £74.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -10.34% +52.63% -27.48%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Node.js 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 8,883 13,734 24,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.58% 23.25% 27.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,169 10,016 17,623
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 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 152 239
10th Percentile £21.25 £31.18 £22.40
25th Percentile £40.08 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.84 £65.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.94% +30.65% +10.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.61 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £63.25 £49.25
% change year-on-year -24.90% +28.43% +9.44%

Node.js
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Node.js as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Node.js in the UK

Node.js
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Node.js.

Daily rate trend for Node.js in the UK

Node.js
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Node.js over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Node.js in the UK

Node.js
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Node.js.

Hourly rate trend for Node.js in the UK

Node.js
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Node.js over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Node.js in the UK

Node.js
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 May 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 -48 653 £543 -1.36% 552
London -56 360 £550 -4.35% 267
Work from Home -43 295 £525 - 341
UK excluding London -7 293 £500 -0.99% 310
North of England -2 134 £600 +14.29% 108
North West +28 109 £625 +25.00% 67
South East +6 59 £500 -9.09% 49
South West +10 36 £475 +5.56% 50
Scotland +23 30 £458 -2.56% 24
Yorkshire -25 23 £500 -9.09% 31
Midlands +17 22 £380 -24.00% 48
West Midlands +16 11 £450 -25.00% 19
East Midlands +10 11 £225 -55.00% 29
East of England +3 9 £575 -11.54% 22
Wales +9 5 £419 -33.00% 7
North East -4 2 £478 -20.42% 10

Node.js
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 17 (2.26%) Confluence
2 14 (1.86%) Apache
2 14 (1.86%) OpenStack
3 13 (1.73%) CMS
4 10 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.06%) WordPress
6 6 (0.80%) Anypoint
6 6 (0.80%) Tornado
7 2 (0.27%) Alfresco
7 2 (0.27%) Camunda
7 2 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.27%) JBoss
8 1 (0.13%) CoreMedia CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.13%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 2 (0.27%) InVision
1 2 (0.27%) Sketch
2 1 (0.13%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.53%) Shopify
3 3 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.13%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 329 (43.69%) AWS
2 141 (18.73%) Azure
3 117 (15.54%) Serverless
4 74 (9.83%) AWS Lambda
5 73 (9.69%) GCP
6 58 (7.70%) GitHub
7 55 (7.30%) Amazon S3
8 34 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (4.12%) SaaS
10 28 (3.72%) Amazon EKS
11 27 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
12 26 (3.45%) Amazon SQS
13 24 (3.19%) Amazon ECS
14 22 (2.92%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (2.92%) Azure Functions
15 19 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
15 19 (2.52%) OpenShift
16 17 (2.26%) Azure Key Vault
17 16 (2.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 16 (2.12%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 58 (7.70%) Firewall
2 44 (5.84%) VPN
3 12 (1.59%) HTTP
4 8 (1.06%) Ethernet
4 8 (1.06%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.80%) DNS
6 5 (0.66%) DHCP
7 4 (0.53%) OpenLDAP
7 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.40%) Internet
8 3 (0.40%) Kerberos
8 3 (0.40%) SSL
9 2 (0.27%) 5G
9 2 (0.27%) FTP
9 2 (0.27%) Intranet
9 2 (0.27%) MQTT
9 2 (0.27%) SMS
10 1 (0.13%) AMQP
10 1 (0.13%) Network Security
10 1 (0.13%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (12.08%) MongoDB
2 86 (11.42%) PostgreSQL
3 70 (9.30%) NoSQL
4 34 (4.52%) DynamoDB
5 32 (4.25%) MySQL
6 23 (3.05%) SQL Server
7 22 (2.92%) Relational Database
8 19 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (2.39%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (2.39%) Redis
10 13 (1.73%) Amazon Aurora
11 11 (1.46%) BigQuery
12 10 (1.33%) Apache Ignite
12 10 (1.33%) InterSystems Cache
13 9 (1.20%) Oracle Database
13 9 (1.20%) Power BI
14 8 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
15 7 (0.93%) Couchbase
16 6 (0.80%) Looker
17 5 (0.66%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 106 (14.08%) Git
2 79 (10.49%) Jenkins
3 62 (8.23%) Cypress.io
4 51 (6.77%) GitLab
5 33 (4.38%) JIRA
6 29 (3.85%) webpack
7 21 (2.79%) Maven
7 21 (2.79%) Selenium
8 18 (2.39%) Postman
9 16 (2.12%) Cucumber
9 16 (2.12%) JMeter
10 11 (1.46%) JUnit
11 9 (1.20%) Bitbucket
11 9 (1.20%) CircleCI
11 9 (1.20%) Mocha
11 9 (1.20%) Visual Studio
12 8 (1.06%) Protractor
12 8 (1.06%) SoapUI
12 8 (1.06%) SonarQube
12 8 (1.06%) TeamCity
General
1 124 (16.47%) Social Skills
2 109 (14.48%) Finance
3 76 (10.09%) Public Sector
4 48 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (5.31%) Banking
6 28 (3.72%) Marketing
7 21 (2.79%) Front Office
8 17 (2.26%) Advertising
9 16 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (1.73%) Retail
11 9 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.20%) Legal
11 9 (1.20%) Military
11 9 (1.20%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.06%) Tech for Good
13 7 (0.93%) Billing
13 7 (0.93%) German Language
13 7 (0.93%) Law
14 6 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.66%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 396 (52.59%) Developer
2 112 (14.87%) Full Stack Developer
3 109 (14.48%) Senior
4 85 (11.29%) Lead
5 84 (11.16%) Software Engineer
6 73 (9.69%) Architect
7 63 (8.37%) Node.js Developer
8 49 (6.51%) React Developer
9 48 (6.37%) Technical Architect
10 47 (6.24%) Senior Developer
11 43 (5.71%) Technical Leader
12 40 (5.31%) Full Stack Engineer
12 40 (5.31%) Java Developer
13 39 (5.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 38 (5.05%) JavaScript Developer
15 35 (4.65%) Lead Architect
16 26 (3.45%) JavaScript Engineer
17 21 (2.79%) Senior Software Engineer
18 20 (2.66%) AWS Developer
18 20 (2.66%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 317 (42.10%) React
2 187 (24.83%) CSS
3 181 (24.04%) HTML
4 94 (12.48%) AngularJS
5 93 (12.35%) RESTful
6 89 (11.82%) REST
7 79 (10.49%) GraphQL
8 78 (10.36%) Express.js
9 72 (9.56%) Redux
10 56 (7.44%) Jest
11 53 (7.04%) Spring
12 47 (6.24%) Web Services
13 46 (6.11%) HTML5
14 45 (5.98%) Spring Boot
15 43 (5.71%) Next.js
16 42 (5.58%) Vue
17 37 (4.91%) React Native
18 35 (4.65%) .NET
19 32 (4.25%) Kafka
19 32 (4.25%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.58%) Public Cloud
2 34 (4.52%) Greenfield Project
3 33 (4.38%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.85%) Fixed Income
5 28 (3.72%) Mobile App
6 25 (3.32%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (2.39%) Cloud Native
8 16 (2.12%) Algorithms
9 15 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.86%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.59%) Blockchain
12 9 (1.20%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.06%) Data Centre
14 7 (0.93%) Machine to Machine
14 7 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
14 7 (0.93%) Web3
15 6 (0.80%) Client/Server
15 6 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (0.80%) Derivative
15 6 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 66 (8.76%) Android
2 63 (8.37%) Apple iOS
3 59 (7.84%) Windows
4 48 (6.37%) Windows Server
5 39 (5.18%) Linux
6 10 (1.33%) Unix
7 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.13%) CentOS
8 1 (0.13%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (37.45%) CI/CD
2 278 (36.92%) Agile
3 208 (27.62%) Full Stack Development
4 182 (24.17%) DevOps
5 161 (21.38%) Software Engineering
6 138 (18.33%) Microservices
7 89 (11.82%) TDD
8 87 (11.55%) Front End Development
9 86 (11.42%) Test Automation
10 75 (9.96%) Design Patterns
11 65 (8.63%) User Experience
12 64 (8.50%) Web Development
13 63 (8.37%) Problem-Solving
14 60 (7.97%) Continuous Integration
15 53 (7.04%) Unit Testing
16 48 (6.37%) E-Commerce
17 46 (6.11%) Risk Management
17 46 (6.11%) Zero Trust
18 45 (5.98%) Containerisation
19 44 (5.84%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 399 (52.99%) JavaScript
2 288 (38.25%) TypeScript
3 171 (22.71%) Java
4 145 (19.26%) Python
5 89 (11.82%) SQL
6 53 (7.04%) C#
7 28 (3.72%) Kotlin
8 25 (3.32%) Bash
9 24 (3.19%) Go
9 24 (3.19%) PHP
10 20 (2.66%) C++
11 15 (1.99%) Ruby
12 14 (1.86%) C
13 13 (1.73%) Shell Script
14 8 (1.06%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.66%) Perl
16 3 (0.40%) ABAP
16 3 (0.40%) Scala
17 2 (0.27%) Groovy
17 2 (0.27%) Rust
Qualifications
1 118 (15.67%) Security Cleared
2 92 (12.22%) SC Cleared
3 28 (3.72%) Degree
4 19 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.06%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.53%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 4 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (0.53%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (0.40%) CAPM
8 3 (0.40%) CISSP
8 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.13%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.84%) QA
2 33 (4.38%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.80%) GDPR
4 5 (0.66%) SLA
5 4 (0.53%) MiFID
6 3 (0.40%) WCAG
7 2 (0.27%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.13%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.13%) MISRA
8 1 (0.13%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 122 (16.20%) Docker
2 6 (0.80%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.40%) vCloud
4 3 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.40%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.40%) vSphere
5 2 (0.27%) VirtualBox
6 1 (0.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 138 (18.33%) Kubernetes
2 89 (11.82%) Terraform
3 38 (5.05%) Ansible
4 10 (1.33%) Argo
4 10 (1.33%) Kibana
5 9 (1.20%) Grafana
6 7 (0.93%) Puppet
6 7 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.80%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.40%) Autotask
8 3 (0.40%) PingFederate
9 2 (0.27%) Istio
9 2 (0.27%) logstash
9 2 (0.27%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.13%) Anchore
10 1 (0.13%) Bugsnag
10 1 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.13%) Packer
Vendors
1 41 (5.44%) Google
2 37 (4.91%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.79%) Oracle
3 21 (2.79%) SAP
4 13 (1.73%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.46%) VMware
7 10 (1.33%) Adobe
8 7 (0.93%) Tealium
8 7 (0.93%) WSO2
9 6 (0.80%) Databricks
9 6 (0.80%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.66%) Apple
10 5 (0.66%) Confluent
10 5 (0.66%) Ensighten
10 5 (0.66%) Monetate
10 5 (0.66%) Omniture
10 5 (0.66%) Optimizely
11 4 (0.53%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.40%) Arista