MERN Stack Job Trends in Manchester

MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring MERN Stack skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 - 136
Rank change year-on-year - - +112
Permanent jobs citing MERN Stack 2 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.083% - 0.59%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.56% - 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £59,000
25th Percentile £61,250 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £73,750
90th Percentile - - £76,000
North West median annual salary £67,500 - £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Manchester

MERN Stack falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 356 727 735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 14.85% 22.14% 33.08%
Number of salaries quoted 297 423 578
10th Percentile £33,700 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,144 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,750 £85,000 £86,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +4.35%

MERN Stack
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MERN Stack relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

MERN Stack job vacancy trend in Manchester

MERN Stack
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing MERN Stack.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing MERN Stack

MERN Stack
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (100.00%) Neo4j
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) C Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes