React Contract Job Trends in the East of England

React.js
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring React skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 70 72
Rank change year-on-year -40 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing React 17 23 25
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.70% 1.75% 1.65%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.25% 9.20% 8.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 16
10th Percentile £428 £375 £322
25th Percentile £553 £394 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% +13.33% -36.66%
75th Percentile £725 £480 £436
90th Percentile £811 £496 £613
England median daily rate £538 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +2.38% -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £67.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.00 £66.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +8.27% +20.91% -26.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
East of England

React 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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 324 250 294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 13.37% 19.07% 19.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 118 116
10th Percentile £345 £338 £294
25th Percentile £413 £425 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £423
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +18.34% -18.51%
75th Percentile £592 £575 £554
90th Percentile £725 £691 £625
England median daily rate £535 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +2.88% -5.45% -1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 53 58
10th Percentile £17.12 £40.75 -
25th Percentile £57.50 £43.00 -
Median hourly rate £70.88 £63.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.61% +47.67% -28.33%
75th Percentile £85.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.11 £73.40 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.93
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.60% +4.88%

React
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing React relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

React job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing React.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing React

React
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing React in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for React in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing React.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing React

React
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing React within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 September 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
Suffolk -11 8 £625 +56.25% 6
Essex -12 5 £575 +18.56% 8
Hertfordshire -32 2 £850 +91.55% 17
Bedfordshire - 2 £365 - 4
React
England

React
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (35.29%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) AWS
2 3 (17.65%) Azure AKS
3 2 (11.76%) Anthropic Claude
3 2 (11.76%) GitHub
3 2 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (11.76%) GitHub Copilot
3 2 (11.76%) Google Gemini
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Databricks
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Functions
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
1 2 (11.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) MySQL
1 2 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (11.76%) Redis
1 2 (11.76%) Relational Database
2 1 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (5.88%) Big Data
2 1 (5.88%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Git
1 6 (35.29%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) Claude Code
3 1 (5.88%) Cypress.io
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Software Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 3 (17.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 3 (17.65%) JavaScript Developer
3 3 (17.65%) React Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) JavaScript Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Lead
4 2 (11.76%) Python Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior DevOps
4 2 (11.76%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Software Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Leader
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) Node.js
1 4 (23.53%) REST
1 4 (23.53%) Terraform
2 3 (17.65%) CSS
2 3 (17.65%) HTML
3 2 (11.76%) Celery
3 2 (11.76%) Django
3 2 (11.76%) JWT
3 2 (11.76%) Next.js
3 2 (11.76%) OAuth
3 2 (11.76%) React Native
3 2 (11.76%) Tailwind CSS
3 2 (11.76%) Vue
4 1 (5.88%) Express.js
4 1 (5.88%) Jest
4 1 (5.88%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Product Ownership
2 5 (29.41%) Cloud Native
3 4 (23.53%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
5 1 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Agile
1 13 (76.47%) Software Engineering
2 8 (47.06%) CI/CD
2 8 (47.06%) Front End Development
3 7 (41.18%) Application Security
3 7 (41.18%) DevOps
4 4 (23.53%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
4 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (23.53%) Product Vision
4 4 (23.53%) SDLC
4 4 (23.53%) SOLID
4 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (23.53%) Test Automation
5 3 (17.65%) AI
5 3 (17.65%) Code Quality
5 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
5 3 (17.65%) Microservices
5 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (17.65%) Software Delivery
6 2 (11.76%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) TypeScript
2 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.76%) JSX
3 2 (11.76%) Python
4 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
2 2 (11.76%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Databricks
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft