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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 70 70
Rank change year-on-year -14 0 +3
Contract jobs citing React 33 13 40
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.49% 1.37% 2.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.71% 8.78% 14.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 11 33
10th Percentile £474 £315 £363
25th Percentile £563 £323 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% -6.00% -1.86%
75th Percentile £713 £514 £597
90th Percentile £740 £525 £600
England median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £58.75
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £66.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £76.00 £27.50 £67.00
% change year-on-year +176.36% -58.96% -4.29%

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 210 148 282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 9.49% 15.56% 14.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 107 145
10th Percentile £412 £325 £325
25th Percentile £463 £420 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £579
90th Percentile £716 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 11 56
10th Percentile £18.42 £65.00 -
25th Percentile £45.50 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £80.68 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.43% +87.62% -34.10%
75th Percentile £73.46 £81.35 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.75 £82.10 £66.25
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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

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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 14 May 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

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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 14 May 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 +8 14 £688 +96.43% 4
Bedfordshire - 9 £600 - 2
Essex -11 5 £575 +80.71% 5
Cambridgeshire +8 4 £481 -3.75% 10
Hertfordshire -22 1 - - 11
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England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (27.27%) CMS
1 9 (27.27%) Sitecore CMS
Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) AWS
2 5 (15.15%) Azure
3 2 (6.06%) Azure Functions
3 2 (6.06%) GCP
3 2 (6.06%) GitHub
3 2 (6.06%) Serverless
4 1 (3.03%) Azure AKS
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.03%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Firewall
1 2 (6.06%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (27.27%) NoSQL
2 6 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 3 (9.09%) MongoDB
4 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (3.03%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 11 (33.33%) JIRA
2 6 (18.18%) Git
3 1 (3.03%) Cypress.io
3 1 (3.03%) GitLab
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.06%) Banking
4 2 (6.06%) Finance
4 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.03%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 14 (42.42%) Developer
2 8 (24.24%) Software Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Architect
4 6 (18.18%) React Developer
4 6 (18.18%) Technical Architect
5 5 (15.15%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 5 (15.15%) Software Developer
6 4 (12.12%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 4 (12.12%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (9.09%) Engineering Specialist
7 3 (9.09%) JavaScript Developer
8 2 (6.06%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 2 (6.06%) JavaScript Engineer
8 2 (6.06%) Lead
8 2 (6.06%) Lead Developer
8 2 (6.06%) Senior
8 2 (6.06%) Senior Developer
9 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 1 (3.03%) Java Developer
9 1 (3.03%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (42.42%) Node.js
2 11 (33.33%) .NET
2 11 (33.33%) CSS
2 11 (33.33%) HTML
3 10 (30.30%) AngularJS
4 8 (24.24%) ASP.NET
4 8 (24.24%) ASP.NET Core
4 8 (24.24%) jQuery
5 7 (21.21%) REST
6 4 (12.12%) Express.js
7 3 (9.09%) .NET Core
8 2 (6.06%) MERN Stack
8 2 (6.06%) NestJS
8 2 (6.06%) RESTful
9 1 (3.03%) Blazor
9 1 (3.03%) Entity Framework
9 1 (3.03%) Jest
9 1 (3.03%) Kafka
9 1 (3.03%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 6 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (12.12%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (78.79%) Agile
2 17 (51.52%) Front End Development
3 15 (45.45%) CI/CD
4 14 (42.42%) Software Engineering
5 12 (36.36%) DevOps
6 10 (30.30%) Microservices
6 10 (30.30%) Scrum
6 10 (30.30%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (21.21%) Full-Stack Development
8 7 (21.21%) User Stories
9 6 (18.18%) Data Governance
9 6 (18.18%) Personalization
9 6 (18.18%) Test Automation
9 6 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
10 5 (15.15%) Application Security
11 4 (12.12%) Acceptance Criteria
11 4 (12.12%) Product Vision
11 4 (12.12%) SOLID
11 4 (12.12%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) C#
1 13 (39.39%) TypeScript
2 8 (24.24%) JavaScript
3 7 (21.21%) SQL
4 1 (3.03%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 12 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.03%) Degree
4 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Sitecore
2 1 (3.03%) Databricks
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle