React Contract Job Trends in England

React.js
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring React skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 76 78
Rank change year-on-year -19 +2 -24
Contract jobs citing React 845 873 1,051
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.72% 2.98% 2.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.17% 13.64% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 643 873
10th Percentile £331 £354 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £630 £669 £700
90th Percentile £750 £810 £800
UK median daily rate £508 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -2.40% -0.95% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 10
10th Percentile £51.29 £26.25 £47.97
25th Percentile £59.70 £28.88 £52.81
Median hourly rate £66.50 £38.75 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.61% -39.45% -8.57%
75th Percentile £67.00 £41.38 £74.25
90th Percentile - £44.13 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £66.00 £39.00 £64.00
% change year-on-year +69.23% -39.06% -8.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,941 6,399 8,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.33% 21.82% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,632 4,087 6,018
10th Percentile £350 £357 £370
25th Percentile £413 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £626 £665 £675
90th Percentile £725 £800 £772
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -8.18% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 89 167
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £33.80
25th Percentile £43.77 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile £66.88 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% +19.05% -19.23%

React
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

React job vacancy trend in England

React
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing React

React
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing React in England over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for React in England

React
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing React

React
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing React in England over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for React in England

React
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
London -21 495 £550 -8.33% 293
North of England +4 128 £408 -9.44% 220
South East -13 72 £356 -28.75% 227
North West +4 65 £400 -11.11% 110
Yorkshire -17 61 £440 -12.00% 80
Midlands -51 46 £534 +6.75% 113
South West -22 41 £550 - 102
West Midlands -47 34 £528 -4.09% 53
East of England -15 28 £425 +13.33% 81
East Midlands -24 12 £550 +15.79% 56
North East -13 5 £475 +11.76% 30
React
UK

React
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 26 (3.08%) CMS
2 17 (2.01%) Confluence
3 14 (1.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 14 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.54%) Apache
5 12 (1.42%) Headless CMS
6 11 (1.30%) SharePoint
7 10 (1.18%) SAS
8 6 (0.71%) Camunda
9 5 (0.59%) Sitecore CMS
9 5 (0.59%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.47%) HCL Notes
10 4 (0.47%) Mendix
11 3 (0.36%) IIS
11 3 (0.36%) WordPress
12 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
12 2 (0.24%) Moodle
13 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
13 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 12 (1.42%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.71%) Adobe XD
2 6 (0.71%) Sketch
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.24%) Trello
5 1 (0.12%) InVision
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (0.83%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.47%) Endur
3 3 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.36%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.24%) Magento
4 2 (0.24%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 370 (43.79%) AWS
2 215 (25.44%) Azure
3 131 (15.50%) GitHub
4 121 (14.32%) Serverless
5 97 (11.48%) GCP
6 81 (9.59%) AWS Lambda
7 72 (8.52%) GitHub Actions
8 61 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (5.09%) Amazon S3
10 37 (4.38%) npm
11 30 (3.55%) SaaS
12 29 (3.43%) Azure AKS
13 28 (3.31%) Figma
14 27 (3.20%) Entra ID
15 26 (3.08%) OpenShift
16 25 (2.96%) Amazon ECS
17 24 (2.84%) Amazon SQS
18 22 (2.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 21 (2.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 20 (2.37%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.13%) Wireless
2 16 (1.89%) HTTP
3 8 (0.95%) DNS
4 5 (0.59%) Network Security
5 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.36%) DHCP
6 3 (0.36%) Firewall
6 3 (0.36%) VPN
7 1 (0.12%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.12%) Internet
7 1 (0.12%) LAN
7 1 (0.12%) Multicast
7 1 (0.12%) WAN
7 1 (0.12%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (16.09%) PostgreSQL
2 79 (9.35%) Relational Database
3 64 (7.57%) NoSQL
4 50 (5.92%) MongoDB
5 47 (5.56%) MySQL
6 45 (5.33%) SQL Server
7 29 (3.43%) Redis
8 16 (1.89%) DynamoDB
9 15 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (1.54%) Power BI
11 11 (1.30%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (1.30%) Apache Arrow
11 11 (1.30%) Apache Iceberg
11 11 (1.30%) Dremio
12 10 (1.18%) Big Data
13 9 (1.07%) Apache Cassandra
13 9 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (1.07%) RDBMS
14 8 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 192 (22.72%) Git
2 66 (7.81%) JIRA
3 65 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 55 (6.51%) GitLab
5 54 (6.39%) Cypress.io
6 41 (4.85%) JUnit
7 36 (4.26%) webpack
8 30 (3.55%) Cucumber
9 25 (2.96%) SonarQube
10 24 (2.84%) Browser DevTools
11 23 (2.72%) Selenium
12 22 (2.60%) Mockito
13 21 (2.49%) Android Studio
13 21 (2.49%) Xcode
14 20 (2.37%) Eclipse
15 19 (2.25%) Bitbucket
16 18 (2.13%) Maven
17 13 (1.54%) Artifactory
18 12 (1.42%) Postman
18 12 (1.42%) Storybook
General
1 223 (26.39%) Social Skills
2 174 (20.59%) Finance
3 89 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 73 (8.64%) Banking
5 64 (7.57%) Front Office
6 48 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (4.62%) Investment Banking
8 18 (2.13%) Retail
9 15 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (1.42%) Marketing
10 12 (1.42%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.30%) Financial Institution
11 11 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.83%) Back Office
15 6 (0.71%) Automotive
15 6 (0.71%) Health Technology
15 6 (0.71%) Law
16 5 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 480 (56.80%) Developer
2 162 (19.17%) Full-Stack Developer
3 124 (14.67%) Senior
4 122 (14.44%) Software Engineer
5 109 (12.90%) React Developer
6 79 (9.35%) Java Developer
7 75 (8.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 73 (8.64%) Python Developer
9 62 (7.34%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 62 (7.34%) Lead
9 62 (7.34%) Senior Developer
10 47 (5.56%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 39 (4.62%) AWS Developer
12 32 (3.79%) AWS Engineer
12 32 (3.79%) Full-Stack Python Developer
13 29 (3.43%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 28 (3.31%) JavaScript Developer
15 26 (3.08%) Architect
15 26 (3.08%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 26 (3.08%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 285 (33.73%) Node.js
2 250 (29.59%) AngularJS
3 218 (25.80%) CSS
4 184 (21.78%) HTML
5 149 (17.63%) RESTful
6 118 (13.96%) REST
7 114 (13.49%) .NET
8 99 (11.72%) Spring
9 95 (11.24%) GraphQL
10 94 (11.12%) Jest
11 93 (11.01%) Next.js
11 93 (11.01%) Vue
12 90 (10.65%) Spring Boot
13 89 (10.53%) Kafka
14 80 (9.47%) Redux
15 74 (8.76%) HTML5
16 52 (6.15%) CSS3
16 52 (6.15%) FastAPI
17 41 (4.85%) JSON
18 38 (4.50%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 73 (8.64%) Cloud Native
2 52 (6.15%) Product Ownership
3 43 (5.09%) Mobile App
4 38 (4.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 36 (4.26%) Fixed Income
6 28 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
7 24 (2.84%) Data Structures
8 19 (2.25%) Algorithms
8 19 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
9 18 (2.13%) Hedge funds
10 15 (1.78%) AI Agents
11 12 (1.42%) Derivative
11 12 (1.42%) Equities
11 12 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (0.95%) NHS
13 8 (0.95%) Onboarding
13 8 (0.95%) Reinsurance
14 7 (0.83%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 62 (7.34%) Linux
2 36 (4.26%) Windows
3 32 (3.79%) Android
4 31 (3.67%) Unix
5 15 (1.78%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.47%) CentOS
8 3 (0.36%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.24%) VMS
10 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (46.04%) Agile
2 368 (43.55%) CI/CD
3 355 (42.01%) Full-Stack Development
4 236 (27.93%) Microservices
5 216 (25.56%) DevOps
6 209 (24.73%) Software Engineering
7 148 (17.51%) Front End Development
8 143 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
9 141 (16.69%) User Experience
10 132 (15.62%) Containerisation
11 126 (14.91%) Test Automation
12 104 (12.31%) AI
13 102 (12.07%) TDD
14 98 (11.60%) Clean Code
15 88 (10.41%) Scrum
16 76 (8.99%) Design Patterns
17 73 (8.64%) Infrastructure as Code
18 69 (8.17%) Code Quality
19 59 (6.98%) SDLC
20 58 (6.86%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 441 (52.19%) JavaScript
2 392 (46.39%) TypeScript
3 286 (33.85%) Java
4 284 (33.61%) Python
5 169 (20.00%) SQL
6 121 (14.32%) C#
7 35 (4.14%) C++
8 29 (3.43%) Go
9 24 (2.84%) Perl
10 22 (2.60%) Bicep
11 21 (2.49%) Ruby
12 16 (1.89%) PowerShell
13 14 (1.66%) Rust
14 9 (1.07%) Kotlin
14 9 (1.07%) PHP
15 8 (0.95%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.83%) Bash
16 7 (0.83%) JSX
17 6 (0.71%) C
17 6 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 167 (19.76%) Security Cleared
2 141 (16.69%) SC Cleared
3 40 (4.73%) Degree
4 28 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (2.25%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.71%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.71%) MCP
8 5 (0.59%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.47%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.36%) OCP
10 3 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.24%) CEH
11 2 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.24%) CISSP
11 2 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.24%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (12.19%) Accessibility
2 53 (6.27%) QA
2 53 (6.27%) WCAG
3 5 (0.59%) GDPR
3 5 (0.59%) HL7
4 4 (0.47%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.47%) MiFID
5 3 (0.36%) EMIR
6 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.24%) PMO
7 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 205 (24.26%) Docker
2 21 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 192 (22.72%) Kubernetes
2 103 (12.19%) Terraform
3 18 (2.13%) Grafana
4 15 (1.78%) Ansible
4 15 (1.78%) Argo
5 12 (1.42%) Kibana
6 9 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.95%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.59%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.24%) Podman
10 1 (0.12%) Consul
10 1 (0.12%) Istio
10 1 (0.12%) Rancher
Vendors
1 107 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.86%) Oracle
3 36 (4.26%) Google
4 31 (3.67%) ServiceNow
5 25 (2.96%) Splunk
6 23 (2.72%) Red Hat
7 22 (2.60%) Adobe
7 22 (2.60%) OpenAI
8 11 (1.30%) Databricks
9 9 (1.07%) Atlassian
9 9 (1.07%) Sitecore
10 8 (0.95%) Blue Prism
11 6 (0.71%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.71%) Perforce
11 6 (0.71%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.59%) Marketo
12 5 (0.59%) SAP
12 5 (0.59%) VMware
13 4 (0.47%) Okta
13 4 (0.47%) TIBCO