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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 80 67
Rank change year-on-year -58 -13 +6
Contract jobs citing React 931 877 1,001
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.01% 3.16% 3.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.48% 12.40% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 634 759
10th Percentile £400 £358 £360
25th Percentile £449 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.76% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £663 £650 £675
90th Percentile £835 £838 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £550
% change year-on-year +1.30% -5.77% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 5
10th Percentile £63.00 £54.57 £37.45
25th Percentile £71.00 £60.06 £38.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £66.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.78% +60.24% -43.92%
75th Percentile £76.00 £67.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £77.00 - £73.30
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £66.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year +12.78% +60.24% -43.92%

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 9,819 7,073 7,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.20% 25.48% 24.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,457 4,774 5,204
10th Percentile £381 £355 £363
25th Percentile £449 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
UK median daily rate £526 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.54% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 173 176
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £35.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £41.60 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.82% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.20 £70.00 £74.47
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +20.37% -13.60% +4.17%

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 6 October 2026.

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 6 October 2026.

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 6 October 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
London -52 544 £575 -4.17% 1,127
North of England -32 160 £500 +20.12% 264
Yorkshire -3 80 £500 +25.00% 67
North West -37 70 £500 +17.65% 178
South East -70 67 £475 +14.46% 188
Midlands -17 64 £475 -5.47% 115
South West -32 60 £594 +11.76% 105
West Midlands -12 57 £475 -10.38% 77
East of England -35 14 £600 +41.18% 80
North East -28 10 £500 +150.00% 19
East Midlands -18 7 £433 +3.15% 38
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 33 (3.54%) Confluence
2 15 (1.61%) CMS
3 14 (1.50%) Camunda
4 13 (1.40%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.07%) nginx
6 7 (0.75%) WordPress
7 6 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.64%) Apache Solr
7 6 (0.64%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.32%) Apache
9 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.21%) Solana
9 2 (0.21%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.11%) Kentico
10 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (1.07%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.32%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.32%) Sketch
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.11%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.07%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.64%) SAP CRM
2 6 (0.64%) Shopify
3 3 (0.32%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.21%) Endur
5 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.11%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 336 (36.09%) AWS
2 267 (28.68%) Azure
3 112 (12.03%) GCP
4 109 (11.71%) GitHub
5 95 (10.20%) Serverless
6 63 (6.77%) Azure DevOps
7 61 (6.55%) GitHub Actions
8 53 (5.69%) AWS Lambda
9 44 (4.73%) OpenShift
10 41 (4.40%) Amazon S3
11 40 (4.30%) Figma
12 35 (3.76%) Power Platform
13 31 (3.33%) Amazon ECS
14 30 (3.22%) GitHub Copilot
15 23 (2.47%) Azure AKS
16 22 (2.36%) Entra ID
17 20 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
17 20 (2.15%) SaaS
18 19 (2.04%) Azure Functions
19 18 (1.93%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.75%) Reverse Proxy
2 6 (0.64%) Firewall
3 5 (0.54%) VPN
4 4 (0.43%) Intranet
5 2 (0.21%) DSL
5 2 (0.21%) Internet
6 1 (0.11%) CTI
6 1 (0.11%) DNS
6 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.11%) MQTT
6 1 (0.11%) Network Security
6 1 (0.11%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (12.89%) PostgreSQL
2 81 (8.70%) SQL Server
3 78 (8.38%) Relational Database
4 62 (6.66%) NoSQL
5 53 (5.69%) MongoDB
6 42 (4.51%) MySQL
7 35 (3.76%) DynamoDB
8 27 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (2.79%) Redis
10 23 (2.47%) Power BI
11 18 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (0.97%) Metadata
13 9 (0.97%) RDBMS
14 7 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
15 6 (0.64%) BigQuery
16 5 (0.54%) Couchbase
16 5 (0.54%) ObjectStore
16 5 (0.54%) Parquet
16 5 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 192 (20.62%) Git
2 102 (10.96%) Jenkins
3 69 (7.41%) GitLab
4 48 (5.16%) JIRA
5 47 (5.05%) Gradle
6 40 (4.30%) JUnit
7 36 (3.87%) Cypress.io
8 30 (3.22%) Maven
9 28 (3.01%) Mockito
10 25 (2.69%) Cucumber
10 25 (2.69%) SonarQube
11 24 (2.58%) Vite
12 23 (2.47%) Storybook
13 20 (2.15%) Claude Code
14 19 (2.04%) REST Assured
15 18 (1.93%) Selenium
16 15 (1.61%) webpack
17 11 (1.18%) Bitbucket
17 11 (1.18%) Gatling
17 11 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 228 (24.49%) Finance
2 204 (21.91%) Social Skills
3 140 (15.04%) Banking
4 93 (9.99%) Public Sector
5 60 (6.44%) Front Office
6 52 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (5.59%) Investment Banking
7 38 (4.08%) Retail
8 29 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (1.29%) Back Office
10 11 (1.18%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.07%) Financial Institution
11 10 (1.07%) Law
12 9 (0.97%) Health Technology
12 9 (0.97%) Marketing
13 8 (0.86%) Aerospace
13 8 (0.86%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.75%) Military
14 7 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.64%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 485 (52.09%) Developer
2 180 (19.33%) Senior
3 156 (16.76%) Full-Stack Developer
4 146 (15.68%) React Developer
5 113 (12.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 113 (12.14%) Software Engineer
6 99 (10.63%) Senior Developer
7 93 (9.99%) Java Developer
8 88 (9.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 86 (9.24%) Lead
10 56 (6.02%) Python Developer
11 47 (5.05%) UI Developer
12 44 (4.73%) Senior React Developer
13 39 (4.19%) Senior Java Developer
14 35 (3.76%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
14 35 (3.76%) Software Developer
15 34 (3.65%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 31 (3.33%) Technical Leader
17 30 (3.22%) Architect
18 27 (2.90%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 227 (24.38%) REST
2 216 (23.20%) Node.js
3 187 (20.09%) CSS
4 177 (19.01%) HTML
5 161 (17.29%) .NET
6 136 (14.61%) RESTful
7 124 (13.32%) AngularJS
8 122 (13.10%) Redux
9 115 (12.35%) Kafka
9 115 (12.35%) Spring
10 114 (12.24%) Next.js
11 105 (11.28%) Spring Boot
12 104 (11.17%) Terraform
13 89 (9.56%) HTML5
14 82 (8.81%) Vue
15 80 (8.59%) GraphQL
16 78 (8.38%) CSS3
17 64 (6.87%) Playwright
18 62 (6.66%) OAuth
19 52 (5.59%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 146 (15.68%) Cloud Native
2 61 (6.55%) Product Ownership
3 53 (5.69%) Distributed Systems
4 51 (5.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 49 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
6 47 (5.05%) Fixed Income
7 41 (4.40%) Enterprise Software
8 30 (3.22%) Equities
9 28 (3.01%) AI Agents
10 27 (2.90%) Data Structures
11 20 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
12 19 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (1.93%) Derivative
14 17 (1.83%) Algorithms
15 14 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
15 14 (1.50%) Onboarding
16 11 (1.18%) Mobile App
17 9 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
18 7 (0.75%) NHS
18 7 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.97%) Linux
2 14 (1.50%) Windows
3 12 (1.29%) Unix
4 5 (0.54%) Android
4 5 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.43%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.43%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.32%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (49.19%) CI/CD
2 411 (44.15%) Agile
3 400 (42.96%) Full-Stack Development
4 255 (27.39%) DevOps
5 248 (26.64%) Software Engineering
6 239 (25.67%) Microservices
7 217 (23.31%) Front End Development
8 192 (20.62%) Test Automation
9 190 (20.41%) AI
10 149 (16.00%) Containerisation
11 147 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
12 134 (14.39%) User Experience
13 127 (13.64%) Event-Driven
14 115 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
14 115 (12.35%) Mentoring
15 108 (11.60%) TDD
16 106 (11.39%) Code Quality
17 105 (11.28%) Scrum
18 102 (10.96%) Infrastructure as Code
18 102 (10.96%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 525 (56.39%) TypeScript
2 466 (50.05%) JavaScript
3 310 (33.30%) Java
4 268 (28.79%) Python
5 209 (22.45%) SQL
6 170 (18.26%) C#
7 35 (3.76%) Go
8 29 (3.11%) PL/SQL
9 25 (2.69%) PowerShell
10 20 (2.15%) Bash
11 14 (1.50%) Kotlin
12 11 (1.18%) T-SQL
13 10 (1.07%) PHP
13 10 (1.07%) Rust
14 9 (0.97%) C++
15 8 (0.86%) Bicep
16 7 (0.75%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.64%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 5 (0.54%) Scala
Qualifications
1 162 (17.40%) Security Cleared
2 129 (13.86%) SC Cleared
3 68 (7.30%) Degree
4 47 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 28 (3.01%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.40%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.75%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.75%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.43%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.11%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (12.57%) Accessibility
2 84 (9.02%) QA
3 64 (6.87%) WCAG
4 6 (0.64%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.43%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.43%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.21%) GDPR
6 2 (0.21%) HL7
6 2 (0.21%) PSD2
7 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.11%) GRC
7 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.11%) SLA
7 1 (0.11%) WAI
7 1 (0.11%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 211 (22.66%) Docker
2 4 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Varnish
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 206 (22.13%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.22%) Grafana
3 25 (2.69%) Ansible
4 16 (1.72%) Control-M
4 16 (1.72%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.18%) Argo
6 7 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.64%) Kibana
8 5 (0.54%) Istio
8 5 (0.54%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.32%) Podman
10 2 (0.21%) systemd
Vendors
1 85 (9.13%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.87%) Oracle
3 50 (5.37%) Google
4 16 (1.72%) Salesforce
5 15 (1.61%) OpenAI
6 14 (1.50%) Databricks
7 11 (1.18%) Adobe
7 11 (1.18%) Splunk
8 10 (1.07%) SAP
9 9 (0.97%) IBM
9 9 (0.97%) Veracode
10 7 (0.75%) Conga
10 7 (0.75%) GoCardless
10 7 (0.75%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.75%) Okta
10 7 (0.75%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.54%) Dynatrace
11 5 (0.54%) Hitachi
11 5 (0.54%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.43%) Solace