React Contract Job Trends in Essex

React.js
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring React skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 13 13
Rank change year-on-year -15 0 +1
Contract jobs citing React 5 5 21
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 2.04% 5.81% 9.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 15.63% 33.33% 45.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 18
10th Percentile £512 - £452
25th Percentile £525 £315 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £318 £534
Median % change year-on-year +80.71% -40.41% +4.81%
75th Percentile £600 £359 £598
90th Percentile - £427 £600
East of England median daily rate £600 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +27.66% -6.00% -1.86%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 32 15 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 13.06% 17.44% 21.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 12 30
10th Percentile £420 £315 £414
25th Percentile £500 £318 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £363 £517
Median % change year-on-year +40.69% -29.88% -1.15%
75th Percentile £584 £409 £575
90th Percentile £600 £469 £600
East of England median daily rate £550 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.12 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £57.13 - -
90th Percentile £58.75 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £75.34 £43.00
% change year-on-year -13.72% +75.20% -18.10%

React
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

React job vacancy trend in Essex

React
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing React

React
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing React

React
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing React within the Essex region over the 6 months to 24 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
Basildon -8 3 £600 +88.57% 1
Brentwood - 1 £600 -
Witham - 1 £505 -
React
East of England

React
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure AKS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (20.00%) Big Data
1 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 3 (60.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript Developer
1 3 (60.00%) React Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) CSS
1 3 (60.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) Express.js
2 1 (20.00%) Jest
2 1 (20.00%) MERN Stack
2 1 (20.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (40.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Microservices
4 1 (20.00%) Pair Programming
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (20.00%) Product Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Databricks
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft