React Developer Contract Job Trends in London

React.js Developer
England > London

The median React.js Developer daily rate in London is £594, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 211 174
Rank change year-on-year -92 -37 -7
Contract jobs requiring a React Developer 105 139 254
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.59% 1.12% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 1.20% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 116 222
10th Percentile £406 £403 £413
25th Percentile £506 £484 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £800 £744 £788
90th Percentile £850 £838 £838
England median daily rate £531 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -3.41% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £67.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 - £67.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,392 11,541 16,388
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 93.35% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,880 7,894 11,839
10th Percentile £350 £345 £325
25th Percentile £428 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £688
90th Percentile £753 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 143 324
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.01
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.42 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% +24.77% -23.24%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.97 £45.18
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £46.80 £30.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +56.00% -20.00% -14.88%

React Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'React Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

React Developer job vacancy trend in London

React Developer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for React Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for React Developer job vacancies in London

React Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing React Developer in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for React Developer in London

React Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for React Developer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for React Developer job vacancies in London

React Developer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing React Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London -24 7 £625 +25.00% 6
South London - 2 - -
React Developer
England

React Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 May 2026, React Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring React Developer in the job title.

1 91 (86.67%) React
2 56 (53.33%) TypeScript
3 54 (51.43%) JavaScript
4 45 (42.86%) Redux
5 36 (34.29%) AWS
6 35 (33.33%) Agile
6 35 (33.33%) Node.js
7 26 (24.76%) Full-Stack Development
8 25 (23.81%) Java
9 24 (22.86%) HTML
9 24 (22.86%) Software Engineering
10 22 (20.95%) Azure
10 22 (20.95%) CSS
11 21 (20.00%) Python
12 19 (18.10%) Front End Development
13 18 (17.14%) GraphQL
13 18 (17.14%) Test Automation
14 17 (16.19%) CI/CD
14 17 (16.19%) HTML5
15 16 (15.24%) Investment Management
15 16 (15.24%) Mentoring
15 16 (15.24%) Portfolio Management
15 16 (15.24%) PostgreSQL
15 16 (15.24%) RESTful
16 15 (14.29%) Accessibility
16 15 (14.29%) REST
17 14 (13.33%) C#
17 14 (13.33%) React Native
18 12 (11.43%) Jest
19 11 (10.48%) .NET

React Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (1.90%) Confluence
1 2 (1.90%) IIS
2 1 (0.95%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 36 (34.29%) AWS
2 22 (20.95%) Azure
3 9 (8.57%) GCP
4 8 (7.62%) GitHub
5 5 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.81%) Anthropic Claude
6 4 (3.81%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (2.86%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.86%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.86%) npm
7 3 (2.86%) Serverless
7 3 (2.86%) Yarn
8 2 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.90%) Azure AI
8 2 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.90%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.90%) OCI
8 2 (1.90%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.95%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (15.24%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (5.71%) Relational Database
3 5 (4.76%) MongoDB
3 5 (4.76%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.86%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.90%) ClickHouse
5 2 (1.90%) Power BI
6 1 (0.95%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.95%) GIS
6 1 (0.95%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.95%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (6.67%) Cypress.io
1 7 (6.67%) Git
2 6 (5.71%) Vite
3 5 (4.76%) webpack
4 4 (3.81%) Bitbucket
4 4 (3.81%) GitLab
5 3 (2.86%) JIRA
5 3 (2.86%) Mocha
5 3 (2.86%) Storybook
5 3 (2.86%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.90%) Appium
6 2 (1.90%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.90%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.95%) Ant
7 1 (0.95%) Moq
7 1 (0.95%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.95%) NUnit
7 1 (0.95%) Serilog
7 1 (0.95%) SonarQube
General
1 37 (35.24%) Finance
2 32 (30.48%) Front Office
3 17 (16.19%) Social Skills
4 13 (12.38%) Banking
5 11 (10.48%) Public Sector
6 8 (7.62%) Investment Banking
7 6 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.86%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.90%) Advertising
9 2 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Law
10 1 (0.95%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (86.67%) React
2 45 (42.86%) Redux
3 35 (33.33%) Node.js
4 24 (22.86%) HTML
5 22 (20.95%) CSS
6 18 (17.14%) GraphQL
7 17 (16.19%) HTML5
8 16 (15.24%) RESTful
9 15 (14.29%) REST
10 14 (13.33%) React Native
11 12 (11.43%) Jest
12 11 (10.48%) .NET
12 11 (10.48%) CSS3
13 10 (9.52%) Kafka
14 8 (7.62%) Next.js
15 4 (3.81%) ASP.NET
15 4 (3.81%) Svelte
15 4 (3.81%) TanStack
16 3 (2.86%) AngularJS
16 3 (2.86%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 22 (20.95%) Fixed Income
2 9 (8.57%) Cloud Native
2 9 (8.57%) Derivative
3 8 (7.62%) Equities
3 8 (7.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (4.76%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.81%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.90%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.95%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.95%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.95%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (33.33%) Agile
2 26 (24.76%) Full-Stack Development
3 24 (22.86%) Software Engineering
4 19 (18.10%) Front End Development
5 18 (17.14%) Test Automation
6 17 (16.19%) CI/CD
7 16 (15.24%) Investment Management
7 16 (15.24%) Mentoring
7 16 (15.24%) Portfolio Management
8 11 (10.48%) Performance Optimisation
8 11 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (9.52%) Integration Patterns
10 9 (8.57%) Microservices
11 8 (7.62%) Asset Management
11 8 (7.62%) DevOps
11 8 (7.62%) Event-Driven
11 8 (7.62%) Fintech
11 8 (7.62%) Line Management
11 8 (7.62%) Order Management
12 7 (6.67%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 56 (53.33%) TypeScript
2 54 (51.43%) JavaScript
3 25 (23.81%) Java
4 21 (20.00%) Python
5 14 (13.33%) C#
6 8 (7.62%) Go
7 6 (5.71%) SQL
8 2 (1.90%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.95%) Bicep
9 1 (0.95%) JSX
Qualifications
1 11 (10.48%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.90%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 11 (10.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.81%) Terraform
3 1 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (2.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.90%) Oracle
3 1 (0.95%) Braze
3 1 (0.95%) New Relic
3 1 (0.95%) Okta
3 1 (0.95%) Optimizely
3 1 (0.95%) Ping Identity
3 1 (0.95%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.95%) Veracode
3 1 (0.95%) Workday