React Developer Contract Job Trends in London

React.js Developer
England > London

The median React.js Developer daily rate in London is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 213 188
Rank change year-on-year -108 -25 -17
Contract jobs requiring a React Developer 87 139 221
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.51% 1.10% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 1.17% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 119 190
10th Percentile £409 £387 £400
25th Percentile £506 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £800 £738 £788
90th Percentile £850 £838 £838
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -3.93%
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 - - -7.59%

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 15,855 11,872 16,714
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 93.61% 93.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,608 8,134 12,060
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £753 £800 £788
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.52% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 148 337
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.15 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -21.66%
75th Percentile £59.72 £51.39 £46.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £64.06
England median hourly rate £42.50 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +28.79% - -24.57%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -22 7 £594 +15.85% 8
React Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 April 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 74 (85.06%) React
2 53 (60.92%) TypeScript
3 47 (54.02%) JavaScript
4 38 (43.68%) Redux
5 35 (40.23%) AWS
5 35 (40.23%) Node.js
6 34 (39.08%) Agile
7 27 (31.03%) Full-Stack Development
8 24 (27.59%) Java
9 23 (26.44%) Azure
9 23 (26.44%) Software Engineering
10 22 (25.29%) Python
11 21 (24.14%) CI/CD
11 21 (24.14%) CSS
12 19 (21.84%) HTML
13 17 (19.54%) Front End Development
13 17 (19.54%) Jest
13 17 (19.54%) RESTful
14 16 (18.39%) Investment Management
14 16 (18.39%) Portfolio Management
15 15 (17.24%) Mentoring
16 13 (14.94%) HTML5
16 13 (14.94%) PostgreSQL
17 12 (13.79%) GraphQL
17 12 (13.79%) SQL
17 12 (13.79%) TDD
17 12 (13.79%) Test Automation
18 11 (12.64%) Accessibility
18 11 (12.64%) Git
18 11 (12.64%) Security Cleared

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 (2.30%) Confluence
1 2 (2.30%) IIS
2 1 (1.15%) Camunda
2 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (40.23%) AWS
2 23 (26.44%) Azure
3 10 (11.49%) GCP
4 7 (8.05%) GitHub
5 5 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (4.60%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.60%) npm
6 4 (4.60%) Yarn
7 3 (3.45%) Anthropic Claude
7 3 (3.45%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (3.45%) Serverless
8 2 (2.30%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.15%) Amazon Cognito
9 1 (1.15%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (1.15%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.15%) Figma
9 1 (1.15%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (14.94%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (5.75%) MongoDB
2 5 (5.75%) NoSQL
3 3 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.30%) ClickHouse
4 2 (2.30%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.15%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.15%) GIS
5 1 (1.15%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (12.64%) Git
2 7 (8.05%) Cypress.io
2 7 (8.05%) webpack
3 4 (4.60%) Bitbucket
3 4 (4.60%) Mocha
3 4 (4.60%) Vite
4 3 (3.45%) GitLab
4 3 (3.45%) JIRA
4 3 (3.45%) TeamCity
5 2 (2.30%) Appium
5 2 (2.30%) CircleCI
5 2 (2.30%) Claude Code
6 1 (1.15%) Moq
6 1 (1.15%) MSBuild
6 1 (1.15%) NUnit
6 1 (1.15%) Serilog
6 1 (1.15%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.15%) Storybook
General
1 31 (35.63%) Finance
2 28 (32.18%) Front Office
3 19 (21.84%) Social Skills
4 12 (13.79%) Banking
5 11 (12.64%) Public Sector
6 8 (9.20%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.30%) Advertising
7 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.15%) Law
8 1 (1.15%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (85.06%) React
2 38 (43.68%) Redux
3 35 (40.23%) Node.js
4 21 (24.14%) CSS
5 19 (21.84%) HTML
6 17 (19.54%) Jest
6 17 (19.54%) RESTful
7 13 (14.94%) HTML5
8 12 (13.79%) GraphQL
9 9 (10.34%) CSS3
9 9 (10.34%) Next.js
9 9 (10.34%) React Native
10 8 (9.20%) Kafka
10 8 (9.20%) REST
11 6 (6.90%) .NET
12 5 (5.75%) Enzyme
12 5 (5.75%) FastAPI
13 4 (4.60%) ASP.NET
13 4 (4.60%) Spring
13 4 (4.60%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.84%) Fixed Income
2 10 (11.49%) Derivative
3 8 (9.20%) Equities
4 6 (6.90%) Cloud Native
5 4 (4.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (3.45%) Mobile App
6 3 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.30%) Data Structures
7 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.15%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.15%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.15%) Legacy Code
8 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (39.08%) Agile
2 27 (31.03%) Full-Stack Development
3 23 (26.44%) Software Engineering
4 21 (24.14%) CI/CD
5 17 (19.54%) Front End Development
6 16 (18.39%) Investment Management
6 16 (18.39%) Portfolio Management
7 15 (17.24%) Mentoring
8 12 (13.79%) TDD
8 12 (13.79%) Test Automation
9 10 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (10.34%) Design Patterns
10 9 (10.34%) DevOps
10 9 (10.34%) Fintech
10 9 (10.34%) Performance Optimisation
11 8 (9.20%) Asset Management
11 8 (9.20%) Line Management
11 8 (9.20%) Microservices
11 8 (9.20%) Order Management
12 7 (8.05%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 53 (60.92%) TypeScript
2 47 (54.02%) JavaScript
3 24 (27.59%) Java
4 22 (25.29%) Python
5 12 (13.79%) SQL
6 8 (9.20%) C#
6 8 (9.20%) Go
7 3 (3.45%) JSX
8 2 (2.30%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.15%) Bicep
9 1 (1.15%) Korn
9 1 (1.15%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 11 (12.64%) Security Cleared
2 10 (11.49%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.30%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.64%) Accessibility
2 8 (9.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (9.20%) Docker
2 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.75%) Terraform
3 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (4.60%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.15%) DevExpress
2 1 (1.15%) Okta
2 1 (1.15%) Ping Identity
2 1 (1.15%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.15%) Telerik
2 1 (1.15%) Veracode
2 1 (1.15%) Workday