React Developer Contract Job Trends in London

React.js Developer
England > London

The median React.js Developer daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 255 182
Rank change year-on-year -80 -73 0
Contract jobs requiring a React Developer 111 117 230
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.55% 0.87% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.94% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 101 193
10th Percentile £412 £413 £400
25th Percentile £428 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.04%
75th Percentile £750 £825 £763
90th Percentile £938 £850 £838
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -

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 18,957 12,509 15,235
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.15% 92.73% 93.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,241 8,350 10,001
10th Percentile £361 £332 £340
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £667 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 413 204 177
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.00 £17.40
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.69 £24.15
Median hourly rate £40.00 £28.14 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.16% -19.61% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £66.92 £78.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.90
% change year-on-year +68.99% -42.71% -4.44%

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 3 October 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 3 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
Central London -28 11 £875 +77.22% 3
East London - 4 £875 -
South London -7 3 - -
West London - 1 - -
React Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 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 (81.98%) React
2 61 (54.95%) TypeScript
3 53 (47.75%) JavaScript
4 40 (36.04%) Full-Stack Development
5 37 (33.33%) Redux
6 36 (32.43%) Java
7 32 (28.83%) Agile
7 32 (28.83%) C#
7 32 (28.83%) CI/CD
8 29 (26.13%) REST
9 24 (21.62%) Azure
10 23 (20.72%) AWS
11 20 (18.02%) .NET
11 20 (18.02%) Node.js
12 19 (17.12%) Front End Development
12 19 (17.12%) Python
12 19 (17.12%) Test Automation
13 18 (16.22%) CSS
13 18 (16.22%) Electronic Trading
13 18 (16.22%) HTML
13 18 (16.22%) Low Latency
13 18 (16.22%) Microservices
14 17 (15.32%) React Native
14 17 (15.32%) RESTful
15 16 (14.41%) Accessibility
16 15 (13.51%) DevOps
16 15 (13.51%) HTML5
17 13 (11.71%) Next.js
17 13 (11.71%) PostgreSQL
18 12 (10.81%) Code Quality

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 4 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.62%) Azure
2 23 (20.72%) AWS
3 11 (9.91%) GitHub
4 8 (7.21%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (5.41%) GCP
5 6 (5.41%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.70%) Azure API Management
6 3 (2.70%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.70%) GitHub Copilot
6 3 (2.70%) Serverless
7 2 (1.80%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.80%) Anthropic Claude
7 2 (1.80%) Azure AI
7 2 (1.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (1.80%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.80%) OCI
8 1 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.90%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.71%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (9.01%) Relational Database
3 9 (8.11%) SQL Server
4 6 (5.41%) Power BI
5 2 (1.80%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.90%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.90%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.90%) MySQL
6 1 (0.90%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (9.91%) Git
2 5 (4.50%) GitLab
2 5 (4.50%) Vite
2 5 (4.50%) webpack
3 4 (3.60%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.60%) Storybook
4 3 (2.70%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.80%) Ant
5 2 (1.80%) IntelliJ
5 2 (1.80%) JProfiler
5 2 (1.80%) Maven
6 1 (0.90%) Babel
6 1 (0.90%) ESLint
6 1 (0.90%) JIRA
6 1 (0.90%) JSUnit
6 1 (0.90%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.90%) rollup.js
6 1 (0.90%) RSpec
6 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.90%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (36.04%) Finance
2 28 (25.23%) Banking
3 24 (21.62%) Front Office
4 20 (18.02%) Investment Banking
5 13 (11.71%) Social Skills
6 7 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.70%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.70%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.80%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.90%) Retail
10 1 (0.90%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (81.98%) React
2 37 (33.33%) Redux
3 29 (26.13%) REST
4 20 (18.02%) .NET
4 20 (18.02%) Node.js
5 18 (16.22%) CSS
5 18 (16.22%) HTML
6 17 (15.32%) React Native
6 17 (15.32%) RESTful
7 15 (13.51%) HTML5
8 13 (11.71%) Next.js
9 11 (9.91%) CSS3
10 10 (9.01%) GraphQL
11 8 (7.21%) .NET Core
11 8 (7.21%) Jest
12 7 (6.31%) Kafka
13 5 (4.50%) .NET Framework
14 4 (3.60%) AngularJS
14 4 (3.60%) PySpark
14 4 (3.60%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 19 (17.12%) Fixed Income
2 19 (17.12%) Greenfield Project
3 12 (10.81%) Equities
4 8 (7.21%) Mobile App
5 7 (6.31%) Cloud Native
5 7 (6.31%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (4.50%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.80%) Derivative
7 2 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.80%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.90%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.90%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.80%) Android
1 2 (1.80%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (36.04%) Full-Stack Development
2 32 (28.83%) Agile
2 32 (28.83%) CI/CD
3 19 (17.12%) Front End Development
3 19 (17.12%) Test Automation
4 18 (16.22%) Electronic Trading
4 18 (16.22%) Low Latency
4 18 (16.22%) Microservices
5 15 (13.51%) DevOps
6 12 (10.81%) Code Quality
6 12 (10.81%) Software Engineering
7 11 (9.91%) Performance Optimisation
7 11 (9.91%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (9.91%) Scrum
8 10 (9.01%) Fintech
9 9 (8.11%) Mentoring
9 9 (8.11%) User Experience
10 8 (7.21%) AI
10 8 (7.21%) Event-Driven
11 7 (6.31%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 61 (54.95%) TypeScript
2 53 (47.75%) JavaScript
3 36 (32.43%) Java
4 32 (28.83%) C#
5 19 (17.12%) Python
6 10 (9.01%) SQL
7 2 (1.80%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.90%) JSX
8 1 (0.90%) Ruby
8 1 (0.90%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (3.60%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.90%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (14.41%) Accessibility
2 8 (7.21%) WCAG
3 5 (4.50%) QA
System Software
1 12 (10.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.90%) Grafana
2 1 (0.90%) Kibana
2 1 (0.90%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (5.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.70%) Oracle
3 2 (1.80%) Adobe
3 2 (1.80%) Google
3 2 (1.80%) Optimizely
4 1 (0.90%) Braze
4 1 (0.90%) New Relic
4 1 (0.90%) Workday