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 22 August 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 231 179
Rank change year-on-year -98 -52 -19
Contract jobs requiring a React Developer 116 137 230
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.58% 1.02% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 1.10% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 118 198
10th Percentile £407 £404 £395
25th Percentile £450 £466 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -2.04%
75th Percentile £850 £772 £788
90th Percentile £938 £838 £838
England median daily rate £575 £550 £556
% change year-on-year +4.55% -1.12% -3.26%

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 18,800 12,476 15,278
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 92.97% 94.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,209 8,395 10,644
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 207 198
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £29.07 £33.29
Median % change year-on-year +29.00% -12.66% -11.05%
75th Percentile £60.63 £49.63 £54.69
90th Percentile £79.13 £65.00 £71.88
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +5.88%

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -23 14 £875 +84.21%
East London - 4 £875 -
South London - 2 - -
React Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 August 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.

1 100 (86.21%) React
2 74 (63.79%) TypeScript
3 65 (56.03%) JavaScript
4 50 (43.10%) Redux
5 39 (33.62%) Agile
6 38 (32.76%) Java
7 36 (31.03%) Full-Stack Development
8 33 (28.45%) C#
9 30 (25.86%) Node.js
10 28 (24.14%) AWS
11 27 (23.28%) CI/CD
11 27 (23.28%) REST
12 25 (21.55%) Azure
13 23 (19.83%) Test Automation
14 22 (18.97%) CSS
14 22 (18.97%) HTML
15 21 (18.10%) Python
16 20 (17.24%) .NET
16 20 (17.24%) RESTful
17 19 (16.38%) Accessibility
17 19 (16.38%) Electronic Trading
17 19 (16.38%) HTML5
17 19 (16.38%) Low Latency
18 18 (15.52%) Software Engineering
19 16 (13.79%) Front End Development
19 16 (13.79%) PostgreSQL
19 16 (13.79%) React Native
20 15 (12.93%) GraphQL
20 15 (12.93%) Microservices
21 14 (12.07%) Mentoring

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 (1.72%) IIS
2 1 (0.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 28 (24.14%) AWS
2 25 (21.55%) Azure
3 11 (9.48%) GitHub
4 8 (6.90%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (6.03%) GCP
6 6 (5.17%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.59%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.59%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (2.59%) Azure API Management
8 3 (2.59%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.59%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.72%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (1.72%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.72%) OCI
9 2 (1.72%) Serverless
10 1 (0.86%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.86%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.86%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.79%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (8.62%) SQL Server
3 9 (7.76%) Relational Database
4 6 (5.17%) Power BI
5 3 (2.59%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.72%) ClickHouse
7 1 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.86%) GIS
Development Applications
1 11 (9.48%) Git
2 8 (6.90%) Vite
3 5 (4.31%) Cypress.io
3 5 (4.31%) webpack
4 4 (3.45%) GitLab
5 3 (2.59%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.59%) Storybook
6 2 (1.72%) Ant
6 2 (1.72%) Appium
6 2 (1.72%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.72%) IntelliJ
6 2 (1.72%) JProfiler
6 2 (1.72%) Maven
6 2 (1.72%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.86%) JIRA
7 1 (0.86%) JSUnit
7 1 (0.86%) Mocha
7 1 (0.86%) RSpec
7 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 48 (41.38%) Finance
2 36 (31.03%) Front Office
3 27 (23.28%) Banking
4 23 (19.83%) Investment Banking
5 14 (12.07%) Social Skills
6 9 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (6.90%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (3.45%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.86%) Advertising
11 1 (0.86%) Law
11 1 (0.86%) Police
11 1 (0.86%) Retail
11 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (86.21%) React
2 50 (43.10%) Redux
3 30 (25.86%) Node.js
4 27 (23.28%) REST
5 22 (18.97%) CSS
5 22 (18.97%) HTML
6 20 (17.24%) .NET
6 20 (17.24%) RESTful
7 19 (16.38%) HTML5
8 16 (13.79%) React Native
9 15 (12.93%) GraphQL
10 13 (11.21%) CSS3
10 13 (11.21%) Next.js
11 9 (7.76%) Kafka
12 8 (6.90%) .NET Core
12 8 (6.90%) Jest
13 5 (4.31%) Tailwind CSS
13 5 (4.31%) TanStack
14 4 (3.45%) FastAPI
14 4 (3.45%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 28 (24.14%) Fixed Income
2 21 (18.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 20 (17.24%) Greenfield Project
4 16 (13.79%) Equities
5 7 (6.03%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (5.17%) Cloud Native
6 6 (5.17%) Mobile App
7 5 (4.31%) Derivative
8 4 (3.45%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.72%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.72%) Android
1 2 (1.72%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (33.62%) Agile
2 36 (31.03%) Full-Stack Development
3 27 (23.28%) CI/CD
4 23 (19.83%) Test Automation
5 19 (16.38%) Electronic Trading
5 19 (16.38%) Low Latency
6 18 (15.52%) Software Engineering
7 16 (13.79%) Front End Development
8 15 (12.93%) Microservices
9 14 (12.07%) Mentoring
9 14 (12.07%) Performance Optimisation
10 12 (10.34%) DevOps
11 11 (9.48%) Code Quality
12 10 (8.62%) Fintech
12 10 (8.62%) Scrum
13 9 (7.76%) Integration Patterns
13 9 (7.76%) Investment Management
13 9 (7.76%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (7.76%) User Experience
14 8 (6.90%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 74 (63.79%) TypeScript
2 65 (56.03%) JavaScript
3 38 (32.76%) Java
4 33 (28.45%) C#
5 21 (18.10%) Python
6 8 (6.90%) SQL
7 4 (3.45%) Go
8 2 (1.72%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.86%) JSX
9 1 (0.86%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (4.31%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.59%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (16.38%) Accessibility
2 11 (9.48%) WCAG
3 4 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 10 (8.62%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (5.17%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.72%) Google
2 2 (1.72%) Optimizely
2 2 (1.72%) Oracle
3 1 (0.86%) Adobe
3 1 (0.86%) Braze
3 1 (0.86%) New Relic
3 1 (0.86%) Workday