React Developer Contract Job Trends in London

React.js Developer
England > London

The median React.js Developer daily rate in London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 175 197
Rank change year-on-year -105 +22 -35
Contract jobs requiring a React Developer 94 215 263
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.70% 1.37% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 1.46% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 180 231
10th Percentile £406 £399 £405
25th Percentile £463 £480 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
75th Percentile £775 £778 £738
90th Percentile £850 £850 £788
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £72.00
England median hourly rate - - £67.00
% change year-on-year - - +39.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 12,418 14,712 19,334
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 94.06% 93.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,245 9,517 14,060
10th Percentile £333 £345 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £539
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.60% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 160 213
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.25 £18.03
25th Percentile £22.13 £24.06 £22.00
Median hourly rate £26.68 £37.50 £39.83
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -5.85% +22.55%
75th Percentile £47.50 £59.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.15 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +55.17%

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 27 October 2025.

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 27 October 2025. 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 -8 10 £515 -31.33% 11
South London -10 2 £775 -6.06%
React Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 October 2025, 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 82 (87.23%) React
2 58 (61.70%) TypeScript
3 48 (51.06%) JavaScript
4 47 (50.00%) Agile
5 44 (46.81%) AWS
5 44 (46.81%) Python
6 40 (42.55%) Full-Stack Development
7 33 (35.11%) Node.js
8 32 (34.04%) Redux
9 31 (32.98%) Software Engineering
10 27 (28.72%) PostgreSQL
11 26 (27.66%) CI/CD
12 23 (24.47%) User Experience
13 19 (20.21%) CSS
13 19 (20.21%) HTML
13 19 (20.21%) Investment Management
13 19 (20.21%) Java
14 18 (19.15%) Front End Development
15 17 (18.09%) Fintech
16 16 (17.02%) GraphQL
17 15 (15.96%) GCP
18 14 (14.89%) Asset Management
19 13 (13.83%) REST
20 12 (12.77%) Jest
20 12 (12.77%) RESTful
21 11 (11.70%) Azure
21 11 (11.70%) FastAPI
21 11 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
21 11 (11.70%) SQL
22 10 (10.64%) API Development

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 1 (1.06%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.06%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 44 (46.81%) AWS
2 15 (15.96%) GCP
3 11 (11.70%) Azure
4 9 (9.57%) Amazon S3
5 5 (5.32%) GitHub
6 4 (4.26%) Serverless
7 2 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.13%) npm
8 1 (1.06%) Amazon Cognito
8 1 (1.06%) Figma
8 1 (1.06%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.06%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (28.72%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (8.51%) NoSQL
3 7 (7.45%) RDBMS
3 7 (7.45%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.13%) MySQL
5 1 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.06%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.06%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.06%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (10.64%) Git
2 6 (6.38%) Cypress.io
3 2 (2.13%) Babel
3 2 (2.13%) GitLab
3 2 (2.13%) webpack
4 1 (1.06%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.06%) ESLint
4 1 (1.06%) fastlane
4 1 (1.06%) Gradle
4 1 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.06%) JIRA
4 1 (1.06%) JMeter
4 1 (1.06%) Storybook
4 1 (1.06%) Xcode
General
1 43 (45.74%) Finance
2 37 (39.36%) Front Office
3 26 (27.66%) Social Skills
4 22 (23.40%) Banking
5 4 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.26%) Investment Banking
5 4 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.19%) Corporate Banking
6 3 (3.19%) Retail
6 3 (3.19%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.06%) Advertising
7 1 (1.06%) Automotive
7 1 (1.06%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.06%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (87.23%) React
2 33 (35.11%) Node.js
3 32 (34.04%) Redux
4 19 (20.21%) CSS
4 19 (20.21%) HTML
5 16 (17.02%) GraphQL
6 13 (13.83%) REST
7 12 (12.77%) Jest
7 12 (12.77%) RESTful
8 11 (11.70%) FastAPI
9 10 (10.64%) Next.js
10 6 (6.38%) Kafka
10 6 (6.38%) React Native
11 5 (5.32%) Flask
11 5 (5.32%) Material-UI
11 5 (5.32%) SQLAlchemy
11 5 (5.32%) Svelte
12 4 (4.26%) HTML5
12 4 (4.26%) MobX
12 4 (4.26%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 21 (22.34%) Fixed Income
2 13 (13.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (8.51%) Equities
4 7 (7.45%) Data Structures
5 6 (6.38%) Algorithms
6 4 (4.26%) Derivative
7 3 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (3.19%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.06%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.06%) Legacy Code
8 1 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.06%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.06%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.13%) Android
1 2 (2.13%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (50.00%) Agile
2 40 (42.55%) Full-Stack Development
3 31 (32.98%) Software Engineering
4 26 (27.66%) CI/CD
5 23 (24.47%) User Experience
6 19 (20.21%) Investment Management
7 18 (19.15%) Front End Development
8 17 (18.09%) Fintech
9 14 (14.89%) Asset Management
10 11 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (10.64%) API Development
11 10 (10.64%) Continuous Delivery
12 8 (8.51%) Architectural Patterns
12 8 (8.51%) Computer Science
12 8 (8.51%) Mentoring
12 8 (8.51%) Performance Optimisation
12 8 (8.51%) TDD
12 8 (8.51%) Web Development
13 7 (7.45%) Open Source
13 7 (7.45%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 58 (61.70%) TypeScript
2 48 (51.06%) JavaScript
3 44 (46.81%) Python
4 19 (20.21%) Java
5 11 (11.70%) SQL
6 4 (4.26%) C#
6 4 (4.26%) Go
7 2 (2.13%) JSX
7 2 (2.13%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.06%) Korn
8 1 (1.06%) PHP
8 1 (1.06%) Ruby
8 1 (1.06%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.06%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (9.57%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.45%) Degree
2 7 (7.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.06%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.19%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.06%) QA
System Software
1 10 (10.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (7.45%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.13%) Terraform
3 1 (1.06%) Kibana
Vendors
1 2 (2.13%) Microsoft
1 2 (2.13%) Oracle
2 1 (1.06%) Okta