React Developer Contract Job Trends in London

React.js Developer
England > London

The median React.js Developer daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 206 207
Rank change year-on-year -92 +1 -27
Contract jobs requiring a React Developer 69 154 202
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.49% 1.11% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 1.18% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 123 173
10th Percentile £411 £409 £413
25th Percentile £462 £506 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £678 £806 £753
90th Percentile £838 £850 £835
England median daily rate £513 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -14.58% +9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £72.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 - £67.00
% change year-on-year - - -10.67%

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 12,993 13,016 16,941
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 93.50% 93.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,606 8,379 12,218
10th Percentile £350 £337 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.24% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 140 238
10th Percentile £17.88 £19.99 £16.25
25th Percentile £23.44 £23.80 £20.14
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +7.69% -4.41%
75th Percentile £60.63 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -21.43% -19.38% +24.04%

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 12 January 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 12 January 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 -13 6 £515 -31.33% 12
South London -8 2 £775 -6.06% 1
React Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 January 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 57 (82.61%) React
2 34 (49.28%) Full-Stack Development
3 29 (42.03%) TypeScript
4 26 (37.68%) AWS
4 26 (37.68%) CI/CD
5 24 (34.78%) Agile
5 24 (34.78%) JavaScript
6 18 (26.09%) Front End Development
6 18 (26.09%) Java
6 18 (26.09%) Python
7 17 (24.64%) CSS
7 17 (24.64%) Node.js
8 16 (23.19%) HTML
9 14 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (18.84%) Azure
11 12 (17.39%) RESTful
12 11 (15.94%) Git
12 11 (15.94%) Jest
12 11 (15.94%) Redux
12 11 (15.94%) Security Cleared
13 10 (14.49%) Design Patterns
14 9 (13.04%) Docker
14 9 (13.04%) Microservices
14 9 (13.04%) Next.js
14 9 (13.04%) SC Cleared
14 9 (13.04%) SQL
14 9 (13.04%) Test Automation
15 8 (11.59%) Computer Science
15 8 (11.59%) Containerisation
15 8 (11.59%) Software Engineering

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 (1.45%) CMS
1 1 (1.45%) Confluence
1 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.45%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 26 (37.68%) AWS
2 13 (18.84%) Azure
3 7 (10.14%) GitHub
4 4 (5.80%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.35%) Amazon S3
5 3 (4.35%) Serverless
6 2 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.90%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.90%) GCP
6 2 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.90%) npm
6 2 (2.90%) Yarn
7 1 (1.45%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (1.45%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (1.45%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.70%) NoSQL
1 6 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (5.80%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.90%) MySQL
4 1 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.45%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.45%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (15.94%) Git
2 3 (4.35%) Cypress.io
2 3 (4.35%) webpack
3 2 (2.90%) GitLab
3 2 (2.90%) JIRA
4 1 (1.45%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.45%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.45%) fastlane
4 1 (1.45%) Gradle
4 1 (1.45%) JMeter
4 1 (1.45%) Mocha
4 1 (1.45%) Storybook
4 1 (1.45%) Vite
4 1 (1.45%) Xcode
General
1 21 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 20 (28.99%) Finance
3 15 (21.74%) Front Office
4 8 (11.59%) Banking
5 4 (5.80%) Investment Banking
5 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (82.61%) React
2 17 (24.64%) CSS
2 17 (24.64%) Node.js
3 16 (23.19%) HTML
4 12 (17.39%) RESTful
5 11 (15.94%) Jest
5 11 (15.94%) Redux
6 9 (13.04%) Next.js
7 7 (10.14%) FastAPI
7 7 (10.14%) React Native
7 7 (10.14%) REST
8 5 (7.25%) GraphQL
8 5 (7.25%) Spring Boot
8 5 (7.25%) Zustand
9 4 (5.80%) Express.js
9 4 (5.80%) HTML5
9 4 (5.80%) pytest
9 4 (5.80%) Sass
9 4 (5.80%) Swagger
10 3 (4.35%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (7.25%) Data Structures
2 5 (7.25%) Derivative
3 4 (5.80%) Algorithms
3 4 (5.80%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.35%) Fixed Income
4 3 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.45%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.45%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.90%) Android
1 2 (2.90%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (49.28%) Full-Stack Development
2 26 (37.68%) CI/CD
3 24 (34.78%) Agile
4 18 (26.09%) Front End Development
5 14 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (14.49%) Design Patterns
7 9 (13.04%) Microservices
7 9 (13.04%) Test Automation
8 8 (11.59%) Computer Science
8 8 (11.59%) Containerisation
8 8 (11.59%) Software Engineering
8 8 (11.59%) TDD
9 7 (10.14%) DevOps
10 6 (8.70%) Performance Optimisation
10 6 (8.70%) Scrum
11 5 (7.25%) Code Quality
11 5 (7.25%) Deployment Automation
11 5 (7.25%) Event-Driven
11 5 (7.25%) Web Development
12 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 29 (42.03%) TypeScript
2 24 (34.78%) JavaScript
3 18 (26.09%) Java
3 18 (26.09%) Python
4 9 (13.04%) SQL
5 3 (4.35%) JSX
6 2 (2.90%) C#
7 1 (1.45%) Korn
7 1 (1.45%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (15.94%) Security Cleared
2 9 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.70%) Degree
4 5 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.45%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.45%) QA
2 1 (1.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (13.04%) Docker
2 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (8.70%) Kubernetes
1 6 (8.70%) Terraform
2 1 (1.45%) Kibana
2 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.90%) Okta
3 1 (1.45%) DevExpress
3 1 (1.45%) Ping Identity
3 1 (1.45%) Telerik