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 28 April 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 211 185
Rank change year-on-year -109 -26 -16
Contract jobs requiring a React Developer 91 142 230
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.52% 1.12% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 1.20% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 122 200
10th Percentile £405 £406 £400
25th Percentile £506 £491 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £613
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -2.04% -
75th Percentile £800 £747 £788
90th Percentile £850 £838 £826
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
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 - - -13.55%

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 16,357 11,839 16,511
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 93.48% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,892 8,132 11,935
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £431 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 147 337
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.45 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.27 £24.09 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +27.27% -21.99%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £45.59 £31.76 £35.65
% change year-on-year +43.53% -10.91% -20.78%

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 28 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 28 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 -27 6 £625 +25.00% 5
React Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 78 (85.71%) React
2 53 (58.24%) TypeScript
3 49 (53.85%) JavaScript
4 40 (43.96%) Redux
5 36 (39.56%) Node.js
6 35 (38.46%) AWS
7 32 (35.16%) Agile
8 25 (27.47%) Full-Stack Development
9 24 (26.37%) Java
10 23 (25.27%) Azure
11 22 (24.18%) Software Engineering
12 21 (23.08%) HTML
13 20 (21.98%) CSS
14 19 (20.88%) Python
15 17 (18.68%) CI/CD
15 17 (18.68%) Test Automation
16 16 (17.58%) Front End Development
16 16 (17.58%) Investment Management
16 16 (17.58%) Portfolio Management
17 15 (16.48%) HTML5
17 15 (16.48%) Mentoring
18 14 (15.38%) Accessibility
18 14 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
18 14 (15.38%) RESTful
19 13 (14.29%) GraphQL
20 12 (13.19%) Jest
20 12 (13.19%) REST
21 11 (12.09%) Security Cleared
22 10 (10.99%) C#
22 10 (10.99%) Performance Optimisation

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 (2.20%) Confluence
1 2 (2.20%) IIS
2 1 (1.10%) Camunda
2 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (38.46%) AWS
2 23 (25.27%) Azure
3 9 (9.89%) GCP
4 7 (7.69%) GitHub
5 5 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (4.40%) Anthropic Claude
6 4 (4.40%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.40%) GitHub Copilot
6 4 (4.40%) npm
6 4 (4.40%) Yarn
7 3 (3.30%) Serverless
8 2 (2.20%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.20%) Azure AI
8 2 (2.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (2.20%) Azure Functions
8 2 (2.20%) OCI
9 1 (1.10%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.10%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.10%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.10%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (5.49%) MongoDB
3 4 (4.40%) Relational Database
3 4 (4.40%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.20%) ClickHouse
4 2 (2.20%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.10%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.10%) GIS
5 1 (1.10%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.10%) Power BI
5 1 (1.10%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (7.69%) webpack
2 6 (6.59%) Cypress.io
2 6 (6.59%) Git
3 4 (4.40%) Bitbucket
3 4 (4.40%) Mocha
3 4 (4.40%) Vite
4 3 (3.30%) GitLab
4 3 (3.30%) JIRA
4 3 (3.30%) TeamCity
5 2 (2.20%) Appium
5 2 (2.20%) CircleCI
5 2 (2.20%) Claude Code
6 1 (1.10%) Moq
6 1 (1.10%) MSBuild
6 1 (1.10%) NUnit
6 1 (1.10%) Serilog
6 1 (1.10%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.10%) Storybook
General
1 34 (37.36%) Finance
2 29 (31.87%) Front Office
3 16 (17.58%) Social Skills
4 12 (13.19%) Banking
5 10 (10.99%) Public Sector
6 8 (8.79%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.20%) Advertising
8 2 (2.20%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Law
9 1 (1.10%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (85.71%) React
2 40 (43.96%) Redux
3 36 (39.56%) Node.js
4 21 (23.08%) HTML
5 20 (21.98%) CSS
6 15 (16.48%) HTML5
7 14 (15.38%) RESTful
8 13 (14.29%) GraphQL
9 12 (13.19%) Jest
9 12 (13.19%) REST
10 10 (10.99%) React Native
11 9 (9.89%) CSS3
11 9 (9.89%) Kafka
12 8 (8.79%) .NET
13 5 (5.49%) Next.js
14 4 (4.40%) ASP.NET
14 4 (4.40%) Spring
14 4 (4.40%) Spring Boot
14 4 (4.40%) TanStack
15 3 (3.30%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.88%) Fixed Income
2 10 (10.99%) Derivative
3 8 (8.79%) Cloud Native
3 8 (8.79%) Equities
4 4 (4.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (4.40%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.30%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.10%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.10%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.10%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (35.16%) Agile
2 25 (27.47%) Full-Stack Development
3 22 (24.18%) Software Engineering
4 17 (18.68%) CI/CD
4 17 (18.68%) Test Automation
5 16 (17.58%) Front End Development
5 16 (17.58%) Investment Management
5 16 (17.58%) Portfolio Management
6 15 (16.48%) Mentoring
7 10 (10.99%) Performance Optimisation
8 9 (9.89%) DevOps
8 9 (9.89%) Integration Patterns
8 9 (9.89%) Microservices
8 9 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (8.79%) Asset Management
9 8 (8.79%) Event-Driven
9 8 (8.79%) Fintech
9 8 (8.79%) Line Management
9 8 (8.79%) Order Management
10 7 (7.69%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 53 (58.24%) TypeScript
2 49 (53.85%) JavaScript
3 24 (26.37%) Java
4 19 (20.88%) Python
5 10 (10.99%) C#
6 8 (8.79%) Go
7 6 (6.59%) SQL
8 2 (2.20%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.10%) Bicep
9 1 (1.10%) JSX
Qualifications
1 11 (12.09%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.99%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.20%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 9 (9.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (6.59%) Docker
2 1 (1.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (4.40%) Kubernetes
1 4 (4.40%) Terraform
2 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (4.40%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.20%) Oracle
3 1 (1.10%) Braze
3 1 (1.10%) DevExpress
3 1 (1.10%) New Relic
3 1 (1.10%) Okta
3 1 (1.10%) Optimizely
3 1 (1.10%) Ping Identity
3 1 (1.10%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.10%) Telerik
3 1 (1.10%) Veracode
3 1 (1.10%) Workday