React Developer Contract Job Trends in London

React.js Developer
England > London

The median React.js Developer daily rate in London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 204 216
Rank change year-on-year -100 +12 -37
Contract jobs requiring a React Developer 78 184 215
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.54% 1.17% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 1.25% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 152 186
10th Percentile £409 £407 £400
25th Percentile £453 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £750 £788 £750
90th Percentile £850 £850 £800
England median daily rate £520 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -9.57% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £72.00
England median hourly rate - - £67.00
% change year-on-year - - -4.29%

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 13,248 14,718 17,942
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 93.61% 93.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,794 9,565 12,956
10th Percentile £338 £340 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £504 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 154 210
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.15
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.80 £21.81
Median hourly rate £27.86 £35.75 £36.31
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% -1.53% +3.73%
75th Percentile £54.06 £53.75 £59.69
90th Percentile £74.75 £80.75 £73.66
England median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.08% -16.67% +36.36%

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 4 December 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 4 December 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 8 £515 -26.43% 1
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 4 December 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 67 (85.90%) React
2 42 (53.85%) TypeScript
3 36 (46.15%) Agile
4 35 (44.87%) AWS
4 35 (44.87%) JavaScript
5 34 (43.59%) Full-Stack Development
6 27 (34.62%) Python
7 25 (32.05%) CI/CD
8 23 (29.49%) Node.js
9 20 (25.64%) Redux
10 18 (23.08%) Java
11 17 (21.79%) CSS
11 17 (21.79%) Front End Development
11 17 (21.79%) Software Engineering
12 15 (19.23%) HTML
13 13 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
13 13 (16.67%) RESTful
14 12 (15.38%) Azure
14 12 (15.38%) GraphQL
14 12 (15.38%) Jest
14 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (15.38%) Security Cleared
14 12 (15.38%) User Experience
15 11 (14.10%) Git
16 10 (12.82%) Investment Management
16 10 (12.82%) Next.js
16 10 (12.82%) SC Cleared
17 9 (11.54%) REST
17 9 (11.54%) SQL
17 9 (11.54%) Test Automation

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 (1.28%) CMS
1 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.28%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 35 (44.87%) AWS
2 12 (15.38%) Azure
3 7 (8.97%) GCP
4 6 (7.69%) Amazon S3
5 5 (6.41%) GitHub
6 3 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.85%) Serverless
7 2 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (2.56%) npm
7 2 (2.56%) Yarn
8 1 (1.28%) Amazon Cognito
8 1 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.28%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.28%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 4 (5.13%) RDBMS
3 4 (5.13%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.85%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.56%) MySQL
6 1 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (14.10%) Git
2 4 (5.13%) webpack
3 3 (3.85%) Cypress.io
3 3 (3.85%) GitLab
4 2 (2.56%) Babel
5 1 (1.28%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.28%) ESLint
5 1 (1.28%) fastlane
5 1 (1.28%) Gradle
5 1 (1.28%) JIRA
5 1 (1.28%) JMeter
5 1 (1.28%) Mocha
5 1 (1.28%) Storybook
5 1 (1.28%) Vite
5 1 (1.28%) Xcode
General
1 29 (37.18%) Finance
2 26 (33.33%) Front Office
3 22 (28.21%) Social Skills
4 12 (15.38%) Banking
5 5 (6.41%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.13%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Advertising
8 1 (1.28%) Automotive
8 1 (1.28%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.28%) Retail
8 1 (1.28%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (85.90%) React
2 23 (29.49%) Node.js
3 20 (25.64%) Redux
4 17 (21.79%) CSS
5 15 (19.23%) HTML
6 13 (16.67%) RESTful
7 12 (15.38%) GraphQL
7 12 (15.38%) Jest
8 10 (12.82%) Next.js
9 9 (11.54%) REST
10 7 (8.97%) FastAPI
11 6 (7.69%) Kafka
11 6 (7.69%) React Native
12 5 (6.41%) Sass
13 4 (5.13%) HTML5
13 4 (5.13%) pytest
13 4 (5.13%) Swagger
13 4 (5.13%) Zustand
14 3 (3.85%) OpenAPI
14 3 (3.85%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Fixed Income
2 8 (10.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (6.41%) Data Structures
4 4 (5.13%) Algorithms
4 4 (5.13%) Derivative
5 3 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.85%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.56%) Equities
6 2 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.28%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.28%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.56%) Android
1 2 (2.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.15%) Agile
2 34 (43.59%) Full-Stack Development
3 25 (32.05%) CI/CD
4 17 (21.79%) Front End Development
4 17 (21.79%) Software Engineering
5 12 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (15.38%) User Experience
6 10 (12.82%) Investment Management
7 9 (11.54%) Test Automation
8 8 (10.26%) Design Patterns
8 8 (10.26%) Fintech
8 8 (10.26%) Microservices
8 8 (10.26%) TDD
9 7 (8.97%) Computer Science
9 7 (8.97%) Containerisation
10 6 (7.69%) API Development
10 6 (7.69%) Continuous Delivery
10 6 (7.69%) DevOps
10 6 (7.69%) Mentoring
10 6 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 42 (53.85%) TypeScript
2 35 (44.87%) JavaScript
3 27 (34.62%) Python
4 18 (23.08%) Java
5 9 (11.54%) SQL
6 4 (5.13%) Go
7 2 (2.56%) C#
7 2 (2.56%) JSX
7 2 (2.56%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.28%) Korn
8 1 (1.28%) PHP
8 1 (1.28%) Ruby
8 1 (1.28%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.82%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.41%) Degree
4 4 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.56%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.28%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.28%) QA
2 1 (1.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (10.26%) Docker
2 1 (1.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.85%) Terraform
3 1 (1.28%) Kibana
Vendors
1 3 (3.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.28%) DevExpress
2 1 (1.28%) Okta
2 1 (1.28%) Telerik