React Developer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

React.js Developer
North West > Manchester

The median React.js Developer daily rate in Manchester is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 74 83
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 +27
Contract jobs requiring a React Developer 9 9 23
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.80% 0.79% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.84% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 23
10th Percentile £358 - £325
25th Percentile £393 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -2.86% -4.37%
75th Percentile - £505 £500
90th Percentile - £614 £538
North West median daily rate £390 £413 £438
% change year-on-year -5.39% -5.71% -2.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,038 1,074 1,497
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 93.96% 93.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 688 633 1,097
10th Percentile £302 £313 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £584
90th Percentile £664 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 43 58
10th Percentile £17.17 £15.92 £15.42
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +66.67% -2.50%
75th Percentile £30.07 £44.38 £49.75
90th Percentile £53.30 £65.00 £68.50
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £25.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.00% -27.71% +74.43%

React Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

React Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

React Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for React Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for React Developer job vacancies in Manchester

React Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing React Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for React Developer in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 Manchester region featuring React Developer in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) Git
2 4 (44.44%) React
3 3 (33.33%) Amazon SQS
3 3 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
3 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (33.33%) DocumentDB
3 3 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (33.33%) Java
3 3 (33.33%) Microservices
3 3 (33.33%) Node.js
3 3 (33.33%) NoSQL
3 3 (33.33%) Redis
3 3 (33.33%) Serverless
3 3 (33.33%) SonarQube
3 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
4 2 (22.22%) Android
4 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
4 2 (22.22%) Azure
4 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) B2C
4 2 (22.22%) Biometrics
4 2 (22.22%) D3.js
4 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (22.22%) DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) Figma
4 2 (22.22%) GitHub
4 2 (22.22%) Gradle

React Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) AWS
2 3 (33.33%) Amazon SQS
2 3 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
2 3 (33.33%) Serverless
3 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Figma
3 2 (22.22%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) DocumentDB
1 3 (33.33%) NoSQL
1 3 (33.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Git
2 3 (33.33%) SonarQube
3 2 (22.22%) Gradle
3 2 (22.22%) Storybook
3 2 (22.22%) Xcode
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) React
2 3 (33.33%) Node.js
3 2 (22.22%) D3.js
3 2 (22.22%) OAuth
3 2 (22.22%) React Native
3 2 (22.22%) SVG
4 1 (11.11%) Next.js
4 1 (11.11%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Android
1 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (33.33%) Microservices
2 2 (22.22%) B2C
2 2 (22.22%) Biometrics
2 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (22.22%) DevOps
2 2 (22.22%) Mobile Application Development
2 2 (22.22%) User Experience
2 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
3 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 1 (11.11%) Clean Code
3 1 (11.11%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Java
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
1 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft