React Contracts in the UK excluding London

React.js
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring React skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited React over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 94 95
Rank change year-on-year -25 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing React 271 446 651
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.12% 2.15% 2.70%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.40% 13.53% 14.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 366 516
10th Percentile £331 £325 £372
25th Percentile £400 £383 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £525 £575 £550
90th Percentile £618 £675 £613
UK median daily rate £503 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -8.64% +2.80% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 7
10th Percentile - £55.50 £56.75
25th Percentile £26.25 £57.50 £61.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £65.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.02% - +13.91%
75th Percentile £53.61 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.52 £76.50 -
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £62.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -56.00% -10.71% +22.81%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

React falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,378 3,296 4,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.63% 15.87% 18.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,644 2,154 3,299
10th Percentile £350 £324 £357
25th Percentile £406 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 198 91
10th Percentile £30.98 £21.59 £22.50
25th Percentile £56.25 £43.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -25.78% +30.61%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £74.13
90th Percentile £81.95 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing React as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for React in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing React in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for React in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing React in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for React in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing React in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for React in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing React in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for React in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing React within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +3 91 £455 -4.21% 844
South East +40 59 £494 -7.71% 977
North West -7 59 £450 -5.26% 450
Scotland -21 53 £446 -3.52% 153
Midlands +11 31 £463 +19.74% 641
West Midlands +13 24 £461 +31.79% 349
Yorkshire +10 24 £470 -6.00% 304
South West -7 19 £441 -7.16% 415
North East +9 12 £465 - 93
East of England -1 12 £473 -5.50% 520
Northern Ireland -1 9 £325 - 53
East Midlands 0 7 £490 +16.95% 252
Wales -14 6 £400 -9.86% 85
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.21%) Confluence
3 5 (1.85%) Apache
4 4 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.74%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.74%) CMS
5 2 (0.74%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.74%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.74%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.74%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.37%) Camunda
6 1 (0.37%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Sketch
2 1 (0.37%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.37%) NEC Housing
1 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 88 (32.47%) AWS
2 60 (22.14%) Azure
3 35 (12.92%) Serverless
4 24 (8.86%) AWS Lambda
5 21 (7.75%) GitHub
6 20 (7.38%) Amazon S3
7 19 (7.01%) Power Platform
8 17 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (4.80%) PowerApps
10 12 (4.43%) Power Automate
11 10 (3.69%) Entra ID
11 10 (3.69%) GCP
11 10 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (3.32%) AWS CodeBuild
12 9 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (3.32%) OpenShift
13 8 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (2.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (2.95%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (2.95%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.74%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (14.39%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (11.81%) NoSQL
3 30 (11.07%) MySQL
4 27 (9.96%) MongoDB
5 26 (9.59%) Relational Database
6 13 (4.80%) SQL Server
7 10 (3.69%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (2.58%) Apache Cassandra
8 7 (2.58%) Power BI
9 6 (2.21%) Redis
10 5 (1.85%) GIS
11 4 (1.48%) BigQuery
11 4 (1.48%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.48%) ObjectStore
11 4 (1.48%) Tableau
12 3 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.11%) CockroachDB
12 3 (1.11%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (1.11%) Looker
12 3 (1.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 63 (23.25%) Git
2 30 (11.07%) Jenkins
3 28 (10.33%) GitLab
4 18 (6.64%) JIRA
5 17 (6.27%) JUnit
6 13 (4.80%) Cypress.io
7 12 (4.43%) Maven
7 12 (4.43%) Mockito
8 11 (4.06%) Selenium
9 10 (3.69%) Gradle
9 10 (3.69%) Liquibase
9 10 (3.69%) webpack
10 9 (3.32%) SonarQube
10 9 (3.32%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (2.21%) Babel
11 6 (2.21%) Storybook
12 5 (1.85%) Artifactory
12 5 (1.85%) gulp
12 5 (1.85%) Vite
13 4 (1.48%) Bitbucket
General
1 52 (19.19%) Public Sector
2 48 (17.71%) Social Skills
3 27 (9.96%) Finance
4 19 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.17%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.06%) Electronics
6 11 (4.06%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.06%) Marketing
7 10 (3.69%) Banking
8 5 (1.85%) Advertising
9 4 (1.48%) Front Office
9 4 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.11%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.74%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.74%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.37%) French Language
12 1 (0.37%) Military
12 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 189 (69.74%) Developer
2 58 (21.40%) React Developer
3 56 (20.66%) Full-Stack Developer
4 40 (14.76%) Senior
4 40 (14.76%) Software Engineer
5 38 (14.02%) Java Developer
6 34 (12.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 24 (8.86%) Software Developer
8 20 (7.38%) Senior Developer
9 17 (6.27%) Senior Software Engineer
10 14 (5.17%) .NET Developer
11 13 (4.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 13 (4.80%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 13 (4.80%) Java Engineer
12 12 (4.43%) Lead
12 12 (4.43%) Python Developer
13 11 (4.06%) Azure Developer
13 11 (4.06%) SC Cleared Java Developer
14 10 (3.69%) Java Software Engineer
15 9 (3.32%) Microsoft 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (29.52%) CSS
2 73 (26.94%) Node.js
3 62 (22.88%) HTML
4 58 (21.40%) AngularJS
5 51 (18.82%) RESTful
6 50 (18.45%) .NET
7 47 (17.34%) Spring Boot
8 44 (16.24%) Spring
9 39 (14.39%) REST
10 27 (9.96%) Kafka
11 21 (7.75%) Redux
11 21 (7.75%) Vue
12 17 (6.27%) GraphQL
12 17 (6.27%) HTML5
12 17 (6.27%) JSON
13 16 (5.90%) Jest
13 16 (5.90%) Next.js
14 14 (5.17%) AWS CDK
15 12 (4.43%) CSS3
15 12 (4.43%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.44%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.17%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.80%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (2.58%) Equities
5 6 (2.21%) Derivative
5 6 (2.21%) Equity Derivative
5 6 (2.21%) Wiki
6 5 (1.85%) Algorithms
6 5 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.74%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.74%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.74%) NHS
8 2 (0.74%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.74%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.37%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.37%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.85%) Android
1 5 (1.85%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.11%) Linux
3 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (38.75%) CI/CD
2 104 (38.38%) Agile
3 100 (36.90%) Full-Stack Development
4 70 (25.83%) Microservices
5 62 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (22.88%) Software Engineering
6 60 (22.14%) DevOps
7 54 (19.93%) Front End Development
8 47 (17.34%) User Experience
9 40 (14.76%) Test Automation
10 37 (13.65%) TDD
11 34 (12.55%) Scrum
12 33 (12.18%) Code Quality
13 27 (9.96%) API Development
14 26 (9.59%) Continuous Integration
15 24 (8.86%) Containerisation
16 23 (8.49%) Continuous Delivery
17 20 (7.38%) Migration
17 20 (7.38%) UX Design
18 19 (7.01%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 144 (53.14%) JavaScript
2 104 (38.38%) TypeScript
3 92 (33.95%) Java
4 60 (22.14%) Python
5 52 (19.19%) SQL
6 26 (9.59%) C#
7 17 (6.27%) PHP
8 14 (5.17%) PowerShell
9 9 (3.32%) Bash
10 6 (2.21%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.48%) Go
12 3 (1.11%) Ruby
12 3 (1.11%) Scala
13 2 (0.74%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.74%) XPath
14 1 (0.37%) Bicep
14 1 (0.37%) CoffeeScript
14 1 (0.37%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 47 (17.34%) Security Cleared
2 36 (13.28%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.27%) Degree
4 10 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.21%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.37%) OCP
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.37%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.64%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.06%) QA
3 5 (1.85%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.48%) GDPR
4 4 (1.48%) WCAG
5 3 (1.11%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (12.18%) Docker
2 14 (5.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 34 (12.55%) Kubernetes
2 28 (10.33%) Terraform
3 9 (3.32%) Grafana
4 4 (1.48%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.37%) Ansible
5 1 (0.37%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.37%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 25 (9.23%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.38%) Oracle
3 13 (4.80%) SAP
4 9 (3.32%) Google
5 4 (1.48%) Dynatrace
5 4 (1.48%) Zend
6 3 (1.11%) Splunk
7 2 (0.74%) Adobe
7 2 (0.74%) Mapbox
7 2 (0.74%) PagerDuty
7 2 (0.74%) Spotify
7 2 (0.74%) Veracode
8 1 (0.37%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.37%) Checkmarx
8 1 (0.37%) Imperva
8 1 (0.37%) NEC
8 1 (0.37%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.37%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.37%) VMware