React Developer Contract Job Trends

React.js Developer
UK

The median React.js Developer daily rate in the UK is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 395 258
Rank change year-on-year -112 -137 +27
Contract React Developer jobs 193 181 328
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.52% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.57% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 154 253
10th Percentile £384 £359 £363
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £656 £650 £688
90th Percentile £938 £834 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +21.21% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 50,239 31,494 33,942
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.66% 90.97% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,529 19,981 20,467
10th Percentile £325 £279 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,301 1,790 1,272
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.09 £15.10
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.69 £20.23
Median hourly rate £40.32 £25.15 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.32% -32.03% -17.78%
75th Percentile £68.50 £51.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £36.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -30.14% -19.10%

React Developer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract React Developer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

React Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

React Developer Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for React Developer job vacancies in the UK

React Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for React Developer jobs over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for React Developer in the UK

React Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for React Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for React Developer job vacancies in the UK

React Developer Top 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in React Developer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 5 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -128 169 £516 -6.14% 28
London -86 97 £525 -12.50% 9
UK excluding London -75 72 £500 +21.21% 21
Work from Home -75 50 £475 -17.39% 7
North of England -65 27 £500 +29.03% 9
South East -54 17 £350 -36.36% 1
North West -54 14 £420 +10.89% 4
West Midlands -41 12 £575 +2.68% 5
Midlands -48 12 £575 -4.17% 5
South West -38 8 £875 +45.83% 4
Yorkshire -31 7 £538 +34.38% 2
North East - 6 £875 - 3
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
East of England -22 2 £450 - 1
Scotland -34 2 £875 +112.12% 1

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

For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, React Developer contract job ads cited 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 React Developer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1React78.2%151
2TypeScript51.3%99
3JavaScript48.7%94
4Full-Stack Development40.9%79
5Agile32.1%62
5Java32.1%62
7C#31.1%60
8CI/CD27.5%53
9Redux26.4%51
10REST22.3%43
11Front End Development21.2%41
12CSS20.2%39
13.NET19.2%37
13HTML19.2%37
15Python18.1%35
16Azure17.1%33
17Low Latency16.6%32
18DevOps16.1%31
18Electronic Trading16.1%31
20Node.js15.0%29
20RESTful15.0%29
22AWS14.0%27
22Test Automation14.0%27
24HTML513.5%26
24User Experience13.5%26
26Accessibility13.0%25
26Git13.0%25
28Microservices12.4%24
29Software Engineering11.4%22
30Security Cleared10.9%21

React Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Full-Stack Developer30.1%58
2Senior React Developer26.9%52
3Java Developer22.8%44
4UI Developer17.6%34
5Senior Java Developer16.1%31
6.NET Developer14.5%28
6Senior UI Developer14.5%28
8Python Developer14.0%27
9Full-Stack .NET Developer13.5%26
10Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)10.9%21
11C# Developer9.8%19
12Full-Stack Python Developer8.3%16
13C# .NET Developer7.8%15
14Full-Stack C# Developer7.3%14
15Senior Full-Stack Developer5.7%11
16Azure Developer4.7%9
16Full-Stack Java Developer4.7%9
16JavaScript Developer4.7%9
19Senior .NET Developer3.6%7
20AWS Developer2.6%5
32 React Developer jobs Nationwide