React Contracts

React.js
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 66 63
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 -20
Contract jobs citing React 983 1,323 2,058
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 3.36% 3.03% 3.45%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.83% 14.76% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 769 1,068 1,544
10th Percentile £362 £350 £400
25th Percentile £410 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -6.96%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £650
90th Percentile £825 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 21 16
10th Percentile - £40.00 £41.50
25th Percentile £26.25 £55.00 £58.44
Median hourly rate £27.50 £62.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.00% -10.71% +22.81%
75th Percentile £53.61 £72.50 £70.63
90th Percentile £68.52 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £65.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year -58.02% - +13.91%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,629 8,962 13,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.67% 20.56% 23.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,551 6,219 10,140
10th Percentile £363 £338 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £780 £769 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 231 153
10th Percentile £27.14 £21.25 £31.60
25th Percentile £48.25 £40.00 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.87 £75.00 £80.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -25.78% +30.61%

React
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing React as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for React in the UK

React
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing React.

Daily rate trend for React in the UK

React
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing React over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for React in the UK

React
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing React.

Hourly rate trend for React in the UK

React
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing React over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for React in the UK

React
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England 0 809 £525 -6.67% 1,374
London 0 555 £575 -8.00% 656
Work from Home +16 450 £511 -2.76% 986
UK excluding London -22 269 £450 -5.26% 782
North of England +6 91 £455 -4.21% 288
South East +38 59 £494 -7.71% 152
North West -12 59 £450 -5.26% 209
Scotland -25 49 £441 -4.49% 44
Midlands +17 32 £466 +29.51% 116
West Midlands +16 25 £463 +32.14% 73
Yorkshire +17 24 £470 -6.00% 59
South West -9 19 £441 -7.16% 96
East of England +4 13 £473 -5.50% 75
North East +9 12 £465 - 22
Northern Ireland -1 9 £325 - 15
East Midlands +4 7 £490 +22.50% 43
Wales -10 6 £400 -9.86% 15

React
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 30 (3.05%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (2.54%) Apache
3 24 (2.44%) CMS
4 17 (1.73%) Headless CMS
5 16 (1.63%) SharePoint
6 13 (1.32%) nginx
7 11 (1.12%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.81%) Confluence
9 4 (0.41%) Camunda
9 4 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.31%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.20%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.20%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.20%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.20%) WordPress
12 1 (0.10%) Ethereum
12 1 (0.10%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 11 (1.12%) Sketch
2 8 (0.81%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.10%) InVision
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.20%) Shopify
3 1 (0.10%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.10%) R3 Corda
3 1 (0.10%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 432 (43.95%) AWS
2 199 (20.24%) Azure
3 119 (12.11%) GCP
4 95 (9.66%) Serverless
5 74 (7.53%) AWS Lambda
6 60 (6.10%) GitHub
7 54 (5.49%) Amazon S3
8 53 (5.39%) Power Platform
9 41 (4.17%) Amazon SQS
10 33 (3.36%) Figma
11 30 (3.05%) dbt
12 28 (2.85%) Azure Data Factory
13 27 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
14 26 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
15 25 (2.54%) SaaS
16 24 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
17 23 (2.34%) Azure Machine Learning
18 22 (2.24%) PowerApps
19 21 (2.14%) Power Automate
20 20 (2.03%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.93%) HTTP
2 11 (1.12%) Firewall
3 7 (0.71%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.51%) Reverse Proxy
5 4 (0.41%) SSL
6 3 (0.31%) DNS
7 2 (0.20%) DHCP
7 2 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.10%) Broadband
8 1 (0.10%) Intranet
8 1 (0.10%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (20.14%) PostgreSQL
2 95 (9.66%) MongoDB
3 81 (8.24%) NoSQL
4 61 (6.21%) MySQL
5 58 (5.90%) Relational Database
6 50 (5.09%) SQL Server
7 43 (4.37%) DynamoDB
8 33 (3.36%) Amazon Athena
9 32 (3.26%) Power BI
10 31 (3.15%) Apache Iceberg
11 26 (2.64%) Apache Arrow
11 26 (2.64%) Dremio
12 25 (2.54%) Redis
13 21 (2.14%) Data Lake
13 21 (2.14%) Neo4j
14 18 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
15 12 (1.22%) Hadoop
16 11 (1.12%) Apache Ignite
17 9 (0.92%) Amazon Aurora
17 9 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 184 (18.72%) Git
2 117 (11.90%) Jenkins
3 56 (5.70%) GitLab
4 43 (4.37%) JUnit
5 38 (3.87%) Cypress.io
5 38 (3.87%) Mockito
6 35 (3.56%) webpack
7 33 (3.36%) Gradle
7 33 (3.36%) Liquibase
8 30 (3.05%) JIRA
9 22 (2.24%) SonarQube
10 21 (2.14%) Bitbucket
11 20 (2.03%) Selenium
12 19 (1.93%) Maven
13 15 (1.53%) TeamCity
14 13 (1.32%) Babel
15 12 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
16 11 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
17 9 (0.92%) Artifactory
18 8 (0.81%) CircleCI
General
1 217 (22.08%) Finance
2 157 (15.97%) Social Skills
3 137 (13.94%) Banking
4 135 (13.73%) Public Sector
5 106 (10.78%) Front Office
6 74 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
7 67 (6.82%) Investment Banking
8 31 (3.15%) Telecoms
9 30 (3.05%) Marketing
10 26 (2.64%) Organisational Skills
11 24 (2.44%) Manufacturing
12 23 (2.34%) Electronics
13 12 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
14 10 (1.02%) Financial Institution
15 8 (0.81%) Advertising
15 8 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (0.81%) Retail
16 7 (0.71%) Back Office
17 5 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.51%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 694 (70.60%) Developer
2 215 (21.87%) Full-Stack Developer
3 212 (21.57%) React Developer
4 165 (16.79%) Software Engineer
5 139 (14.14%) Senior
6 107 (10.89%) Python Developer
7 101 (10.27%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 99 (10.07%) Java Developer
9 86 (8.75%) Senior Developer
10 83 (8.44%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 62 (6.31%) AWS Developer
12 57 (5.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 56 (5.70%) AWS Engineer
14 53 (5.39%) Lead
15 43 (4.37%) Python Engineer
15 43 (4.37%) Software Developer
16 38 (3.87%) SC Cleared Java Developer
16 38 (3.87%) UI Developer
17 37 (3.76%) Senior Software Engineer
18 35 (3.56%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 301 (30.62%) Node.js
2 220 (22.38%) CSS
3 211 (21.46%) AngularJS
4 182 (18.51%) HTML
5 148 (15.06%) .NET
6 132 (13.43%) Redux
7 126 (12.82%) Vue
8 121 (12.31%) RESTful
9 114 (11.60%) Spring
10 110 (11.19%) Spring Boot
11 98 (9.97%) Kafka
12 86 (8.75%) Next.js
13 77 (7.83%) REST
14 72 (7.32%) GraphQL
15 65 (6.61%) FastAPI
16 64 (6.51%) Django
17 51 (5.19%) HTML5
18 48 (4.88%) Jest
19 42 (4.27%) NumPy
19 42 (4.27%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 75 (7.63%) Fixed Income
2 56 (5.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 46 (4.68%) Product Ownership
4 40 (4.07%) Greenfield Project
5 27 (2.75%) Cloud Native
5 27 (2.75%) Equities
6 24 (2.44%) Hedge funds
7 22 (2.24%) Derivative
8 18 (1.83%) Mobile App
9 16 (1.63%) Algorithms
10 15 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
11 10 (1.02%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.81%) Equity Derivative
12 8 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.81%) Onboarding
13 7 (0.71%) Educational Technology
13 7 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
14 6 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.64%) Linux
2 13 (1.32%) Android
3 10 (1.02%) Windows
4 9 (0.92%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.61%) Unix
6 2 (0.20%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.10%) SUSE
7 1 (0.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (41.30%) Agile
2 339 (34.49%) Full-Stack Development
3 304 (30.93%) CI/CD
4 252 (25.64%) Software Engineering
5 234 (23.80%) DevOps
6 189 (19.23%) Front End Development
7 188 (19.13%) Microservices
8 149 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
9 143 (14.55%) User Experience
10 117 (11.90%) Clean Code
11 113 (11.50%) TDD
12 101 (10.27%) Fintech
13 87 (8.85%) Test Automation
14 84 (8.55%) Continuous Integration
15 83 (8.44%) Investment Management
16 80 (8.14%) API Development
16 80 (8.14%) Containerisation
17 79 (8.04%) Artificial Intelligence
18 74 (7.53%) Asset Management
19 71 (7.22%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 547 (55.65%) JavaScript
2 488 (49.64%) TypeScript
3 309 (31.43%) Python
4 267 (27.16%) Java
5 201 (20.45%) SQL
6 113 (11.50%) C#
7 36 (3.66%) PHP
8 21 (2.14%) PowerShell
9 17 (1.73%) C++
10 14 (1.42%) Go
11 13 (1.32%) Bash
11 13 (1.32%) Scala
12 12 (1.22%) Ruby
13 10 (1.02%) Rust
14 9 (0.92%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.71%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.51%) Perl
16 5 (0.51%) T-SQL
17 2 (0.20%) C
17 2 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 191 (19.43%) Security Cleared
2 169 (17.19%) SC Cleared
3 58 (5.90%) Degree
4 34 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.24%) AWS Certification
6 21 (2.14%) AWS Certified Developer
7 13 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.02%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.41%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.20%) CEH
11 2 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.20%) CISSP
11 2 (0.20%) OCP
11 2 (0.20%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.20%) PhD
11 2 (0.20%) Sun Certification
12 1 (0.10%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.70%) Accessibility
2 26 (2.64%) QA
3 12 (1.22%) WCAG
4 9 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.61%) Disclosure Scotland
5 6 (0.61%) GDPR
6 3 (0.31%) EMIR
6 3 (0.31%) MiFID
7 2 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.20%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 166 (16.89%) Docker
2 22 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 167 (16.99%) Kubernetes
2 74 (7.53%) Terraform
3 38 (3.87%) Ansible
4 17 (1.73%) Grafana
5 7 (0.71%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.10%) Istio
6 1 (0.10%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.10%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.10%) Rancher
6 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.10%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 67 (6.82%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.19%) Oracle
3 36 (3.66%) SAP
4 29 (2.95%) Databricks
5 24 (2.44%) Google
6 14 (1.42%) Adobe
7 13 (1.32%) Atlassian
8 12 (1.22%) Salesforce
9 9 (0.92%) Splunk
10 7 (0.71%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.41%) BiZZdesign
11 4 (0.41%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.41%) Sybase
11 4 (0.41%) Workday
11 4 (0.41%) Zend
12 3 (0.31%) ESRI
12 3 (0.31%) Solace
12 3 (0.31%) VMware
13 2 (0.20%) PagerDuty
13 2 (0.20%) SendGrid