React Contract Job Trends

React.js
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring React skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 76 72
Rank change year-on-year -27 -4 -11
Contract jobs citing React 1,076 917 1,241
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.50% 3.10% 2.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.52% 13.66% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 740 706 1,003
10th Percentile £358 £357 £328
25th Percentile £415 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £632 £655 £681
90th Percentile £800 £781 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.23% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 24
10th Percentile £43.55 £26.25 £40.00
25th Percentile £56.54 £29.31 £55.00
Median hourly rate £75.50 £40.25 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +87.58% -35.60% -10.71%
75th Percentile £95.00 £45.31 £72.50
90th Percentile - £62.48 £76.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £27.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +176.36% -58.02% -

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 9,339 6,714 8,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.66% 22.71% 20.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,228 4,524 6,266
10th Percentile £358 £363 £335
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 96 209
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £40.75 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £83.48 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

React
Job Vacancy Trend

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

React job vacancy trend in the UK

React
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing React.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing React

React
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing React over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for React in the UK

React
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing React.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing React

React
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing React over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for React in the UK

React
Top 17 Contract Job 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 16 March 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -27 895 £525 - 629
London -24 553 £550 -4.35% 303
UK excluding London -23 373 £500 +11.11% 431
Work from Home -39 340 £550 +6.28% 432
North of England -19 134 £475 +5.56% 121
North West -13 78 £450 - 61
South East -42 70 £500 -9.09% 126
Scotland +4 53 £438 -1.24% 20
Midlands -38 52 £550 +10.00% 55
Yorkshire -36 44 £500 +3.09% 47
West Midlands -43 41 £542 +8.30% 29
East of England -13 31 £600 +50.00% 36
South West -20 29 £504 +14.23% 66
North East -5 15 £475 +3.26% 13
East Midlands -29 9 £600 +20.00% 26
Northern Ireland -3 7 - - 1
Wales -8 5 £331 -17.19% 14

React
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 40 (3.72%) CMS
2 30 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 18 (1.67%) Confluence
5 16 (1.49%) Headless CMS
6 15 (1.39%) Sitecore CMS
7 10 (0.93%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.93%) Mendix
8 9 (0.84%) Apache
8 9 (0.84%) Camunda
9 7 (0.65%) SAS
10 5 (0.46%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.46%) IIS
10 5 (0.46%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
12 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.28%) WordPress
13 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.19%) Magnolia
13 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (1.39%) Chatbot
2 10 (0.93%) Adobe XD
3 6 (0.56%) Sketch
4 1 (0.093%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.093%) Blender
4 1 (0.093%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.093%) InVision
4 1 (0.093%) Maya
4 1 (0.093%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.093%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.02%) Shopify
2 5 (0.46%) Magento
3 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.093%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.093%) Endur
5 1 (0.093%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 473 (43.96%) AWS
2 337 (31.32%) Azure
3 144 (13.38%) GCP
4 143 (13.29%) GitHub
5 142 (13.20%) Serverless
6 89 (8.27%) Azure DevOps
7 88 (8.18%) AWS Lambda
8 84 (7.81%) GitHub Actions
9 52 (4.83%) Amazon S3
10 41 (3.81%) Figma
11 35 (3.25%) Power Platform
12 33 (3.07%) Azure Functions
13 30 (2.79%) Amazon ECS
13 30 (2.79%) SaaS
14 29 (2.70%) Entra ID
15 28 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
16 26 (2.42%) Amazon SQS
16 26 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
17 21 (1.95%) OpenShift
18 20 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.74%) Wireless
2 5 (0.46%) Network Security
3 3 (0.28%) DNS
3 3 (0.28%) HTTP
3 3 (0.28%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.19%) DHCP
4 2 (0.19%) VPN
5 1 (0.093%) Firewall
5 1 (0.093%) LAN
5 1 (0.093%) Multicast
5 1 (0.093%) RTMP
5 1 (0.093%) WAN
5 1 (0.093%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (15.06%) PostgreSQL
2 95 (8.83%) NoSQL
3 89 (8.27%) Relational Database
4 69 (6.41%) SQL Server
5 67 (6.23%) MongoDB
6 60 (5.58%) MySQL
7 30 (2.79%) Redis
8 27 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (2.51%) Power BI
9 24 (2.23%) DynamoDB
10 18 (1.67%) Oracle Database
11 15 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (1.21%) Apache Cassandra
13 12 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (1.12%) Metadata
14 11 (1.02%) BigQuery
15 9 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
15 9 (0.84%) Big Data
15 9 (0.84%) Tableau
16 6 (0.56%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 209 (19.42%) Git
2 69 (6.41%) GitLab
3 68 (6.32%) Jenkins
4 63 (5.86%) Cypress.io
5 59 (5.48%) JIRA
6 43 (4.00%) JUnit
7 28 (2.60%) Mockito
8 22 (2.04%) Cucumber
8 22 (2.04%) webpack
9 20 (1.86%) Selenium
10 17 (1.58%) Maven
11 15 (1.39%) Mocha
11 15 (1.39%) Vite
12 13 (1.21%) CircleCI
12 13 (1.21%) Gradle
12 13 (1.21%) Storybook
13 12 (1.12%) Android Studio
13 12 (1.12%) Bitbucket
13 12 (1.12%) Xcode
14 11 (1.02%) Eclipse
General
1 219 (20.35%) Social Skills
2 200 (18.59%) Finance
3 133 (12.36%) Public Sector
4 88 (8.18%) Front Office
5 78 (7.25%) Banking
6 42 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (2.97%) Investment Banking
8 19 (1.77%) Financial Institution
9 13 (1.21%) Retail
10 11 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (0.74%) Health Technology
11 8 (0.74%) Marketing
12 7 (0.65%) Games
12 7 (0.65%) Legal
12 7 (0.65%) Publishing
13 5 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.46%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.37%) Advertising
14 4 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 664 (61.71%) Developer
2 222 (20.63%) Full-Stack Developer
3 173 (16.08%) Senior
4 155 (14.41%) Software Engineer
5 151 (14.03%) React Developer
6 115 (10.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 106 (9.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 95 (8.83%) Lead
9 88 (8.18%) Senior Developer
10 84 (7.81%) Java Developer
11 77 (7.16%) Python Developer
12 54 (5.02%) Lead Developer
13 50 (4.65%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 45 (4.18%) Architect
15 41 (3.81%) Software Developer
16 38 (3.53%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
17 37 (3.44%) Lead Software Developer
18 35 (3.25%) Lead Software Engineer
19 34 (3.16%) .NET Developer
20 33 (3.07%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 326 (30.30%) Node.js
2 298 (27.70%) AngularJS
3 257 (23.88%) CSS
4 228 (21.19%) HTML
5 193 (17.94%) RESTful
6 167 (15.52%) .NET
7 159 (14.78%) Spring
8 150 (13.94%) REST
9 141 (13.10%) Redux
10 138 (12.83%) Spring Boot
11 120 (11.15%) Vue
12 114 (10.59%) Next.js
13 111 (10.32%) GraphQL
14 104 (9.67%) Kafka
15 101 (9.39%) Jest
16 75 (6.97%) HTML5
17 60 (5.58%) CSS3
17 60 (5.58%) Playwright
18 57 (5.30%) FastAPI
19 56 (5.20%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 115 (10.69%) Cloud Native
2 73 (6.78%) Product Ownership
3 54 (5.02%) Fixed Income
4 37 (3.44%) Data Protection Act
5 36 (3.35%) Derivative
6 32 (2.97%) AI Agents
6 32 (2.97%) Mobile App
7 24 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
8 20 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (1.86%) Equities
9 19 (1.77%) Data Structures
9 19 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
10 18 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 16 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.39%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.21%) Algorithms
14 12 (1.12%) Low-Code
15 11 (1.02%) NHS
16 7 (0.65%) Equity Derivative
16 7 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.53%) Linux
2 27 (2.51%) Android
3 25 (2.32%) Windows
4 24 (2.23%) Unix
5 17 (1.58%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.65%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.093%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.093%) CentOS
7 1 (0.093%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (44.70%) Agile
2 477 (44.33%) CI/CD
3 458 (42.57%) Full-Stack Development
4 315 (29.28%) DevOps
5 288 (26.77%) Microservices
6 256 (23.79%) Software Engineering
7 240 (22.30%) Front End Development
8 176 (16.36%) AI
9 172 (15.99%) User Experience
10 170 (15.80%) Test Automation
11 169 (15.71%) Containerisation
12 156 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
13 101 (9.39%) Clean Code
13 101 (9.39%) Scrum
14 98 (9.11%) Code Quality
15 92 (8.55%) Infrastructure as Code
16 91 (8.46%) TDD
17 84 (7.81%) Machine Learning
18 80 (7.43%) API Integration
19 78 (7.25%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 535 (49.72%) JavaScript
2 525 (48.79%) TypeScript
3 366 (34.01%) Python
4 322 (29.93%) Java
5 205 (19.05%) SQL
6 150 (13.94%) C#
7 55 (5.11%) Go
8 14 (1.30%) C++
8 14 (1.30%) Ruby
9 13 (1.21%) Bicep
9 13 (1.21%) Perl
9 13 (1.21%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.12%) Rust
11 10 (0.93%) Formula Language
11 10 (0.93%) LotusScript
12 8 (0.74%) JSX
13 7 (0.65%) Scala
13 7 (0.65%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.56%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 188 (17.47%) Security Cleared
2 162 (15.06%) SC Cleared
3 64 (5.95%) Degree
4 46 (4.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 41 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.04%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.39%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.37%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.28%) PhD
11 2 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.19%) OCP
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.093%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.093%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.093%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.093%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (13.48%) Accessibility
2 79 (7.34%) WCAG
3 64 (5.95%) QA
4 7 (0.65%) HL7
5 5 (0.46%) GDPR
6 4 (0.37%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.19%) NCSC
7 2 (0.19%) PSD2
8 1 (0.093%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.093%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.093%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.093%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.093%) MiFID
8 1 (0.093%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.093%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 247 (22.96%) Docker
2 17 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.093%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 204 (18.96%) Kubernetes
2 115 (10.69%) Terraform
3 31 (2.88%) Grafana
4 23 (2.14%) Argo
5 15 (1.39%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.02%) Ansible
8 6 (0.56%) Istio
8 6 (0.56%) Kibana
9 4 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.19%) Nagios
10 2 (0.19%) Rancher
11 1 (0.093%) Consul
11 1 (0.093%) Podman
11 1 (0.093%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 93 (8.64%) Microsoft
2 57 (5.30%) Oracle
3 46 (4.28%) Google
4 38 (3.53%) OpenAI
5 35 (3.25%) Adobe
6 21 (1.95%) Sitecore
7 18 (1.67%) Splunk
8 16 (1.49%) Red Hat
9 13 (1.21%) Databricks
10 11 (1.02%) ServiceNow
11 10 (0.93%) Kofax
11 10 (0.93%) Lotus
12 7 (0.65%) SAP
13 6 (0.56%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.56%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.46%) Apple
14 5 (0.46%) Pega
15 4 (0.37%) Brio
15 4 (0.37%) Salesforce
15 4 (0.37%) Xamarin