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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 67 67
Rank change year-on-year -46 0 -2
Contract jobs citing React 1,179 1,145 1,203
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.23% 3.48% 3.07%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.68% 15.39% 13.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 839 829 939
10th Percentile £363 £358 £343
25th Percentile £422 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +2.33%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 14
10th Percentile £39.16 £59.05 £44.50
25th Percentile £58.75 £63.63 £56.25
Median hourly rate £72.00 £67.00 £68.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% -2.19% -7.43%
75th Percentile £76.00 - £72.50
90th Percentile £94.00 - £76.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 £67.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +10.45% -4.29% +40.00%

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 10,090 7,440 8,609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.09% 22.61% 21.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,588 5,024 5,854
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £634 £666
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 165 248
10th Percentile £28.72 £30.10 £22.50
25th Percentile £41.59 £40.75 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.45% +2.09% -10.42%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £79.48 £74.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.60
% change year-on-year +18.18% -6.15% +0.02%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -49 980 £550 +4.76% 716
London -42 595 £598 -0.33% 383
UK excluding London -42 439 £500 +11.11% 437
Work from Home -58 375 £550 +3.09% 379
North of England -16 169 £500 +11.11% 133
Yorkshire +1 84 £500 +25.00% 37
Scotland -6 79 £377 -19.36% 39
North West -40 71 £500 +8.81% 83
South East -77 70 £525 +16.67% 103
South West -18 62 £525 +23.53% 57
Midlands -44 41 £475 +6.15% 49
West Midlands -43 34 £481 -6.10% 29
East of England -18 17 £625 +47.06% 26
North East -33 14 £500 +7.53% 15
Northern Ireland +7 5 £190 -41.54% 17
East Midlands -16 5 £443 +20.24% 20
Wales -20 1 £525 +14.44% 15

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 39 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.54%) Confluence
3 17 (1.44%) CMS
4 16 (1.36%) SharePoint Server
5 9 (0.76%) nginx
6 8 (0.68%) Camunda
7 7 (0.59%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.42%) WordPress
9 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.34%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.34%) IIS
9 4 (0.34%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.085%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.085%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.085%) Moodle
Applications
1 11 (0.93%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.34%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.17%) Sketch
4 1 (0.085%) Blender
4 1 (0.085%) Maya
4 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.085%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 13 (1.10%) Shopify
2 10 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
3 8 (0.68%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.25%) Magento
4 3 (0.25%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.17%) Endur
6 1 (0.085%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.085%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 471 (39.95%) AWS
2 328 (27.82%) Azure
3 133 (11.28%) GitHub
4 131 (11.11%) GCP
4 131 (11.11%) Serverless
5 83 (7.04%) AWS Lambda
6 79 (6.70%) GitHub Actions
7 67 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
8 63 (5.34%) Amazon S3
9 57 (4.83%) Power Platform
10 48 (4.07%) Amazon ECS
11 45 (3.82%) Figma
12 38 (3.22%) Microsoft 365
12 38 (3.22%) Power Automate
12 38 (3.22%) PowerApps
13 37 (3.14%) Entra ID
14 35 (2.97%) OpenShift
15 30 (2.54%) GitHub Copilot
16 28 (2.37%) Amazon EKS
16 28 (2.37%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.76%) Firewall
2 5 (0.42%) HTTP
3 4 (0.34%) DNS
3 4 (0.34%) Intranet
3 4 (0.34%) VPN
4 3 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.17%) DSL
6 1 (0.085%) CTI
6 1 (0.085%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.085%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.085%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (14.42%) PostgreSQL
2 82 (6.96%) Relational Database
3 79 (6.70%) NoSQL
4 78 (6.62%) SQL Server
5 72 (6.11%) MongoDB
6 47 (3.99%) MySQL
7 43 (3.65%) DynamoDB
8 37 (3.14%) Power BI
9 36 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
10 28 (2.37%) Redis
11 14 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
12 10 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
13 9 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (0.76%) Metadata
13 9 (0.76%) Neo4j
13 9 (0.76%) RDBMS
14 7 (0.59%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (0.59%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.59%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 199 (16.88%) Git
2 128 (10.86%) Jenkins
3 65 (5.51%) JIRA
4 60 (5.09%) GitLab
5 52 (4.41%) Cypress.io
6 48 (4.07%) Gradle
7 47 (3.99%) JUnit
8 34 (2.88%) Vite
9 28 (2.37%) Mockito
10 24 (2.04%) Maven
11 21 (1.78%) Claude Code
12 20 (1.70%) webpack
13 17 (1.44%) Liquibase
14 16 (1.36%) Cucumber
15 15 (1.27%) Bitbucket
15 15 (1.27%) REST Assured
15 15 (1.27%) Storybook
16 13 (1.10%) SonarQube
17 12 (1.02%) Postman
18 9 (0.76%) GoCD
General
1 265 (22.48%) Finance
2 218 (18.49%) Social Skills
3 147 (12.47%) Banking
4 123 (10.43%) Public Sector
5 116 (9.84%) Front Office
6 62 (5.26%) Investment Banking
7 53 (4.50%) Analytical Skills
8 41 (3.48%) Retail
9 27 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (1.36%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.10%) Law
13 10 (0.85%) Military
13 10 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (0.76%) Manufacturing
14 9 (0.76%) Marketing
15 8 (0.68%) Legal
15 8 (0.68%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.51%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 649 (55.05%) Developer
2 246 (20.87%) Senior
3 205 (17.39%) Full-Stack Developer
4 174 (14.76%) React Developer
5 167 (14.16%) Software Engineer
6 144 (12.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 141 (11.96%) Senior Developer
8 137 (11.62%) Java Developer
9 130 (11.03%) Lead
10 84 (7.12%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 64 (5.43%) Python Developer
12 56 (4.75%) Lead Developer
13 54 (4.58%) Senior Java Developer
13 54 (4.58%) Senior React Developer
14 53 (4.50%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 52 (4.41%) UI Developer
16 49 (4.16%) Architect
17 46 (3.90%) Software Developer
18 40 (3.39%) Java Engineer
18 40 (3.39%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 318 (26.97%) Node.js
2 263 (22.31%) REST
3 215 (18.24%) CSS
4 199 (16.88%) Redux
5 197 (16.71%) HTML
6 174 (14.76%) .NET
7 173 (14.67%) AngularJS
8 164 (13.91%) RESTful
9 156 (13.23%) Spring
10 153 (12.98%) Kafka
11 144 (12.21%) Spring Boot
12 124 (10.52%) Next.js
13 118 (10.01%) GraphQL
14 98 (8.31%) Vue
15 97 (8.23%) HTML5
16 87 (7.38%) Jest
17 80 (6.79%) CSS3
18 68 (5.77%) Playwright
19 56 (4.75%) FastAPI
20 54 (4.58%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 166 (14.08%) Cloud Native
2 93 (7.89%) Fixed Income
3 75 (6.36%) Product Ownership
4 65 (5.51%) Distributed Systems
5 59 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 59 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
6 42 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
6 42 (3.56%) Equities
7 35 (2.97%) AI Agents
8 33 (2.80%) Data Structures
9 32 (2.71%) Derivative
9 32 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (2.21%) Algorithms
11 22 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
12 19 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.10%) Onboarding
14 10 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
14 10 (0.85%) Mobile App
14 10 (0.85%) Virtual Team
15 9 (0.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.04%) Linux
2 13 (1.10%) Windows
3 7 (0.59%) Android
4 6 (0.51%) Unix
5 4 (0.34%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.34%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 532 (45.12%) CI/CD
2 508 (43.09%) Agile
3 499 (42.32%) Full-Stack Development
4 312 (26.46%) Software Engineering
5 290 (24.60%) Microservices
6 288 (24.43%) DevOps
7 227 (19.25%) Front End Development
8 208 (17.64%) AI
9 199 (16.88%) Test Automation
10 170 (14.42%) Containerisation
11 148 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
12 142 (12.04%) User Experience
13 122 (10.35%) Event-Driven
13 122 (10.35%) TDD
14 121 (10.26%) Code Quality
15 119 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
16 115 (9.75%) Mentoring
17 109 (9.25%) Scrum
18 108 (9.16%) Infrastructure as Code
19 92 (7.80%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 658 (55.81%) TypeScript
2 565 (47.92%) JavaScript
3 380 (32.23%) Java
4 351 (29.77%) Python
5 227 (19.25%) SQL
6 191 (16.20%) C#
7 63 (5.34%) Go
8 33 (2.80%) PL/SQL
9 19 (1.61%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.10%) Kotlin
11 12 (1.02%) Bash
11 12 (1.02%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.85%) Rust
13 9 (0.76%) PHP
14 8 (0.68%) C++
15 7 (0.59%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.59%) Bicep
16 6 (0.51%) Ruby
16 6 (0.51%) Scala
17 5 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 203 (17.22%) Security Cleared
2 178 (15.10%) SC Cleared
3 61 (5.17%) Degree
4 52 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 35 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (2.21%) DV Cleared
7 9 (0.76%) Master's Degree
8 8 (0.68%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (0.51%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.42%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.34%) PhD
13 2 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.085%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.085%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.085%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.085%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (13.23%) Accessibility
2 78 (6.62%) WCAG
3 74 (6.28%) QA
4 6 (0.51%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.42%) GDPR
6 4 (0.34%) HL7
7 3 (0.25%) PSD2
8 2 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.085%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.085%) GRC
9 1 (0.085%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.085%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 239 (20.27%) Docker
2 6 (0.51%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.085%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 215 (18.24%) Kubernetes
2 129 (10.94%) Terraform
3 29 (2.46%) Grafana
4 27 (2.29%) Ansible
5 16 (1.36%) Argo
5 16 (1.36%) Control-M
6 14 (1.19%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.42%) Kibana
9 4 (0.34%) Istio
10 3 (0.25%) Podman
11 2 (0.17%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.085%) Nagios
12 1 (0.085%) Rancher
Vendors
1 78 (6.62%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.60%) Oracle
3 44 (3.73%) Google
4 27 (2.29%) OpenAI
5 21 (1.78%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.70%) Databricks
7 18 (1.53%) MuleSoft
8 14 (1.19%) Splunk
9 13 (1.10%) Dynatrace
9 13 (1.10%) SAP
10 10 (0.85%) Solace
11 9 (0.76%) Adobe
12 8 (0.68%) Conga
12 8 (0.68%) GoCardless
13 7 (0.59%) Sitecore
14 5 (0.42%) ForgeRock
14 5 (0.42%) ServiceNow
15 4 (0.34%) Hitachi
15 4 (0.34%) New Relic
15 4 (0.34%) Red Hat