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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 69 64
Rank change year-on-year -31 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing React 1,109 1,003 1,348
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.34% 3.45% 3.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.79% 15.18% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 778 1,076
10th Percentile £370 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.75% -9.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £662 £688
90th Percentile £800 £825 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 3 22
10th Percentile £57.57 - £41.50
25th Percentile £65.00 £26.25 £55.31
Median hourly rate £76.00 £27.50 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +176.36% -57.03% -8.57%
75th Percentile £95.00 £53.61 £72.50
90th Percentile - £68.52 £74.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £27.50 £67.75
% change year-on-year +176.36% -59.41% +3.44%

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 9,407 6,607 8,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.82% 22.70% 20.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,212 4,520 6,185
10th Percentile £359 £363 £338
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £730 £780 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.41% -2.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 113 241
10th Percentile £35.00 £29.45 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.06 £40.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £70.38 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.30 £82.79 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -25.78%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -34 909 £525 - 592
London -35 545 £550 -4.35% 270
UK excluding London -15 403 £500 +11.11% 385
Work from Home -43 365 £545 +5.83% 365
North of England -16 149 £500 +11.11% 120
North West -12 87 £475 +5.56% 59
South East -57 68 £525 +7.69% 108
Scotland -1 67 £411 -8.61% 18
Yorkshire -20 49 £511 +3.81% 46
South West -10 45 £425 -3.63% 51
Midlands -61 37 £475 +3.26% 49
East of England -9 34 £600 +27.66% 32
West Midlands -44 31 £488 +5.98% 23
North East -10 15 £475 +3.26% 15
Northern Ireland +1 6 - - 3
East Midlands -34 4 £463 +1.65% 26
Wales -13 2 - - 8

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 47 (4.24%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.52%) Confluence
3 25 (2.25%) CMS
4 12 (1.08%) SharePoint Server
5 10 (0.90%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 10 (0.90%) Camunda
5 10 (0.90%) HCL Notes
5 10 (0.90%) Mendix
5 10 (0.90%) Sitecore CMS
6 8 (0.72%) Headless CMS
7 7 (0.63%) IIS
8 5 (0.45%) Apache
8 5 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.36%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.27%) nginx
11 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.18%) SAS
12 1 (0.090%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.090%) Drupal
Applications
1 9 (0.81%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.45%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.45%) Sketch
3 1 (0.090%) Maya
3 1 (0.090%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.090%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.090%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.99%) Shopify
2 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.27%) Magento
3 3 (0.27%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.090%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.090%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.090%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 468 (42.20%) AWS
2 327 (29.49%) Azure
3 140 (12.62%) Serverless
4 125 (11.27%) GCP
5 122 (11.00%) GitHub
6 89 (8.03%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (7.57%) AWS Lambda
8 81 (7.30%) GitHub Actions
9 56 (5.05%) Power Platform
10 53 (4.78%) Amazon S3
11 47 (4.24%) Figma
12 39 (3.52%) Amazon ECS
12 39 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
13 38 (3.43%) Power Automate
13 38 (3.43%) PowerApps
14 34 (3.07%) Azure Functions
15 32 (2.89%) Amazon SQS
16 31 (2.80%) Azure Service Bus
17 27 (2.43%) Entra ID
18 25 (2.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.36%) HTTP
2 3 (0.27%) Firewall
2 3 (0.27%) Network Security
2 3 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
2 3 (0.27%) VPN
3 2 (0.18%) Intranet
4 1 (0.090%) DHCP
4 1 (0.090%) DNS
4 1 (0.090%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.090%) LAN
4 1 (0.090%) RTMP
4 1 (0.090%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.090%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (14.43%) PostgreSQL
2 92 (8.30%) Relational Database
3 83 (7.48%) SQL Server
4 82 (7.39%) NoSQL
5 66 (5.95%) MongoDB
6 64 (5.77%) MySQL
7 37 (3.34%) Power BI
8 35 (3.16%) DynamoDB
9 29 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
9 29 (2.61%) Redis
10 16 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (1.44%) Oracle Database
11 14 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.17%) Apache Cassandra
12 13 (1.17%) BigQuery
13 12 (1.08%) Metadata
14 9 (0.81%) RDBMS
15 8 (0.72%) Tableau
16 7 (0.63%) DB2
Development Applications
1 165 (14.88%) Git
2 74 (6.67%) Jenkins
2 74 (6.67%) JIRA
3 67 (6.04%) GitLab
4 53 (4.78%) Cypress.io
5 36 (3.25%) JUnit
6 26 (2.34%) Mockito
7 21 (1.89%) Vite
8 20 (1.80%) Gradle
9 16 (1.44%) webpack
10 13 (1.17%) Bitbucket
10 13 (1.17%) CircleCI
10 13 (1.17%) Liquibase
11 12 (1.08%) Storybook
12 10 (0.90%) Mocha
13 8 (0.72%) Cucumber
13 8 (0.72%) Postman
13 8 (0.72%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.63%) Maven
14 7 (0.63%) Selenium
General
1 206 (18.58%) Finance
2 182 (16.41%) Social Skills
3 121 (10.91%) Public Sector
4 94 (8.48%) Front Office
5 93 (8.39%) Banking
6 41 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (2.89%) Investment Banking
8 21 (1.89%) Retail
9 20 (1.80%) Financial Institution
10 15 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (0.90%) Legal
13 6 (0.54%) Games
13 6 (0.54%) Health Technology
13 6 (0.54%) Law
13 6 (0.54%) Marketing
14 5 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.36%) Advertising
15 4 (0.36%) Military
15 4 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 650 (58.61%) Developer
2 213 (19.21%) Full-Stack Developer
3 189 (17.04%) Senior
4 157 (14.16%) Software Engineer
5 149 (13.44%) React Developer
6 119 (10.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 114 (10.28%) Lead
8 101 (9.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 101 (9.11%) Senior Developer
9 84 (7.57%) Java Developer
10 69 (6.22%) Python Developer
11 60 (5.41%) Lead Developer
12 52 (4.69%) Architect
12 52 (4.69%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 50 (4.51%) Software Developer
14 40 (3.61%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
14 40 (3.61%) Java Engineer
15 39 (3.52%) Lead Software Engineer
16 38 (3.43%) Lead Software Developer
17 36 (3.25%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 303 (27.32%) Node.js
2 243 (21.91%) AngularJS
3 239 (21.55%) CSS
4 218 (19.66%) HTML
5 185 (16.68%) REST
6 180 (16.23%) .NET
7 167 (15.06%) RESTful
8 165 (14.88%) Redux
9 159 (14.34%) Spring
10 141 (12.71%) Spring Boot
11 122 (11.00%) GraphQL
12 121 (10.91%) Next.js
13 110 (9.92%) Kafka
14 108 (9.74%) Vue
15 84 (7.57%) Jest
16 82 (7.39%) HTML5
17 65 (5.86%) CSS3
18 52 (4.69%) .NET Core
18 52 (4.69%) Playwright
19 44 (3.97%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 138 (12.44%) Cloud Native
2 71 (6.40%) Product Ownership
3 59 (5.32%) Fixed Income
4 42 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
5 37 (3.34%) Data Protection Act
5 37 (3.34%) Derivative
6 35 (3.16%) AI Agents
7 31 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
8 26 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
8 26 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 24 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.80%) Equities
11 17 (1.53%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.35%) Data Structures
12 15 (1.35%) Mobile App
13 12 (1.08%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.08%) NHS
14 11 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
14 11 (0.99%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.07%) Linux
2 19 (1.71%) Windows
3 16 (1.44%) Android
4 13 (1.17%) Unix
5 11 (0.99%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (42.11%) CI/CD
2 453 (40.85%) Agile
3 447 (40.31%) Full-Stack Development
4 299 (26.96%) DevOps
5 273 (24.62%) Microservices
6 259 (23.35%) Software Engineering
7 233 (21.01%) Front End Development
8 187 (16.86%) AI
9 176 (15.87%) Test Automation
10 160 (14.43%) Containerisation
11 155 (13.98%) User Experience
12 132 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
13 106 (9.56%) Code Quality
14 98 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
15 92 (8.30%) Continuous Improvement
16 88 (7.94%) Scrum
17 86 (7.75%) SDLC
17 86 (7.75%) TDD
18 82 (7.39%) API Integration
18 82 (7.39%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 563 (50.77%) TypeScript
2 523 (47.16%) JavaScript
3 360 (32.46%) Python
4 325 (29.31%) Java
5 216 (19.48%) SQL
6 166 (14.97%) C#
7 52 (4.69%) Go
8 17 (1.53%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.17%) T-SQL
10 12 (1.08%) Bicep
11 10 (0.90%) Formula Language
11 10 (0.90%) LotusScript
12 9 (0.81%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.72%) C++
14 7 (0.63%) Perl
14 7 (0.63%) Rust
14 7 (0.63%) Scala
15 6 (0.54%) Bash
15 6 (0.54%) Ruby
15 6 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 183 (16.50%) Security Cleared
2 163 (14.70%) SC Cleared
3 59 (5.32%) Degree
4 51 (4.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 36 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (2.61%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.35%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.63%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.45%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.27%) PhD
12 2 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.090%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.090%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.090%) CISSP
13 1 (0.090%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.090%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.090%) OCP
13 1 (0.090%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (12.71%) Accessibility
2 70 (6.31%) WCAG
3 64 (5.77%) QA
4 7 (0.63%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.63%) GDPR
4 7 (0.63%) HL7
5 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.18%) NCSC
5 2 (0.18%) PSD2
6 1 (0.090%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.090%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.090%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.090%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 223 (20.11%) Docker
2 8 (0.72%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.090%) Varnish
3 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 179 (16.14%) Kubernetes
2 123 (11.09%) Terraform
3 22 (1.98%) Grafana
4 16 (1.44%) Prometheus
5 14 (1.26%) Argo
6 8 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.63%) Ansible
7 7 (0.63%) Istio
8 4 (0.36%) Podman
9 3 (0.27%) Nagios
10 2 (0.18%) Rancher
11 1 (0.090%) Kibana
11 1 (0.090%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 80 (7.21%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.05%) Oracle
3 40 (3.61%) Google
4 34 (3.07%) OpenAI
5 24 (2.16%) Adobe
6 21 (1.89%) Databricks
7 16 (1.44%) Sitecore
8 12 (1.08%) Splunk
9 10 (0.90%) Kofax
9 10 (0.90%) Lotus
10 9 (0.81%) MuleSoft
11 8 (0.72%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.72%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.54%) SAP
12 6 (0.54%) Solace
13 5 (0.45%) Pega
14 4 (0.36%) Netlify
14 4 (0.36%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.36%) ServiceNow
15 3 (0.27%) Foundry