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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 71 65
Rank change year-on-year -35 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing React 1,198 1,057 1,315
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.33% 3.44% 3.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.94% 15.09% 14.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 786 1,040
10th Percentile £374 £358 £362
25th Percentile £425 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £662 £688
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £464
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.96% -2.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 22
10th Percentile £51.65 - £41.50
25th Percentile £61.88 - £55.31
Median hourly rate £76.00 £55.00 £64.75
Median % change year-on-year +38.18% -15.06% -7.50%
75th Percentile £92.50 - £72.50
90th Percentile £95.00 - £74.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 - £68.50
% change year-on-year - - +9.60%

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 10,036 7,006 9,256
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.53% 22.78% 21.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,579 4,748 6,340
10th Percentile £363 £352 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 143 282
10th Percentile £30.00 £27.81 £22.53
25th Percentile £51.25 £36.40 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.81 £74.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.20% -6.72%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 1 July 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 -37 989 £550 +4.76% 683
London -39 597 £585 - 330
UK excluding London -32 437 £500 +11.11% 446
Work from Home -44 401 £550 +4.76% 393
North of England -16 158 £523 +14.96% 133
North West -23 79 £500 +11.11% 66
South East -66 75 £525 +11.70% 122
Scotland +2 72 £405 -14.79% 22
Yorkshire -2 67 £523 +16.11% 43
South West +3 61 £525 +23.53% 43
Midlands -54 38 £475 +9.20% 45
West Midlands -42 31 £494 +1.28% 26
East of England -3 30 £600 +47.24% 36
North East -28 12 £525 +13.51% 25
Northern Ireland +5 6 £190 -41.54% 18
East Midlands -20 5 £443 +20.24% 19
Wales -17 1 £525 +32.91% 30

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 43 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.50%) Confluence
3 23 (1.92%) CMS
4 15 (1.25%) SharePoint Server
5 10 (0.83%) Camunda
6 9 (0.75%) nginx
6 9 (0.75%) Sitecore CMS
7 6 (0.50%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.42%) IIS
9 4 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.33%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.33%) HCL Notes
9 4 (0.33%) Mendix
10 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.17%) Apache
11 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.17%) Kentico
11 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.083%) Moodle
Applications
1 11 (0.92%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.42%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.083%) Blender
3 1 (0.083%) Maya
3 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.083%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.083%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.083%) Sketch
3 1 (0.083%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.17%) Shopify
2 10 (0.83%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.42%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.25%) Magento
4 3 (0.25%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.17%) Endur
6 1 (0.083%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.083%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 465 (38.81%) AWS
2 343 (28.63%) Azure
3 133 (11.10%) GCP
3 133 (11.10%) Serverless
4 116 (9.68%) GitHub
5 84 (7.01%) AWS Lambda
6 81 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
7 75 (6.26%) GitHub Actions
8 61 (5.09%) Amazon S3
8 61 (5.09%) Power Platform
9 49 (4.09%) Amazon ECS
10 47 (3.92%) Figma
11 40 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
12 39 (3.26%) Power Automate
12 39 (3.26%) PowerApps
13 31 (2.59%) Amazon SQS
14 30 (2.50%) Entra ID
15 27 (2.25%) SaaS
16 25 (2.09%) OpenShift
17 23 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.50%) Firewall
2 4 (0.33%) HTTP
2 4 (0.33%) Intranet
3 3 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.17%) DNS
4 2 (0.17%) DSL
4 2 (0.17%) VPN
5 1 (0.083%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.083%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.083%) MQTT
5 1 (0.083%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (14.52%) PostgreSQL
2 92 (7.68%) Relational Database
3 90 (7.51%) SQL Server
4 77 (6.43%) NoSQL
5 60 (5.01%) MongoDB
6 56 (4.67%) MySQL
7 43 (3.59%) DynamoDB
8 40 (3.34%) Power BI
9 36 (3.01%) Amazon RDS
10 31 (2.59%) Redis
11 14 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
12 13 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.00%) Metadata
14 11 (0.92%) Oracle Database
15 10 (0.83%) Apache Cassandra
16 9 (0.75%) Neo4j
16 9 (0.75%) RDBMS
17 8 (0.67%) Big Data
17 8 (0.67%) Db2
Development Applications
1 172 (14.36%) Git
2 103 (8.60%) Jenkins
3 69 (5.76%) JIRA
4 58 (4.84%) GitLab
5 49 (4.09%) Cypress.io
6 37 (3.09%) JUnit
7 36 (3.01%) Gradle
8 35 (2.92%) Vite
9 24 (2.00%) Mockito
10 21 (1.75%) webpack
11 16 (1.34%) Liquibase
11 16 (1.34%) Postman
12 15 (1.25%) Cucumber
12 15 (1.25%) Maven
12 15 (1.25%) REST Assured
13 13 (1.09%) Bitbucket
14 11 (0.92%) Claude Code
14 11 (0.92%) Storybook
15 10 (0.83%) TeamCity
16 8 (0.67%) Selenium
General
1 265 (22.12%) Finance
2 212 (17.70%) Social Skills
3 146 (12.19%) Banking
4 124 (10.35%) Front Office
5 117 (9.77%) Public Sector
6 67 (5.59%) Investment Banking
7 48 (4.01%) Analytical Skills
8 29 (2.42%) Retail
9 21 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (1.59%) Financial Institution
11 17 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (0.92%) Law
12 11 (0.92%) Legal
13 7 (0.58%) Military
14 6 (0.50%) Health Technology
14 6 (0.50%) Marketing
14 6 (0.50%) Retail Banking
15 5 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 682 (56.93%) Developer
2 226 (18.86%) Senior
3 213 (17.78%) Full-Stack Developer
4 180 (15.03%) React Developer
5 171 (14.27%) Software Engineer
6 144 (12.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 128 (10.68%) Senior Developer
8 126 (10.52%) Lead
9 122 (10.18%) Java Developer
10 91 (7.60%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 76 (6.34%) Python Developer
12 59 (4.92%) Lead Developer
13 57 (4.76%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 55 (4.59%) Architect
15 53 (4.42%) UI Developer
16 50 (4.17%) Senior React Developer
17 47 (3.92%) Senior Java Developer
18 46 (3.84%) Java Engineer
19 45 (3.76%) Software Developer
20 43 (3.59%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 315 (26.29%) Node.js
2 223 (18.61%) CSS
3 215 (17.95%) REST
4 209 (17.45%) Redux
5 203 (16.94%) HTML
6 198 (16.53%) .NET
7 194 (16.19%) AngularJS
8 169 (14.11%) RESTful
9 153 (12.77%) Spring
10 142 (11.85%) Spring Boot
11 130 (10.85%) Kafka
12 128 (10.68%) GraphQL
13 120 (10.02%) Next.js
14 98 (8.18%) Vue
15 87 (7.26%) Jest
16 86 (7.18%) HTML5
17 67 (5.59%) Playwright
18 66 (5.51%) CSS3
19 58 (4.84%) FastAPI
20 55 (4.59%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 156 (13.02%) Cloud Native
2 94 (7.85%) Fixed Income
3 79 (6.59%) Product Ownership
4 64 (5.34%) Greenfield Project
5 59 (4.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 52 (4.34%) Distributed Systems
7 49 (4.09%) Equities
8 46 (3.84%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (3.42%) Derivative
10 36 (3.01%) AI Agents
11 33 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
12 28 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
13 22 (1.84%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.42%) Algorithms
15 14 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.00%) Virtual Team
17 11 (0.92%) Mobile App
17 11 (0.92%) Onboarding
18 10 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
19 9 (0.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.17%) Linux
2 12 (1.00%) Android
3 11 (0.92%) Windows
4 9 (0.75%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.75%) Unix
5 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (42.40%) CI/CD
2 492 (41.07%) Full-Stack Development
3 489 (40.82%) Agile
4 306 (25.54%) DevOps
5 301 (25.13%) Software Engineering
6 275 (22.95%) Microservices
7 242 (20.20%) Front End Development
8 206 (17.20%) AI
9 201 (16.78%) Test Automation
10 164 (13.69%) Containerisation
11 151 (12.60%) User Experience
12 140 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
13 113 (9.43%) Code Quality
14 107 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
15 105 (8.76%) Scrum
16 103 (8.60%) TDD
17 100 (8.35%) Event-Driven
18 99 (8.26%) Mentoring
19 94 (7.85%) Infrastructure as Code
20 85 (7.10%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 661 (55.18%) TypeScript
2 570 (47.58%) JavaScript
3 372 (31.05%) Python
4 366 (30.55%) Java
5 232 (19.37%) SQL
6 212 (17.70%) C#
7 65 (5.43%) Go
8 28 (2.34%) PL/SQL
9 16 (1.34%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.09%) T-SQL
11 11 (0.92%) Rust
12 10 (0.83%) Bash
13 8 (0.67%) C++
14 7 (0.58%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.58%) Bicep
14 7 (0.58%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.50%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.50%) Scala
16 4 (0.33%) Formula Language
16 4 (0.33%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 202 (16.86%) Security Cleared
2 176 (14.69%) SC Cleared
3 70 (5.84%) Degree
4 52 (4.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 40 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (2.34%) DV Cleared
7 11 (0.92%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (0.50%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.50%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.33%) PhD
12 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.083%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.083%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.083%) CISSP
13 1 (0.083%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.083%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.083%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (12.19%) Accessibility
2 74 (6.18%) QA
3 73 (6.09%) WCAG
4 6 (0.50%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.50%) GDPR
5 4 (0.33%) HL7
6 3 (0.25%) PSD2
7 1 (0.083%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.083%) GRC
7 1 (0.083%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.083%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.083%) NCSC
7 1 (0.083%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 234 (19.53%) Docker
2 6 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 192 (16.03%) Kubernetes
2 119 (9.93%) Terraform
3 24 (2.00%) Grafana
4 19 (1.59%) Ansible
5 15 (1.25%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.09%) Argo
7 10 (0.83%) Control-M
8 8 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.42%) Istio
10 3 (0.25%) Nagios
10 3 (0.25%) Podman
11 2 (0.17%) Rancher
12 1 (0.083%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 81 (6.76%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.43%) Oracle
3 47 (3.92%) Google
4 34 (2.84%) OpenAI
5 18 (1.50%) Databricks
6 16 (1.34%) Sitecore
7 15 (1.25%) Salesforce
8 10 (0.83%) Dynatrace
8 10 (0.83%) MuleSoft
8 10 (0.83%) Splunk
9 9 (0.75%) SAP
10 8 (0.67%) Adobe
10 8 (0.67%) Conga
10 8 (0.67%) GoCardless
10 8 (0.67%) Solace
11 6 (0.50%) Pega
12 5 (0.42%) Apple
12 5 (0.42%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.42%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.33%) Netlify