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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 72 69
Rank change year-on-year -36 -3 -5
Contract jobs citing React 1,221 1,106 1,284
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.32% 3.40% 3.01%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.89% 15.08% 14.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 805 1,014
10th Percentile £375 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £663 £675
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.70% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 21
10th Percentile £51.65 £58.38 £40.00
25th Percentile £61.88 £62.69 £55.00
Median hourly rate £76.00 £66.50 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -0.75% -4.29%
75th Percentile £92.50 £67.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £95.00 - £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £67.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +13.43% -4.29% +21.21%

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 10,266 7,335 9,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.51% 22.58% 21.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,717 4,951 6,252
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -4.70% -2.23%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 275 159 274
10th Percentile £30.00 £29.21 £22.50
25th Percentile £50.00 £38.52 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -12.35%
75th Percentile £74.63 £67.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.01 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.76% -1.74%

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 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 16 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 16 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 1,007 £550 +4.76% 380
London -32 597 £599 -0.17% 155
UK excluding London -27 457 £500 +11.11% 307
Work from Home -43 412 £550 +4.76% 199
North of England -20 169 £511 +12.49% 96
North West -30 84 £500 +10.56% 52
South East -59 77 £525 +12.90% 88
Yorkshire -1 76 £523 +16.11% 35
Scotland -7 75 £405 -14.06% 13
South West +3 65 £525 +23.53% 27
Midlands -54 41 £475 +6.15% 32
West Midlands -44 34 £481 -6.10% 16
East of England -9 28 £600 +29.03% 20
North East -37 9 £450 -2.70% 11
Northern Ireland +4 6 £190 -41.54% 14
East Midlands -19 5 £443 +20.24% 16
Wales -12 1 £525 +32.91% 21

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 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.70%) Confluence
3 26 (2.13%) CMS
4 16 (1.31%) SharePoint Server
5 10 (0.82%) Camunda
6 9 (0.74%) nginx
6 9 (0.74%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.57%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.41%) IIS
9 4 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.33%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.33%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.25%) WordPress
11 2 (0.16%) Apache
11 2 (0.16%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.16%) HCL Notes
11 2 (0.16%) Kentico
11 2 (0.16%) Mendix
11 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (0.90%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.33%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.16%) Sketch
4 1 (0.082%) Blender
4 1 (0.082%) Maya
4 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.082%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.082%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.15%) Shopify
2 9 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
3 7 (0.57%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.25%) Magento
4 3 (0.25%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.16%) Endur
6 1 (0.082%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.082%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 486 (39.80%) AWS
2 346 (28.34%) Azure
3 143 (11.71%) GCP
4 131 (10.73%) Serverless
5 129 (10.57%) GitHub
6 86 (7.04%) AWS Lambda
7 83 (6.80%) GitHub Actions
8 76 (6.22%) Azure DevOps
9 66 (5.41%) Amazon S3
10 59 (4.83%) Power Platform
11 52 (4.26%) Amazon ECS
12 47 (3.85%) Figma
13 38 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
14 37 (3.03%) Power Automate
14 37 (3.03%) PowerApps
15 36 (2.95%) Entra ID
16 34 (2.78%) Amazon SQS
17 29 (2.38%) OpenShift
18 28 (2.29%) SaaS
19 24 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.49%) Firewall
2 4 (0.33%) HTTP
2 4 (0.33%) Intranet
3 3 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.16%) DNS
4 2 (0.16%) DSL
4 2 (0.16%) VPN
5 1 (0.082%) CTI
5 1 (0.082%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.082%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.082%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (14.50%) PostgreSQL
2 94 (7.70%) SQL Server
3 93 (7.62%) Relational Database
4 80 (6.55%) NoSQL
5 65 (5.32%) MongoDB
6 55 (4.50%) MySQL
7 46 (3.77%) DynamoDB
8 38 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
8 38 (3.11%) Power BI
9 31 (2.54%) Redis
10 14 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
10 14 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (0.82%) Apache Cassandra
12 10 (0.82%) Metadata
12 10 (0.82%) Oracle Database
13 9 (0.74%) Neo4j
13 9 (0.74%) RDBMS
14 8 (0.66%) Big Data
14 8 (0.66%) Db2
Development Applications
1 190 (15.56%) Git
2 115 (9.42%) Jenkins
3 68 (5.57%) JIRA
4 60 (4.91%) GitLab
5 51 (4.18%) Cypress.io
6 42 (3.44%) Gradle
7 41 (3.36%) JUnit
8 37 (3.03%) Vite
9 25 (2.05%) Mockito
10 22 (1.80%) webpack
11 19 (1.56%) Maven
12 17 (1.39%) Claude Code
13 16 (1.31%) Liquibase
13 16 (1.31%) Postman
13 16 (1.31%) REST Assured
14 15 (1.23%) Cucumber
14 15 (1.23%) Storybook
15 14 (1.15%) Bitbucket
16 10 (0.82%) SonarQube
16 10 (0.82%) TeamCity
General
1 273 (22.36%) Finance
2 222 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 144 (11.79%) Banking
4 123 (10.07%) Front Office
5 122 (9.99%) Public Sector
6 65 (5.32%) Investment Banking
7 53 (4.34%) Analytical Skills
8 37 (3.03%) Retail
9 23 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (1.39%) Financial Institution
12 11 (0.90%) Law
13 10 (0.82%) Military
14 9 (0.74%) Legal
15 7 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.49%) Marketing
16 6 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.49%) Retail Banking
17 5 (0.41%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 684 (56.02%) Developer
2 242 (19.82%) Senior
3 213 (17.44%) Full-Stack Developer
4 182 (14.91%) React Developer
5 176 (14.41%) Software Engineer
6 148 (12.12%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 137 (11.22%) Senior Developer
8 133 (10.89%) Java Developer
9 131 (10.73%) Lead
10 93 (7.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 70 (5.73%) Python Developer
12 58 (4.75%) Lead Developer
13 56 (4.59%) Architect
13 56 (4.59%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 54 (4.42%) UI Developer
15 53 (4.34%) Senior React Developer
16 51 (4.18%) Senior Java Developer
17 44 (3.60%) Java Engineer
17 44 (3.60%) Software Developer
18 43 (3.52%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 329 (26.95%) Node.js
2 248 (20.31%) REST
3 223 (18.26%) CSS
4 210 (17.20%) Redux
5 205 (16.79%) HTML
6 196 (16.05%) .NET
6 196 (16.05%) AngularJS
7 169 (13.84%) RESTful
8 159 (13.02%) Spring
9 150 (12.29%) Spring Boot
10 142 (11.63%) Kafka
11 128 (10.48%) GraphQL
12 120 (9.83%) Next.js
13 103 (8.44%) Vue
14 93 (7.62%) HTML5
15 88 (7.21%) Jest
16 72 (5.90%) CSS3
17 65 (5.32%) Playwright
18 61 (5.00%) FastAPI
19 55 (4.50%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 169 (13.84%) Cloud Native
2 95 (7.78%) Fixed Income
3 79 (6.47%) Product Ownership
4 65 (5.32%) Greenfield Project
5 58 (4.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 57 (4.67%) Distributed Systems
7 49 (4.01%) Equities
8 46 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
9 40 (3.28%) Derivative
10 36 (2.95%) AI Agents
11 33 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
12 28 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
13 25 (2.05%) Data Structures
14 19 (1.56%) Algorithms
15 17 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (0.98%) Virtual Team
17 11 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
17 11 (0.90%) Mobile App
17 11 (0.90%) Onboarding
18 9 (0.74%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.97%) Linux
2 13 (1.06%) Windows
3 12 (0.98%) Android
4 9 (0.74%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.74%) Unix
5 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (44.23%) CI/CD
2 507 (41.52%) Agile
3 502 (41.11%) Full-Stack Development
4 317 (25.96%) Software Engineering
5 312 (25.55%) DevOps
6 299 (24.49%) Microservices
7 248 (20.31%) Front End Development
8 213 (17.44%) Test Automation
9 210 (17.20%) AI
10 166 (13.60%) Containerisation
11 155 (12.69%) User Experience
12 143 (11.71%) Problem-Solving
13 124 (10.16%) Code Quality
14 116 (9.50%) Event-Driven
15 114 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 112 (9.17%) TDD
17 110 (9.01%) Mentoring
17 110 (9.01%) Scrum
18 101 (8.27%) Infrastructure as Code
19 89 (7.29%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 680 (55.69%) TypeScript
2 578 (47.34%) JavaScript
3 386 (31.61%) Java
4 371 (30.38%) Python
5 233 (19.08%) SQL
6 208 (17.04%) C#
7 66 (5.41%) Go
8 31 (2.54%) PL/SQL
9 17 (1.39%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.06%) T-SQL
11 12 (0.98%) Bash
12 9 (0.74%) Rust
13 8 (0.66%) C++
13 8 (0.66%) Kotlin
13 8 (0.66%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.57%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.57%) PHP
14 7 (0.57%) Scala
15 6 (0.49%) Bicep
16 4 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 209 (17.12%) Security Cleared
2 180 (14.74%) SC Cleared
3 71 (5.81%) Degree
4 57 (4.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 42 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.21%) DV Cleared
7 11 (0.90%) Master's Degree
8 9 (0.74%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.66%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 7 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.49%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.33%) PhD
13 2 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.082%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.082%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.082%) CISSP
14 1 (0.082%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.082%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (12.86%) Accessibility
2 82 (6.72%) QA
3 77 (6.31%) WCAG
4 6 (0.49%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.49%) GDPR
5 4 (0.33%) HL7
6 3 (0.25%) PSD2
7 1 (0.082%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.082%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.082%) GRC
7 1 (0.082%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.082%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.082%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.082%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 246 (20.15%) Docker
2 6 (0.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 212 (17.36%) Kubernetes
2 125 (10.24%) Terraform
3 26 (2.13%) Grafana
4 21 (1.72%) Ansible
5 16 (1.31%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.06%) Argo
6 13 (1.06%) Control-M
7 8 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.41%) Istio
9 3 (0.25%) Nagios
9 3 (0.25%) Podman
10 2 (0.16%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.16%) Rancher
Vendors
1 83 (6.80%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.65%) Oracle
3 47 (3.85%) Google
4 29 (2.38%) OpenAI
5 18 (1.47%) Databricks
6 17 (1.39%) Salesforce
7 14 (1.15%) MuleSoft
7 14 (1.15%) Sitecore
8 12 (0.98%) SAP
9 10 (0.82%) Dynatrace
9 10 (0.82%) Splunk
10 9 (0.74%) Adobe
10 9 (0.74%) Solace
11 8 (0.66%) Conga
11 8 (0.66%) GoCardless
12 6 (0.49%) Pega
13 5 (0.41%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.33%) IBM
14 4 (0.33%) Netlify
14 4 (0.33%) Red Hat