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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 69 66
Rank change year-on-year -34 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing React 1,205 1,035 1,326
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.38% 3.47% 3.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.18% 15.16% 14.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 774 1,051
10th Percentile £374 £358 £363
25th Percentile £423 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £688
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £467
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.69% -1.63%
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 9,895 6,827 9,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.54% 22.86% 21.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,500 4,658 6,376
10th Percentile £363 £356 £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 283 126 277
10th Percentile £30.10 £29.16 £22.30
25th Percentile £51.88 £39.84 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% +10.29% -21.54%
75th Percentile £74.26 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.18 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £55.63
% change year-on-year +4.00% +12.36% -14.42%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -37 994 £550 +6.90% 412
London -37 593 £575 - 172
UK excluding London -27 446 £500 +11.11% 328
Work from Home -40 400 £550 +4.76% 268
North of England -23 165 £500 +11.11% 93
North West -35 83 £500 +11.11% 53
Scotland +8 74 £410 -10.68% 19
South East -59 72 £525 +15.51% 104
Yorkshire -12 66 £523 +16.11% 30
South West +6 63 £525 +23.53% 30
Midlands -55 37 £494 +13.51% 38
East of England -12 32 £625 +53.37% 28
West Midlands -50 30 £525 +7.69% 21
North East -27 16 £475 +2.70% 10
Northern Ireland +2 6 £190 -41.54% 14
East Midlands -25 5 £443 +20.24% 17
Wales -17 1 £525 +32.91% 7

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 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.49%) Confluence
3 23 (1.91%) CMS
4 15 (1.24%) SharePoint Server
5 11 (0.91%) Camunda
6 9 (0.75%) Sitecore CMS
7 8 (0.66%) nginx
8 6 (0.50%) Headless CMS
9 5 (0.41%) HCL Notes
9 5 (0.41%) IIS
9 5 (0.41%) Mendix
10 4 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.33%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.17%) Apache
12 2 (0.17%) Kentico
12 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.083%) Traefik
Applications
1 5 (0.41%) Adobe XD
1 5 (0.41%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.083%) Blender
2 1 (0.083%) Maya
2 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.083%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.083%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.083%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 14 (1.16%) Shopify
2 11 (0.91%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.41%) 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
1 476 (39.50%) AWS
2 347 (28.80%) Azure
3 139 (11.54%) Serverless
4 131 (10.87%) GCP
5 117 (9.71%) GitHub
6 88 (7.30%) AWS Lambda
7 82 (6.80%) Azure DevOps
8 76 (6.31%) GitHub Actions
9 64 (5.31%) Amazon S3
10 62 (5.15%) Power Platform
11 48 (3.98%) Amazon ECS
11 48 (3.98%) Figma
12 41 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
12 41 (3.40%) Power Automate
12 41 (3.40%) PowerApps
13 31 (2.57%) Amazon SQS
14 29 (2.41%) Entra ID
15 27 (2.24%) SaaS
16 25 (2.07%) Azure Functions
17 24 (1.99%) OpenShift
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%) VPN
5 1 (0.083%) DSL
5 1 (0.083%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.083%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.083%) MQTT
5 1 (0.083%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (14.27%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (7.30%) Relational Database
3 87 (7.22%) SQL Server
4 75 (6.22%) NoSQL
5 61 (5.06%) MongoDB
6 55 (4.56%) MySQL
7 42 (3.49%) DynamoDB
8 40 (3.32%) Power BI
9 36 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
10 29 (2.41%) Redis
11 14 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (1.16%) Metadata
12 13 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.00%) Oracle Database
14 9 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
15 8 (0.66%) Big Data
15 8 (0.66%) Neo4j
15 8 (0.66%) RDBMS
16 7 (0.58%) Db2
Development Applications
1 172 (14.27%) Git
2 90 (7.47%) Jenkins
3 71 (5.89%) JIRA
4 59 (4.90%) GitLab
5 47 (3.90%) Cypress.io
6 37 (3.07%) JUnit
7 35 (2.90%) Gradle
8 30 (2.49%) Vite
9 24 (1.99%) Mockito
10 19 (1.58%) webpack
11 16 (1.33%) Liquibase
12 15 (1.24%) Cucumber
12 15 (1.24%) Maven
12 15 (1.24%) Postman
12 15 (1.24%) REST Assured
13 14 (1.16%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.83%) TeamCity
15 9 (0.75%) Claude Code
16 8 (0.66%) Mocha
16 8 (0.66%) Storybook
General
1 263 (21.83%) Finance
2 207 (17.18%) Social Skills
3 149 (12.37%) Banking
4 125 (10.37%) Front Office
5 122 (10.12%) Public Sector
6 66 (5.48%) Investment Banking
7 45 (3.73%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (2.24%) Retail
9 20 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (1.58%) Financial Institution
11 16 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.00%) Legal
13 11 (0.91%) Law
14 8 (0.66%) Military
15 6 (0.50%) Health Technology
15 6 (0.50%) Marketing
15 6 (0.50%) Retail Banking
16 5 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.33%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 694 (57.59%) Developer
2 226 (18.76%) Senior
3 223 (18.51%) Full-Stack Developer
4 180 (14.94%) React Developer
5 175 (14.52%) Software Engineer
6 141 (11.70%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 134 (11.12%) Senior Developer
8 124 (10.29%) Lead
9 122 (10.12%) Java Developer
10 93 (7.72%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 80 (6.64%) Python Developer
12 58 (4.81%) Architect
12 58 (4.81%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 58 (4.81%) Lead Developer
13 55 (4.56%) Software Developer
14 51 (4.23%) Senior React Developer
15 50 (4.15%) UI Developer
16 47 (3.90%) Java Engineer
16 47 (3.90%) Senior Java Developer
17 43 (3.57%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 314 (26.06%) Node.js
2 229 (19.00%) CSS
3 210 (17.43%) AngularJS
3 210 (17.43%) HTML
4 209 (17.34%) REST
5 204 (16.93%) Redux
6 195 (16.18%) .NET
7 166 (13.78%) RESTful
8 158 (13.11%) Spring
9 148 (12.28%) Spring Boot
10 127 (10.54%) Kafka
11 119 (9.88%) Next.js
12 114 (9.46%) GraphQL
13 103 (8.55%) Vue
14 83 (6.89%) Jest
15 82 (6.80%) HTML5
16 62 (5.15%) CSS3
17 59 (4.90%) FastAPI
18 58 (4.81%) Playwright
19 51 (4.23%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 153 (12.70%) Cloud Native
2 93 (7.72%) Fixed Income
3 73 (6.06%) Product Ownership
4 64 (5.31%) Greenfield Project
5 58 (4.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 51 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
7 49 (4.07%) Equities
8 42 (3.49%) Derivative
8 42 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (2.99%) AI Agents
10 30 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
11 29 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
12 20 (1.66%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.24%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.24%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
15 11 (0.91%) Mobile App
16 10 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
17 9 (0.75%) NHS
17 9 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.91%) Linux
2 12 (1.00%) Android
3 11 (0.91%) Windows
4 9 (0.75%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.75%) Unix
5 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 505 (41.91%) CI/CD
2 496 (41.16%) Full-Stack Development
3 484 (40.17%) Agile
4 309 (25.64%) DevOps
5 298 (24.73%) Software Engineering
6 270 (22.41%) Microservices
7 246 (20.41%) Front End Development
8 206 (17.10%) AI
9 198 (16.43%) Test Automation
10 168 (13.94%) Containerisation
11 150 (12.45%) User Experience
12 138 (11.45%) Problem-Solving
13 112 (9.29%) Code Quality
14 102 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
14 102 (8.46%) Infrastructure as Code
15 101 (8.38%) Scrum
16 97 (8.05%) TDD
17 96 (7.97%) Event-Driven
17 96 (7.97%) Mentoring
18 84 (6.97%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 649 (53.86%) TypeScript
2 568 (47.14%) JavaScript
3 389 (32.28%) Python
4 371 (30.79%) Java
5 229 (19.00%) SQL
6 211 (17.51%) C#
7 64 (5.31%) Go
8 25 (2.07%) PL/SQL
9 17 (1.41%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.00%) T-SQL
11 11 (0.91%) Rust
12 9 (0.75%) Bash
13 8 (0.66%) 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 5 (0.41%) Formula Language
16 5 (0.41%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 202 (16.76%) Security Cleared
2 177 (14.69%) SC Cleared
3 66 (5.48%) Degree
4 49 (4.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 37 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (2.41%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.58%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (0.50%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.33%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.25%) 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
1 143 (11.87%) Accessibility
2 74 (6.14%) QA
3 71 (5.89%) WCAG
4 6 (0.50%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.50%) GDPR
5 4 (0.33%) HL7
6 3 (0.25%) PSD2
7 2 (0.17%) NCSC
8 1 (0.083%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.083%) GRC
8 1 (0.083%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.083%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.083%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.083%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 231 (19.17%) Docker
2 6 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 186 (15.44%) Kubernetes
2 124 (10.29%) Terraform
3 23 (1.91%) Grafana
4 17 (1.41%) Ansible
5 15 (1.24%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.00%) Argo
7 10 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.75%) Control-M
9 5 (0.41%) Istio
10 3 (0.25%) Nagios
10 3 (0.25%) Podman
11 2 (0.17%) Rancher
12 1 (0.083%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 76 (6.31%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.15%) Oracle
3 48 (3.98%) Google
4 34 (2.82%) OpenAI
5 17 (1.41%) Databricks
5 17 (1.41%) Sitecore
6 15 (1.24%) Salesforce
7 10 (0.83%) Dynatrace
7 10 (0.83%) MuleSoft
7 10 (0.83%) Splunk
8 9 (0.75%) Adobe
9 8 (0.66%) Conga
9 8 (0.66%) GoCardless
9 8 (0.66%) SAP
10 7 (0.58%) Solace
11 6 (0.50%) Apple
11 6 (0.50%) Pega
11 6 (0.50%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.41%) Kofax
12 5 (0.41%) Lotus