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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 77 77
Rank change year-on-year -26 0 -17
Contract jobs citing React 1,065 903 1,227
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.49% 3.07% 2.75%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.48% 13.46% 13.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 733 690 990
10th Percentile £358 £362 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% -4.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £675
90th Percentile £800 £764 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.23% -2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 25
10th Percentile £43.55 £26.25 £40.00
25th Percentile £56.54 £31.50 £55.00
Median hourly rate £75.50 £39.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +93.59% -37.60% -10.71%
75th Percentile £95.00 £44.13 £72.50
90th Percentile - £59.29 £79.00
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 9,273 6,710 9,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.72% 22.80% 20.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,189 4,478 6,286
10th Percentile £358 £363 £335
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -7.08%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £498
% change year-on-year - +0.50% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 94 218
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £39.75 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.88 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

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 12 March 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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -23 888 £525 - 631
London -22 549 £550 -5.98% 295
UK excluding London -23 369 £500 +11.11% 420
Work from Home -38 334 £550 +6.54% 395
North of England -18 133 £475 +5.56% 120
North West -7 79 £450 - 60
South East -38 70 £500 -9.09% 115
Scotland -1 51 £438 -0.79% 17
Midlands -42 51 £550 +10.00% 63
Yorkshire -41 43 £500 +2.83% 45
West Midlands -44 40 £540 +7.90% 36
East of England -9 31 £600 +50.00% 33
South West -16 29 £504 +14.23% 64
North East -8 14 £475 +3.26% 15
East Midlands -32 9 £600 +20.00% 27
Northern Ireland -5 7 - - 3
Wales -8 5 £331 -17.19% 11

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 40 (3.76%) CMS
2 29 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 17 (1.60%) Confluence
5 16 (1.50%) Headless CMS
6 15 (1.41%) Sitecore CMS
7 10 (0.94%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.94%) Mendix
8 9 (0.85%) Apache
9 8 (0.75%) Camunda
10 7 (0.66%) SAS
11 5 (0.47%) Apache Spark
11 5 (0.47%) IIS
11 5 (0.47%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
12 3 (0.28%) WordPress
13 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.19%) Magnolia
13 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (1.41%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.85%) Adobe XD
3 6 (0.56%) Sketch
4 1 (0.094%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.094%) Blender
4 1 (0.094%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.094%) InVision
4 1 (0.094%) Maya
4 1 (0.094%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.094%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.85%) Shopify
2 5 (0.47%) Magento
3 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.094%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.094%) Endur
5 1 (0.094%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 468 (43.94%) AWS
2 333 (31.27%) Azure
3 143 (13.43%) GCP
4 141 (13.24%) GitHub
5 137 (12.86%) Serverless
6 89 (8.36%) Azure DevOps
7 87 (8.17%) AWS Lambda
8 84 (7.89%) GitHub Actions
9 51 (4.79%) Amazon S3
10 40 (3.76%) Figma
11 34 (3.19%) Power Platform
12 30 (2.82%) Azure Functions
13 29 (2.72%) Amazon ECS
13 29 (2.72%) Azure Service Bus
13 29 (2.72%) SaaS
14 28 (2.63%) Entra ID
15 26 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
16 25 (2.35%) Amazon SQS
17 21 (1.97%) OpenShift
18 20 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.75%) Wireless
2 5 (0.47%) Network Security
3 3 (0.28%) DNS
3 3 (0.28%) HTTP
3 3 (0.28%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.19%) DHCP
4 2 (0.19%) VPN
5 1 (0.094%) Firewall
5 1 (0.094%) LAN
5 1 (0.094%) Multicast
5 1 (0.094%) RTMP
5 1 (0.094%) WAN
5 1 (0.094%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (15.02%) PostgreSQL
2 96 (9.01%) NoSQL
3 89 (8.36%) Relational Database
4 69 (6.48%) SQL Server
5 68 (6.38%) MongoDB
6 60 (5.63%) MySQL
7 30 (2.82%) Redis
8 26 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
8 26 (2.44%) Power BI
9 23 (2.16%) DynamoDB
10 18 (1.69%) Oracle Database
11 15 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (1.22%) Apache Cassandra
13 12 (1.13%) Metadata
14 11 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (1.03%) BigQuery
15 9 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
15 9 (0.85%) Big Data
15 9 (0.85%) Tableau
16 6 (0.56%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 209 (19.62%) Git
2 69 (6.48%) GitLab
3 65 (6.10%) Jenkins
4 61 (5.73%) Cypress.io
5 58 (5.45%) JIRA
6 41 (3.85%) JUnit
7 25 (2.35%) Mockito
8 22 (2.07%) Cucumber
9 21 (1.97%) webpack
10 20 (1.88%) Selenium
11 18 (1.69%) Maven
12 15 (1.41%) Vite
13 14 (1.31%) Mocha
14 13 (1.22%) Storybook
15 12 (1.13%) Android Studio
15 12 (1.13%) Bitbucket
15 12 (1.13%) CircleCI
15 12 (1.13%) Xcode
16 11 (1.03%) Eclipse
16 11 (1.03%) Gradle
General
1 221 (20.75%) Social Skills
2 200 (18.78%) Finance
3 131 (12.30%) Public Sector
4 87 (8.17%) Front Office
5 80 (7.51%) Banking
6 42 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (3.10%) Investment Banking
8 20 (1.88%) Financial Institution
9 13 (1.22%) Retail
10 10 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (0.75%) Health Technology
11 8 (0.75%) Marketing
12 7 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (0.66%) Games
12 7 (0.66%) Publishing
13 6 (0.56%) Legal
13 6 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.47%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 662 (62.16%) Developer
2 223 (20.94%) Full-Stack Developer
3 174 (16.34%) Senior
4 154 (14.46%) Software Engineer
5 152 (14.27%) React Developer
6 115 (10.80%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 106 (9.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 94 (8.83%) Lead
9 90 (8.45%) Senior Developer
10 86 (8.08%) Java Developer
11 76 (7.14%) Python Developer
12 54 (5.07%) Lead Developer
13 50 (4.69%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 43 (4.04%) Architect
15 41 (3.85%) Software Developer
16 39 (3.66%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
17 37 (3.47%) Lead Software Developer
18 35 (3.29%) Lead Software Engineer
19 34 (3.19%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
20 33 (3.10%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 321 (30.14%) Node.js
2 295 (27.70%) AngularJS
3 253 (23.76%) CSS
4 224 (21.03%) HTML
5 192 (18.03%) RESTful
6 166 (15.59%) .NET
7 157 (14.74%) Spring
8 147 (13.80%) REST
9 141 (13.24%) Redux
10 134 (12.58%) Spring Boot
11 119 (11.17%) Vue
12 116 (10.89%) Next.js
13 111 (10.42%) GraphQL
14 102 (9.58%) Kafka
15 100 (9.39%) Jest
16 73 (6.85%) HTML5
17 60 (5.63%) Playwright
18 57 (5.35%) CSS3
19 56 (5.26%) .NET Core
20 55 (5.16%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 110 (10.33%) Cloud Native
2 74 (6.95%) Product Ownership
3 54 (5.07%) Fixed Income
4 37 (3.47%) Data Protection Act
5 36 (3.38%) Derivative
6 32 (3.00%) Mobile App
7 31 (2.91%) AI Agents
8 23 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
9 20 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (1.88%) Equities
10 19 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (1.69%) Data Structures
11 18 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 16 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
13 15 (1.41%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.22%) Algorithms
15 12 (1.13%) Low-Code
16 11 (1.03%) NHS
17 7 (0.66%) Equity Derivative
17 7 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.57%) Linux
2 27 (2.54%) Android
3 25 (2.35%) Unix
3 25 (2.35%) Windows
4 17 (1.60%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.66%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.094%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.094%) CentOS
6 1 (0.094%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.094%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (44.51%) Agile
2 471 (44.23%) CI/CD
3 458 (43.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 311 (29.20%) DevOps
5 283 (26.57%) Microservices
6 253 (23.76%) Software Engineering
7 238 (22.35%) Front End Development
8 178 (16.71%) AI
9 171 (16.06%) User Experience
10 169 (15.87%) Test Automation
11 166 (15.59%) Containerisation
12 154 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
13 102 (9.58%) Clean Code
13 102 (9.58%) Scrum
14 99 (9.30%) Code Quality
15 89 (8.36%) Infrastructure as Code
16 87 (8.17%) TDD
17 83 (7.79%) Machine Learning
18 79 (7.42%) Mentoring
19 78 (7.32%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 529 (49.67%) JavaScript
2 515 (48.36%) TypeScript
3 362 (33.99%) Python
4 318 (29.86%) Java
5 203 (19.06%) SQL
6 149 (13.99%) C#
7 55 (5.16%) Go
8 14 (1.31%) C++
8 14 (1.31%) Ruby
9 13 (1.22%) Bicep
9 13 (1.22%) Perl
9 13 (1.22%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.13%) Rust
11 10 (0.94%) Formula Language
11 10 (0.94%) LotusScript
12 8 (0.75%) JSX
13 7 (0.66%) Scala
13 7 (0.66%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.56%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 185 (17.37%) Security Cleared
2 159 (14.93%) SC Cleared
3 64 (6.01%) Degree
4 44 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 41 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (1.97%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.41%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.38%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.28%) PhD
11 2 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.19%) OCP
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.094%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.094%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.094%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.094%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (13.43%) Accessibility
2 79 (7.42%) WCAG
3 64 (6.01%) QA
4 7 (0.66%) HL7
5 6 (0.56%) GDPR
6 3 (0.28%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.19%) NCSC
7 2 (0.19%) PSD2
8 1 (0.094%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.094%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.094%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.094%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.094%) MiFID
8 1 (0.094%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.094%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 244 (22.91%) Docker
2 17 (1.60%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.094%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 204 (19.15%) Kubernetes
2 112 (10.52%) Terraform
3 31 (2.91%) Grafana
4 23 (2.16%) Argo
5 15 (1.41%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.03%) Ansible
8 6 (0.56%) Istio
8 6 (0.56%) Kibana
9 4 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.19%) Nagios
10 2 (0.19%) Rancher
11 1 (0.094%) Consul
11 1 (0.094%) Podman
11 1 (0.094%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 92 (8.64%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.45%) Oracle
3 46 (4.32%) Google
4 37 (3.47%) OpenAI
5 35 (3.29%) Adobe
6 21 (1.97%) Sitecore
7 17 (1.60%) Splunk
8 16 (1.50%) Red Hat
9 11 (1.03%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.94%) Databricks
10 10 (0.94%) Kofax
10 10 (0.94%) Lotus
11 7 (0.66%) SAP
12 6 (0.56%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.56%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.47%) Apple
13 5 (0.47%) Pega
14 4 (0.38%) Brio
14 4 (0.38%) Salesforce
14 4 (0.38%) Xamarin