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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 68 63
Rank change year-on-year -31 -5 0
Contract jobs citing React 1,110 1,007 1,338
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.35% 3.47% 3.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.98% 15.33% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 776 778 1,067
10th Percentile £364 £358 £363
25th Percentile £415 £410 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £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 2 22
10th Percentile £57.57 £30.42 £41.50
25th Percentile £65.00 £36.68 £55.31
Median hourly rate £76.00 £50.36 £64.75
Median % change year-on-year +50.91% -22.22% -7.50%
75th Percentile £95.00 £66.04 £72.50
90th Percentile - £73.50 £74.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £50.36 £68.50
% change year-on-year +50.91% -26.48% +1.11%

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 9,267 6,568 8,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.63% 22.66% 20.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,115 4,502 6,154
10th Percentile £359 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.78% -2.82%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £650
90th Percentile £727 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £482 £500
% change year-on-year +3.84% -3.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 109 242
10th Percentile £33.75 £30.05 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.13 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.50 £82.27 £74.95
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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -36 911 £525 - 573
London -33 545 £550 -4.35% 254
UK excluding London -23 404 £500 +11.11% 380
Work from Home -46 368 £545 +4.81% 322
North of England -17 149 £500 +11.11% 114
North West -4 87 £475 +5.56% 59
South East -47 68 £525 +7.69% 112
Scotland +6 65 £410 -8.89% 16
Yorkshire -23 49 £511 +5.14% 38
South West -5 47 £500 +13.38% 48
Midlands -44 39 £475 +6.15% 52
East of England -9 33 £600 +27.66% 32
West Midlands -44 31 £488 +5.98% 24
North East -13 15 £475 +3.26% 17
Northern Ireland 0 6 - - 2
East Midlands -33 6 £446 +6.25% 28
Wales -15 2 - - 9

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 48 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.52%) Confluence
3 24 (2.16%) 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 7 (0.63%) Headless CMS
6 7 (0.63%) IIS
7 4 (0.36%) Apache
7 4 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.36%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.27%) nginx
9 2 (0.18%) Kentico
9 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.18%) SAS
10 1 (0.090%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 9 (0.81%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.45%) Sketch
3 4 (0.36%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.090%) Maya
4 1 (0.090%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.090%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.090%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.99%) Shopify
2 5 (0.45%) SAP CRM
3 4 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.27%) Magento
5 2 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.090%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.090%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.090%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 459 (41.35%) AWS
2 322 (29.01%) Azure
3 135 (12.16%) Serverless
4 125 (11.26%) GCP
5 116 (10.45%) GitHub
6 85 (7.66%) Azure DevOps
7 78 (7.03%) AWS Lambda
7 78 (7.03%) GitHub Actions
8 56 (5.05%) Power Platform
9 51 (4.59%) Amazon S3
10 48 (4.32%) Figma
11 40 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
12 39 (3.51%) Amazon ECS
12 39 (3.51%) Power Automate
12 39 (3.51%) PowerApps
13 33 (2.97%) Azure Functions
14 31 (2.79%) Amazon SQS
15 29 (2.61%) Azure Service Bus
16 25 (2.25%) Entra ID
16 25 (2.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.36%) HTTP
2 3 (0.27%) Firewall
2 3 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
2 3 (0.27%) VPN
3 2 (0.18%) Intranet
3 2 (0.18%) Network Security
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
1 159 (14.32%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (7.93%) Relational Database
3 83 (7.48%) SQL Server
4 80 (7.21%) NoSQL
5 62 (5.59%) MongoDB
6 60 (5.41%) MySQL
7 36 (3.24%) DynamoDB
7 36 (3.24%) Power BI
8 29 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
9 27 (2.43%) Redis
10 16 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (1.44%) Oracle Database
11 14 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
12 13 (1.17%) Apache Cassandra
12 13 (1.17%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (1.08%) BigQuery
13 12 (1.08%) Metadata
14 8 (0.72%) RDBMS
14 8 (0.72%) Tableau
15 7 (0.63%) DB2
Development Applications
1 163 (14.68%) Git
2 75 (6.76%) Jenkins
3 71 (6.40%) JIRA
4 66 (5.95%) GitLab
5 51 (4.59%) Cypress.io
6 37 (3.33%) JUnit
7 27 (2.43%) Mockito
8 22 (1.98%) Vite
9 21 (1.89%) Gradle
10 15 (1.35%) webpack
11 14 (1.26%) Liquibase
12 13 (1.17%) Bitbucket
13 12 (1.08%) CircleCI
13 12 (1.08%) Storybook
14 10 (0.90%) Mocha
15 8 (0.72%) Postman
15 8 (0.72%) TeamCity
16 7 (0.63%) Cucumber
16 7 (0.63%) Maven
16 7 (0.63%) Selenium
General
1 202 (18.20%) Finance
2 180 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 119 (10.72%) Public Sector
4 91 (8.20%) Banking
4 91 (8.20%) Front Office
5 37 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (2.79%) Investment Banking
7 24 (2.16%) Retail
8 20 (1.80%) Financial Institution
9 18 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (0.90%) Legal
12 7 (0.63%) Law
12 7 (0.63%) Marketing
13 6 (0.54%) Games
13 6 (0.54%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.36%) Advertising
15 4 (0.36%) Military
15 4 (0.36%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 648 (58.38%) Developer
2 212 (19.10%) Full-Stack Developer
3 188 (16.94%) Senior
4 161 (14.50%) Software Engineer
5 150 (13.51%) React Developer
6 122 (10.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 112 (10.09%) Lead
8 103 (9.28%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 99 (8.92%) Senior Developer
10 83 (7.48%) Java Developer
11 69 (6.22%) Python Developer
12 60 (5.41%) Lead Developer
13 52 (4.68%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 51 (4.59%) Architect
15 50 (4.50%) Software Developer
16 42 (3.78%) Java Engineer
17 40 (3.60%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
18 39 (3.51%) Lead Software Engineer
19 38 (3.42%) Lead Software Developer
20 34 (3.06%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 300 (27.03%) Node.js
2 238 (21.44%) CSS
3 235 (21.17%) AngularJS
4 218 (19.64%) HTML
5 178 (16.04%) REST
6 177 (15.95%) .NET
7 167 (15.05%) RESTful
8 162 (14.59%) Redux
9 160 (14.41%) Spring
10 142 (12.79%) Spring Boot
11 124 (11.17%) Next.js
12 118 (10.63%) GraphQL
13 111 (10.00%) Kafka
14 107 (9.64%) Vue
15 83 (7.48%) Jest
16 80 (7.21%) HTML5
17 63 (5.68%) CSS3
18 51 (4.59%) Playwright
19 49 (4.41%) .NET Core
20 45 (4.05%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 133 (11.98%) Cloud Native
2 66 (5.95%) Product Ownership
3 58 (5.23%) Fixed Income
4 40 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (3.24%) Derivative
6 35 (3.15%) Data Protection Act
7 33 (2.97%) AI Agents
8 32 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
9 26 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 25 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
11 24 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
12 20 (1.80%) Equities
13 16 (1.44%) Data Structures
13 16 (1.44%) Mobile App
13 16 (1.44%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.17%) Algorithms
15 12 (1.08%) NHS
16 11 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
16 11 (0.99%) Low-Code
17 9 (0.81%) 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
1 460 (41.44%) CI/CD
2 448 (40.36%) Agile
3 444 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 293 (26.40%) DevOps
5 267 (24.05%) Microservices
6 262 (23.60%) Software Engineering
7 237 (21.35%) Front End Development
8 185 (16.67%) AI
9 176 (15.86%) Test Automation
10 160 (14.41%) Containerisation
11 155 (13.96%) User Experience
12 127 (11.44%) Problem-Solving
13 106 (9.55%) Code Quality
14 95 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 95 (8.56%) Infrastructure as Code
15 88 (7.93%) TDD
16 85 (7.66%) Scrum
17 84 (7.57%) SDLC
18 79 (7.12%) API Integration
19 78 (7.03%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 563 (50.72%) TypeScript
2 527 (47.48%) JavaScript
3 358 (32.25%) Python
4 318 (28.65%) Java
5 215 (19.37%) SQL
6 163 (14.68%) C#
7 52 (4.68%) Go
8 17 (1.53%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.26%) T-SQL
10 10 (0.90%) Bicep
10 10 (0.90%) Formula Language
10 10 (0.90%) LotusScript
10 10 (0.90%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.72%) C++
12 7 (0.63%) Perl
12 7 (0.63%) Rust
12 7 (0.63%) Scala
13 6 (0.54%) Bash
13 6 (0.54%) Ruby
13 6 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 187 (16.85%) Security Cleared
2 166 (14.95%) SC Cleared
3 59 (5.32%) Degree
4 48 (4.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 36 (3.24%) 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
1 142 (12.79%) Accessibility
2 70 (6.31%) WCAG
3 60 (5.41%) 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 (20.09%) Docker
2 7 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 177 (15.95%) Kubernetes
2 121 (10.90%) Terraform
3 22 (1.98%) Grafana
4 16 (1.44%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.35%) Argo
6 9 (0.81%) 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 39 (3.51%) Google
4 32 (2.88%) OpenAI
5 24 (2.16%) Adobe
6 19 (1.71%) Databricks
7 16 (1.44%) Sitecore
8 12 (1.08%) Splunk
9 11 (0.99%) MuleSoft
10 10 (0.90%) Kofax
10 10 (0.90%) Lotus
10 10 (0.90%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.72%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.72%) SAP
12 6 (0.54%) Solace
13 5 (0.45%) Pega
13 5 (0.45%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.36%) Netlify
14 4 (0.36%) ServiceNow
15 3 (0.27%) Foundry