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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 69 63
Rank change year-on-year -29 -6 0
Contract jobs citing React 1,135 1,011 1,337
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.36% 3.47% 3.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.01% 15.30% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 777 1,068
10th Percentile £365 £358 £363
25th Percentile £415 £409 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.61%
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 9,453 6,606 8,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.63% 22.65% 20.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,244 4,525 6,199
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £418 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £623 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 111 246
10th Percentile £32.50 £29.25 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.00 £50.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £72.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.20 £82.10 £74.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -26.92%

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 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 20 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 20 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 -33 933 £525 - 544
London -37 549 £550 -4.35% 237
UK excluding London -9 423 £500 +11.11% 368
Work from Home -42 378 £545 +4.81% 311
North of England -9 156 £500 +11.11% 106
North West -10 88 £475 +5.56% 64
South East -54 71 £525 +7.69% 112
Scotland -4 66 £410 -8.89% 11
South West -4 56 £513 +20.59% 48
Yorkshire -22 55 £523 +7.46% 32
Midlands -55 39 £475 +9.20% 44
East of England -9 33 £600 +27.66% 38
West Midlands -40 31 £488 +5.98% 20
North East -17 15 £475 +3.26% 10
Northern Ireland -5 6 - - 4
East Midlands -33 6 £446 +13.26% 24
Wales -15 2 - - 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 49 (4.32%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.47%) Confluence
3 23 (2.03%) CMS
4 13 (1.15%) SharePoint Server
5 10 (0.88%) Camunda
5 10 (0.88%) HCL Notes
5 10 (0.88%) Mendix
5 10 (0.88%) Sitecore CMS
6 9 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (0.70%) IIS
8 7 (0.62%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.35%) Apache
9 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.35%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.26%) nginx
11 2 (0.18%) Kentico
11 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.18%) SAS
12 1 (0.088%) Traefik
Applications
1 9 (0.79%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.44%) Sketch
3 4 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.088%) Blender
4 1 (0.088%) Maya
4 1 (0.088%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.088%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.088%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (0.97%) Shopify
2 9 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.44%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.26%) Magento
5 2 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.088%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.088%) Endur
6 1 (0.088%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.088%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 462 (40.70%) AWS
2 334 (29.43%) Azure
3 141 (12.42%) Serverless
4 127 (11.19%) GCP
5 118 (10.40%) GitHub
6 89 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
7 83 (7.31%) AWS Lambda
8 80 (7.05%) GitHub Actions
9 58 (5.11%) Power Platform
10 56 (4.93%) Amazon S3
11 50 (4.41%) Figma
12 42 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
13 41 (3.61%) Amazon ECS
13 41 (3.61%) Power Automate
13 41 (3.61%) PowerApps
14 33 (2.91%) Azure Functions
15 32 (2.82%) Amazon SQS
16 28 (2.47%) Azure Service Bus
17 27 (2.38%) Entra ID
18 25 (2.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.35%) Firewall
1 4 (0.35%) HTTP
2 3 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
2 3 (0.26%) VPN
3 2 (0.18%) Intranet
3 2 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.088%) DHCP
4 1 (0.088%) DNS
4 1 (0.088%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.088%) LAN
4 1 (0.088%) RTMP
4 1 (0.088%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.088%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (13.83%) PostgreSQL
2 86 (7.58%) Relational Database
3 85 (7.49%) SQL Server
4 80 (7.05%) NoSQL
5 58 (5.11%) MongoDB
6 57 (5.02%) MySQL
7 38 (3.35%) DynamoDB
7 38 (3.35%) Power BI
8 33 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
9 25 (2.20%) Redis
10 16 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (1.41%) Oracle Database
11 14 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (1.06%) BigQuery
12 12 (1.06%) Metadata
13 10 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
14 8 (0.70%) Big Data
14 8 (0.70%) Tableau
15 7 (0.62%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 164 (14.45%) Git
2 74 (6.52%) Jenkins
3 71 (6.26%) JIRA
4 64 (5.64%) GitLab
5 49 (4.32%) Cypress.io
6 34 (3.00%) JUnit
7 24 (2.11%) Mockito
8 22 (1.94%) Gradle
8 22 (1.94%) Vite
9 15 (1.32%) Cucumber
9 15 (1.32%) Postman
9 15 (1.32%) webpack
10 14 (1.23%) Liquibase
11 13 (1.15%) REST Assured
12 12 (1.06%) Bitbucket
12 12 (1.06%) Storybook
13 11 (0.97%) CircleCI
14 9 (0.79%) Mocha
14 9 (0.79%) TeamCity
15 7 (0.62%) Maven
General
1 204 (17.97%) Finance
2 190 (16.74%) Social Skills
3 122 (10.75%) Public Sector
4 91 (8.02%) Banking
5 89 (7.84%) Front Office
6 40 (3.52%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (2.82%) Investment Banking
8 25 (2.20%) Retail
9 21 (1.85%) Financial Institution
10 18 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (0.88%) Legal
13 8 (0.70%) Law
14 7 (0.62%) Marketing
15 6 (0.53%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.44%) Games
17 4 (0.35%) Advertising
17 4 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.35%) Military
17 4 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 650 (57.27%) Developer
2 209 (18.41%) Full-Stack Developer
3 190 (16.74%) Senior
4 163 (14.36%) Software Engineer
5 147 (12.95%) React Developer
6 128 (11.28%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 117 (10.31%) Lead
8 104 (9.16%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 101 (8.90%) Senior Developer
10 81 (7.14%) Java Developer
11 73 (6.43%) Python Developer
12 60 (5.29%) Lead Developer
13 54 (4.76%) Architect
14 53 (4.67%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 52 (4.58%) Software Developer
16 43 (3.79%) Java Engineer
17 39 (3.44%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
17 39 (3.44%) Lead Software Engineer
18 38 (3.35%) Lead Software Developer
19 36 (3.17%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 300 (26.43%) Node.js
2 238 (20.97%) AngularJS
3 234 (20.62%) CSS
4 213 (18.77%) HTML
5 186 (16.39%) REST
6 184 (16.21%) .NET
7 165 (14.54%) RESTful
8 160 (14.10%) Spring
9 159 (14.01%) Redux
10 143 (12.60%) Spring Boot
11 123 (10.84%) Next.js
12 118 (10.40%) GraphQL
13 114 (10.04%) Kafka
14 106 (9.34%) Vue
15 80 (7.05%) Jest
16 78 (6.87%) HTML5
17 61 (5.37%) CSS3
18 58 (5.11%) Playwright
19 50 (4.41%) FastAPI
20 47 (4.14%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 138 (12.16%) Cloud Native
2 67 (5.90%) Product Ownership
3 58 (5.11%) Fixed Income
4 43 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
5 37 (3.26%) Derivative
6 34 (3.00%) Data Protection Act
7 33 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
8 32 (2.82%) AI Agents
9 30 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
10 26 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 25 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
12 21 (1.85%) Equities
13 17 (1.50%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.41%) Mobile App
15 15 (1.32%) Onboarding
16 14 (1.23%) Algorithms
17 12 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
18 11 (0.97%) Low-Code
18 11 (0.97%) NHS
19 9 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.11%) Linux
2 20 (1.76%) Windows
3 16 (1.41%) Android
4 13 (1.15%) Unix
5 10 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 480 (42.29%) CI/CD
2 463 (40.79%) Agile
3 453 (39.91%) Full-Stack Development
4 309 (27.22%) DevOps
5 269 (23.70%) Microservices
6 265 (23.35%) Software Engineering
7 241 (21.23%) Front End Development
8 189 (16.65%) AI
9 181 (15.95%) Test Automation
10 167 (14.71%) Containerisation
11 157 (13.83%) User Experience
12 132 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
13 105 (9.25%) Code Quality
14 101 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
15 97 (8.55%) Infrastructure as Code
15 97 (8.55%) TDD
16 92 (8.11%) Scrum
17 85 (7.49%) Event-Driven
18 84 (7.40%) Mentoring
19 81 (7.14%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 572 (50.40%) TypeScript
2 537 (47.31%) JavaScript
3 366 (32.25%) Python
4 331 (29.16%) Java
5 221 (19.47%) SQL
6 170 (14.98%) C#
7 56 (4.93%) Go
8 19 (1.67%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.23%) T-SQL
10 10 (0.88%) Formula Language
10 10 (0.88%) LotusScript
10 10 (0.88%) PL/SQL
11 9 (0.79%) Bicep
12 8 (0.70%) Bash
12 8 (0.70%) C++
12 8 (0.70%) Rust
12 8 (0.70%) Scala
13 7 (0.62%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.62%) Perl
14 6 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 194 (17.09%) Security Cleared
2 173 (15.24%) SC Cleared
3 63 (5.55%) Degree
4 51 (4.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 35 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.73%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.32%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.62%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.53%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.44%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.26%) PhD
13 2 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.088%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.088%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.088%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.088%) OCP
14 1 (0.088%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (12.42%) Accessibility
2 72 (6.34%) WCAG
3 63 (5.55%) QA
4 7 (0.62%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.62%) GDPR
4 7 (0.62%) 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 (0.088%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.088%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.088%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.088%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 229 (20.18%) Docker
2 8 (0.70%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.088%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 186 (16.39%) Kubernetes
2 124 (10.93%) Terraform
3 24 (2.11%) Grafana
4 17 (1.50%) Prometheus
5 16 (1.41%) Argo
6 10 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.79%) Ansible
8 8 (0.70%) Istio
9 4 (0.35%) Podman
10 3 (0.26%) Nagios
11 2 (0.18%) Rancher
12 1 (0.088%) Kibana
12 1 (0.088%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 83 (7.31%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.93%) Oracle
3 38 (3.35%) Google
4 32 (2.82%) OpenAI
5 23 (2.03%) Adobe
6 18 (1.59%) Databricks
6 18 (1.59%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.50%) Sitecore
8 12 (1.06%) Splunk
9 11 (0.97%) MuleSoft
10 10 (0.88%) Kofax
10 10 (0.88%) Lotus
11 9 (0.79%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.70%) Conga
12 8 (0.70%) GoCardless
13 7 (0.62%) SAP
14 6 (0.53%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.53%) Solace
15 5 (0.44%) Pega
16 4 (0.35%) ServiceNow