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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 77 72
Rank change year-on-year -23 -5 -15
Contract jobs citing React 1,045 933 1,245
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.56% 3.03% 2.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.66% 13.39% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 718 711 1,006
10th Percentile £356 £356 £338
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.74% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £622 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £468
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.74% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 24
10th Percentile £43.20 £26.25 £43.00
25th Percentile £55.81 £31.50 £57.81
Median hourly rate £75.00 £39.00 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year +92.31% -41.13% -5.36%
75th Percentile £95.00 £44.13 £72.50
90th Percentile - £59.29 £79.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £27.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +176.36% -60.71% +6.87%

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 8,960 6,968 9,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.98% 22.67% 20.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,998 4,517 6,478
10th Percentile £358 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -1.87% -6.96%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 88 213
10th Percentile £35.00 £25.95 £21.88
25th Percentile £52.50 £38.44 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.63 £66.75
90th Percentile £81.20 £80.30 £76.53
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 22 February 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 22 February 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 22 February 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 -22 876 £525 - 645
London -22 521 £550 -5.98% 283
UK excluding London -18 382 £500 +11.11% 457
Work from Home -41 322 £525 +3.45% 402
North of England -15 136 £475 +5.56% 145
North West +3 84 £450 - 79
South East -34 67 £450 -10.00% 127
Midlands -28 53 £550 +10.00% 62
Scotland -9 49 £442 +0.28% 15
Yorkshire -37 43 £500 +2.56% 47
West Midlands -40 41 £542 +11.08% 34
South West -15 40 £539 +19.72% 64
East of England -12 33 £600 +65.52% 31
North East -17 12 £475 +3.26% 19
East Midlands -25 11 £550 +10.00% 28
Northern Ireland -3 8 - - 4
Wales -4 5 £331 -22.06% 12

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 41 (3.92%) CMS
2 24 (2.30%) SharePoint
3 18 (1.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 16 (1.53%) Confluence
4 16 (1.53%) Headless CMS
5 15 (1.44%) Sitecore CMS
6 11 (1.05%) Apache
6 11 (1.05%) SAS
7 9 (0.86%) HCL Notes
7 9 (0.86%) Mendix
8 8 (0.77%) Camunda
9 6 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.48%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.48%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.38%) IIS
12 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.29%) WordPress
13 2 (0.19%) Magnolia
14 1 (0.096%) Cloud Foundry
14 1 (0.096%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 18 (1.72%) Chatbot
2 10 (0.96%) Adobe XD
3 7 (0.67%) Sketch
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.19%) Trello
5 1 (0.096%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.096%) Blender
5 1 (0.096%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.096%) InVision
5 1 (0.096%) Maya
5 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.096%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.096%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.48%) Shopify
2 3 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.19%) Magento
4 1 (0.096%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.096%) Endur
4 1 (0.096%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 463 (44.31%) AWS
2 308 (29.47%) Azure
3 139 (13.30%) GCP
3 139 (13.30%) GitHub
4 133 (12.73%) Serverless
5 91 (8.71%) Azure DevOps
6 88 (8.42%) AWS Lambda
7 84 (8.04%) GitHub Actions
8 48 (4.59%) Amazon S3
9 40 (3.83%) Figma
10 31 (2.97%) SaaS
11 30 (2.87%) Power Platform
12 29 (2.78%) Azure Functions
13 28 (2.68%) Azure Service Bus
14 27 (2.58%) Amazon ECS
14 27 (2.58%) Azure Logic Apps
14 27 (2.58%) Entra ID
14 27 (2.58%) npm
15 25 (2.39%) Amazon SQS
16 23 (2.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.05%) Wireless
2 5 (0.48%) DNS
2 5 (0.48%) HTTP
2 5 (0.48%) Network Security
3 4 (0.38%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.29%) DHCP
5 2 (0.19%) VPN
6 1 (0.096%) Firewall
6 1 (0.096%) LAN
6 1 (0.096%) Multicast
6 1 (0.096%) RTMP
6 1 (0.096%) WAN
6 1 (0.096%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (14.55%) PostgreSQL
2 94 (9.00%) NoSQL
3 86 (8.23%) Relational Database
4 64 (6.12%) SQL Server
5 63 (6.03%) MongoDB
5 63 (6.03%) MySQL
6 25 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
7 24 (2.30%) Redis
8 23 (2.20%) Power BI
9 21 (2.01%) DynamoDB
10 19 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (1.63%) Oracle Database
12 13 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.24%) BigQuery
13 12 (1.15%) Apache Cassandra
14 11 (1.05%) Metadata
15 10 (0.96%) Big Data
16 9 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
17 8 (0.77%) Data Lake
18 7 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 204 (19.52%) Git
2 69 (6.60%) GitLab
3 68 (6.51%) Cypress.io
4 66 (6.32%) Jenkins
5 56 (5.36%) JIRA
6 41 (3.92%) JUnit
7 24 (2.30%) Cucumber
7 24 (2.30%) Mockito
7 24 (2.30%) webpack
8 21 (2.01%) Maven
8 21 (2.01%) Selenium
9 15 (1.44%) Android Studio
9 15 (1.44%) Browser DevTools
9 15 (1.44%) Xcode
10 14 (1.34%) Eclipse
10 14 (1.34%) Mocha
11 13 (1.24%) Bitbucket
11 13 (1.24%) SonarQube
11 13 (1.24%) Storybook
11 13 (1.24%) Vite
General
1 219 (20.96%) Social Skills
2 193 (18.47%) Finance
3 129 (12.34%) Public Sector
4 78 (7.46%) Banking
5 66 (6.32%) Front Office
6 44 (4.21%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (3.06%) Investment Banking
8 20 (1.91%) Financial Institution
9 14 (1.34%) Retail
10 13 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.05%) Marketing
12 9 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.77%) Health Technology
14 7 (0.67%) Games
14 7 (0.67%) Publishing
14 7 (0.67%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.38%) Legal
16 4 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 630 (60.29%) Developer
2 216 (20.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 171 (16.36%) Senior
4 143 (13.68%) React Developer
5 136 (13.01%) Software Engineer
6 112 (10.72%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 102 (9.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 92 (8.80%) Lead
9 91 (8.71%) Senior Developer
10 82 (7.85%) Java Developer
11 78 (7.46%) Python Developer
12 43 (4.11%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 42 (4.02%) Architect
13 42 (4.02%) Lead Developer
14 39 (3.73%) Software Developer
15 31 (2.97%) AWS Developer
15 31 (2.97%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 31 (2.97%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
16 30 (2.87%) .NET Developer
17 29 (2.78%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 315 (30.14%) Node.js
2 295 (28.23%) AngularJS
3 249 (23.83%) CSS
4 220 (21.05%) HTML
5 187 (17.89%) RESTful
6 161 (15.41%) .NET
7 157 (15.02%) Spring
8 137 (13.11%) REST
9 134 (12.82%) Spring Boot
10 120 (11.48%) Next.js
11 116 (11.10%) Redux
12 111 (10.62%) Vue
13 107 (10.24%) Jest
14 101 (9.67%) GraphQL
15 88 (8.42%) Kafka
16 69 (6.60%) HTML5
17 59 (5.65%) Playwright
18 57 (5.45%) FastAPI
19 55 (5.26%) CSS3
20 53 (5.07%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 112 (10.72%) Cloud Native
2 82 (7.85%) Product Ownership
3 36 (3.44%) Data Protection Act
4 35 (3.35%) Mobile App
5 33 (3.16%) Fixed Income
6 26 (2.49%) AI Agents
7 24 (2.30%) Derivative
8 23 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
9 22 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 21 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.72%) Data Structures
11 18 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
12 17 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
13 15 (1.44%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.44%) Equities
13 15 (1.44%) Onboarding
14 11 (1.05%) Low-Code
15 10 (0.96%) Hedge funds
15 10 (0.96%) NHS
16 8 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (4.50%) Linux
2 32 (3.06%) Unix
3 31 (2.97%) Android
4 30 (2.87%) Windows
5 19 (1.82%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.86%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.38%) CentOS
8 3 (0.29%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.19%) VMS
10 1 (0.096%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.096%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (45.36%) CI/CD
2 445 (42.58%) Agile
3 438 (41.91%) Full-Stack Development
4 314 (30.05%) DevOps
5 272 (26.03%) Microservices
6 236 (22.58%) Front End Development
6 236 (22.58%) Software Engineering
7 176 (16.84%) AI
8 174 (16.65%) User Experience
9 168 (16.08%) Test Automation
10 167 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
11 165 (15.79%) Containerisation
12 105 (10.05%) Clean Code
13 100 (9.57%) Code Quality
13 100 (9.57%) Scrum
14 89 (8.52%) Infrastructure as Code
15 85 (8.13%) TDD
16 81 (7.75%) Machine Learning
17 80 (7.66%) Mentoring
18 79 (7.56%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 524 (50.14%) JavaScript
2 497 (47.56%) TypeScript
3 346 (33.11%) Python
4 313 (29.95%) Java
5 194 (18.56%) SQL
6 145 (13.88%) C#
7 41 (3.92%) Go
8 18 (1.72%) Perl
9 17 (1.63%) Bicep
10 16 (1.53%) C++
11 14 (1.34%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.34%) Ruby
12 12 (1.15%) Rust
13 9 (0.86%) Formula Language
13 9 (0.86%) LotusScript
14 8 (0.77%) JSX
14 8 (0.77%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.67%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.67%) Scala
16 6 (0.57%) Bash
Qualifications
1 196 (18.76%) Security Cleared
2 168 (16.08%) SC Cleared
3 64 (6.12%) Degree
4 40 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 39 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 16 (1.53%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.86%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.67%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.29%) PhD
12 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.19%) OCP
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.096%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.096%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.096%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (13.88%) Accessibility
2 76 (7.27%) WCAG
3 61 (5.84%) QA
4 7 (0.67%) HL7
5 6 (0.57%) GDPR
6 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.19%) NCSC
7 2 (0.19%) PMO
7 2 (0.19%) PSD2
8 1 (0.096%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.096%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.096%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.096%) MiFID
8 1 (0.096%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.096%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.096%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 243 (23.25%) Docker
2 21 (2.01%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.096%) Varnish
4 1 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.096%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.096%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 208 (19.90%) Kubernetes
2 124 (11.87%) Terraform
3 31 (2.97%) Grafana
4 24 (2.30%) Argo
5 17 (1.63%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.05%) Ansible
8 9 (0.86%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (0.86%) Kibana
9 7 (0.67%) Istio
10 2 (0.19%) Nagios
10 2 (0.19%) Rancher
11 1 (0.096%) Consul
11 1 (0.096%) Podman
11 1 (0.096%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 104 (9.95%) Microsoft
2 63 (6.03%) Oracle
3 47 (4.50%) Google
4 35 (3.35%) Adobe
5 33 (3.16%) OpenAI
6 23 (2.20%) Sitecore
7 19 (1.82%) Red Hat
7 19 (1.82%) Splunk
8 14 (1.34%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.15%) Databricks
10 9 (0.86%) Kofax
10 9 (0.86%) Lotus
11 8 (0.77%) SAP
12 7 (0.67%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.48%) Marketo
13 5 (0.48%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.48%) Pega
13 5 (0.48%) VMware
14 4 (0.38%) Apple
14 4 (0.38%) Brio