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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 74 73
Rank change year-on-year -27 -1 -17
Contract jobs citing React 965 985 1,226
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.60% 3.10% 2.83%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.68% 13.97% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 734 1,002
10th Percentile £342 £354 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -8.70%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £458 £465
% change year-on-year +3.71% -1.56% -6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 9
10th Percentile £43.20 £26.25 £45.94
25th Percentile £44.25 £31.50 £58.75
Median hourly rate £47.00 £39.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.51% -37.60% -10.71%
75th Percentile £51.93 £44.13 £72.00
90th Percentile £54.28 £59.29 £81.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.70 £27.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +98.91% -57.03% -8.57%

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 8,260 7,049 9,319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.24% 22.20% 21.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,485 4,473 6,591
10th Percentile £356 £356 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 91 177
10th Percentile £33.00 £22.00 £28.21
25th Percentile £46.00 £35.88 £46.18
Median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £77.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.75 £63.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -1.57% +15.91% -15.38%

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 18 January 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
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 18 January 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 -30 815 £505 -8.14% 1,680
London -23 481 £525 -12.50% 297
UK excluding London -29 353 £475 +3.71% 1,562
Work from Home -55 267 £511 +2.25% 910
North of England -8 129 £445 -1.11% 319
North West -9 64 £400 -11.11% 151
South East -35 64 £375 -34.78% 471
Yorkshire -19 56 £445 -9.87% 123
Scotland -5 49 £442 -0.62% 58
Midlands -53 47 £540 +7.90% 181
West Midlands -45 36 £525 -4.55% 55
South West -7 35 £550 +22.22% 207
East of England -13 24 £675 +83.05% 244
North East -8 12 £475 +13.77% 45
East Midlands -22 11 £550 +11.11% 124
Wales +5 9 £518 -1.43% 82
Northern Ireland -8 5 - - 37

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 35 (3.63%) CMS
2 23 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.07%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 15 (1.55%) Confluence
5 14 (1.45%) Headless CMS
6 11 (1.14%) Apache
6 11 (1.14%) SAS
7 10 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.93%) HCL Notes
8 9 (0.93%) Mendix
9 8 (0.83%) Camunda
10 6 (0.62%) Sitecore CMS
11 5 (0.52%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.31%) IIS
13 2 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
13 2 (0.21%) ColdFusion
13 2 (0.21%) Magnolia
13 2 (0.21%) Moodle
Applications
1 18 (1.87%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.93%) Adobe XD
3 7 (0.73%) Sketch
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.21%) Trello
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.10%) Blender
6 1 (0.10%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.10%) InVision
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.31%) Shopify
4 2 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.21%) Magento
5 1 (0.10%) Endur
5 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 413 (42.80%) AWS
2 261 (27.05%) Azure
3 148 (15.34%) Serverless
4 128 (13.26%) GitHub
5 113 (11.71%) GCP
6 94 (9.74%) AWS Lambda
7 80 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
8 77 (7.98%) GitHub Actions
9 51 (5.28%) Amazon S3
10 39 (4.04%) Figma
11 31 (3.21%) Azure Functions
11 31 (3.21%) SaaS
12 28 (2.90%) Azure AKS
12 28 (2.90%) npm
13 26 (2.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 26 (2.69%) Entra ID
14 25 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
15 24 (2.49%) Amazon EC2
15 24 (2.49%) Azure Logic Apps
15 24 (2.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.55%) Wireless
2 8 (0.83%) HTTP
3 5 (0.52%) DNS
3 5 (0.52%) Network Security
4 4 (0.41%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.31%) DHCP
6 2 (0.21%) VPN
7 1 (0.10%) Internet
7 1 (0.10%) LAN
7 1 (0.10%) Multicast
7 1 (0.10%) RTMP
7 1 (0.10%) WAN
7 1 (0.10%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (14.51%) PostgreSQL
2 86 (8.91%) Relational Database
3 77 (7.98%) NoSQL
4 58 (6.01%) MySQL
5 50 (5.18%) MongoDB
6 43 (4.46%) SQL Server
7 24 (2.49%) Redis
8 23 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
9 20 (2.07%) Power BI
10 19 (1.97%) DynamoDB
10 19 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (1.66%) BigQuery
12 12 (1.24%) Amazon Aurora
13 11 (1.14%) Oracle Database
14 10 (1.04%) Apache Cassandra
15 9 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
15 9 (0.93%) Big Data
15 9 (0.93%) Metadata
16 8 (0.83%) RDBMS
17 7 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 200 (20.73%) Git
2 78 (8.08%) Cypress.io
3 66 (6.84%) Jenkins
4 55 (5.70%) GitLab
4 55 (5.70%) JIRA
5 45 (4.66%) JUnit
6 31 (3.21%) webpack
7 26 (2.69%) Cucumber
8 23 (2.38%) Mockito
9 20 (2.07%) Browser DevTools
9 20 (2.07%) Selenium
10 19 (1.97%) Android Studio
10 19 (1.97%) Maven
10 19 (1.97%) Xcode
11 18 (1.87%) Eclipse
12 17 (1.76%) SonarQube
12 17 (1.76%) Storybook
13 14 (1.45%) Bitbucket
14 13 (1.35%) Vite
15 12 (1.24%) Postman
General
1 214 (22.18%) Social Skills
2 165 (17.10%) Finance
3 126 (13.06%) Public Sector
4 80 (8.29%) Banking
5 42 (4.35%) Front Office
6 36 (3.73%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (3.42%) Investment Banking
8 23 (2.38%) Retail
9 17 (1.76%) Financial Institution
10 14 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (1.24%) Marketing
12 11 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (0.93%) Health Technology
14 7 (0.73%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.62%) Games
15 6 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.52%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.52%) Military
16 5 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 570 (59.07%) Developer
2 202 (20.93%) Full-Stack Developer
3 161 (16.68%) Senior
4 122 (12.64%) React Developer
5 109 (11.30%) Software Engineer
6 98 (10.16%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 92 (9.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 83 (8.60%) Java Developer
9 80 (8.29%) Python Developer
9 80 (8.29%) Senior Developer
10 74 (7.67%) Lead
11 45 (4.66%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 36 (3.73%) Full-Stack Python Developer
13 34 (3.52%) AWS Developer
14 32 (3.32%) Software Developer
15 31 (3.21%) AWS Engineer
16 27 (2.80%) Python Engineer
17 26 (2.69%) Architect
18 25 (2.59%) JavaScript Developer
19 24 (2.49%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 291 (30.16%) Node.js
2 285 (29.53%) AngularJS
3 239 (24.77%) CSS
4 214 (22.18%) HTML
5 181 (18.76%) RESTful
6 140 (14.51%) Spring
7 132 (13.68%) .NET
8 131 (13.58%) Next.js
9 123 (12.75%) Spring Boot
10 122 (12.64%) REST
11 112 (11.61%) Jest
12 93 (9.64%) Vue
13 92 (9.53%) GraphQL
14 81 (8.39%) Redux
15 73 (7.56%) HTML5
16 71 (7.36%) Kafka
17 59 (6.11%) FastAPI
18 56 (5.80%) CSS3
18 56 (5.80%) Playwright
19 41 (4.25%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 91 (9.43%) Cloud Native
2 70 (7.25%) Product Ownership
3 40 (4.15%) Mobile App
4 31 (3.21%) Data Protection Act
5 30 (3.11%) AI Agents
6 24 (2.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 19 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
9 16 (1.66%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.45%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.45%) Fixed Income
10 14 (1.45%) Hedge funds
11 12 (1.24%) Derivative
11 12 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.14%) Low-Code
13 10 (1.04%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.04%) NHS
14 9 (0.93%) Equities
15 6 (0.62%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (5.60%) Linux
2 39 (4.04%) Unix
3 35 (3.63%) Windows
4 28 (2.90%) Android
5 13 (1.35%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.83%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.41%) CentOS
8 3 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.21%) VMS
10 1 (0.10%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (44.46%) CI/CD
2 417 (43.21%) Full-Stack Development
3 394 (40.83%) Agile
4 269 (27.88%) DevOps
5 247 (25.60%) Microservices
6 214 (22.18%) Front End Development
7 212 (21.97%) Software Engineering
8 174 (18.03%) User Experience
9 161 (16.68%) Containerisation
10 153 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
11 148 (15.34%) AI
12 143 (14.82%) Test Automation
13 107 (11.09%) Clean Code
14 89 (9.22%) Scrum
15 88 (9.12%) Infrastructure as Code
16 87 (9.02%) Code Quality
17 86 (8.91%) TDD
18 72 (7.46%) Design Patterns
19 69 (7.15%) UX Design
20 68 (7.05%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 468 (48.50%) JavaScript
2 449 (46.53%) TypeScript
3 297 (30.78%) Python
4 287 (29.74%) Java
5 193 (20.00%) SQL
6 117 (12.12%) C#
7 22 (2.28%) C++
7 22 (2.28%) Go
7 22 (2.28%) Perl
8 21 (2.18%) Bicep
9 19 (1.97%) Ruby
10 16 (1.66%) Rust
11 14 (1.45%) PowerShell
12 10 (1.04%) Kotlin
13 9 (0.93%) Formula Language
13 9 (0.93%) LotusScript
14 8 (0.83%) Bash
14 8 (0.83%) JSX
14 8 (0.83%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.73%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 181 (18.76%) Security Cleared
2 154 (15.96%) SC Cleared
3 47 (4.87%) Degree
4 31 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
6 23 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.45%) MCP
8 10 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.73%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.52%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.21%) OCP
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.21%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.10%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.10%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (13.99%) Accessibility
2 69 (7.15%) WCAG
3 60 (6.22%) QA
4 6 (0.62%) GDPR
4 6 (0.62%) HL7
5 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.21%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.21%) NCSC
6 2 (0.21%) PMO
7 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.10%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.10%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.10%) MiFID
7 1 (0.10%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.10%) PSD2
7 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 241 (24.97%) Docker
2 21 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.10%) Varnish
4 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 195 (20.21%) Kubernetes
2 115 (11.92%) Terraform
3 22 (2.28%) Grafana
4 20 (2.07%) Argo
5 12 (1.24%) Ansible
5 12 (1.24%) Kibana
6 11 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.93%) Docker Swarm
8 8 (0.83%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.62%) Istio
10 2 (0.21%) Podman
11 1 (0.10%) Consul
11 1 (0.10%) Rancher
11 1 (0.10%) Sysdig
11 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 113 (11.71%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.42%) Oracle
3 44 (4.56%) Google
4 36 (3.73%) Adobe
5 32 (3.32%) OpenAI
6 23 (2.38%) Splunk
7 21 (2.18%) ServiceNow
8 20 (2.07%) Red Hat
9 13 (1.35%) Sitecore
10 12 (1.24%) Databricks
11 9 (0.93%) Kofax
11 9 (0.93%) Lotus
11 9 (0.93%) Salesforce
12 8 (0.83%) SAP
13 6 (0.62%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.52%) Marketo
14 5 (0.52%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.52%) VMware
15 4 (0.41%) Blue Prism
15 4 (0.41%) Dynatrace