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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 79 69
Rank change year-on-year -62 -10 +5
Contract jobs citing React 1,125 1,048 1,159
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.04% 3.16% 3.09%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.37% 12.15% 12.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 790 725 870
10th Percentile £366 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% +0.92%
75th Percentile £649 £650 £650
90th Percentile £838 £838 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 5
10th Percentile £55.00 £51.34 £37.45
25th Percentile £71.00 £55.00 £38.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £66.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +59.04% -43.15%
75th Percentile £76.50 £67.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £77.00 - £73.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £67.00 £69.50
% change year-on-year +11.94% -3.60% +2.21%

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 12,011 8,622 9,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.73% 25.99% 24.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,888 5,725 5,976
10th Percentile £380 £357 £355
25th Percentile £440 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 188 169
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.18 £25.56
25th Percentile £50.50 £40.75 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.72 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.15% -21.97% +10.11%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.90 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.67% -15.38% +13.04%

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 14 October 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 14 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for React in the UK

React
Top 18 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 14 October 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 -60 942 £537 +2.29% 1,595
London -47 544 £575 -4.17% 953
UK excluding London -58 446 £475 +5.56% 761
Work from Home -65 339 £525 -1.59% 827
North of England -24 168 £500 +20.12% 213
Yorkshire +2 88 £486 +21.56% 54
Scotland -25 71 £377 -18.49% 99
North West -35 70 £523 +22.94% 143
Midlands -27 68 £466 -10.31% 99
South East -70 68 £475 +14.80% 128
West Midlands -11 61 £468 -12.11% 71
South West -33 59 £594 +10.47% 87
North East -34 10 £500 +150.00% 16
East of England -44 9 £625 +47.06% 64
East Midlands -28 7 £433 -3.29% 28
Wales -16 4 £419 -19.08% 20
Northern Ireland +7 3 £190 - 55
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -

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 37 (3.29%) Confluence
2 21 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.42%) Camunda
3 16 (1.42%) CMS
4 15 (1.33%) nginx
5 7 (0.62%) Headless CMS
5 7 (0.62%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.62%) WordPress
6 6 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 6 (0.53%) Apache
6 6 (0.53%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.18%) Solana
9 1 (0.089%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.089%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (0.98%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.27%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.27%) Sketch
3 1 (0.089%) Blender
3 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.089%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 10 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
1 10 (0.89%) SAP CRM
2 6 (0.53%) Shopify
3 2 (0.18%) Endur
3 2 (0.18%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.089%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.089%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.089%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 420 (37.33%) AWS
2 323 (28.71%) Azure
3 148 (13.16%) GitHub
4 137 (12.18%) GCP
5 115 (10.22%) Serverless
6 87 (7.73%) GitHub Actions
7 75 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
8 67 (5.96%) AWS Lambda
9 53 (4.71%) OpenShift
10 51 (4.53%) Amazon S3
10 51 (4.53%) Figma
11 41 (3.64%) Power Platform
12 39 (3.47%) Amazon ECS
13 36 (3.20%) GitHub Copilot
14 34 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
15 30 (2.67%) Entra ID
16 28 (2.49%) SaaS
17 27 (2.40%) Azure AKS
18 24 (2.13%) Anthropic Claude
18 24 (2.13%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.89%) DNS
2 8 (0.71%) Firewall
2 8 (0.71%) HTTP
3 7 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
3 7 (0.62%) VPN
4 5 (0.44%) OpenVPN
5 4 (0.36%) Intranet
6 2 (0.18%) DSL
6 2 (0.18%) Internet
7 1 (0.089%) CTI
7 1 (0.089%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.089%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.089%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.089%) MQTT
7 1 (0.089%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (14.22%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (8.00%) SQL Server
3 84 (7.47%) Relational Database
4 83 (7.38%) MongoDB
5 80 (7.11%) NoSQL
6 57 (5.07%) MySQL
7 37 (3.29%) Amazon RDS
7 37 (3.29%) DynamoDB
8 29 (2.58%) Power BI
9 28 (2.49%) Redis
10 19 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
11 14 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (1.16%) Metadata
13 11 (0.98%) Amazon Aurora
14 8 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
14 8 (0.71%) RDBMS
15 5 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
15 5 (0.44%) Neo4j
15 5 (0.44%) ObjectStore
15 5 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 264 (23.47%) Git
2 144 (12.80%) Jenkins
3 87 (7.73%) GitLab
4 62 (5.51%) JUnit
5 61 (5.42%) Gradle
6 60 (5.33%) JIRA
7 53 (4.71%) Cypress.io
8 49 (4.36%) Maven
9 34 (3.02%) Mockito
10 33 (2.93%) Claude Code
11 31 (2.76%) Vite
12 29 (2.58%) Cucumber
13 28 (2.49%) SonarQube
14 27 (2.40%) Storybook
15 24 (2.13%) Selenium
16 23 (2.04%) webpack
17 22 (1.96%) REST Assured
18 17 (1.51%) Bitbucket
19 14 (1.24%) Gatling
20 11 (0.98%) Liquibase
General
1 254 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 251 (22.31%) Finance
3 156 (13.87%) Banking
4 125 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 63 (5.60%) Front Office
6 58 (5.16%) Analytical Skills
7 57 (5.07%) Investment Banking
8 40 (3.56%) Retail
9 30 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.24%) Law
11 13 (1.16%) Back Office
12 12 (1.07%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (0.98%) Manufacturing
14 10 (0.89%) Financial Institution
14 10 (0.89%) Marketing
14 10 (0.89%) Military
14 10 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (0.80%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.80%) Health Technology
15 9 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 596 (52.98%) Developer
2 234 (20.80%) Senior
3 192 (17.07%) Full-Stack Developer
4 158 (14.04%) React Developer
5 134 (11.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 130 (11.56%) Senior Developer
7 127 (11.29%) Java Developer
8 117 (10.40%) Software Engineer
9 104 (9.24%) Lead
10 98 (8.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 68 (6.04%) Python Developer
12 51 (4.53%) Senior React Developer
12 51 (4.53%) UI Developer
13 49 (4.36%) Senior Java Developer
14 40 (3.56%) Technical Leader
15 37 (3.29%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 37 (3.29%) Software Developer
16 36 (3.20%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
17 35 (3.11%) Architect
17 35 (3.11%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 299 (26.58%) REST
2 291 (25.87%) Node.js
3 233 (20.71%) CSS
4 223 (19.82%) HTML
5 188 (16.71%) RESTful
6 185 (16.44%) .NET
7 169 (15.02%) AngularJS
8 163 (14.49%) Spring
9 152 (13.51%) Spring Boot
10 149 (13.24%) Redux
11 135 (12.00%) Next.js
12 134 (11.91%) Kafka
13 128 (11.38%) Terraform
14 114 (10.13%) HTML5
15 99 (8.80%) Vue
16 98 (8.71%) Playwright
17 96 (8.53%) GraphQL
18 95 (8.44%) CSS3
19 87 (7.73%) OAuth
20 84 (7.47%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 171 (15.20%) Cloud Native
2 86 (7.64%) Product Ownership
3 66 (5.87%) Distributed Systems
4 55 (4.89%) Greenfield Project
5 54 (4.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 51 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (4.53%) Fixed Income
7 41 (3.64%) AI Agents
8 35 (3.11%) Equities
9 33 (2.93%) Data Structures
10 32 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (1.87%) Algorithms
12 18 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
13 16 (1.42%) Derivative
14 15 (1.33%) Onboarding
15 12 (1.07%) Mobile App
16 11 (0.98%) Autonomous Agent
16 11 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
17 9 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.91%) Linux
2 18 (1.60%) Windows
3 12 (1.07%) Unix
4 6 (0.53%) Android
5 5 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.27%) AIX
7 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.27%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (51.56%) CI/CD
2 494 (43.91%) Agile
3 471 (41.87%) Full-Stack Development
4 308 (27.38%) Microservices
5 304 (27.02%) DevOps
6 284 (25.24%) Software Engineering
7 248 (22.04%) Front End Development
8 244 (21.69%) Test Automation
9 227 (20.18%) AI
10 171 (15.20%) Containerisation
11 167 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
11 167 (14.84%) User Experience
12 153 (13.60%) Event-Driven
13 145 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
14 141 (12.53%) Mentoring
15 139 (12.36%) Scrum
16 132 (11.73%) Infrastructure as Code
17 131 (11.64%) Observability
17 131 (11.64%) TDD
18 120 (10.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 634 (56.36%) TypeScript
2 571 (50.76%) JavaScript
3 382 (33.96%) Java
4 323 (28.71%) Python
5 245 (21.78%) SQL
6 192 (17.07%) C#
7 47 (4.18%) Go
8 30 (2.67%) PL/SQL
9 29 (2.58%) PowerShell
10 28 (2.49%) Bash
11 13 (1.16%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.07%) Rust
13 11 (0.98%) Shell Script
14 10 (0.89%) Bicep
14 10 (0.89%) PHP
14 10 (0.89%) Ruby
14 10 (0.89%) T-SQL
15 8 (0.71%) C++
15 8 (0.71%) Groovy
16 7 (0.62%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 205 (18.22%) Security Cleared
2 168 (14.93%) SC Cleared
3 75 (6.67%) Degree
4 58 (5.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 53 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.84%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.24%) Master's Degree
8 9 (0.80%) AWS Certification
8 9 (0.80%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 5 (0.44%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.089%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.089%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.089%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (14.31%) Accessibility
2 104 (9.24%) QA
3 90 (8.00%) WCAG
4 6 (0.53%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.53%) HL7
5 4 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.36%) GDPR
5 4 (0.36%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.18%) PSD2
7 1 (0.089%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.089%) GRC
7 1 (0.089%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.089%) SLA
7 1 (0.089%) WAI
7 1 (0.089%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 264 (23.47%) Docker
2 5 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.089%) Varnish
4 1 (0.089%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 263 (23.38%) Kubernetes
2 42 (3.73%) Grafana
3 32 (2.84%) Ansible
4 18 (1.60%) Argo
5 17 (1.51%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.42%) Control-M
7 15 (1.33%) Kibana
8 9 (0.80%) Kustomize
9 8 (0.71%) Istio
9 8 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.27%) Podman
11 2 (0.18%) systemd
12 1 (0.089%) HAProxy
12 1 (0.089%) QRadar
Vendors
1 99 (8.80%) Microsoft
2 86 (7.64%) Oracle
3 56 (4.98%) Google
4 22 (1.96%) Databricks
4 22 (1.96%) Salesforce
4 22 (1.96%) Splunk
5 20 (1.78%) MuleSoft
6 19 (1.69%) OpenAI
7 16 (1.42%) SAP
8 14 (1.24%) Dynatrace
9 11 (0.98%) Adobe
10 10 (0.89%) ServiceNow
11 9 (0.80%) IBM
11 9 (0.80%) Veracode
12 8 (0.71%) Conga
12 8 (0.71%) GoCardless
12 8 (0.71%) Okta
13 7 (0.62%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.53%) ForgeRock
15 5 (0.44%) Solace