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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 73 78
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 -25
Contract jobs citing React 1,032 1,074 1,285
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.88% 2.94% 2.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.63% 13.57% 12.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 707 794 1,060
10th Percentile £335 £327 £359
25th Percentile £413 £414 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -10.64%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £784 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £470 £463
% change year-on-year -4.15% +1.51% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 11
10th Percentile £45.65 £30.45 £50.00
25th Percentile £53.91 £36.75 £55.63
Median hourly rate £64.75 £39.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.03% -40.46% +55.43%
75th Percentile £67.00 £41.75 £76.25
90th Percentile - £44.60 £81.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.00 £27.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year +143.64% -56.86% +9.39%

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 8,168 7,912 10,204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.82% 21.68% 22.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,420 5,001 7,274
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.77% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 198 113 190
10th Percentile £29.70 £22.00 £36.19
25th Percentile £42.50 £36.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.12% -14.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.33 £74.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.66% -15.72%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 -12 885 £520 -5.55% 1,532
London -8 527 £550 -8.29% 862
UK excluding London -20 382 £450 -4.15% 775
Work from Home -18 338 £525 +5.00% 952
North of England -11 118 £400 -11.11% 204
South East -8 83 £375 -24.05% 232
North West -12 60 £400 -11.11% 131
Scotland 0 59 £463 +4.99% 47
Yorkshire -8 57 £400 -16.88% 59
South West -16 47 £550 - 97
Midlands -46 43 £535 +7.00% 98
West Midlands -48 30 £533 -0.84% 55
East of England -14 28 £419 +13.56% 57
East Midlands -23 13 £550 +22.22% 41
Wales +2 7 £518 +18.29% 29
Northern Ireland -7 3 - - 22
North East -16 2 - - 14

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 (3.59%) CMS
2 35 (3.39%) Confluence
3 22 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (1.55%) Headless CMS
5 15 (1.45%) Apache
6 12 (1.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 9 (0.87%) Camunda
7 9 (0.87%) SAS
8 7 (0.68%) SharePoint
9 6 (0.58%) nginx
9 6 (0.58%) WordPress
10 5 (0.48%) Sitecore CMS
10 5 (0.48%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
11 3 (0.29%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.19%) Magnolia
12 2 (0.19%) Moodle
13 1 (0.097%) Solana
13 1 (0.097%) Traefik
Applications
1 16 (1.55%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.19%) Sketch
4 1 (0.097%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.097%) Blender
4 1 (0.097%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.097%) InVision
4 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.097%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.39%) Endur
3 3 (0.29%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.19%) Magento
4 2 (0.19%) Shopify
5 1 (0.097%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 470 (45.54%) AWS
2 257 (24.90%) Azure
3 133 (12.89%) Serverless
4 126 (12.21%) GitHub
5 125 (12.11%) GCP
6 95 (9.21%) AWS Lambda
7 67 (6.49%) GitHub Actions
8 62 (6.01%) Amazon S3
9 61 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
10 42 (4.07%) npm
11 35 (3.39%) OpenShift
12 30 (2.91%) SaaS
13 27 (2.62%) Amazon ECS
13 27 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
13 27 (2.62%) Azure AKS
14 26 (2.52%) Entra ID
15 25 (2.42%) Amazon SQS
15 25 (2.42%) Figma
16 22 (2.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 21 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.74%) HTTP
1 18 (1.74%) Wireless
2 7 (0.68%) DNS
3 3 (0.29%) Bluetooth
3 3 (0.29%) Firewall
3 3 (0.29%) Network Security
3 3 (0.29%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.19%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.19%) DHCP
4 2 (0.19%) Internet
4 2 (0.19%) VPN
5 1 (0.097%) LAN
5 1 (0.097%) Multicast
5 1 (0.097%) SMS
5 1 (0.097%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (17.05%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (8.53%) Relational Database
3 77 (7.46%) NoSQL
4 60 (5.81%) MongoDB
5 54 (5.23%) MySQL
6 48 (4.65%) SQL Server
7 29 (2.81%) Redis
8 22 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
9 21 (2.03%) DynamoDB
10 19 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
10 19 (1.84%) Apache Arrow
10 19 (1.84%) Apache Iceberg
10 19 (1.84%) Dremio
10 19 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (1.65%) Amazon Aurora
12 14 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (1.26%) RDBMS
14 12 (1.16%) Apache Cassandra
15 11 (1.07%) BigQuery
16 10 (0.97%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 217 (21.03%) Git
2 85 (8.24%) JIRA
3 83 (8.04%) Jenkins
4 78 (7.56%) Cypress.io
5 57 (5.52%) GitLab
6 55 (5.33%) JUnit
7 45 (4.36%) webpack
8 33 (3.20%) Cucumber
9 32 (3.10%) SonarQube
10 28 (2.71%) Selenium
11 27 (2.62%) Mockito
12 24 (2.33%) Bitbucket
13 22 (2.13%) Browser DevTools
13 22 (2.13%) Maven
14 20 (1.94%) Android Studio
14 20 (1.94%) Xcode
15 18 (1.74%) Eclipse
16 16 (1.55%) Storybook
16 16 (1.55%) Vite
17 15 (1.45%) Artifactory
General
1 258 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 230 (22.29%) Finance
3 110 (10.66%) Public Sector
4 102 (9.88%) Banking
5 87 (8.43%) Front Office
6 62 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
7 42 (4.07%) Investment Banking
8 26 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (2.03%) Retail
10 16 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
11 14 (1.36%) Marketing
11 14 (1.36%) Telecoms
12 10 (0.97%) Financial Institution
13 9 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.68%) Automotive
15 7 (0.68%) Back Office
15 7 (0.68%) Legal
16 6 (0.58%) Health Technology
16 6 (0.58%) Law
Job Titles
1 587 (56.88%) Developer
2 189 (18.31%) Full-Stack Developer
3 154 (14.92%) Senior
3 154 (14.92%) Software Engineer
4 142 (13.76%) React Developer
5 106 (10.27%) Java Developer
6 98 (9.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 83 (8.04%) Lead
7 83 (8.04%) Python Developer
8 79 (7.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 75 (7.27%) Senior Developer
10 48 (4.65%) AWS Developer
11 46 (4.46%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 45 (4.36%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 41 (3.97%) AWS Engineer
14 40 (3.88%) Architect
15 36 (3.49%) Full-Stack Python Developer
16 35 (3.39%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
17 33 (3.20%) JavaScript Developer
18 30 (2.91%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (33.24%) Node.js
2 296 (28.68%) AngularJS
3 254 (24.61%) CSS
4 219 (21.22%) HTML
5 175 (16.96%) RESTful
6 146 (14.15%) REST
7 134 (12.98%) Spring
8 132 (12.79%) .NET
9 126 (12.21%) Next.js
10 123 (11.92%) Spring Boot
11 121 (11.72%) Jest
12 118 (11.43%) Vue
13 116 (11.24%) Redux
14 107 (10.37%) GraphQL
15 101 (9.79%) Kafka
16 83 (8.04%) HTML5
17 65 (6.30%) FastAPI
18 58 (5.62%) CSS3
19 44 (4.26%) JSON
20 43 (4.17%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 84 (8.14%) Cloud Native
2 62 (6.01%) Product Ownership
3 56 (5.43%) Fixed Income
3 56 (5.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 45 (4.36%) Mobile App
5 29 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (2.71%) Equities
6 28 (2.71%) Greenfield Project
7 26 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
8 25 (2.42%) Hedge funds
9 24 (2.33%) Algorithms
9 24 (2.33%) Data Structures
10 20 (1.94%) AI Agents
11 15 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (1.36%) Onboarding
13 11 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.07%) Private Cloud
13 11 (1.07%) Public Cloud
14 10 (0.97%) Derivative
15 8 (0.78%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 62 (6.01%) Linux
2 38 (3.68%) Unix
3 36 (3.49%) Android
4 29 (2.81%) Windows
5 22 (2.13%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.39%) CentOS
6 4 (0.39%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) VMS
9 1 (0.097%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.097%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (45.64%) Agile
2 433 (41.96%) CI/CD
3 417 (40.41%) Full-Stack Development
4 277 (26.84%) Microservices
5 273 (26.45%) Software Engineering
6 254 (24.61%) DevOps
7 199 (19.28%) Front End Development
8 171 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
9 165 (15.99%) User Experience
10 150 (14.53%) Test Automation
11 145 (14.05%) Containerisation
12 127 (12.31%) TDD
13 125 (12.11%) AI
14 119 (11.53%) Clean Code
15 105 (10.17%) Scrum
16 93 (9.01%) Infrastructure as Code
17 90 (8.72%) Design Patterns
18 89 (8.62%) Code Quality
19 85 (8.24%) Mentoring
20 82 (7.95%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 525 (50.87%) TypeScript
2 511 (49.52%) JavaScript
3 350 (33.91%) Java
4 344 (33.33%) Python
5 199 (19.28%) SQL
6 130 (12.60%) C#
7 38 (3.68%) C++
8 32 (3.10%) Go
9 22 (2.13%) Perl
9 22 (2.13%) Ruby
10 21 (2.03%) Bicep
11 18 (1.74%) Rust
12 17 (1.65%) PowerShell
13 12 (1.16%) Kotlin
13 12 (1.16%) PHP
14 8 (0.78%) Bash
14 8 (0.78%) C
14 8 (0.78%) JSX
15 7 (0.68%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 181 (17.54%) Security Cleared
2 151 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 41 (3.97%) Degree
4 31 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 20 (1.94%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.07%) MCP
8 8 (0.78%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.48%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.29%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.19%) CEH
11 2 (0.19%) CISSP
11 2 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.19%) OCP
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.097%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (12.31%) Accessibility
2 81 (7.85%) QA
3 57 (5.52%) WCAG
4 7 (0.68%) GDPR
5 4 (0.39%) MiFID
6 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.29%) EMIR
6 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.19%) HL7
7 2 (0.19%) PMO
8 1 (0.097%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.097%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.097%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.097%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.097%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.097%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 248 (24.03%) Docker
2 21 (2.03%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.097%) Varnish
4 1 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.097%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.097%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 214 (20.74%) Kubernetes
2 112 (10.85%) Terraform
3 24 (2.33%) Ansible
3 24 (2.33%) Grafana
4 14 (1.36%) Kibana
5 13 (1.26%) Argo
6 9 (0.87%) Docker Swarm
7 8 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.48%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.19%) Podman
10 1 (0.097%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.097%) Consul
10 1 (0.097%) Istio
10 1 (0.097%) Rancher
10 1 (0.097%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 115 (11.14%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.72%) Oracle
3 45 (4.36%) Google
4 39 (3.78%) ServiceNow
5 28 (2.71%) Splunk
6 26 (2.52%) Red Hat
7 25 (2.42%) OpenAI
8 16 (1.55%) Adobe
9 13 (1.26%) Databricks
9 13 (1.26%) Salesforce
10 10 (0.97%) Atlassian
11 9 (0.87%) Blue Prism
11 9 (0.87%) SAP
11 9 (0.87%) Sitecore
12 8 (0.78%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.58%) Perforce
13 6 (0.58%) Veracode
14 5 (0.48%) Marketo
14 5 (0.48%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.48%) VMware