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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 71 66
Rank change year-on-year -29 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing React 1,190 1,014 1,330
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.37% 3.42% 3.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.15% 14.99% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 758 1,057
10th Percentile £375 £357 £362
25th Percentile £420 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £669 £662 £688
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £467
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.69% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 22
10th Percentile £51.65 - £41.50
25th Percentile £61.88 - £55.31
Median hourly rate £76.00 £55.00 £64.75
Median % change year-on-year +38.18% -15.06% -7.50%
75th Percentile £92.50 - £72.50
90th Percentile £95.00 - £74.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 - £68.50
% change year-on-year - - +7.03%

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 9,793 6,763 9,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.51% 22.83% 21.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,430 4,617 6,310
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £535
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -3.27% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £768 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 125 272
10th Percentile £30.40 £29.14 £22.50
25th Percentile £51.88 £39.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +11.11% -20.38%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £82.89 £81.22 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £55.63
% change year-on-year +4.00% +12.36% -14.42%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -31 982 £538 +3.12% 603
London -38 585 £575 - 304
UK excluding London -15 443 £500 +11.11% 374
Work from Home -41 390 £539 +2.57% 321
North of England -7 166 £500 +11.11% 115
North West -17 86 £500 +11.11% 70
Scotland +3 72 £410 -10.68% 24
South East -53 71 £525 +15.64% 108
Yorkshire -8 64 £523 +16.11% 25
South West +7 62 £525 +23.53% 44
Midlands -54 36 £500 +11.73% 35
East of England -8 33 £625 +53.37% 26
West Midlands -50 29 £535 +9.74% 15
North East -25 16 £475 +2.70% 20
Northern Ireland +3 6 £190 -41.54% 16
East Midlands -30 5 £443 +19.11% 20
Wales -18 1 £525 +34.62% 10

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 48 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.52%) Confluence
3 24 (2.02%) CMS
4 15 (1.26%) SharePoint Server
5 11 (0.92%) Camunda
6 9 (0.76%) Sitecore CMS
7 6 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.50%) HCL Notes
7 6 (0.50%) Headless CMS
7 6 (0.50%) Mendix
7 6 (0.50%) nginx
8 5 (0.42%) IIS
9 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.34%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.25%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.17%) Apache
11 2 (0.17%) Kentico
11 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.084%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.42%) Adobe XD
1 5 (0.42%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.084%) Blender
2 1 (0.084%) Maya
2 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.084%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.084%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.084%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 13 (1.09%) Shopify
2 11 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.42%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.25%) Magento
4 3 (0.25%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.17%) Endur
6 1 (0.084%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.084%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.084%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 466 (39.16%) AWS
2 340 (28.57%) Azure
3 140 (11.76%) Serverless
4 134 (11.26%) GCP
5 122 (10.25%) GitHub
6 86 (7.23%) AWS Lambda
7 82 (6.89%) Azure DevOps
7 82 (6.89%) GitHub Actions
8 62 (5.21%) Amazon S3
8 62 (5.21%) Power Platform
9 48 (4.03%) Figma
10 47 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
11 42 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
11 42 (3.53%) Power Automate
11 42 (3.53%) PowerApps
12 30 (2.52%) Amazon SQS
13 28 (2.35%) Azure Functions
13 28 (2.35%) Entra ID
14 24 (2.02%) SaaS
15 22 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.50%) Firewall
2 4 (0.34%) HTTP
2 4 (0.34%) Intranet
3 3 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.17%) DNS
4 2 (0.17%) VPN
5 1 (0.084%) DSL
5 1 (0.084%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.084%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.084%) MQTT
5 1 (0.084%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (14.20%) PostgreSQL
2 84 (7.06%) Relational Database
3 83 (6.97%) SQL Server
4 74 (6.22%) NoSQL
5 59 (4.96%) MongoDB
6 56 (4.71%) MySQL
7 40 (3.36%) DynamoDB
7 40 (3.36%) Power BI
8 37 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
9 28 (2.35%) Redis
10 15 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (1.18%) Metadata
12 12 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (1.01%) BigQuery
12 12 (1.01%) Oracle Database
13 9 (0.76%) Apache Cassandra
14 8 (0.67%) Big Data
14 8 (0.67%) Neo4j
14 8 (0.67%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 171 (14.37%) Git
2 89 (7.48%) Jenkins
3 71 (5.97%) JIRA
4 64 (5.38%) GitLab
5 50 (4.20%) Cypress.io
6 36 (3.03%) JUnit
7 30 (2.52%) Gradle
8 26 (2.18%) Vite
9 24 (2.02%) Mockito
10 20 (1.68%) webpack
11 16 (1.34%) Liquibase
12 15 (1.26%) Cucumber
12 15 (1.26%) Postman
12 15 (1.26%) REST Assured
13 14 (1.18%) Bitbucket
14 13 (1.09%) Maven
15 10 (0.84%) TeamCity
16 9 (0.76%) Mocha
17 8 (0.67%) CircleCI
17 8 (0.67%) Storybook
General
1 251 (21.09%) Finance
2 202 (16.97%) Social Skills
3 138 (11.60%) Banking
4 118 (9.92%) Front Office
4 118 (9.92%) Public Sector
5 65 (5.46%) Investment Banking
6 44 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (2.61%) Retail
8 20 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (1.60%) Financial Institution
10 16 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.01%) Legal
12 11 (0.92%) Law
13 7 (0.59%) Health Technology
14 6 (0.50%) Marketing
14 6 (0.50%) Military
15 5 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.42%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.34%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 682 (57.31%) Developer
2 222 (18.66%) Senior
3 220 (18.49%) Full-Stack Developer
4 177 (14.87%) React Developer
5 168 (14.12%) Software Engineer
6 136 (11.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 130 (10.92%) Senior Developer
8 121 (10.17%) Lead
9 116 (9.75%) Java Developer
10 98 (8.24%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 76 (6.39%) Python Developer
12 58 (4.87%) Architect
12 58 (4.87%) Lead Developer
13 57 (4.79%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 53 (4.45%) Software Developer
15 50 (4.20%) UI Developer
16 49 (4.12%) Senior React Developer
17 46 (3.87%) Java Engineer
18 45 (3.78%) Senior Java Developer
19 41 (3.45%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 318 (26.72%) Node.js
2 231 (19.41%) CSS
3 217 (18.24%) AngularJS
4 210 (17.65%) HTML
5 205 (17.23%) REST
6 194 (16.30%) Redux
7 186 (15.63%) .NET
8 161 (13.53%) Spring
9 160 (13.45%) RESTful
10 151 (12.69%) Spring Boot
11 126 (10.59%) Kafka
12 119 (10.00%) Next.js
13 114 (9.58%) GraphQL
14 103 (8.66%) Vue
15 83 (6.97%) Jest
16 80 (6.72%) HTML5
17 62 (5.21%) CSS3
18 61 (5.13%) Playwright
19 57 (4.79%) FastAPI
20 48 (4.03%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 146 (12.27%) Cloud Native
2 89 (7.48%) Fixed Income
3 68 (5.71%) Product Ownership
4 63 (5.29%) Greenfield Project
5 58 (4.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 49 (4.12%) Distributed Systems
6 49 (4.12%) Equities
7 42 (3.53%) Derivative
8 35 (2.94%) AI Agents
8 35 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
10 27 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
11 19 (1.60%) Data Structures
12 16 (1.34%) Onboarding
13 15 (1.26%) Algorithms
14 12 (1.01%) Mobile App
15 11 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
17 9 (0.76%) NHS
17 9 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.93%) Linux
2 13 (1.09%) Android
3 12 (1.01%) Windows
4 10 (0.84%) Unix
5 9 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 499 (41.93%) CI/CD
2 480 (40.34%) Full-Stack Development
3 473 (39.75%) Agile
4 310 (26.05%) DevOps
5 290 (24.37%) Software Engineering
6 265 (22.27%) Microservices
7 247 (20.76%) Front End Development
8 205 (17.23%) AI
9 192 (16.13%) Test Automation
10 169 (14.20%) Containerisation
11 149 (12.52%) User Experience
12 135 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
13 111 (9.33%) Code Quality
14 104 (8.74%) Infrastructure as Code
15 101 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
16 98 (8.24%) Scrum
17 95 (7.98%) TDD
18 91 (7.65%) Mentoring
19 89 (7.48%) Event-Driven
20 84 (7.06%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 639 (53.70%) TypeScript
2 563 (47.31%) JavaScript
3 382 (32.10%) Python
4 365 (30.67%) Java
5 221 (18.57%) SQL
6 206 (17.31%) C#
7 58 (4.87%) Go
8 20 (1.68%) PL/SQL
9 17 (1.43%) PowerShell
10 11 (0.92%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.84%) Rust
12 8 (0.67%) Bash
13 7 (0.59%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.59%) Bicep
13 7 (0.59%) C++
13 7 (0.59%) Scala
13 7 (0.59%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.50%) Formula Language
14 6 (0.50%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.50%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 200 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 176 (14.79%) SC Cleared
3 65 (5.46%) Degree
4 51 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 37 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (2.44%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.18%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.59%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 6 (0.50%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.42%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.25%) PhD
13 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.084%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.084%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.084%) CISSP
14 1 (0.084%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.084%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (11.93%) Accessibility
2 71 (5.97%) WCAG
3 69 (5.80%) QA
4 7 (0.59%) GDPR
5 6 (0.50%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.34%) HL7
7 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.17%) NCSC
7 2 (0.17%) PSD2
8 1 (0.084%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.084%) GRC
8 1 (0.084%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.084%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.084%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 238 (20.00%) Docker
2 6 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 191 (16.05%) Kubernetes
2 127 (10.67%) Terraform
3 25 (2.10%) Grafana
4 17 (1.43%) Argo
4 17 (1.43%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.26%) Ansible
6 10 (0.84%) Istio
6 10 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.50%) Control-M
8 3 (0.25%) Nagios
8 3 (0.25%) Podman
9 2 (0.17%) Rancher
10 1 (0.084%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 76 (6.39%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.96%) Oracle
3 49 (4.12%) Google
4 32 (2.69%) OpenAI
5 17 (1.43%) Databricks
5 17 (1.43%) Sitecore
6 15 (1.26%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.01%) Adobe
7 12 (1.01%) Dynatrace
8 11 (0.92%) Splunk
9 8 (0.67%) Conga
9 8 (0.67%) GoCardless
9 8 (0.67%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.59%) SAP
10 7 (0.59%) Solace
11 6 (0.50%) Apple
11 6 (0.50%) Kofax
11 6 (0.50%) Lotus
11 6 (0.50%) Pega
11 6 (0.50%) Red Hat