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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 75 74
Rank change year-on-year -24 -1 -18
Contract jobs citing React 961 977 1,197
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.65% 3.10% 2.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.86% 14.09% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 668 727 984
10th Percentile £349 £350 £338
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% -0.95% -8.70%
75th Percentile £615 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £460 £461
% change year-on-year +3.26% -0.22% -7.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 8
10th Percentile £43.55 £26.25 £43.92
25th Percentile £45.13 £31.50 £58.44
Median hourly rate £50.85 £39.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.38% -39.06% -8.57%
75th Percentile £58.64 £44.13 £74.31
90th Percentile £63.66 £59.29 £81.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.85 £27.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +121.27% -58.02% -6.43%

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 8,101 6,934 9,239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.35% 22.00% 21.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,364 4,405 6,555
10th Percentile £356 £353 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -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 194 82 168
10th Percentile £33.00 £21.33 £28.28
25th Percentile £45.00 £33.69 £46.18
Median hourly rate £59.36 £62.50 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.02% +16.82% -17.69%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year - +16.82% -17.69%

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 12 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing React over the 6 months to 12 January 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 12 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 -26 813 £513 -6.82% 1,181
London -21 472 £540 -10.00% 288
UK excluding London -28 359 £475 +3.26% 1,030
Work from Home -50 265 £520 +3.90% 756
North of England -1 130 £440 -2.22% 207
South East -35 63 £338 -40.00% 347
North West -13 62 £400 -11.11% 97
Yorkshire -6 59 £440 -10.89% 78
Scotland -9 49 £442 -0.62% 44
Midlands -53 48 £538 +7.50% 113
South West -20 38 £550 +22.22% 124
West Midlands -42 37 £528 -4.09% 42
East of England -14 26 £505 +34.67% 142
North East -2 12 £475 +13.77% 32
East Midlands -22 11 £550 +12.24% 71
Wales +4 9 £518 -1.43% 53
Northern Ireland -8 5 - - 23

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 34 (3.54%) CMS
2 21 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.08%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 15 (1.56%) Confluence
5 13 (1.35%) Headless CMS
6 12 (1.25%) Apache
7 11 (1.14%) SAS
8 10 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
9 8 (0.83%) Camunda
9 8 (0.83%) HCL Notes
9 8 (0.83%) Mendix
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 7 (0.73%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.73%) Sketch
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.21%) Trello
5 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.10%) Blender
5 1 (0.10%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.10%) InVision
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (0.94%) 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%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 419 (43.60%) AWS
2 255 (26.53%) Azure
3 154 (16.02%) Serverless
4 137 (14.26%) GitHub
5 110 (11.45%) GCP
6 98 (10.20%) AWS Lambda
7 83 (8.64%) GitHub Actions
8 77 (8.01%) Azure DevOps
9 51 (5.31%) Amazon S3
10 36 (3.75%) Figma
11 32 (3.33%) Azure AKS
12 31 (3.23%) Azure Functions
13 29 (3.02%) npm
13 29 (3.02%) SaaS
14 27 (2.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 27 (2.81%) Entra ID
15 26 (2.71%) Amazon ECS
16 25 (2.60%) Amazon SQS
16 25 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
17 24 (2.50%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.66%) Wireless
2 8 (0.83%) HTTP
3 5 (0.52%) DNS
3 5 (0.52%) Network Security
4 4 (0.42%) 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%) WAN
7 1 (0.10%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (14.46%) PostgreSQL
2 84 (8.74%) Relational Database
3 78 (8.12%) NoSQL
4 53 (5.52%) MySQL
5 51 (5.31%) MongoDB
6 44 (4.58%) SQL Server
7 28 (2.91%) Redis
8 23 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
9 20 (2.08%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (1.98%) DynamoDB
11 17 (1.77%) Power BI
12 16 (1.66%) BigQuery
13 13 (1.35%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (1.04%) Apache Cassandra
14 10 (1.04%) Big Data
14 10 (1.04%) Oracle Database
15 9 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
15 9 (0.94%) Metadata
16 8 (0.83%) DocumentDB
16 8 (0.83%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 204 (21.23%) Git
2 75 (7.80%) Cypress.io
3 63 (6.56%) Jenkins
4 56 (5.83%) JIRA
5 52 (5.41%) GitLab
6 45 (4.68%) JUnit
7 34 (3.54%) webpack
8 26 (2.71%) Cucumber
9 23 (2.39%) Mockito
10 21 (2.19%) Browser DevTools
11 20 (2.08%) Android Studio
11 20 (2.08%) Selenium
11 20 (2.08%) Xcode
12 19 (1.98%) Eclipse
12 19 (1.98%) SonarQube
13 18 (1.87%) Maven
14 16 (1.66%) Storybook
15 15 (1.56%) Bitbucket
16 14 (1.46%) Vite
17 12 (1.25%) Postman
General
1 220 (22.89%) Social Skills
2 166 (17.27%) Finance
3 125 (13.01%) Public Sector
4 72 (7.49%) Banking
5 42 (4.37%) Front Office
6 36 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (3.43%) Investment Banking
8 23 (2.39%) Retail
9 16 (1.66%) Financial Institution
10 15 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (1.25%) Marketing
12 11 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (0.94%) Health Technology
14 8 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.73%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (0.52%) Games
17 5 (0.52%) Law
17 5 (0.52%) Manufacturing
17 5 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 548 (57.02%) Developer
2 197 (20.50%) Full-Stack Developer
3 168 (17.48%) Senior
4 122 (12.70%) React Developer
5 116 (12.07%) Software Engineer
6 97 (10.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 92 (9.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 84 (8.74%) Senior Developer
9 83 (8.64%) Java Developer
10 73 (7.60%) Python Developer
11 72 (7.49%) Lead
12 44 (4.58%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 37 (3.85%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 34 (3.54%) Architect
14 34 (3.54%) AWS Developer
15 33 (3.43%) AWS Engineer
16 32 (3.33%) Software Developer
17 27 (2.81%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
17 27 (2.81%) Python Engineer
18 26 (2.71%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 296 (30.80%) Node.js
2 284 (29.55%) AngularJS
3 238 (24.77%) CSS
4 211 (21.96%) HTML
5 171 (17.79%) RESTful
6 137 (14.26%) Spring
7 132 (13.74%) .NET
8 128 (13.32%) Next.js
9 123 (12.80%) REST
10 121 (12.59%) Spring Boot
11 107 (11.13%) Jest
12 94 (9.78%) Vue
13 88 (9.16%) GraphQL
14 79 (8.22%) Redux
15 78 (8.12%) Kafka
16 70 (7.28%) HTML5
17 60 (6.24%) FastAPI
18 52 (5.41%) CSS3
19 48 (4.99%) Playwright
20 40 (4.16%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 88 (9.16%) Cloud Native
2 68 (7.08%) Product Ownership
3 40 (4.16%) Mobile App
4 29 (3.02%) AI Agents
5 28 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (2.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 23 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
9 17 (1.77%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.56%) Fixed Income
10 15 (1.56%) Onboarding
11 14 (1.46%) Hedge funds
12 12 (1.25%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.25%) Derivative
13 11 (1.14%) Low-Code
14 10 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.04%) NHS
15 9 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
16 8 (0.83%) Equities
17 7 (0.73%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.31%) Linux
2 39 (4.06%) Unix
3 36 (3.75%) Windows
4 28 (2.91%) Android
5 12 (1.25%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.83%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.42%) 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
1 423 (44.02%) CI/CD
2 416 (43.29%) Full-Stack Development
3 399 (41.52%) Agile
4 269 (27.99%) DevOps
5 257 (26.74%) Microservices
6 218 (22.68%) Software Engineering
7 207 (21.54%) Front End Development
8 175 (18.21%) User Experience
9 159 (16.55%) Containerisation
10 153 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
11 142 (14.78%) AI
12 138 (14.36%) Test Automation
13 106 (11.03%) Clean Code
14 95 (9.89%) TDD
15 94 (9.78%) Infrastructure as Code
16 87 (9.05%) Scrum
17 82 (8.53%) Code Quality
18 71 (7.39%) Design Patterns
19 67 (6.97%) Machine Learning
19 67 (6.97%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 463 (48.18%) JavaScript
2 448 (46.62%) TypeScript
3 295 (30.70%) Python
4 290 (30.18%) Java
5 185 (19.25%) SQL
6 118 (12.28%) C#
7 24 (2.50%) C++
8 23 (2.39%) Bicep
8 23 (2.39%) Perl
9 21 (2.19%) Go
10 19 (1.98%) Ruby
11 15 (1.56%) Rust
12 14 (1.46%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.04%) Kotlin
14 8 (0.83%) Bash
14 8 (0.83%) Formula Language
14 8 (0.83%) JSX
14 8 (0.83%) LotusScript
14 8 (0.83%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.73%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 185 (19.25%) Security Cleared
2 159 (16.55%) SC Cleared
3 46 (4.79%) Degree
4 31 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.19%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.46%) MCP
8 9 (0.94%) 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 Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.10%) CCIP
13 1 (0.10%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.10%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.10%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (13.42%) Accessibility
2 68 (7.08%) WCAG
3 64 (6.66%) QA
4 6 (0.62%) GDPR
4 6 (0.62%) HL7
5 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.21%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.21%) MiFID
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%) EMIR
7 1 (0.10%) ISO 20022
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
1 238 (24.77%) Docker
2 21 (2.19%) 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
1 197 (20.50%) Kubernetes
2 127 (13.22%) Terraform
3 22 (2.29%) Grafana
4 20 (2.08%) Argo
5 14 (1.46%) Kibana
6 13 (1.35%) Ansible
7 11 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.94%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (0.94%) 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
1 108 (11.24%) Microsoft
2 65 (6.76%) Oracle
3 42 (4.37%) Google
4 34 (3.54%) Adobe
5 31 (3.23%) OpenAI
6 24 (2.50%) Splunk
7 22 (2.29%) ServiceNow
8 21 (2.19%) Red Hat
9 12 (1.25%) Databricks
9 12 (1.25%) Sitecore
10 9 (0.94%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.83%) Kofax
11 8 (0.83%) Lotus
11 8 (0.83%) SAP
12 7 (0.73%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.52%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.52%) Marketo
13 5 (0.52%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.52%) VMware
14 4 (0.42%) Blue Prism