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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 72 67
Rank change year-on-year -33 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing React 1,197 1,051 1,317
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.35% 3.47% 3.03%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.06% 15.18% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 787 1,044
10th Percentile £373 £358 £363
25th Percentile £423 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £688
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.23% -2.11%
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 - - +9.60%

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 9,924 6,922 9,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.50% 22.88% 21.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,524 4,712 6,362
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -4.37% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 137 279
10th Percentile £30.00 £29.18 £22.50
25th Percentile £51.25 £37.80 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £85.43 £81.01 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £58.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +7.76% -10.08%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -36 988 £550 +5.52% 434
London -35 596 £575 - 189
UK excluding London -31 437 £500 +11.11% 315
Work from Home -46 401 £550 +4.76% 256
North of England -17 159 £511 +13.05% 94
North West -33 80 £500 +11.11% 50
South East -55 74 £525 +14.13% 105
Scotland -1 73 £405 -14.11% 12
Yorkshire -1 67 £523 +16.11% 33
South West 0 61 £525 +23.53% 29
Midlands -60 37 £481 +10.63% 37
East of England -11 30 £600 +47.24% 29
West Midlands -49 30 £500 +2.56% 20
North East -27 12 £525 +13.51% 12
Northern Ireland +6 6 £190 -41.54% 2
East Midlands -17 5 £443 +20.24% 17
Wales -17 1 £525 +32.91% 12

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 45 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.42%) Confluence
3 23 (1.92%) CMS
4 15 (1.25%) SharePoint Server
5 10 (0.84%) Camunda
6 9 (0.75%) nginx
6 9 (0.75%) Sitecore CMS
7 6 (0.50%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.42%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.42%) IIS
9 4 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.33%) HCL Notes
9 4 (0.33%) Mendix
10 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.17%) Apache
11 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.17%) Kentico
11 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.084%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (0.75%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.42%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.084%) Blender
3 1 (0.084%) Maya
3 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.084%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.084%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.084%) Sketch
3 1 (0.084%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.17%) Shopify
2 10 (0.84%) 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%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.084%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 467 (39.01%) AWS
2 346 (28.91%) Azure
3 135 (11.28%) GCP
4 134 (11.19%) Serverless
5 114 (9.52%) GitHub
6 84 (7.02%) AWS Lambda
7 79 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
8 74 (6.18%) GitHub Actions
9 61 (5.10%) Amazon S3
9 61 (5.10%) Power Platform
10 48 (4.01%) Amazon ECS
11 46 (3.84%) Figma
12 40 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
12 40 (3.34%) Power Automate
12 40 (3.34%) PowerApps
13 31 (2.59%) Amazon SQS
14 29 (2.42%) Entra ID
15 26 (2.17%) SaaS
16 25 (2.09%) OpenShift
17 23 (1.92%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.50%) Firewall
2 4 (0.33%) HTTP
2 4 (0.33%) 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
1 174 (14.54%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (7.52%) Relational Database
3 87 (7.27%) SQL Server
4 78 (6.52%) NoSQL
5 61 (5.10%) MongoDB
6 56 (4.68%) MySQL
7 43 (3.59%) DynamoDB
8 39 (3.26%) Power BI
9 36 (3.01%) Amazon RDS
10 32 (2.67%) Redis
11 14 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
12 13 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (1.00%) Metadata
14 11 (0.92%) Oracle Database
15 10 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
16 9 (0.75%) Big Data
16 9 (0.75%) RDBMS
17 8 (0.67%) Db2
17 8 (0.67%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 172 (14.37%) Git
2 103 (8.60%) Jenkins
3 68 (5.68%) JIRA
4 58 (4.85%) GitLab
5 45 (3.76%) Cypress.io
6 37 (3.09%) JUnit
7 36 (3.01%) Gradle
8 33 (2.76%) Vite
9 24 (2.01%) Mockito
10 20 (1.67%) webpack
11 16 (1.34%) Liquibase
11 16 (1.34%) Postman
12 15 (1.25%) Cucumber
12 15 (1.25%) Maven
12 15 (1.25%) REST Assured
13 14 (1.17%) Bitbucket
14 11 (0.92%) Claude Code
15 10 (0.84%) TeamCity
16 9 (0.75%) Storybook
17 8 (0.67%) Selenium
General
1 262 (21.89%) Finance
2 215 (17.96%) Social Skills
3 146 (12.20%) Banking
4 125 (10.44%) Front Office
5 117 (9.77%) Public Sector
6 66 (5.51%) Investment Banking
7 46 (3.84%) Analytical Skills
8 29 (2.42%) Retail
9 21 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.50%) Financial Institution
11 17 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (0.92%) Law
12 11 (0.92%) Legal
13 7 (0.58%) Military
14 6 (0.50%) Health Technology
14 6 (0.50%) Marketing
14 6 (0.50%) Retail Banking
15 5 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 677 (56.56%) Developer
2 226 (18.88%) Senior
3 210 (17.54%) Full-Stack Developer
4 179 (14.95%) React Developer
5 172 (14.37%) Software Engineer
6 145 (12.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 127 (10.61%) Lead
7 127 (10.61%) Senior Developer
8 123 (10.28%) Java Developer
9 89 (7.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 75 (6.27%) Python Developer
11 59 (4.93%) Lead Developer
12 57 (4.76%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 56 (4.68%) Architect
14 52 (4.34%) UI Developer
15 50 (4.18%) Senior React Developer
16 47 (3.93%) Java Engineer
16 47 (3.93%) Senior Java Developer
17 46 (3.84%) Software Developer
18 43 (3.59%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 318 (26.57%) Node.js
2 222 (18.55%) CSS
3 213 (17.79%) REST
4 207 (17.29%) Redux
5 203 (16.96%) HTML
6 197 (16.46%) .NET
6 197 (16.46%) AngularJS
7 168 (14.04%) RESTful
8 155 (12.95%) Spring
9 144 (12.03%) Spring Boot
10 130 (10.86%) Kafka
11 126 (10.53%) GraphQL
12 119 (9.94%) Next.js
13 101 (8.44%) Vue
14 84 (7.02%) HTML5
15 83 (6.93%) Jest
16 65 (5.43%) Playwright
17 64 (5.35%) CSS3
18 57 (4.76%) FastAPI
19 53 (4.43%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 154 (12.87%) Cloud Native
2 94 (7.85%) Fixed Income
3 79 (6.60%) Product Ownership
4 64 (5.35%) Greenfield Project
5 59 (4.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 51 (4.26%) Distributed Systems
7 49 (4.09%) Equities
8 45 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
9 42 (3.51%) Derivative
10 36 (3.01%) AI Agents
11 32 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
12 30 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (1.75%) Data Structures
14 16 (1.34%) Algorithms
15 14 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.00%) Virtual Team
17 11 (0.92%) Mobile App
17 11 (0.92%) Onboarding
18 10 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
19 9 (0.75%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.17%) Linux
2 12 (1.00%) Android
3 11 (0.92%) Windows
4 9 (0.75%) Apple iOS
4 9 (0.75%) Unix
5 4 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 505 (42.19%) CI/CD
2 492 (41.10%) Agile
3 488 (40.77%) Full-Stack Development
4 306 (25.56%) DevOps
5 302 (25.23%) Software Engineering
6 273 (22.81%) Microservices
7 242 (20.22%) Front End Development
8 204 (17.04%) AI
9 201 (16.79%) Test Automation
10 163 (13.62%) Containerisation
11 147 (12.28%) User Experience
12 139 (11.61%) Problem-Solving
13 113 (9.44%) Code Quality
14 106 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
15 105 (8.77%) Scrum
15 105 (8.77%) TDD
16 99 (8.27%) Event-Driven
17 98 (8.19%) Mentoring
18 97 (8.10%) Infrastructure as Code
19 84 (7.02%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 652 (54.47%) TypeScript
2 565 (47.20%) JavaScript
3 375 (31.33%) Python
4 370 (30.91%) Java
5 232 (19.38%) SQL
6 211 (17.63%) C#
7 64 (5.35%) Go
8 27 (2.26%) PL/SQL
9 17 (1.42%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.00%) Rust
10 12 (1.00%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.84%) Bash
12 8 (0.67%) C++
13 7 (0.58%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.58%) Bicep
13 7 (0.58%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.50%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.50%) Scala
15 4 (0.33%) Formula Language
15 4 (0.33%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 201 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 175 (14.62%) SC Cleared
3 70 (5.85%) Degree
4 51 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 41 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (2.34%) DV Cleared
7 11 (0.92%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (0.50%) AWS Certification
10 6 (0.50%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.33%) PhD
12 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.084%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.084%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.084%) CISSP
13 1 (0.084%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.084%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.084%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (11.86%) Accessibility
2 74 (6.18%) QA
3 72 (6.02%) WCAG
4 6 (0.50%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.50%) GDPR
5 4 (0.33%) HL7
6 3 (0.25%) PSD2
7 1 (0.084%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.084%) GRC
7 1 (0.084%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.084%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.084%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.084%) NCSC
7 1 (0.084%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 232 (19.38%) Docker
2 6 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 189 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 121 (10.11%) Terraform
3 23 (1.92%) Grafana
4 19 (1.59%) Ansible
5 15 (1.25%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.00%) Argo
7 10 (0.84%) Control-M
8 9 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.42%) Istio
10 3 (0.25%) Nagios
10 3 (0.25%) Podman
11 2 (0.17%) Rancher
12 1 (0.084%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 83 (6.93%) Microsoft
2 65 (5.43%) Oracle
3 49 (4.09%) Google
4 33 (2.76%) OpenAI
5 18 (1.50%) Databricks
6 16 (1.34%) Sitecore
7 15 (1.25%) Salesforce
8 10 (0.84%) Dynatrace
8 10 (0.84%) MuleSoft
8 10 (0.84%) Splunk
9 9 (0.75%) SAP
10 8 (0.67%) Adobe
10 8 (0.67%) Conga
10 8 (0.67%) GoCardless
10 8 (0.67%) Solace
11 6 (0.50%) Apple
11 6 (0.50%) Pega
12 5 (0.42%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.42%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.33%) Netlify