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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 80 75
Rank change year-on-year -19 -5 -19
Contract jobs citing React 1,041 936 1,234
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.61% 3.02% 2.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.76% 13.43% 13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 700 1,002
10th Percentile £350 £356 £338
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.29% -2.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £650 £675
90th Percentile £725 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +5.61% -3.23% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 19
10th Percentile £43.20 £26.25 £48.00
25th Percentile £53.55 £31.50 £56.88
Median hourly rate £62.50 £39.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.26% -37.60% -10.71%
75th Percentile £77.50 £44.13 £72.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £59.29 £78.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.50 £27.50 £67.75
% change year-on-year +174.55% -59.41% +3.44%

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 8,852 6,968 9,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.23% 22.49% 20.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,893 4,484 6,467
10th Percentile £356 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +0.66% -7.13%
75th Percentile £623 £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 217 86 189
10th Percentile £35.00 £25.32 £23.75
25th Percentile £51.25 £38.69 £45.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £77.83 £76.72
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -22 865 £518 -4.17% 693
London -26 506 £540 -7.69% 288
UK excluding London -8 390 £475 +5.61% 515
Work from Home -39 313 £525 +5.00% 426
North of England -13 136 £475 +5.56% 158
North West +5 81 £425 -5.56% 89
South East -40 67 £413 -21.43% 143
Scotland +7 56 £438 -0.79% 24
Midlands -39 50 £546 +9.15% 67
Yorkshire -33 46 £500 +2.56% 54
South West -9 42 £545 +21.11% 75
West Midlands -38 39 £542 +11.08% 33
East of England -13 35 £600 +65.52% 35
North East -11 12 £475 +13.77% 15
East Midlands -20 11 £550 +10.00% 34
Northern Ireland -2 8 - - 5
Wales 0 5 £331 -22.06% 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 43 (4.13%) CMS
2 24 (2.31%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 17 (1.63%) Confluence
5 15 (1.44%) Sitecore CMS
6 14 (1.34%) Headless CMS
7 11 (1.06%) Apache
7 11 (1.06%) SAS
8 9 (0.86%) Camunda
8 9 (0.86%) HCL Notes
8 9 (0.86%) Mendix
9 7 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.48%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.48%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.38%) IIS
12 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.29%) WordPress
13 2 (0.19%) Magnolia
14 1 (0.096%) Apache Superset
14 1 (0.096%) Traefik
Applications
1 18 (1.73%) Chatbot
2 10 (0.96%) Adobe XD
3 7 (0.67%) Sketch
4 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.19%) Trello
6 1 (0.096%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.096%) Blender
6 1 (0.096%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.096%) InVision
6 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.48%) Shopify
3 2 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.19%) Magento
4 1 (0.096%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.096%) Endur
4 1 (0.096%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 463 (44.48%) AWS
2 300 (28.82%) Azure
3 141 (13.54%) Serverless
4 138 (13.26%) GCP
5 135 (12.97%) GitHub
6 93 (8.93%) AWS Lambda
7 88 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
8 82 (7.88%) GitHub Actions
9 51 (4.90%) Amazon S3
10 45 (4.32%) Figma
11 32 (3.07%) SaaS
12 29 (2.79%) Azure Functions
13 28 (2.69%) Power Platform
14 27 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
14 27 (2.59%) Entra ID
14 27 (2.59%) npm
15 26 (2.50%) Amazon SQS
15 26 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
16 25 (2.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 24 (2.31%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.15%) Wireless
2 5 (0.48%) DNS
2 5 (0.48%) HTTP
2 5 (0.48%) Network Security
3 4 (0.38%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.29%) DHCP
5 2 (0.19%) VPN
6 1 (0.096%) Firewall
6 1 (0.096%) LAN
6 1 (0.096%) Multicast
6 1 (0.096%) RTMP
6 1 (0.096%) WAN
6 1 (0.096%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (14.51%) PostgreSQL
2 95 (9.13%) NoSQL
3 89 (8.55%) Relational Database
4 66 (6.34%) MySQL
5 61 (5.86%) MongoDB
6 59 (5.67%) SQL Server
7 26 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
8 24 (2.31%) Redis
9 22 (2.11%) DynamoDB
9 22 (2.11%) Power BI
10 20 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (1.54%) Oracle Database
12 14 (1.34%) BigQuery
13 11 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (0.96%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (0.96%) Metadata
15 9 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
15 9 (0.86%) Big Data
16 8 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
17 7 (0.67%) DB2
Development Applications
1 206 (19.79%) Git
2 69 (6.63%) Cypress.io
3 68 (6.53%) Jenkins
4 66 (6.34%) GitLab
5 57 (5.48%) JIRA
6 41 (3.94%) JUnit
7 26 (2.50%) Cucumber
8 23 (2.21%) Mockito
8 23 (2.21%) Selenium
9 22 (2.11%) webpack
10 21 (2.02%) Maven
11 17 (1.63%) Browser DevTools
12 16 (1.54%) Android Studio
12 16 (1.54%) Xcode
13 15 (1.44%) Bitbucket
13 15 (1.44%) Eclipse
13 15 (1.44%) Storybook
14 14 (1.34%) Mocha
14 14 (1.34%) SonarQube
14 14 (1.34%) Vite
General
1 223 (21.42%) Social Skills
2 184 (17.68%) Finance
3 128 (12.30%) Public Sector
4 80 (7.68%) Banking
5 57 (5.48%) Front Office
6 44 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (3.27%) Investment Banking
8 21 (2.02%) Retail
9 19 (1.83%) Financial Institution
10 12 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.06%) Marketing
12 10 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.77%) Health Technology
14 7 (0.67%) Publishing
14 7 (0.67%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.58%) Games
16 5 (0.48%) Law
16 5 (0.48%) Military
17 4 (0.38%) Legal
17 4 (0.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 617 (59.27%) Developer
2 215 (20.65%) Full-Stack Developer
3 171 (16.43%) Senior
4 138 (13.26%) React Developer
5 131 (12.58%) Software Engineer
6 109 (10.47%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 103 (9.89%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 89 (8.55%) Senior Developer
9 83 (7.97%) Java Developer
10 81 (7.78%) Lead
11 79 (7.59%) Python Developer
12 45 (4.32%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 38 (3.65%) Architect
14 37 (3.55%) Software Developer
15 33 (3.17%) AWS Developer
15 33 (3.17%) Lead Developer
16 31 (2.98%) Full-Stack Python Developer
17 30 (2.88%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 30 (2.88%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 28 (2.69%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 314 (30.16%) Node.js
2 293 (28.15%) AngularJS
3 257 (24.69%) CSS
4 231 (22.19%) HTML
5 193 (18.54%) RESTful
6 158 (15.18%) Spring
7 156 (14.99%) .NET
8 139 (13.35%) Spring Boot
9 136 (13.06%) REST
10 129 (12.39%) Next.js
11 107 (10.28%) Redux
11 107 (10.28%) Vue
12 106 (10.18%) Jest
13 100 (9.61%) GraphQL
14 80 (7.68%) Kafka
15 75 (7.20%) HTML5
16 63 (6.05%) FastAPI
17 58 (5.57%) CSS3
18 57 (5.48%) Playwright
19 49 (4.71%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 108 (10.37%) Cloud Native
2 85 (8.17%) Product Ownership
3 37 (3.55%) Mobile App
4 35 (3.36%) Data Protection Act
5 27 (2.59%) AI Agents
6 24 (2.31%) Fixed Income
7 22 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 21 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
9 20 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (1.83%) Derivative
11 17 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.44%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.34%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.25%) Algorithms
15 12 (1.15%) Equities
16 11 (1.06%) Hedge funds
16 11 (1.06%) Low-Code
17 10 (0.96%) NHS
18 7 (0.67%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 53 (5.09%) Linux
2 35 (3.36%) Unix
2 35 (3.36%) Windows
3 32 (3.07%) Android
4 19 (1.83%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.38%) CentOS
7 3 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) VMS
9 1 (0.096%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.096%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (45.24%) CI/CD
2 438 (42.07%) Full-Stack Development
3 429 (41.21%) Agile
4 307 (29.49%) DevOps
5 276 (26.51%) Microservices
6 236 (22.67%) Software Engineering
7 233 (22.38%) Front End Development
8 184 (17.68%) User Experience
9 172 (16.52%) AI
10 167 (16.04%) Test Automation
11 166 (15.95%) Containerisation
11 166 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
12 107 (10.28%) Clean Code
13 103 (9.89%) Code Quality
14 99 (9.51%) Scrum
15 92 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
16 84 (8.07%) Analytics
17 82 (7.88%) TDD
18 79 (7.59%) Machine Learning
19 76 (7.30%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 518 (49.76%) JavaScript
2 486 (46.69%) TypeScript
3 336 (32.28%) Python
4 308 (29.59%) Java
5 193 (18.54%) SQL
6 138 (13.26%) C#
7 34 (3.27%) Go
8 20 (1.92%) Perl
9 18 (1.73%) Bicep
9 18 (1.73%) C++
10 14 (1.34%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.34%) Ruby
11 13 (1.25%) Rust
12 9 (0.86%) Formula Language
12 9 (0.86%) LotusScript
13 8 (0.77%) JSX
13 8 (0.77%) Kotlin
13 8 (0.77%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.77%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 194 (18.64%) Security Cleared
2 165 (15.85%) SC Cleared
3 62 (5.96%) Degree
4 39 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 37 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.34%) Azure Certification
8 8 (0.77%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.67%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.29%) PhD
12 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.19%) OCP
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.096%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.096%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.096%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.096%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (13.45%) Accessibility
2 72 (6.92%) WCAG
3 60 (5.76%) QA
4 6 (0.58%) GDPR
4 6 (0.58%) HL7
5 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.19%) NCSC
7 2 (0.19%) PMO
8 1 (0.096%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.096%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.096%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.096%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.096%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.096%) MiFID
8 1 (0.096%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.096%) PSD2
8 1 (0.096%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.096%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 248 (23.82%) Docker
2 22 (2.11%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.096%) Varnish
4 1 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.096%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.096%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 207 (19.88%) Kubernetes
2 122 (11.72%) Terraform
3 30 (2.88%) Grafana
4 24 (2.31%) Argo
5 16 (1.54%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.15%) Ansible
6 12 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.06%) Kibana
8 9 (0.86%) Docker Swarm
9 7 (0.67%) Istio
10 2 (0.19%) Nagios
10 2 (0.19%) Podman
10 2 (0.19%) Rancher
11 1 (0.096%) Consul
11 1 (0.096%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 111 (10.66%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.15%) Oracle
3 47 (4.51%) Google
4 36 (3.46%) Adobe
5 34 (3.27%) OpenAI
6 23 (2.21%) Sitecore
7 20 (1.92%) Splunk
8 19 (1.83%) Red Hat
9 15 (1.44%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.15%) Databricks
11 9 (0.86%) Kofax
11 9 (0.86%) Lotus
12 8 (0.77%) Salesforce
12 8 (0.77%) SAP
13 6 (0.58%) Atlassian
14 5 (0.48%) Dynatrace
14 5 (0.48%) Marketo
14 5 (0.48%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.48%) Pega
14 5 (0.48%) VMware