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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 68 65
Rank change year-on-year -51 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing React 1,170 1,150 1,202
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.19% 3.47% 3.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.54% 15.39% 14.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 830 829 937
10th Percentile £363 £358 £325
25th Percentile £422 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 11
10th Percentile £55.45 £59.05 £40.00
25th Percentile £66.50 £63.63 £55.63
Median hourly rate £74.00 £67.00 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.45% - -10.07%
75th Percentile £86.50 - £72.19
90th Percentile £95.00 - £74.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 £67.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year +10.45% - +8.06%

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 10,138 7,471 8,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.01% 22.53% 22.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,600 5,028 5,801
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £630 £663
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.50% -6.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 171 241
10th Percentile £28.00 £30.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £41.25 £41.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £81.01 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.91
% change year-on-year +13.04% -2.39% +0.16%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -56 975 £550 +4.76% 1,068
London -50 592 £575 -3.16% 652
UK excluding London -48 433 £500 +11.11% 527
Work from Home -53 367 £550 +4.76% 471
North of England -21 167 £500 +11.11% 153
Yorkshire +5 86 £500 +25.00% 32
Scotland -3 78 £377 -19.36% 52
South East -84 69 £525 +16.67% 118
North West -39 67 £513 +10.22% 106
South West -19 61 £525 +23.53% 72
Midlands -41 42 £468 +4.47% 67
West Midlands -37 35 £475 -7.32% 39
East of England -18 17 £625 +47.06% 29
North East -34 14 £500 +7.53% 16
East Midlands -16 5 £443 +20.24% 28
Northern Ireland +7 3 £190 -47.77% 18
Wales -23 1 £525 +14.44% 20

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 39 (3.33%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.48%) Confluence
3 17 (1.45%) CMS
4 16 (1.37%) SharePoint Server
5 9 (0.77%) nginx
6 8 (0.68%) Camunda
7 7 (0.60%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.43%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.43%) WordPress
9 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.34%) IIS
9 4 (0.34%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.085%) Apache
12 1 (0.085%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.085%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 11 (0.94%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.26%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.17%) Sketch
4 1 (0.085%) Blender
4 1 (0.085%) Maya
4 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.085%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.03%) Shopify
2 10 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
3 8 (0.68%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.26%) Magento
4 3 (0.26%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.17%) Endur
6 1 (0.085%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.085%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 459 (39.23%) AWS
2 324 (27.69%) Azure
3 133 (11.37%) Serverless
4 132 (11.28%) GitHub
5 130 (11.11%) GCP
6 84 (7.18%) AWS Lambda
7 78 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
8 66 (5.64%) Azure DevOps
9 63 (5.38%) Amazon S3
10 56 (4.79%) Power Platform
11 47 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
12 43 (3.68%) Figma
13 38 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
13 38 (3.25%) Power Automate
13 38 (3.25%) PowerApps
14 36 (3.08%) Entra ID
15 35 (2.99%) OpenShift
16 30 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
17 28 (2.39%) Amazon SQS
17 28 (2.39%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.85%) Firewall
2 7 (0.60%) DNS
3 6 (0.51%) HTTP
4 4 (0.34%) Intranet
4 4 (0.34%) VPN
5 3 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.17%) DSL
7 1 (0.085%) CTI
7 1 (0.085%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.085%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.085%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (14.10%) PostgreSQL
2 80 (6.84%) SQL Server
3 78 (6.67%) Relational Database
4 76 (6.50%) NoSQL
5 67 (5.73%) MongoDB
6 44 (3.76%) MySQL
7 40 (3.42%) DynamoDB
8 38 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
9 37 (3.16%) Power BI
10 27 (2.31%) Redis
11 15 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (1.20%) Amazon Athena
13 10 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
13 10 (0.85%) Metadata
14 9 (0.77%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (0.77%) Neo4j
14 9 (0.77%) RDBMS
15 7 (0.60%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.51%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 210 (17.95%) Git
2 127 (10.85%) Jenkins
3 63 (5.38%) GitLab
4 62 (5.30%) JIRA
5 55 (4.70%) Cypress.io
6 50 (4.27%) Gradle
7 48 (4.10%) JUnit
8 34 (2.91%) Vite
9 28 (2.39%) Maven
9 28 (2.39%) Mockito
10 21 (1.79%) Claude Code
10 21 (1.79%) webpack
11 17 (1.45%) Cucumber
11 17 (1.45%) Liquibase
11 17 (1.45%) Storybook
12 15 (1.28%) Bitbucket
12 15 (1.28%) REST Assured
13 14 (1.20%) SonarQube
14 12 (1.03%) Postman
15 10 (0.85%) Selenium
General
1 255 (21.79%) Finance
2 218 (18.63%) Social Skills
3 147 (12.56%) Banking
4 129 (11.03%) Public Sector
5 108 (9.23%) Front Office
6 63 (5.38%) Investment Banking
7 52 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
8 40 (3.42%) Retail
9 28 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (1.28%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.11%) Law
13 11 (0.94%) Manufacturing
14 10 (0.85%) Military
14 10 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.85%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.77%) Marketing
16 8 (0.68%) Aerospace
16 8 (0.68%) Legal
17 7 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 638 (54.53%) Developer
2 240 (20.51%) Senior
3 202 (17.26%) Full-Stack Developer
4 168 (14.36%) React Developer
5 161 (13.76%) Software Engineer
6 138 (11.79%) Senior Developer
7 136 (11.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 134 (11.45%) Java Developer
9 128 (10.94%) Lead
10 84 (7.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 65 (5.56%) Python Developer
12 53 (4.53%) Senior React Developer
13 52 (4.44%) Lead Developer
13 52 (4.44%) Senior Java Developer
14 51 (4.36%) UI Developer
15 49 (4.19%) Architect
16 44 (3.76%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 44 (3.76%) Software Developer
17 39 (3.33%) Java Engineer
18 38 (3.25%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 309 (26.41%) Node.js
2 263 (22.48%) REST
3 215 (18.38%) CSS
4 196 (16.75%) HTML
5 191 (16.32%) Redux
6 173 (14.79%) .NET
7 171 (14.62%) AngularJS
8 164 (14.02%) RESTful
9 157 (13.42%) Spring
10 148 (12.65%) Kafka
11 144 (12.31%) Spring Boot
12 125 (10.68%) Next.js
13 108 (9.23%) GraphQL
14 99 (8.46%) Vue
15 95 (8.12%) HTML5
16 88 (7.52%) Jest
17 78 (6.67%) CSS3
18 72 (6.15%) Playwright
19 58 (4.96%) OAuth
20 54 (4.62%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 172 (14.70%) Cloud Native
2 85 (7.26%) Fixed Income
3 71 (6.07%) Product Ownership
4 63 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
5 61 (5.21%) Greenfield Project
6 57 (4.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 43 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
8 42 (3.59%) Equities
9 35 (2.99%) AI Agents
10 33 (2.82%) Data Structures
11 32 (2.74%) Derivative
12 31 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
13 26 (2.22%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
15 19 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
16 13 (1.11%) Onboarding
17 10 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
17 10 (0.85%) Mobile App
17 10 (0.85%) Virtual Team
18 9 (0.77%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.88%) Linux
2 11 (0.94%) Windows
3 6 (0.51%) Unix
4 4 (0.34%) Android
4 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.34%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.085%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (46.15%) CI/CD
2 501 (42.82%) Agile
3 489 (41.79%) Full-Stack Development
4 306 (26.15%) Software Engineering
5 293 (25.04%) Microservices
6 289 (24.70%) DevOps
7 222 (18.97%) Front End Development
8 211 (18.03%) AI
9 204 (17.44%) Test Automation
10 171 (14.62%) Containerisation
11 149 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
12 137 (11.71%) User Experience
13 125 (10.68%) TDD
14 124 (10.60%) Continuous Improvement
15 120 (10.26%) Event-Driven
16 118 (10.09%) Code Quality
16 118 (10.09%) Mentoring
17 112 (9.57%) Scrum
18 110 (9.40%) Infrastructure as Code
19 95 (8.12%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 648 (55.38%) TypeScript
2 563 (48.12%) JavaScript
3 374 (31.97%) Java
4 344 (29.40%) Python
5 225 (19.23%) SQL
6 191 (16.32%) C#
7 54 (4.62%) Go
8 33 (2.82%) PL/SQL
9 22 (1.88%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.37%) Bash
11 14 (1.20%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.03%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.85%) Rust
14 9 (0.77%) PHP
15 8 (0.68%) C++
16 7 (0.60%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.60%) Bicep
16 7 (0.60%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.51%) Ruby
17 6 (0.51%) Scala
Qualifications
1 202 (17.26%) Security Cleared
2 176 (15.04%) SC Cleared
3 60 (5.13%) Degree
4 49 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 36 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.14%) DV Cleared
7 10 (0.85%) Master's Degree
8 8 (0.68%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (0.51%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.085%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.085%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.085%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.085%) PhD
14 1 (0.085%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (12.99%) Accessibility
2 78 (6.67%) QA
2 78 (6.67%) WCAG
3 7 (0.60%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.43%) GDPR
5 4 (0.34%) HL7
6 3 (0.26%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.26%) PSD2
7 1 (0.085%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.085%) GRC
7 1 (0.085%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.085%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.085%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 239 (20.43%) Docker
2 6 (0.51%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.085%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 215 (18.38%) Kubernetes
2 131 (11.20%) Terraform
3 29 (2.48%) Ansible
3 29 (2.48%) Grafana
4 16 (1.37%) Argo
4 16 (1.37%) Control-M
5 14 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.51%) Istio
8 5 (0.43%) Kibana
9 4 (0.34%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.26%) Podman
11 1 (0.085%) Nagios
11 1 (0.085%) Rancher
Vendors
1 77 (6.58%) Microsoft
2 68 (5.81%) Oracle
3 46 (3.93%) Google
4 27 (2.31%) OpenAI
5 21 (1.79%) Databricks
5 21 (1.79%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.62%) MuleSoft
7 15 (1.28%) Splunk
8 14 (1.20%) Dynatrace
9 13 (1.11%) SAP
10 8 (0.68%) Adobe
10 8 (0.68%) Conga
10 8 (0.68%) GoCardless
10 8 (0.68%) Solace
11 6 (0.51%) ForgeRock
11 6 (0.51%) Sitecore
12 5 (0.43%) Hitachi
12 5 (0.43%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.34%) Apple
13 4 (0.34%) Red Hat