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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 73 73
Rank change year-on-year -30 0 -12
Contract jobs citing React 1,088 917 1,250
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.48% 3.13% 2.82%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.63% 13.77% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 705 1,010
10th Percentile £358 £363 £335
25th Percentile £415 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £688
90th Percentile £800 £770 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £468
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.74% -1.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 24
10th Percentile £43.55 - £40.00
25th Percentile £56.54 £26.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £75.50 £39.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +93.59% -37.60% -10.71%
75th Percentile £95.00 £46.50 £72.50
90th Percentile - £65.68 £76.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £27.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +176.36% -58.02% -

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 9,352 6,661 8,960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.33% 22.71% 20.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,252 4,486 6,245
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £414 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £496 £495
% change year-on-year +0.91% +0.10% -2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 96 203
10th Percentile £35.13 £26.25 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £39.06 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £73.46 £68.19 £64.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £82.53 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -29 906 £525 - 683
London -27 560 £550 -4.35% 279
UK excluding London -15 376 £500 +11.11% 484
Work from Home -39 345 £550 +7.74% 359
North of England -18 137 £475 +5.56% 123
North West -2 79 £450 - 60
South East -41 74 £525 +5.00% 116
Scotland +1 52 £438 -1.24% 21
Midlands -41 51 £546 +9.15% 72
Yorkshire -33 46 £500 +6.38% 49
West Midlands -43 40 £538 +14.36% 39
East of England -4 31 £600 +33.33% 55
South West -22 26 £500 +13.38% 86
North East -9 15 £475 +3.26% 14
East Midlands -32 9 £600 +20.00% 33
Northern Ireland -4 7 - - 4
Wales -7 5 £331 -17.19% 17

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 (3.58%) CMS
2 34 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 20 (1.84%) Confluence
4 18 (1.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 16 (1.47%) Headless CMS
6 15 (1.38%) Sitecore CMS
7 10 (0.92%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.92%) Mendix
8 8 (0.74%) Camunda
9 7 (0.64%) Apache
9 7 (0.64%) SAS
10 6 (0.55%) IIS
11 5 (0.46%) Umbraco
12 4 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
13 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.28%) WordPress
14 2 (0.18%) Magnolia
14 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
15 1 (0.092%) Kentico
Applications
1 10 (0.92%) Adobe XD
1 10 (0.92%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.55%) Sketch
3 1 (0.092%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.092%) Blender
3 1 (0.092%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (0.092%) InVision
3 1 (0.092%) Maya
3 1 (0.092%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.092%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.01%) Shopify
2 5 (0.46%) Magento
3 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.092%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.092%) Endur
5 1 (0.092%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 480 (44.12%) AWS
2 345 (31.71%) Azure
3 148 (13.60%) GitHub
4 145 (13.33%) Serverless
5 138 (12.68%) GCP
6 90 (8.27%) Azure DevOps
7 89 (8.18%) AWS Lambda
7 89 (8.18%) GitHub Actions
8 53 (4.87%) Amazon S3
9 41 (3.77%) Figma
10 39 (3.58%) Power Platform
11 36 (3.31%) Azure Functions
12 33 (3.03%) Amazon ECS
13 30 (2.76%) Entra ID
14 29 (2.67%) Azure Service Bus
14 29 (2.67%) SaaS
15 28 (2.57%) Amazon SQS
16 27 (2.48%) Azure Logic Apps
17 24 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
17 24 (2.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.64%) Wireless
2 5 (0.46%) Network Security
3 3 (0.28%) DNS
3 3 (0.28%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.18%) DHCP
4 2 (0.18%) HTTP
4 2 (0.18%) VPN
5 1 (0.092%) Firewall
5 1 (0.092%) LAN
5 1 (0.092%) Multicast
5 1 (0.092%) RTMP
5 1 (0.092%) WAN
5 1 (0.092%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (15.07%) PostgreSQL
2 94 (8.64%) NoSQL
3 93 (8.55%) Relational Database
4 72 (6.62%) SQL Server
5 64 (5.88%) MongoDB
6 60 (5.51%) MySQL
7 30 (2.76%) Redis
8 28 (2.57%) Amazon RDS
8 28 (2.57%) DynamoDB
9 27 (2.48%) Power BI
10 18 (1.65%) Oracle Database
11 14 (1.29%) Apache Cassandra
12 13 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.10%) Metadata
14 11 (1.01%) BigQuery
15 10 (0.92%) Amazon Aurora
15 10 (0.92%) Tableau
16 8 (0.74%) Big Data
17 7 (0.64%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 211 (19.39%) Git
2 68 (6.25%) Jenkins
3 67 (6.16%) GitLab
4 64 (5.88%) Cypress.io
5 60 (5.51%) JIRA
6 44 (4.04%) JUnit
7 30 (2.76%) Mockito
8 22 (2.02%) webpack
9 21 (1.93%) Cucumber
10 18 (1.65%) Selenium
11 17 (1.56%) Maven
11 17 (1.56%) Vite
12 15 (1.38%) Mocha
13 14 (1.29%) Gradle
14 13 (1.19%) Bitbucket
14 13 (1.19%) CircleCI
14 13 (1.19%) Storybook
15 11 (1.01%) Android Studio
15 11 (1.01%) Xcode
16 10 (0.92%) Eclipse
General
1 222 (20.40%) Social Skills
2 196 (18.01%) Finance
3 140 (12.87%) Public Sector
4 89 (8.18%) Front Office
5 83 (7.63%) Banking
6 43 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (2.85%) Investment Banking
8 17 (1.56%) Financial Institution
9 13 (1.19%) Retail
10 9 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (0.83%) Marketing
11 8 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (0.74%) Health Technology
12 7 (0.64%) Games
12 7 (0.64%) Legal
12 7 (0.64%) Publishing
13 4 (0.37%) Advertising
13 4 (0.37%) Law
13 4 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 671 (61.67%) Developer
2 222 (20.40%) Full-Stack Developer
3 179 (16.45%) Senior
4 154 (14.15%) Software Engineer
5 146 (13.42%) React Developer
6 116 (10.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 107 (9.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 99 (9.10%) Lead
9 93 (8.55%) Senior Developer
10 83 (7.63%) Java Developer
11 81 (7.44%) Python Developer
12 55 (5.06%) Lead Developer
13 51 (4.69%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 48 (4.41%) Architect
15 43 (3.95%) Software Developer
16 38 (3.49%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
16 38 (3.49%) Lead Software Engineer
17 37 (3.40%) Lead Software Developer
18 34 (3.13%) .NET Developer
18 34 (3.13%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 321 (29.50%) Node.js
2 298 (27.39%) AngularJS
3 261 (23.99%) CSS
4 232 (21.32%) HTML
5 195 (17.92%) RESTful
6 176 (16.18%) .NET
7 161 (14.80%) Spring
8 154 (14.15%) REST
9 144 (13.24%) Redux
10 140 (12.87%) Spring Boot
11 126 (11.58%) Vue
12 118 (10.85%) Next.js
13 110 (10.11%) GraphQL
14 105 (9.65%) Kafka
15 101 (9.28%) Jest
16 79 (7.26%) HTML5
17 62 (5.70%) CSS3
18 59 (5.42%) Playwright
19 56 (5.15%) .NET Core
20 54 (4.96%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 120 (11.03%) Cloud Native
2 72 (6.62%) Product Ownership
3 52 (4.78%) Fixed Income
4 37 (3.40%) Data Protection Act
5 34 (3.13%) Derivative
6 31 (2.85%) AI Agents
7 30 (2.76%) Mobile App
8 28 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
9 23 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 20 (1.84%) Equities
11 19 (1.75%) Data Structures
11 19 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
12 18 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 15 (1.38%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.19%) Algorithms
15 12 (1.10%) Low-Code
16 11 (1.01%) NHS
17 9 (0.83%) Distributed Architecture
18 8 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (3.31%) Linux
2 25 (2.30%) Android
2 25 (2.30%) Windows
3 22 (2.02%) Unix
4 15 (1.38%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.64%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.092%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.092%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 487 (44.76%) CI/CD
2 483 (44.39%) Agile
3 460 (42.28%) Full-Stack Development
4 321 (29.50%) DevOps
5 293 (26.93%) Microservices
6 254 (23.35%) Software Engineering
7 245 (22.52%) Front End Development
8 181 (16.64%) User Experience
9 174 (15.99%) AI
10 173 (15.90%) Containerisation
11 169 (15.53%) Test Automation
12 150 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
13 105 (9.65%) Code Quality
14 98 (9.01%) Infrastructure as Code
14 98 (9.01%) Scrum
15 97 (8.92%) Clean Code
16 94 (8.64%) TDD
17 83 (7.63%) API Integration
18 81 (7.44%) Machine Learning
19 79 (7.26%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 531 (48.81%) JavaScript
2 530 (48.71%) TypeScript
3 362 (33.27%) Python
4 324 (29.78%) Java
5 213 (19.58%) SQL
6 156 (14.34%) C#
7 55 (5.06%) Go
8 15 (1.38%) C++
8 15 (1.38%) Ruby
9 14 (1.29%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.19%) Bicep
11 11 (1.01%) Perl
11 11 (1.01%) Rust
12 10 (0.92%) Formula Language
12 10 (0.92%) LotusScript
13 9 (0.83%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.74%) JSX
15 7 (0.64%) Scala
16 6 (0.55%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.46%) Bash
Qualifications
1 196 (18.01%) Security Cleared
2 170 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 62 (5.70%) Degree
4 47 (4.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 40 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.38%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.55%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.37%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.28%) PhD
11 2 (0.18%) OCP
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.092%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.092%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.092%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.092%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.092%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (13.42%) Accessibility
2 79 (7.26%) WCAG
3 67 (6.16%) QA
4 7 (0.64%) HL7
5 6 (0.55%) GDPR
6 5 (0.46%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.18%) NCSC
7 2 (0.18%) PSD2
8 1 (0.092%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.092%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.092%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.092%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.092%) MiFID
8 1 (0.092%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.092%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 247 (22.70%) Docker
2 18 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.092%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 202 (18.57%) Kubernetes
2 126 (11.58%) Terraform
3 31 (2.85%) Grafana
4 23 (2.11%) Argo
5 14 (1.29%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.01%) Ansible
8 6 (0.55%) Istio
8 6 (0.55%) Kibana
9 4 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.18%) Nagios
10 2 (0.18%) Rancher
11 1 (0.092%) Consul
11 1 (0.092%) Podman
11 1 (0.092%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 93 (8.55%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.15%) Oracle
3 43 (3.95%) Google
4 37 (3.40%) OpenAI
5 34 (3.13%) Adobe
6 21 (1.93%) Sitecore
7 19 (1.75%) Splunk
8 17 (1.56%) Databricks
9 15 (1.38%) Red Hat
10 10 (0.92%) Kofax
10 10 (0.92%) Lotus
11 9 (0.83%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.55%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.55%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.46%) Pega
13 5 (0.46%) SAP
13 5 (0.46%) Solace
14 4 (0.37%) Apple
14 4 (0.37%) Brio
14 4 (0.37%) Salesforce