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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 74 79
Rank change year-on-year -21 +5 -23
Contract jobs citing React 995 1,056 1,223
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.70% 3.10% 2.78%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.03% 14.14% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 685 783 1,012
10th Percentile £335 £340 £351
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% -0.95% -8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £460 £463
% change year-on-year -2.17% -0.54% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 10
10th Percentile £45.30 £26.25 £47.97
25th Percentile £53.55 £31.50 £52.81
Median hourly rate £66.00 £39.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -39.06% -8.57%
75th Percentile £67.00 £44.13 £74.25
90th Percentile - £59.29 £81.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.00 £27.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year +143.64% -56.86% -8.93%

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 8,270 7,470 9,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.43% 21.92% 22.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,470 4,753 6,888
10th Percentile £355 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 96 174
10th Percentile £30.85 £21.63 £32.90
25th Percentile £43.00 £36.31 £46.18
Median hourly rate £58.73 £62.50 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +16.82% -17.69%
75th Percentile £67.00 £66.19 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.60 £74.93 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -1.54% +25.26% -20.17%

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025. 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 -21 847 £518 -5.91% 542
London -18 501 £550 -8.33% 181
UK excluding London -25 370 £450 -2.17% 467
Work from Home -43 294 £525 +6.28% 323
North of England -4 124 £400 -11.11% 137
South East -32 71 £338 -32.50% 139
Yorkshire -19 62 £440 -12.00% 46
North West -4 60 £400 -11.11% 72
Scotland -2 56 £456 +2.53% 28
Midlands -52 45 £538 +7.50% 71
South West -15 40 £550 +10.00% 50
West Midlands -40 34 £528 -4.09% 30
East of England -14 29 £425 +13.33% 33
East Midlands -23 11 £550 +15.79% 41
Wales +3 9 £518 +23.58% 15
Northern Ireland -9 5 - - 3
North East -10 5 £475 +13.77% 19

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 35 (3.52%) CMS
2 18 (1.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 17 (1.71%) Confluence
4 14 (1.41%) Apache Airflow
5 13 (1.31%) Apache
5 13 (1.31%) Headless CMS
5 13 (1.31%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.11%) SAS
7 6 (0.60%) Camunda
7 6 (0.60%) Sitecore CMS
8 5 (0.50%) HCL Notes
8 5 (0.50%) Mendix
8 5 (0.50%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.30%) IIS
9 3 (0.30%) WordPress
10 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.20%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.20%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.20%) Moodle
Applications
1 16 (1.61%) Chatbot
2 7 (0.70%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.70%) Sketch
3 3 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.20%) 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 7 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.40%) Endur
4 3 (0.30%) Shopify
5 2 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.20%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.20%) Magento
6 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 435 (43.72%) AWS
2 255 (25.63%) Azure
3 142 (14.27%) Serverless
4 135 (13.57%) GitHub
5 116 (11.66%) GCP
6 94 (9.45%) AWS Lambda
7 80 (8.04%) GitHub Actions
8 70 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
9 50 (5.03%) Amazon S3
10 38 (3.82%) npm
11 33 (3.32%) SaaS
12 30 (3.02%) Azure AKS
12 30 (3.02%) Figma
12 30 (3.02%) OpenShift
13 27 (2.71%) Entra ID
14 25 (2.51%) Amazon SQS
15 24 (2.41%) Amazon ECS
15 24 (2.41%) Azure Functions
16 23 (2.31%) AWS CloudFormation
16 23 (2.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.81%) Wireless
2 17 (1.71%) HTTP
3 7 (0.70%) DNS
4 5 (0.50%) Network Security
5 4 (0.40%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.30%) DHCP
6 3 (0.30%) Firewall
6 3 (0.30%) VPN
7 1 (0.10%) Bluetooth
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
1 152 (15.28%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (9.15%) Relational Database
3 82 (8.24%) NoSQL
4 59 (5.93%) MongoDB
5 54 (5.43%) MySQL
6 48 (4.82%) SQL Server
7 30 (3.02%) Redis
8 20 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
8 20 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.91%) DynamoDB
10 17 (1.71%) Amazon Aurora
11 16 (1.61%) BigQuery
12 15 (1.51%) Power BI
13 11 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
13 11 (1.11%) Apache Arrow
13 11 (1.11%) Apache Cassandra
13 11 (1.11%) Apache Iceberg
13 11 (1.11%) Dremio
14 10 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (1.01%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 209 (21.01%) Git
2 76 (7.64%) Cypress.io
3 72 (7.24%) Jenkins
4 65 (6.53%) JIRA
5 58 (5.83%) GitLab
6 44 (4.42%) webpack
7 43 (4.32%) JUnit
8 25 (2.51%) Cucumber
9 24 (2.41%) Browser DevTools
10 23 (2.31%) Mockito
10 23 (2.31%) Selenium
11 22 (2.21%) Android Studio
11 22 (2.21%) Xcode
12 21 (2.11%) Eclipse
12 21 (2.11%) SonarQube
13 18 (1.81%) Bitbucket
13 18 (1.81%) Maven
14 16 (1.61%) Storybook
14 16 (1.61%) Vite
15 13 (1.31%) Artifactory
General
1 249 (25.03%) Social Skills
2 195 (19.60%) Finance
3 120 (12.06%) Public Sector
4 79 (7.94%) Banking
5 62 (6.23%) Front Office
6 46 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
7 42 (4.22%) Investment Banking
8 25 (2.51%) Retail
9 17 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
11 14 (1.41%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.31%) Marketing
13 12 (1.21%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (0.90%) Health Technology
16 8 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.60%) Automotive
17 6 (0.60%) Back Office
17 6 (0.60%) Law
18 5 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 559 (56.18%) Developer
2 189 (18.99%) Full-Stack Developer
3 160 (16.08%) Senior
4 135 (13.57%) Software Engineer
5 128 (12.86%) React Developer
6 95 (9.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 91 (9.15%) Java Developer
8 90 (9.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 78 (7.84%) Lead
10 77 (7.74%) Python Developer
10 77 (7.74%) Senior Developer
11 48 (4.82%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 37 (3.72%) AWS Developer
13 36 (3.62%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 34 (3.42%) AWS Engineer
15 33 (3.32%) Architect
16 31 (3.12%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
17 30 (3.02%) JavaScript Developer
18 27 (2.71%) Python Engineer
19 25 (2.51%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 321 (32.26%) Node.js
2 287 (28.84%) AngularJS
3 243 (24.42%) CSS
4 210 (21.11%) HTML
5 175 (17.59%) RESTful
6 136 (13.67%) .NET
7 131 (13.17%) Spring
8 127 (12.76%) REST
9 124 (12.46%) Next.js
10 117 (11.76%) Spring Boot
11 109 (10.95%) Jest
12 106 (10.65%) GraphQL
13 101 (10.15%) Vue
14 94 (9.45%) Redux
15 92 (9.25%) Kafka
16 77 (7.74%) HTML5
17 63 (6.33%) FastAPI
18 55 (5.53%) CSS3
19 45 (4.52%) Playwright
20 41 (4.12%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 86 (8.64%) Cloud Native
2 68 (6.83%) Product Ownership
3 46 (4.62%) Mobile App
4 37 (3.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 34 (3.42%) Fixed Income
6 30 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
7 29 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
8 25 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
9 24 (2.41%) AI Agents
9 24 (2.41%) Data Structures
10 20 (2.01%) Algorithms
11 18 (1.81%) Hedge funds
12 14 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.31%) Onboarding
14 12 (1.21%) Derivative
14 12 (1.21%) Equities
15 11 (1.11%) NHS
16 9 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
17 8 (0.80%) Private Cloud
17 8 (0.80%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 63 (6.33%) Linux
2 41 (4.12%) Unix
3 38 (3.82%) Windows
4 32 (3.22%) Android
5 14 (1.41%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.80%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.40%) CentOS
8 3 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.20%) VMS
10 1 (0.10%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (43.52%) CI/CD
2 429 (43.12%) Agile
3 421 (42.31%) Full-Stack Development
4 280 (28.14%) Microservices
5 266 (26.73%) DevOps
6 242 (24.32%) Software Engineering
7 200 (20.10%) Front End Development
8 169 (16.98%) User Experience
9 159 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
10 158 (15.88%) Containerisation
11 144 (14.47%) Test Automation
12 132 (13.27%) AI
13 118 (11.86%) Clean Code
14 104 (10.45%) TDD
15 95 (9.55%) Scrum
16 93 (9.35%) Infrastructure as Code
17 88 (8.84%) Design Patterns
18 79 (7.94%) Code Quality
19 69 (6.93%) SDLC
20 67 (6.73%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 493 (49.55%) JavaScript
2 478 (48.04%) TypeScript
3 328 (32.96%) Java
4 308 (30.95%) Python
5 197 (19.80%) SQL
6 130 (13.07%) C#
7 35 (3.52%) C++
8 32 (3.22%) Go
9 25 (2.51%) Perl
10 22 (2.21%) Bicep
11 21 (2.11%) Ruby
12 18 (1.81%) PowerShell
13 16 (1.61%) Rust
14 12 (1.21%) Kotlin
14 12 (1.21%) PHP
15 10 (1.01%) Bash
16 9 (0.90%) T-SQL
17 7 (0.70%) JSX
17 7 (0.70%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.60%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 184 (18.49%) Security Cleared
2 157 (15.78%) SC Cleared
3 49 (4.92%) Degree
4 35 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 20 (2.01%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.11%) MCP
8 8 (0.80%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.70%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.70%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.30%) OCP
10 3 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.20%) CEH
11 2 (0.20%) CISSP
11 2 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.20%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (13.17%) Accessibility
2 66 (6.63%) QA
3 65 (6.53%) WCAG
4 8 (0.80%) GDPR
5 6 (0.60%) HL7
6 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.30%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.30%) MiFID
7 3 (0.30%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.20%) EMIR
8 2 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.20%) PMO
9 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.10%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.10%) PSD2
9 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 249 (25.03%) Docker
2 21 (2.11%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.30%) 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
1 215 (21.61%) Kubernetes
2 124 (12.46%) Terraform
3 24 (2.41%) Grafana
4 20 (2.01%) Ansible
4 20 (2.01%) Argo
5 14 (1.41%) Kibana
6 9 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
6 9 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.70%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.60%) Istio
9 2 (0.20%) Podman
10 1 (0.10%) Consul
10 1 (0.10%) Rancher
10 1 (0.10%) Sysdig
10 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 116 (11.66%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.83%) Oracle
3 44 (4.42%) Google
4 32 (3.22%) Adobe
5 31 (3.12%) ServiceNow
6 27 (2.71%) Splunk
7 26 (2.61%) OpenAI
8 23 (2.31%) Red Hat
9 14 (1.41%) Databricks
10 10 (1.01%) Sitecore
11 9 (0.90%) Atlassian
11 9 (0.90%) Blue Prism
11 9 (0.90%) Salesforce
11 9 (0.90%) SAP
12 6 (0.60%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.60%) VMware
13 5 (0.50%) Kofax
13 5 (0.50%) Lotus
13 5 (0.50%) Marketo
13 5 (0.50%) MuleSoft