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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 72 69
Rank change year-on-year -63 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing React 1,113 1,111 1,188
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.03% 3.40% 3.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.35% 13.08% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 795 785 902
10th Percentile £363 £358 £344
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.14% -6.55% +0.92%
75th Percentile £648 £650 £650
90th Percentile £850 £838 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 5
10th Percentile £49.15 £54.57 £38.55
25th Percentile £65.00 £60.06 £41.25
Median hourly rate £72.00 £66.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.27% +20.91% -26.17%
75th Percentile £76.00 £67.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £79.60 - £73.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.00 £67.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year +7.46% - -9.46%

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 11,904 8,492 9,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.70% 25.97% 24.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,826 5,669 6,155
10th Percentile £375 £354 £356
25th Percentile £438 £413 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 186 190
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £25.60
25th Percentile £50.00 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.35 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +19.60% -11.77% +2.67%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.25 £74.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.39% -11.54% +10.11%

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 23 September 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 23 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for React in the UK

React
Top 18 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 23 September 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 -60 935 £538 +2.38% 1,780
London -50 542 £575 -4.17% 1,043
UK excluding London -57 444 £475 +5.56% 919
Work from Home -71 322 £525 - 863
North of England -41 166 £500 +17.65% 261
Yorkshire -4 87 £500 +25.00% 64
Scotland -20 74 £377 -18.92% 80
South West -24 68 £525 +2.44% 137
North West -50 68 £500 +16.96% 171
South East -83 61 £450 +5.88% 177
Midlands -28 60 £464 -3.92% 118
West Midlands -12 53 £488 -6.70% 73
East of England -35 15 £625 +40.45% 65
North East -32 11 £500 +7.53% 27
East Midlands -26 7 £433 +16.62% 45
Northern Ireland +4 2 £190 - 56
Wales -15 2 £469 -9.64% 30
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -

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 (3.14%) Confluence
2 29 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.44%) Camunda
4 14 (1.26%) CMS
5 11 (0.99%) nginx
5 11 (0.99%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.54%) Apache
6 6 (0.54%) Apache Solr
6 6 (0.54%) WordPress
7 5 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.45%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.18%) IIS
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.090%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.090%) Kentico
Applications
1 12 (1.08%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.27%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.27%) Sketch
3 1 (0.090%) Blender
3 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.090%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 10 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
1 10 (0.90%) SAP CRM
2 6 (0.54%) Shopify
3 3 (0.27%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.18%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.18%) Endur
5 1 (0.090%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 418 (37.56%) AWS
2 297 (26.68%) Azure
3 135 (12.13%) GitHub
4 128 (11.50%) Serverless
5 123 (11.05%) GCP
6 80 (7.19%) GitHub Actions
7 78 (7.01%) AWS Lambda
8 69 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
9 59 (5.30%) Amazon S3
10 51 (4.58%) OpenShift
11 49 (4.40%) Figma
11 49 (4.40%) Power Platform
12 41 (3.68%) Amazon ECS
13 33 (2.96%) Amazon EKS
14 32 (2.88%) GitHub Copilot
15 30 (2.70%) Entra ID
16 29 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
17 28 (2.52%) PowerApps
18 27 (2.43%) Power Automate
18 27 (2.43%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.90%) Firewall
2 8 (0.72%) DNS
2 8 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
3 7 (0.63%) HTTP
4 5 (0.45%) VPN
5 4 (0.36%) Intranet
6 2 (0.18%) DSL
6 2 (0.18%) Internet
7 1 (0.090%) CTI
7 1 (0.090%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.090%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.090%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.090%) MQTT
7 1 (0.090%) Network Security
7 1 (0.090%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (13.48%) PostgreSQL
2 86 (7.73%) SQL Server
3 79 (7.10%) Relational Database
4 73 (6.56%) MongoDB
4 73 (6.56%) NoSQL
5 59 (5.30%) MySQL
6 41 (3.68%) Amazon RDS
7 39 (3.50%) DynamoDB
8 33 (2.96%) Power BI
9 27 (2.43%) Redis
10 18 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
12 11 (0.99%) Metadata
13 10 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (0.81%) RDBMS
15 8 (0.72%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.54%) Neo4j
17 5 (0.45%) Data Lake
17 5 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 234 (21.02%) Git
2 139 (12.49%) Jenkins
3 77 (6.92%) GitLab
4 63 (5.66%) JIRA
5 59 (5.30%) Gradle
6 52 (4.67%) JUnit
7 47 (4.22%) Cypress.io
8 46 (4.13%) Maven
9 33 (2.96%) Vite
10 30 (2.70%) Mockito
11 25 (2.25%) SonarQube
11 25 (2.25%) Storybook
12 24 (2.16%) Cucumber
13 22 (1.98%) Claude Code
14 20 (1.80%) webpack
15 19 (1.71%) REST Assured
16 18 (1.62%) Bitbucket
16 18 (1.62%) Selenium
17 12 (1.08%) Liquibase
18 10 (0.90%) Postman
General
1 242 (21.74%) Finance
2 230 (20.66%) Social Skills
3 155 (13.93%) Banking
4 119 (10.69%) Public Sector
5 69 (6.20%) Front Office
6 58 (5.21%) Investment Banking
7 55 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
8 42 (3.77%) Retail
9 30 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
11 13 (1.17%) Law
11 13 (1.17%) Manufacturing
12 10 (0.90%) Back Office
12 10 (0.90%) Financial Institution
12 10 (0.90%) Marketing
12 10 (0.90%) Military
12 10 (0.90%) Telecoms
13 9 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (0.72%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 590 (53.01%) Developer
2 233 (20.93%) Senior
3 184 (16.53%) Full-Stack Developer
4 157 (14.11%) React Developer
5 134 (12.04%) Java Developer
6 130 (11.68%) Senior Developer
7 128 (11.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 121 (10.87%) Software Engineer
9 98 (8.81%) Lead
10 96 (8.63%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 54 (4.85%) Python Developer
11 54 (4.85%) Senior React Developer
12 51 (4.58%) Senior Java Developer
12 51 (4.58%) UI Developer
13 39 (3.50%) Software Developer
14 38 (3.41%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 37 (3.32%) Architect
15 37 (3.32%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 36 (3.23%) Technical Leader
17 35 (3.14%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 293 (26.33%) Node.js
2 285 (25.61%) REST
3 237 (21.29%) CSS
4 227 (20.40%) HTML
5 173 (15.54%) Spring
6 167 (15.00%) .NET
6 167 (15.00%) RESTful
7 161 (14.47%) Spring Boot
8 159 (14.29%) Redux
9 149 (13.39%) AngularJS
10 137 (12.31%) Next.js
11 132 (11.86%) Kafka
12 124 (11.14%) Terraform
13 113 (10.15%) HTML5
14 94 (8.45%) GraphQL
15 92 (8.27%) CSS3
16 87 (7.82%) Jest
17 85 (7.64%) Playwright
17 85 (7.64%) Vue
18 82 (7.37%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 173 (15.54%) Cloud Native
2 84 (7.55%) Product Ownership
3 63 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
4 58 (5.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 55 (4.94%) Greenfield Project
6 53 (4.76%) Fixed Income
7 49 (4.40%) Enterprise Software
8 40 (3.59%) AI Agents
9 32 (2.88%) Data Structures
9 32 (2.88%) Equities
10 30 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (2.07%) Algorithms
12 18 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.53%) Derivative
14 16 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
14 16 (1.44%) Onboarding
15 14 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
16 11 (0.99%) Autonomous Agent
16 11 (0.99%) Mobile App
17 9 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 30 (2.70%) Linux
2 14 (1.26%) Windows
3 9 (0.81%) Unix
4 5 (0.45%) Android
4 5 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.36%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.18%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.090%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 546 (49.06%) CI/CD
2 481 (43.22%) Agile
3 459 (41.24%) Full-Stack Development
4 293 (26.33%) Microservices
5 290 (26.06%) DevOps
6 285 (25.61%) Software Engineering
7 232 (20.84%) Front End Development
8 227 (20.40%) Test Automation
9 214 (19.23%) AI
10 174 (15.63%) Containerisation
11 161 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
12 159 (14.29%) User Experience
13 147 (13.21%) Event-Driven
14 140 (12.58%) Continuous Improvement
15 132 (11.86%) Scrum
16 127 (11.41%) Mentoring
17 122 (10.96%) TDD
18 119 (10.69%) Code Quality
19 117 (10.51%) Infrastructure as Code
20 115 (10.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 637 (57.23%) TypeScript
2 562 (50.49%) JavaScript
3 384 (34.50%) Java
4 306 (27.49%) Python
5 242 (21.74%) SQL
6 173 (15.54%) C#
7 44 (3.95%) Go
8 33 (2.96%) PL/SQL
9 26 (2.34%) PowerShell
10 21 (1.89%) Bash
11 14 (1.26%) Kotlin
12 10 (0.90%) Rust
13 9 (0.81%) C++
13 9 (0.81%) PHP
13 9 (0.81%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.63%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.63%) Bicep
14 7 (0.63%) Ruby
14 7 (0.63%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 192 (17.25%) Security Cleared
2 157 (14.11%) SC Cleared
3 76 (6.83%) Degree
4 53 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 52 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (2.79%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.17%) Master's Degree
8 10 (0.90%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.54%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.45%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.090%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.090%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.090%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (13.84%) Accessibility
2 90 (8.09%) QA
3 86 (7.73%) WCAG
4 8 (0.72%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.36%) HIPAA
5 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.27%) HL7
7 2 (0.18%) GDPR
7 2 (0.18%) PSD2
8 1 (0.090%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.090%) GRC
8 1 (0.090%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 241 (21.65%) Docker
2 3 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.090%) Varnish
3 1 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.090%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 234 (21.02%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.41%) Grafana
3 33 (2.96%) Ansible
4 19 (1.71%) Argo
5 17 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.44%) Control-M
7 9 (0.81%) Kibana
8 8 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.63%) Istio
9 7 (0.63%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.27%) Podman
11 2 (0.18%) systemd
12 1 (0.090%) Nagios
12 1 (0.090%) QRadar
Vendors
1 92 (8.27%) Microsoft
2 77 (6.92%) Oracle
3 52 (4.67%) Google
4 23 (2.07%) Salesforce
5 21 (1.89%) Databricks
6 20 (1.80%) MuleSoft
7 18 (1.62%) OpenAI
7 18 (1.62%) Splunk
8 15 (1.35%) Dynatrace
8 15 (1.35%) SAP
9 10 (0.90%) Adobe
10 9 (0.81%) IBM
10 9 (0.81%) ServiceNow
11 8 (0.72%) Conga
11 8 (0.72%) GoCardless
11 8 (0.72%) Okta
11 8 (0.72%) Veracode
12 7 (0.63%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.54%) ForgeRock
13 6 (0.54%) Solace