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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 73 68
Rank change year-on-year -56 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing React 1,122 1,112 1,208
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.09% 3.42% 3.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.59% 13.41% 12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 797 789 930
10th Percentile £363 £360 £331
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -7.73% +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £656
90th Percentile £850 £838 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £448 £475
% change year-on-year +8.94% -5.79% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 4
10th Percentile £49.30 £54.57 £44.50
25th Percentile £68.00 £60.06 £51.25
Median hourly rate £72.00 £66.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.27% +9.02% -18.12%
75th Percentile £76.00 £67.00 £72.25
90th Percentile £81.60 - £73.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.00 £67.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year +7.46% - +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 11,701 8,291 9,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.82% 25.51% 24.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,710 5,586 6,363
10th Percentile £375 £355 £356
25th Percentile £433 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £634 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 186 195
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.50 £26.16
25th Percentile £45.31 £40.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £53.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +22.07% -13.56% -1.44%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £89.88 £79.35 £74.72
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% +8.33%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -60 941 £535 +2.88% 1,495
London -53 552 £568 -5.42% 974
UK excluding London -54 439 £488 +8.94% 726
Work from Home -69 321 £525 - 732
North of England -30 163 £500 +17.65% 206
Yorkshire -3 85 £500 +25.00% 45
Scotland -17 76 £400 -14.44% 76
South West -11 66 £525 +23.53% 118
North West -48 65 £500 +11.11% 137
South East -80 62 £475 +11.76% 137
Midlands -33 56 £464 +6.58% 101
West Midlands -27 49 £469 -7.89% 58
East of England -26 15 £625 +34.41% 37
North East -34 13 £500 +7.53% 27
East Midlands -25 7 £433 +17.73% 43
Northern Ireland +3 2 £190 -53.37% 40
Wales -20 2 £469 -9.42% 17
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 39 (3.48%) Confluence
2 36 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.34%) Camunda
4 14 (1.25%) SharePoint Server
5 12 (1.07%) CMS
6 9 (0.80%) nginx
7 6 (0.53%) Apache Solr
8 5 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.45%) WordPress
9 4 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.36%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.27%) IIS
11 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.089%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.089%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.089%) Kentico
12 1 (0.089%) Traefik
Applications
1 11 (0.98%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.27%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.18%) Sketch
4 1 (0.089%) Blender
4 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.089%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 10 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
1 10 (0.89%) SAP CRM
2 9 (0.80%) Shopify
3 3 (0.27%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.18%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.18%) Endur
5 1 (0.089%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 423 (37.70%) AWS
2 303 (27.01%) Azure
3 137 (12.21%) GitHub
4 132 (11.76%) Serverless
5 112 (9.98%) GCP
6 86 (7.66%) GitHub Actions
7 80 (7.13%) AWS Lambda
8 70 (6.24%) Azure DevOps
9 61 (5.44%) Amazon S3
10 56 (4.99%) Power Platform
11 48 (4.28%) Figma
12 47 (4.19%) OpenShift
13 45 (4.01%) Amazon ECS
14 36 (3.21%) PowerApps
15 35 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
15 35 (3.12%) Power Automate
16 31 (2.76%) GitHub Copilot
17 30 (2.67%) Amazon EKS
17 30 (2.67%) Entra ID
18 26 (2.32%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.89%) Firewall
2 8 (0.71%) DNS
3 7 (0.62%) HTTP
4 4 (0.36%) Intranet
4 4 (0.36%) VPN
5 3 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.18%) DSL
7 1 (0.089%) CTI
7 1 (0.089%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.089%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.089%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.089%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (13.28%) PostgreSQL
2 82 (7.31%) SQL Server
3 78 (6.95%) Relational Database
4 70 (6.24%) NoSQL
5 67 (5.97%) MongoDB
6 49 (4.37%) MySQL
7 45 (4.01%) DynamoDB
8 39 (3.48%) Amazon RDS
9 37 (3.30%) Power BI
10 30 (2.67%) Redis
11 16 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
14 13 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
15 11 (0.98%) Metadata
15 11 (0.98%) RDBMS
16 8 (0.71%) Neo4j
17 6 (0.53%) BigQuery
18 5 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
18 5 (0.45%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 228 (20.32%) Git
2 141 (12.57%) Jenkins
3 72 (6.42%) GitLab
4 68 (6.06%) JIRA
5 61 (5.44%) Gradle
6 55 (4.90%) JUnit
7 53 (4.72%) Cypress.io
8 41 (3.65%) Maven
9 35 (3.12%) Vite
10 34 (3.03%) Mockito
11 22 (1.96%) SonarQube
12 21 (1.87%) Claude Code
12 21 (1.87%) Cucumber
13 20 (1.78%) REST Assured
13 20 (1.78%) Storybook
13 20 (1.78%) webpack
14 18 (1.60%) Liquibase
15 17 (1.52%) Bitbucket
15 17 (1.52%) Selenium
16 11 (0.98%) Postman
General
1 228 (20.32%) Finance
2 219 (19.52%) Social Skills
3 149 (13.28%) Banking
4 129 (11.50%) Public Sector
5 70 (6.24%) Front Office
6 60 (5.35%) Investment Banking
7 52 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
8 41 (3.65%) Retail
9 29 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.25%) Law
12 13 (1.16%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.16%) Manufacturing
13 10 (0.89%) Marketing
13 10 (0.89%) Military
13 10 (0.89%) Telecoms
14 9 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.71%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.71%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 597 (53.21%) Developer
2 235 (20.94%) Senior
3 189 (16.84%) Full-Stack Developer
4 149 (13.28%) React Developer
5 132 (11.76%) Java Developer
6 130 (11.59%) Senior Developer
7 127 (11.32%) Software Engineer
8 123 (10.96%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 102 (9.09%) Lead
10 97 (8.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 54 (4.81%) Python Developer
12 52 (4.63%) Senior Java Developer
12 52 (4.63%) Senior React Developer
13 48 (4.28%) UI Developer
14 42 (3.74%) Software Developer
15 38 (3.39%) Architect
15 38 (3.39%) Technical Leader
16 37 (3.30%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
17 35 (3.12%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 33 (2.94%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (24.87%) Node.js
2 273 (24.33%) REST
3 238 (21.21%) CSS
4 224 (19.96%) HTML
5 173 (15.42%) Spring
6 171 (15.24%) .NET
7 163 (14.53%) RESTful
7 163 (14.53%) Spring Boot
8 155 (13.81%) Redux
9 147 (13.10%) AngularJS
10 134 (11.94%) Kafka
11 133 (11.85%) Next.js
12 127 (11.32%) Terraform
13 106 (9.45%) HTML5
14 90 (8.02%) CSS3
15 88 (7.84%) GraphQL
16 87 (7.75%) Vue
17 83 (7.40%) Jest
17 83 (7.40%) Playwright
18 72 (6.42%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 170 (15.15%) Cloud Native
2 80 (7.13%) Product Ownership
3 62 (5.53%) Distributed Systems
4 58 (5.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 55 (4.90%) Greenfield Project
6 51 (4.55%) Fixed Income
7 46 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
8 41 (3.65%) AI Agents
9 33 (2.94%) Data Structures
10 32 (2.85%) Equities
11 30 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (2.23%) Algorithms
13 19 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
13 19 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (1.43%) Derivative
15 12 (1.07%) Onboarding
16 11 (0.98%) Autonomous Agent
16 11 (0.98%) Legacy Applications
17 10 (0.89%) NHS
18 9 (0.80%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.23%) Linux
2 13 (1.16%) Windows
3 7 (0.62%) Unix
4 4 (0.36%) Android
4 4 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.36%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.27%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.089%) AIX
6 1 (0.089%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (49.29%) CI/CD
2 480 (42.78%) Agile
3 462 (41.18%) Full-Stack Development
4 295 (26.29%) Microservices
5 291 (25.94%) DevOps
6 283 (25.22%) Software Engineering
7 236 (21.03%) Front End Development
8 219 (19.52%) Test Automation
9 208 (18.54%) AI
10 176 (15.69%) Containerisation
11 155 (13.81%) User Experience
12 154 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
13 139 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
14 133 (11.85%) Event-Driven
15 124 (11.05%) Scrum
16 123 (10.96%) TDD
17 120 (10.70%) Code Quality
18 119 (10.61%) Mentoring
19 112 (9.98%) Infrastructure as Code
20 107 (9.54%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 618 (55.08%) TypeScript
2 549 (48.93%) JavaScript
3 377 (33.60%) Java
4 308 (27.45%) Python
5 245 (21.84%) SQL
6 181 (16.13%) C#
7 33 (2.94%) Go
7 33 (2.94%) PL/SQL
8 25 (2.23%) PowerShell
9 19 (1.69%) Bash
10 14 (1.25%) Kotlin
11 11 (0.98%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.89%) Rust
13 9 (0.80%) C++
14 8 (0.71%) PHP
14 8 (0.71%) Ruby
15 7 (0.62%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.62%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.53%) Bicep
16 6 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 205 (18.27%) Security Cleared
2 173 (15.42%) SC Cleared
3 66 (5.88%) Degree
4 56 (4.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 43 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (2.50%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.07%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.53%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.45%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.45%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.089%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.089%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.089%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (13.81%) Accessibility
2 83 (7.40%) WCAG
3 81 (7.22%) QA
4 10 (0.89%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.27%) GDPR
6 3 (0.27%) HL7
7 2 (0.18%) PSD2
8 1 (0.089%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.089%) GRC
8 1 (0.089%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 238 (21.21%) Docker
2 4 (0.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.089%) Varnish
3 1 (0.089%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 221 (19.70%) Kubernetes
2 37 (3.30%) Grafana
3 32 (2.85%) Ansible
4 19 (1.69%) Argo
5 16 (1.43%) Control-M
6 15 (1.34%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.71%) Kibana
7 8 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.62%) Istio
8 7 (0.62%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.27%) Podman
10 1 (0.089%) Nagios
10 1 (0.089%) QRadar
Vendors
1 86 (7.66%) Microsoft
2 73 (6.51%) Oracle
3 46 (4.10%) Google
4 28 (2.50%) Databricks
5 23 (2.05%) OpenAI
5 23 (2.05%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.78%) MuleSoft
7 19 (1.69%) Splunk
8 15 (1.34%) SAP
9 14 (1.25%) Dynatrace
10 9 (0.80%) Adobe
10 9 (0.80%) IBM
11 8 (0.71%) Conga
11 8 (0.71%) GoCardless
11 8 (0.71%) Solace
11 8 (0.71%) Veracode
12 6 (0.53%) ForgeRock
13 5 (0.45%) Hitachi
13 5 (0.45%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.45%) Sitecore