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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 73 66
Rank change year-on-year -39 -7 -2
Contract jobs citing React 1,192 1,129 1,223
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.26% 3.43% 3.05%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.68% 15.18% 14.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 835 818 964
10th Percentile £365 £358 £350
25th Percentile £421 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +2.80%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £688
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.23% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 16
10th Percentile £43.32 £59.05 £40.00
25th Percentile £61.88 £63.63 £55.94
Median hourly rate £75.00 £67.00 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% - -9.46%
75th Percentile £83.75 - £72.50
90th Percentile £95.00 - £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.50 £67.00 £68.50
% change year-on-year +12.69% -2.19% +37.00%

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 10,203 7,436 8,697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.32% 22.56% 21.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,668 5,024 5,943
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -
75th Percentile £631 £638 £665
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 161 249
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.25 £22.70
25th Percentile £45.00 £39.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.45% +4.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.81 £80.00 £74.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +13.04% -1.37% -0.49%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -44 977 £550 +4.76% 596
London -37 590 £600 - 286
UK excluding London -44 439 £500 +11.11% 398
Work from Home -46 398 £550 +3.09% 290
North of England -25 162 £500 +11.11% 126
Scotland +3 79 £389 -17.56% 34
Yorkshire -5 77 £523 +30.63% 43
South East -73 76 £525 +15.51% 98
North West -35 72 £500 +10.01% 72
South West -12 64 £525 +23.53% 36
Midlands -49 37 £468 +4.47% 53
West Midlands -42 30 £475 -7.32% 30
East of England -18 20 £600 +41.18% 31
North East -34 13 £475 +2.15% 13
Northern Ireland +4 5 £190 -41.54% 10
East Midlands -20 5 £443 +20.24% 23
Wales -21 1 £525 +23.53% 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 38 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.60%) Confluence
3 18 (1.51%) CMS
4 16 (1.34%) SharePoint Server
5 9 (0.76%) nginx
6 7 (0.59%) Camunda
7 6 (0.50%) Headless CMS
8 4 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.34%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.34%) IIS
8 4 (0.34%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.34%) WordPress
9 3 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.25%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.17%) Apache
10 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.084%) Mendix
11 1 (0.084%) Traefik
Applications
1 11 (0.92%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.34%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.17%) Sketch
4 1 (0.084%) Blender
4 1 (0.084%) Maya
4 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.084%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.084%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.084%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 14 (1.17%) Shopify
2 9 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
3 8 (0.67%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.25%) Magento
4 3 (0.25%) Orchestrade
5 2 (0.17%) Endur
6 1 (0.084%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.084%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 478 (40.10%) AWS
2 340 (28.52%) Azure
3 140 (11.74%) GCP
4 129 (10.82%) Serverless
5 125 (10.49%) GitHub
6 85 (7.13%) AWS Lambda
7 77 (6.46%) GitHub Actions
8 71 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
9 62 (5.20%) Amazon S3
10 55 (4.61%) Power Platform
11 50 (4.19%) Amazon ECS
12 49 (4.11%) Figma
13 37 (3.10%) Entra ID
13 37 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
13 37 (3.10%) Power Automate
13 37 (3.10%) PowerApps
14 32 (2.68%) OpenShift
15 30 (2.52%) Amazon SQS
16 29 (2.43%) Amazon EKS
17 28 (2.35%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.76%) Firewall
2 6 (0.50%) HTTP
3 4 (0.34%) DNS
3 4 (0.34%) Intranet
4 3 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
4 3 (0.25%) VPN
5 2 (0.17%) DSL
6 1 (0.084%) CTI
6 1 (0.084%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.084%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.084%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (15.02%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (7.47%) SQL Server
3 87 (7.30%) Relational Database
4 79 (6.63%) NoSQL
5 66 (5.54%) MongoDB
6 54 (4.53%) MySQL
7 44 (3.69%) DynamoDB
8 37 (3.10%) Amazon RDS
9 35 (2.94%) Power BI
10 30 (2.52%) Redis
11 15 (1.26%) Azure SQL Database
12 14 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
13 12 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
14 10 (0.84%) Metadata
15 9 (0.76%) Neo4j
15 9 (0.76%) RDBMS
16 8 (0.67%) Big Data
16 8 (0.67%) Db2
16 8 (0.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 191 (16.02%) Git
2 121 (10.15%) Jenkins
3 67 (5.62%) JIRA
4 54 (4.53%) GitLab
5 50 (4.19%) Cypress.io
6 45 (3.78%) Gradle
7 41 (3.44%) JUnit
8 34 (2.85%) Vite
9 26 (2.18%) Mockito
10 22 (1.85%) Maven
10 22 (1.85%) webpack
11 20 (1.68%) Claude Code
12 17 (1.43%) Bitbucket
13 16 (1.34%) Liquibase
14 15 (1.26%) Cucumber
14 15 (1.26%) Storybook
15 14 (1.17%) REST Assured
16 11 (0.92%) Postman
17 10 (0.84%) SonarQube
17 10 (0.84%) TeamCity
General
1 273 (22.90%) Finance
2 223 (18.71%) Social Skills
3 147 (12.33%) Banking
4 122 (10.23%) Public Sector
5 120 (10.07%) Front Office
6 64 (5.37%) Investment Banking
7 51 (4.28%) Analytical Skills
8 38 (3.19%) Retail
9 25 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
11 16 (1.34%) Financial Institution
12 11 (0.92%) Law
13 10 (0.84%) Military
14 9 (0.76%) Legal
14 9 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (0.67%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.67%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.59%) Marketing
16 7 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 655 (54.95%) Developer
2 239 (20.05%) Senior
3 206 (17.28%) Full-Stack Developer
4 178 (14.93%) React Developer
5 174 (14.60%) Software Engineer
6 147 (12.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 139 (11.66%) Senior Developer
8 136 (11.41%) Java Developer
9 131 (10.99%) Lead
10 84 (7.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 63 (5.29%) Python Developer
12 58 (4.87%) Lead Developer
13 56 (4.70%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 55 (4.61%) Architect
15 54 (4.53%) Senior React Developer
15 54 (4.53%) UI Developer
16 52 (4.36%) Senior Java Developer
17 46 (3.86%) Software Developer
18 43 (3.61%) Lead Software Engineer
19 41 (3.44%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 322 (27.01%) Node.js
2 253 (21.22%) REST
3 221 (18.54%) CSS
4 206 (17.28%) Redux
5 201 (16.86%) HTML
6 182 (15.27%) .NET
7 180 (15.10%) AngularJS
8 165 (13.84%) RESTful
9 152 (12.75%) Spring
10 148 (12.42%) Kafka
11 143 (12.00%) Spring Boot
12 119 (9.98%) GraphQL
13 117 (9.82%) Next.js
14 100 (8.39%) Vue
15 96 (8.05%) HTML5
16 86 (7.21%) Jest
17 79 (6.63%) CSS3
18 62 (5.20%) Playwright
19 58 (4.87%) FastAPI
20 53 (4.45%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 168 (14.09%) Cloud Native
2 97 (8.14%) Fixed Income
3 78 (6.54%) Product Ownership
4 64 (5.37%) Distributed Systems
5 63 (5.29%) Greenfield Project
6 59 (4.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 46 (3.86%) Equities
8 43 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (3.02%) Derivative
10 35 (2.94%) AI Agents
11 32 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
12 31 (2.60%) Data Structures
13 27 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
14 25 (2.10%) Algorithms
15 18 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
16 12 (1.01%) Onboarding
17 11 (0.92%) Virtual Team
18 10 (0.84%) Mobile App
19 9 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
19 9 (0.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.10%) Linux
2 12 (1.01%) Windows
3 11 (0.92%) Android
4 8 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.59%) Unix
6 4 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.34%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 529 (44.38%) CI/CD
2 501 (42.03%) Agile
3 493 (41.36%) Full-Stack Development
4 319 (26.76%) Software Engineering
5 294 (24.66%) DevOps
5 294 (24.66%) Microservices
6 229 (19.21%) Front End Development
7 210 (17.62%) AI
8 200 (16.78%) Test Automation
9 169 (14.18%) Containerisation
10 146 (12.25%) Problem-Solving
10 146 (12.25%) User Experience
11 117 (9.82%) Code Quality
11 117 (9.82%) Event-Driven
12 114 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 113 (9.48%) TDD
14 109 (9.14%) Mentoring
15 106 (8.89%) Scrum
16 104 (8.72%) Infrastructure as Code
17 90 (7.55%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 664 (55.70%) TypeScript
2 562 (47.15%) JavaScript
3 382 (32.05%) Java
4 358 (30.03%) Python
5 230 (19.30%) SQL
6 198 (16.61%) C#
7 64 (5.37%) Go
8 33 (2.77%) PL/SQL
9 18 (1.51%) PowerShell
10 12 (1.01%) Bash
10 12 (1.01%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.84%) Kotlin
11 10 (0.84%) Rust
12 9 (0.76%) PHP
13 8 (0.67%) C++
14 7 (0.59%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.59%) Bicep
14 7 (0.59%) Scala
15 5 (0.42%) Ruby
15 5 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 199 (16.69%) Security Cleared
2 174 (14.60%) SC Cleared
3 67 (5.62%) Degree
4 57 (4.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 38 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.27%) DV Cleared
7 10 (0.84%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.76%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 6 (0.50%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.42%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.34%) PhD
13 2 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.084%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.084%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.084%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.084%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (13.17%) Accessibility
2 79 (6.63%) WCAG
3 75 (6.29%) QA
4 7 (0.59%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.42%) GDPR
6 4 (0.34%) HL7
7 3 (0.25%) PSD2
8 1 (0.084%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.084%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.084%) GRC
8 1 (0.084%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.084%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.084%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 241 (20.22%) Docker
2 7 (0.59%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.084%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 215 (18.04%) Kubernetes
2 127 (10.65%) Terraform
3 27 (2.27%) Grafana
4 25 (2.10%) Ansible
5 16 (1.34%) Argo
5 16 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.26%) Control-M
7 7 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.34%) Istio
9 3 (0.25%) Podman
10 2 (0.17%) Kustomize
10 2 (0.17%) Nagios
10 2 (0.17%) Rancher
11 1 (0.084%) Kibana
Vendors
1 80 (6.71%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.79%) Oracle
3 45 (3.78%) Google
4 29 (2.43%) OpenAI
5 19 (1.59%) Databricks
6 18 (1.51%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.43%) MuleSoft
8 14 (1.17%) Dynatrace
8 14 (1.17%) Splunk
9 13 (1.09%) SAP
10 9 (0.76%) Adobe
10 9 (0.76%) Solace
11 8 (0.67%) Conga
11 8 (0.67%) GoCardless
11 8 (0.67%) Sitecore
12 6 (0.50%) Pega
13 5 (0.42%) ForgeRock
13 5 (0.42%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.34%) IBM
14 4 (0.34%) Netlify