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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 69 67
Rank change year-on-year -32 -2 -4
Contract jobs citing React 1,092 985 1,316
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.34% 3.35% 3.02%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.58% 14.80% 14.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 767 770 1,065
10th Percentile £359 £362 £350
25th Percentile £413 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £545
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -8.26% +2.35%
75th Percentile £628 £663 £688
90th Percentile £800 £825 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 21
10th Percentile £56.69 - £40.00
25th Percentile £60.31 £26.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £76.00 £27.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +176.36% -56.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £95.00 £53.61 £72.50
90th Percentile - £68.52 £75.00
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 9,430 6,657 8,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.18% 22.67% 20.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,268 4,567 6,228
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £780 £764
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 111 218
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.11 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £46.50 £39.92
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £82.96 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.90%

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 26 April 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 26 April 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 26 April 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 -35 902 £525 - 515
London -39 543 £550 -4.35% 243
UK excluding London -10 400 £500 +11.11% 353
Work from Home -49 340 £540 +4.85% 485
North of England -23 144 £475 +3.26% 88
North West -13 84 £450 - 47
South East -53 71 £525 +6.33% 111
Scotland +23 66 £425 -3.63% 19
Yorkshire -36 48 £500 +6.38% 28
Midlands -47 42 £500 +7.24% 47
South West -11 38 £410 -7.14% 47
East of England -12 34 £600 +26.98% 23
West Midlands -48 34 £488 +5.41% 29
North East -16 14 £475 +2.15% 13
Northern Ireland +1 7 - - 12
East Midlands -38 6 £553 +12.76% 18
Wales -11 3 £175 -56.25% 11

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 46 (4.21%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.66%) CMS
3 27 (2.47%) Confluence
4 14 (1.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 13 (1.19%) Sitecore CMS
6 12 (1.10%) Headless CMS
7 11 (1.01%) SharePoint Server
8 10 (0.92%) Camunda
8 10 (0.92%) HCL Notes
8 10 (0.92%) Mendix
9 7 (0.64%) IIS
10 5 (0.46%) Apache
10 5 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.37%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.37%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.27%) nginx
12 3 (0.27%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.18%) SAS
14 1 (0.092%) Traefik
Applications
1 10 (0.92%) Adobe XD
2 7 (0.64%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.55%) Sketch
4 1 (0.092%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.092%) Blender
4 1 (0.092%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.092%) InVision
4 1 (0.092%) Maya
4 1 (0.092%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.092%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.092%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.01%) Shopify
2 3 (0.27%) Magento
2 3 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.18%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.092%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.092%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.092%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.092%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 479 (43.86%) AWS
2 332 (30.40%) Azure
3 146 (13.37%) Serverless
4 132 (12.09%) GitHub
5 128 (11.72%) GCP
6 88 (8.06%) AWS Lambda
7 87 (7.97%) Azure DevOps
8 85 (7.78%) GitHub Actions
9 53 (4.85%) Amazon S3
10 50 (4.58%) Power Platform
11 42 (3.85%) Figma
12 38 (3.48%) Amazon ECS
12 38 (3.48%) Azure Functions
13 37 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
14 36 (3.30%) Power Automate
14 36 (3.30%) PowerApps
15 34 (3.11%) Entra ID
16 32 (2.93%) Amazon SQS
17 29 (2.66%) Azure Service Bus
18 27 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.46%) Network Security
2 4 (0.37%) HTTP
3 3 (0.27%) Firewall
3 3 (0.27%) Reverse Proxy
3 3 (0.27%) VPN
4 2 (0.18%) Wireless
5 1 (0.092%) DHCP
5 1 (0.092%) DNS
5 1 (0.092%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.092%) Intranet
5 1 (0.092%) LAN
5 1 (0.092%) RTMP
5 1 (0.092%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.092%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (14.19%) PostgreSQL
2 90 (8.24%) Relational Database
3 84 (7.69%) NoSQL
4 78 (7.14%) SQL Server
5 68 (6.23%) MySQL
6 64 (5.86%) MongoDB
7 33 (3.02%) Power BI
8 31 (2.84%) DynamoDB
9 29 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
9 29 (2.66%) Redis
10 17 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (1.47%) Oracle Database
12 13 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.19%) BigQuery
13 12 (1.10%) Apache Cassandra
14 11 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
14 11 (1.01%) Metadata
15 9 (0.82%) Tableau
16 7 (0.64%) Amazon Aurora
16 7 (0.64%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 174 (15.93%) Git
2 75 (6.87%) Jenkins
3 72 (6.59%) JIRA
4 63 (5.77%) GitLab
5 60 (5.49%) Cypress.io
6 38 (3.48%) JUnit
7 24 (2.20%) Mockito
8 18 (1.65%) Vite
9 17 (1.56%) webpack
10 15 (1.37%) Bitbucket
11 14 (1.28%) Gradle
12 13 (1.19%) CircleCI
12 13 (1.19%) Storybook
13 11 (1.01%) Cucumber
13 11 (1.01%) Mocha
14 10 (0.92%) Selenium
15 9 (0.82%) Liquibase
16 8 (0.73%) Maven
16 8 (0.73%) Postman
16 8 (0.73%) TeamCity
General
1 198 (18.13%) Finance
2 193 (17.67%) Social Skills
3 128 (11.72%) Public Sector
4 91 (8.33%) Front Office
5 87 (7.97%) Banking
6 41 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (2.84%) Investment Banking
8 18 (1.65%) Financial Institution
9 17 (1.56%) Retail
10 13 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
11 12 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (0.82%) Marketing
13 8 (0.73%) Health Technology
13 8 (0.73%) Legal
14 6 (0.55%) Games
14 6 (0.55%) Publishing
15 5 (0.46%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.37%) Advertising
16 4 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 656 (60.07%) Developer
2 217 (19.87%) Full-Stack Developer
3 174 (15.93%) Senior
4 150 (13.74%) Software Engineer
5 145 (13.28%) React Developer
6 112 (10.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 106 (9.71%) Lead
8 102 (9.34%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 92 (8.42%) Senior Developer
10 91 (8.33%) Java Developer
11 69 (6.32%) Python Developer
12 58 (5.31%) Lead Developer
13 52 (4.76%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 51 (4.67%) Architect
15 47 (4.30%) Software Developer
16 38 (3.48%) Lead Software Developer
16 38 (3.48%) Lead Software Engineer
17 36 (3.30%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
18 35 (3.21%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 34 (3.11%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 303 (27.75%) Node.js
2 260 (23.81%) AngularJS
3 247 (22.62%) CSS
4 223 (20.42%) HTML
5 177 (16.21%) RESTful
6 176 (16.12%) .NET
7 174 (15.93%) REST
8 161 (14.74%) Spring
9 160 (14.65%) Redux
10 146 (13.37%) Spring Boot
11 118 (10.81%) Next.js
12 114 (10.44%) GraphQL
13 112 (10.26%) Vue
14 104 (9.52%) Kafka
15 90 (8.24%) Jest
16 86 (7.88%) HTML5
17 67 (6.14%) CSS3
18 55 (5.04%) .NET Core
19 49 (4.49%) Playwright
20 42 (3.85%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 126 (11.54%) Cloud Native
2 67 (6.14%) Product Ownership
3 57 (5.22%) Fixed Income
4 37 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
4 37 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
5 36 (3.30%) AI Agents
6 35 (3.21%) Derivative
7 26 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
7 26 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 21 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.83%) Equities
10 20 (1.83%) Mobile App
11 16 (1.47%) Data Structures
11 16 (1.47%) NHS
11 16 (1.47%) Onboarding
12 12 (1.10%) Algorithms
13 11 (1.01%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
15 8 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.20%) Linux
2 19 (1.74%) Android
2 19 (1.74%) Windows
3 13 (1.19%) Apple iOS
3 13 (1.19%) Unix
4 5 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (43.13%) CI/CD
2 461 (42.22%) Agile
3 452 (41.39%) Full-Stack Development
4 295 (27.01%) DevOps
5 278 (25.46%) Microservices
6 244 (22.34%) Software Engineering
7 233 (21.34%) Front End Development
8 188 (17.22%) AI
9 173 (15.84%) Test Automation
10 160 (14.65%) User Experience
11 156 (14.29%) Containerisation
12 132 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
13 109 (9.98%) Code Quality
14 100 (9.16%) Infrastructure as Code
15 91 (8.33%) Scrum
16 88 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
17 87 (7.97%) SDLC
18 85 (7.78%) Clean Code
19 82 (7.51%) API Integration
19 82 (7.51%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 545 (49.91%) TypeScript
2 523 (47.89%) JavaScript
3 354 (32.42%) Python
4 323 (29.58%) Java
5 218 (19.96%) SQL
6 158 (14.47%) C#
7 49 (4.49%) Go
8 16 (1.47%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.19%) Bicep
9 13 (1.19%) T-SQL
10 10 (0.92%) Formula Language
10 10 (0.92%) LotusScript
11 9 (0.82%) C++
11 9 (0.82%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.64%) Perl
12 7 (0.64%) Ruby
13 6 (0.55%) Bash
13 6 (0.55%) Rust
13 6 (0.55%) Scala
13 6 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 182 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 159 (14.56%) SC Cleared
3 56 (5.13%) Degree
4 54 (4.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 35 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (2.47%) DV Cleared
7 16 (1.47%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.64%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.55%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.27%) PhD
12 2 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.18%) OCP
12 2 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.092%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.092%) CISSP
13 1 (0.092%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.092%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (12.73%) Accessibility
2 69 (6.32%) WCAG
3 63 (5.77%) QA
4 7 (0.64%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.64%) GDPR
4 7 (0.64%) HL7
5 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.18%) NCSC
5 2 (0.18%) PSD2
6 1 (0.092%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.092%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.092%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.092%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 219 (20.05%) Docker
2 16 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.092%) Varnish
3 1 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 171 (15.66%) Kubernetes
2 129 (11.81%) Terraform
3 23 (2.11%) Grafana
4 16 (1.47%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.10%) Argo
6 9 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.73%) Ansible
8 7 (0.64%) Istio
9 4 (0.37%) Podman
10 3 (0.27%) Nagios
11 2 (0.18%) Rancher
12 1 (0.092%) Kibana
12 1 (0.092%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 85 (7.78%) Microsoft
2 57 (5.22%) Oracle
3 38 (3.48%) Google
4 36 (3.30%) OpenAI
5 29 (2.66%) Adobe
6 21 (1.92%) Databricks
7 18 (1.65%) Sitecore
8 16 (1.47%) Splunk
9 10 (0.92%) Kofax
9 10 (0.92%) Lotus
10 8 (0.73%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.64%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.64%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.64%) SAP
11 7 (0.64%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.55%) Solace
13 5 (0.46%) Pega
14 4 (0.37%) Brio
14 4 (0.37%) Netlify
14 4 (0.37%) Xamarin