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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 69 65
Rank change year-on-year -35 -4 -2
Contract jobs citing React 1,090 1,008 1,335
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.30% 3.44% 3.07%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.53% 15.12% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 763 783 1,072
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -9.09% +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £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 16 3 21
10th Percentile £57.28 - £40.00
25th Percentile £63.44 £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 9,457 6,668 8,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.95% 22.77% 20.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,263 4,570 6,199
10th Percentile £358 £363 £338
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 113 235
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.50 £50.00 £40.00
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 £79.60 £82.79 £74.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.00%

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 May 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 May 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 3 May 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 -40 893 £525 - 648
London -41 538 £550 -4.35% 335
UK excluding London -25 396 £500 +11.11% 399
Work from Home -43 352 £550 +6.80% 406
North of England -24 144 £500 +8.70% 121
North West -15 84 £450 - 61
South East -50 67 £525 +7.69% 120
Scotland +1 66 £425 -5.56% 24
Yorkshire -26 48 £500 +6.38% 47
South West +1 43 £410 -7.03% 49
Midlands -63 38 £481 +3.22% 41
East of England -16 34 £600 +27.66% 30
West Midlands -51 31 £488 +5.69% 23
North East -18 14 £475 +2.70% 13
Northern Ireland -1 6 - - 5
East Midlands -36 5 £475 -3.06% 18
Wales -15 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 47 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.57%) Confluence
3 27 (2.48%) CMS
4 12 (1.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 11 (1.01%) SharePoint Server
5 11 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
6 10 (0.92%) Camunda
6 10 (0.92%) HCL Notes
6 10 (0.92%) Headless CMS
6 10 (0.92%) Mendix
7 7 (0.64%) IIS
8 5 (0.46%) Apache
8 5 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.37%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.37%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.28%) nginx
11 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.18%) SAS
12 1 (0.092%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.092%) Traefik
Applications
1 9 (0.83%) Adobe XD
2 6 (0.55%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.46%) Sketch
4 1 (0.092%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.092%) Blender
4 1 (0.092%) CINEMA 4D
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 (0.28%) Magento
2 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.28%) SAP CRM
3 2 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
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
1 471 (43.21%) AWS
2 329 (30.18%) Azure
3 143 (13.12%) Serverless
4 125 (11.47%) GCP
5 123 (11.28%) GitHub
6 88 (8.07%) Azure DevOps
7 83 (7.61%) AWS Lambda
8 81 (7.43%) GitHub Actions
9 54 (4.95%) Power Platform
10 49 (4.50%) Amazon S3
11 46 (4.22%) Figma
12 38 (3.49%) Amazon ECS
12 38 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
13 37 (3.39%) Azure Functions
13 37 (3.39%) Power Automate
13 37 (3.39%) PowerApps
14 31 (2.84%) Amazon SQS
14 31 (2.84%) Azure Service Bus
15 28 (2.57%) Entra ID
16 25 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.37%) HTTP
1 4 (0.37%) Network Security
2 3 (0.28%) Firewall
2 3 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
2 3 (0.28%) VPN
3 2 (0.18%) Intranet
4 1 (0.092%) DHCP
4 1 (0.092%) DNS
4 1 (0.092%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.092%) LAN
4 1 (0.092%) RTMP
4 1 (0.092%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.092%) WAN
4 1 (0.092%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (14.04%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (8.07%) Relational Database
3 82 (7.52%) NoSQL
4 81 (7.43%) SQL Server
5 65 (5.96%) MongoDB
5 65 (5.96%) MySQL
6 35 (3.21%) Power BI
7 34 (3.12%) DynamoDB
8 29 (2.66%) Redis
9 26 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
10 16 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (1.47%) Oracle Database
11 14 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.19%) Apache Cassandra
12 13 (1.19%) BigQuery
13 12 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
13 12 (1.10%) Metadata
14 8 (0.73%) Tableau
15 7 (0.64%) DB2
15 7 (0.64%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 168 (15.41%) Git
2 74 (6.79%) JIRA
3 72 (6.61%) Jenkins
4 65 (5.96%) GitLab
5 54 (4.95%) Cypress.io
6 34 (3.12%) JUnit
7 24 (2.20%) Mockito
8 20 (1.83%) Vite
9 17 (1.56%) Gradle
10 16 (1.47%) webpack
11 14 (1.28%) Bitbucket
12 13 (1.19%) CircleCI
13 12 (1.10%) Storybook
14 10 (0.92%) Liquibase
14 10 (0.92%) Mocha
15 9 (0.83%) Cucumber
16 8 (0.73%) Selenium
16 8 (0.73%) TeamCity
17 7 (0.64%) Maven
17 7 (0.64%) Postman
General
1 200 (18.35%) Finance
2 187 (17.16%) Social Skills
3 124 (11.38%) Public Sector
4 90 (8.26%) Front Office
5 87 (7.98%) Banking
6 39 (3.58%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (2.57%) Investment Banking
8 19 (1.74%) Financial Institution
8 19 (1.74%) Retail
9 13 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (0.83%) Legal
11 8 (0.73%) Health Technology
12 7 (0.64%) Marketing
13 6 (0.55%) Games
14 5 (0.46%) Law
14 5 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.37%) Advertising
15 4 (0.37%) Military
15 4 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 645 (59.17%) Developer
2 213 (19.54%) Full-Stack Developer
3 186 (17.06%) Senior
4 151 (13.85%) Software Engineer
5 144 (13.21%) React Developer
6 116 (10.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 111 (10.18%) Lead
8 100 (9.17%) Senior Developer
9 98 (8.99%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 83 (7.61%) Java Developer
11 68 (6.24%) Python Developer
12 60 (5.50%) Lead Developer
13 52 (4.77%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 51 (4.68%) Architect
15 49 (4.50%) Software Developer
16 39 (3.58%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
17 38 (3.49%) Java Engineer
17 38 (3.49%) Lead Software Developer
17 38 (3.49%) Lead Software Engineer
18 34 (3.12%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 303 (27.80%) Node.js
2 248 (22.75%) AngularJS
3 237 (21.74%) CSS
4 217 (19.91%) HTML
5 179 (16.42%) .NET
5 179 (16.42%) REST
6 169 (15.50%) RESTful
7 161 (14.77%) Redux
8 155 (14.22%) Spring
9 139 (12.75%) Spring Boot
10 119 (10.92%) Next.js
11 117 (10.73%) GraphQL
12 111 (10.18%) Vue
13 106 (9.72%) Kafka
14 84 (7.71%) HTML5
14 84 (7.71%) Jest
15 66 (6.06%) CSS3
16 54 (4.95%) .NET Core
17 51 (4.68%) Playwright
18 44 (4.04%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 134 (12.29%) Cloud Native
2 68 (6.24%) Product Ownership
3 57 (5.23%) Fixed Income
4 40 (3.67%) Distributed Systems
5 37 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
6 36 (3.30%) AI Agents
6 36 (3.30%) Derivative
7 28 (2.57%) Greenfield Project
8 26 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
9 24 (2.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 23 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
11 20 (1.83%) Equities
12 16 (1.47%) Mobile App
12 16 (1.47%) Onboarding
13 15 (1.38%) Data Structures
14 14 (1.28%) NHS
15 12 (1.10%) Algorithms
16 11 (1.01%) Low-Code
17 10 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
18 8 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (2.11%) Linux
2 19 (1.74%) Windows
3 16 (1.47%) Android
4 13 (1.19%) Unix
5 11 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 465 (42.66%) CI/CD
2 452 (41.47%) Agile
3 449 (41.19%) Full-Stack Development
4 299 (27.43%) DevOps
5 274 (25.14%) Microservices
6 249 (22.84%) Software Engineering
7 230 (21.10%) Front End Development
8 190 (17.43%) AI
9 174 (15.96%) Test Automation
10 160 (14.68%) User Experience
11 159 (14.59%) Containerisation
12 131 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
13 108 (9.91%) Code Quality
14 99 (9.08%) Infrastructure as Code
15 93 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
16 89 (8.17%) Scrum
17 87 (7.98%) SDLC
18 83 (7.61%) TDD
19 82 (7.52%) API Integration
19 82 (7.52%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 550 (50.46%) TypeScript
2 519 (47.61%) JavaScript
3 357 (32.75%) Python
4 320 (29.36%) Java
5 213 (19.54%) SQL
6 165 (15.14%) C#
7 50 (4.59%) Go
8 17 (1.56%) 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 (0.83%) PL/SQL
12 8 (0.73%) C++
13 7 (0.64%) Perl
13 7 (0.64%) Scala
14 6 (0.55%) Bash
14 6 (0.55%) Ruby
14 6 (0.55%) Rust
14 6 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 181 (16.61%) Security Cleared
2 160 (14.68%) SC Cleared
3 57 (5.23%) Degree
4 54 (4.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 35 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (2.66%) DV Cleared
7 15 (1.38%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.64%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.46%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.28%) PhD
12 2 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.092%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.092%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.092%) CISSP
13 1 (0.092%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.092%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.092%) OCP
13 1 (0.092%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (13.21%) Accessibility
2 71 (6.51%) WCAG
3 63 (5.78%) QA
4 8 (0.73%) GDPR
4 8 (0.73%) HL7
5 7 (0.64%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.18%) NCSC
6 2 (0.18%) PSD2
7 1 (0.092%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.092%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.092%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.092%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.092%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 223 (20.46%) Docker
2 10 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.092%) Varnish
3 1 (0.092%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 177 (16.24%) Kubernetes
2 126 (11.56%) Terraform
3 21 (1.93%) Grafana
4 16 (1.47%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.19%) Argo
6 8 (0.73%) Ansible
7 7 (0.64%) Istio
7 7 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.37%) Podman
9 3 (0.28%) Nagios
10 2 (0.18%) Rancher
11 1 (0.092%) Kibana
11 1 (0.092%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 82 (7.52%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.14%) Oracle
3 39 (3.58%) Google
4 36 (3.30%) OpenAI
5 26 (2.39%) Adobe
6 20 (1.83%) Databricks
7 16 (1.47%) Sitecore
8 12 (1.10%) Splunk
9 10 (0.92%) Kofax
9 10 (0.92%) Lotus
10 9 (0.83%) MuleSoft
11 8 (0.73%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.73%) Salesforce
12 6 (0.55%) SAP
12 6 (0.55%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.55%) Solace
13 5 (0.46%) Pega
14 4 (0.37%) Brio
14 4 (0.37%) Netlify
15 3 (0.28%) Foundry