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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 74 67
Rank change year-on-year -65 -7 +5
Contract jobs citing React 1,108 1,096 1,219
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.04% 3.34% 3.19%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.43% 12.87% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 786 768 921
10th Percentile £363 £358 £344
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -5.91% -
75th Percentile £650 £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 4
10th Percentile £49.15 £54.57 £38.10
25th Percentile £65.00 £60.06 £40.13
Median hourly rate £72.00 £66.50 £54.25
Median % change year-on-year +8.27% +22.58% -27.67%
75th Percentile £76.00 £67.00 £72.25
90th Percentile £79.60 - £73.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.00 £67.00 £69.50
% change year-on-year +7.46% -3.60% -8.25%

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 11,754 8,517 9,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.61% 25.95% 24.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,733 5,676 6,164
10th Percentile £375 £353 £356
25th Percentile £438 £413 £435
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% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 187 189
10th Percentile £28.64 £31.25 £25.56
25th Percentile £49.00 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.70 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.83% -12.48% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.80 £74.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.47 £58.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.84% -9.62% +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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -65 934 £540 +2.76% 1,574
London -52 544 £575 -4.17% 928
UK excluding London -55 441 £475 +5.56% 784
Work from Home -73 314 £525 - 787
North of England -27 162 £500 +20.12% 217
Yorkshire -2 84 £500 +25.00% 50
Scotland -30 71 £377 -18.92% 79
North West -53 68 £500 +17.65% 152
Midlands -19 64 £468 -3.01% 101
South West -30 63 £550 +4.76% 110
South East -77 62 £453 +6.59% 126
West Midlands -14 57 £475 -9.52% 69
East of England -27 17 £625 +47.06% 63
North East -29 10 £500 +150.00% 16
East Midlands -23 7 £433 +15.53% 32
Northern Ireland +4 3 £190 - 69
Wales -16 3 £425 -18.07% 25
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 (3.16%) Confluence
2 26 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.44%) Camunda
4 15 (1.35%) CMS
5 12 (1.08%) nginx
6 10 (0.90%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.54%) Apache Solr
7 6 (0.54%) Headless CMS
7 6 (0.54%) WordPress
8 5 (0.45%) Apache
9 4 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.18%) IIS
11 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.090%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.090%) GeoServer
12 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
1 410 (37.00%) AWS
2 299 (26.99%) Azure
3 134 (12.09%) GitHub
4 124 (11.19%) GCP
5 121 (10.92%) Serverless
6 79 (7.13%) GitHub Actions
7 71 (6.41%) AWS Lambda
8 67 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
9 57 (5.14%) Amazon S3
10 51 (4.60%) OpenShift
11 49 (4.42%) Figma
12 46 (4.15%) Power Platform
13 38 (3.43%) Amazon ECS
14 33 (2.98%) GitHub Copilot
15 32 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
16 29 (2.62%) Entra ID
17 27 (2.44%) SaaS
18 26 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
19 25 (2.26%) PowerApps
20 24 (2.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.90%) Firewall
2 8 (0.72%) DNS
2 8 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
3 7 (0.63%) HTTP
4 6 (0.54%) VPN
5 4 (0.36%) Intranet
6 2 (0.18%) DSL
6 2 (0.18%) Internet
6 2 (0.18%) OpenVPN
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (13.54%) PostgreSQL
2 85 (7.67%) SQL Server
3 79 (7.13%) Relational Database
4 75 (6.77%) MongoDB
5 72 (6.50%) NoSQL
6 54 (4.87%) MySQL
7 39 (3.52%) Amazon RDS
8 36 (3.25%) DynamoDB
9 32 (2.89%) Power BI
10 26 (2.35%) Redis
11 17 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
13 11 (0.99%) Metadata
14 9 (0.81%) 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
1 236 (21.30%) Git
2 143 (12.91%) Jenkins
3 81 (7.31%) GitLab
4 62 (5.60%) JIRA
5 60 (5.42%) Gradle
6 53 (4.78%) JUnit
7 47 (4.24%) Cypress.io
7 47 (4.24%) Maven
8 32 (2.89%) Vite
9 31 (2.80%) Mockito
10 26 (2.35%) SonarQube
10 26 (2.35%) Storybook
11 25 (2.26%) Claude Code
11 25 (2.26%) Cucumber
12 20 (1.81%) REST Assured
12 20 (1.81%) webpack
13 19 (1.71%) Bitbucket
13 19 (1.71%) Selenium
14 12 (1.08%) Liquibase
15 11 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 246 (22.20%) Finance
2 235 (21.21%) Social Skills
3 157 (14.17%) Banking
4 119 (10.74%) Public Sector
5 70 (6.32%) Front Office
6 59 (5.32%) Investment Banking
7 55 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (3.88%) Retail
9 31 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
10 13 (1.17%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.08%) Law
12 11 (0.99%) Back Office
12 11 (0.99%) Financial Institution
13 10 (0.90%) Marketing
13 10 (0.90%) Military
13 10 (0.90%) Telecoms
14 8 (0.72%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.72%) Health Technology
14 8 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 587 (52.98%) Developer
2 238 (21.48%) Senior
3 184 (16.61%) Full-Stack Developer
4 159 (14.35%) React Developer
5 134 (12.09%) Senior Developer
6 130 (11.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 126 (11.37%) Java Developer
8 121 (10.92%) Software Engineer
9 98 (8.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 98 (8.84%) Lead
10 57 (5.14%) Python Developer
11 56 (5.05%) Senior React Developer
12 53 (4.78%) UI Developer
13 52 (4.69%) Senior Java Developer
14 39 (3.52%) Software Developer
15 38 (3.43%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 37 (3.34%) Technical Leader
17 36 (3.25%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
18 34 (3.07%) Architect
18 34 (3.07%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 289 (26.08%) Node.js
2 283 (25.54%) REST
3 227 (20.49%) CSS
4 217 (19.58%) HTML
5 173 (15.61%) .NET
6 169 (15.25%) RESTful
7 161 (14.53%) Spring
8 154 (13.90%) Redux
9 150 (13.54%) Spring Boot
10 149 (13.45%) AngularJS
11 131 (11.82%) Next.js
12 130 (11.73%) Kafka
13 121 (10.92%) Terraform
14 105 (9.48%) HTML5
15 92 (8.30%) GraphQL
16 89 (8.03%) Vue
17 86 (7.76%) CSS3
18 83 (7.49%) Playwright
19 81 (7.31%) OAuth
20 75 (6.77%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 172 (15.52%) Cloud Native
2 87 (7.85%) Product Ownership
3 65 (5.87%) Distributed Systems
4 59 (5.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 56 (5.05%) Greenfield Project
6 55 (4.96%) Fixed Income
7 47 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
8 39 (3.52%) AI Agents
9 33 (2.98%) Data Structures
9 33 (2.98%) Equities
10 31 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
11 23 (2.08%) Algorithms
12 19 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
13 17 (1.53%) Derivative
14 16 (1.44%) Onboarding
15 14 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
15 14 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
16 12 (1.08%) Mobile App
17 11 (0.99%) Autonomous Agent
18 8 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 36 (3.25%) Linux
2 16 (1.44%) Windows
3 10 (0.90%) Unix
4 6 (0.54%) Android
5 5 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.36%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.27%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.18%) AIX
8 2 (0.18%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (49.64%) CI/CD
2 483 (43.59%) Agile
3 459 (41.43%) Full-Stack Development
4 295 (26.62%) Microservices
5 290 (26.17%) DevOps
6 289 (26.08%) Software Engineering
7 239 (21.57%) Front End Development
8 224 (20.22%) Test Automation
9 218 (19.68%) AI
10 169 (15.25%) Containerisation
11 162 (14.62%) User Experience
12 160 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
13 149 (13.45%) Event-Driven
14 136 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
15 131 (11.82%) Mentoring
15 131 (11.82%) Scrum
16 125 (11.28%) TDD
17 122 (11.01%) Infrastructure as Code
18 118 (10.65%) Event-Driven Architecture
19 115 (10.38%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 633 (57.13%) TypeScript
2 561 (50.63%) JavaScript
3 378 (34.12%) Java
4 301 (27.17%) Python
5 234 (21.12%) SQL
6 179 (16.16%) C#
7 45 (4.06%) Go
8 32 (2.89%) PL/SQL
9 26 (2.35%) PowerShell
10 24 (2.17%) Bash
11 15 (1.35%) Kotlin
12 10 (0.90%) Rust
12 10 (0.90%) Shell Script
12 10 (0.90%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.81%) C++
13 9 (0.81%) PHP
14 7 (0.63%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.63%) Bicep
14 7 (0.63%) Ruby
15 6 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 189 (17.06%) Security Cleared
2 155 (13.99%) SC Cleared
3 75 (6.77%) Degree
4 57 (5.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 53 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (2.71%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.17%) Master's Degree
8 9 (0.81%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.45%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.45%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.090%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.090%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.090%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (13.90%) Accessibility
2 96 (8.66%) QA
3 85 (7.67%) WCAG
4 7 (0.63%) 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
8 1 (0.090%) SLA
System Software
1 242 (21.84%) 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
1 237 (21.39%) Kubernetes
2 39 (3.52%) Grafana
3 33 (2.98%) Ansible
4 19 (1.71%) Argo
5 17 (1.53%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.44%) Control-M
7 12 (1.08%) 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 90 (8.12%) Microsoft
2 79 (7.13%) Oracle
3 54 (4.87%) Google
4 23 (2.08%) Salesforce
5 20 (1.81%) Databricks
5 20 (1.81%) MuleSoft
6 19 (1.71%) Splunk
7 17 (1.53%) OpenAI
8 15 (1.35%) SAP
9 13 (1.17%) Dynatrace
10 11 (0.99%) Adobe
11 10 (0.90%) IBM
12 9 (0.81%) Veracode
13 8 (0.72%) Conga
13 8 (0.72%) GoCardless
13 8 (0.72%) Okta
13 8 (0.72%) ServiceNow
14 7 (0.63%) Red Hat
15 6 (0.54%) ForgeRock
15 6 (0.54%) Solace