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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 72 69
Rank change year-on-year -53 -3 0
Contract jobs citing React 1,135 1,137 1,217
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.08% 3.44% 3.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.58% 13.46% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 803 812 932
10th Percentile £363 £358 £344
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +2.80%
75th Percentile £641 £650 £651
90th Percentile £850 £838 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% +1.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 3
10th Percentile £53.23 £54.57 £56.50
25th Percentile £69.50 £60.06 £58.75
Median hourly rate £74.00 £66.50 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.28% -0.75% -10.07%
75th Percentile £76.25 £67.00 £73.00
90th Percentile £80.90 - £73.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 £67.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year +10.45% - +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 11,845 8,450 9,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.71% 25.60% 24.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,776 5,680 6,380
10th Percentile £375 £355 £357
25th Percentile £435 £413 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £634 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +6.32% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 183 187
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £25.60
25th Percentile £49.00 £41.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -14.77% -1.44%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £74.50 £74.65
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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -68 952 £537 +2.33% 1,196
London -51 562 £575 -4.17% 762
UK excluding London -64 442 £488 +8.33% 570
Work from Home -69 331 £525 - 2,370
North of England -42 164 £500 +17.65% 156
Yorkshire -7 84 £500 +25.00% 38
Scotland -23 77 £389 -16.00% 48
North West -47 68 £500 +16.28% 101
South West -29 65 £525 - 88
South East -78 63 £475 +11.76% 131
Midlands -32 57 £464 -0.83% 71
West Midlands -23 50 £475 -8.57% 42
East of England -27 15 £625 +40.45% 42
North East -38 12 £500 +7.53% 19
East Midlands -24 7 £433 +16.62% 29
Northern Ireland +2 2 £190 -53.37% 25
Wales -19 2 £469 -9.64% 13
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 37 (3.26%) Confluence
2 35 (3.08%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.50%) Camunda
4 13 (1.15%) CMS
4 13 (1.15%) SharePoint Server
5 10 (0.88%) nginx
6 6 (0.53%) Apache Solr
6 6 (0.53%) WordPress
7 5 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.35%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.26%) IIS
10 2 (0.18%) Apache
10 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.088%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.088%) Traefik
Applications
1 12 (1.06%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.35%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.26%) Sketch
4 1 (0.088%) Blender
4 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.088%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 10 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
1 10 (0.88%) SAP CRM
2 8 (0.70%) Shopify
3 3 (0.26%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.18%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.18%) Endur
5 1 (0.088%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 426 (37.53%) AWS
2 306 (26.96%) Azure
3 142 (12.51%) GitHub
4 133 (11.72%) Serverless
5 118 (10.40%) GCP
6 85 (7.49%) GitHub Actions
7 78 (6.87%) AWS Lambda
8 67 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
9 59 (5.20%) Amazon S3
10 55 (4.85%) Power Platform
11 49 (4.32%) Figma
11 49 (4.32%) OpenShift
12 43 (3.79%) Amazon ECS
13 36 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
14 35 (3.08%) PowerApps
15 34 (3.00%) Power Automate
16 33 (2.91%) GitHub Copilot
17 30 (2.64%) Amazon EKS
18 29 (2.56%) Entra ID
19 27 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.88%) Firewall
2 8 (0.70%) DNS
3 7 (0.62%) HTTP
4 4 (0.35%) Intranet
4 4 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
4 4 (0.35%) VPN
5 2 (0.18%) DSL
6 1 (0.088%) CTI
6 1 (0.088%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.088%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.088%) Internet
6 1 (0.088%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.088%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (13.57%) PostgreSQL
2 89 (7.84%) SQL Server
3 80 (7.05%) Relational Database
4 75 (6.61%) NoSQL
5 70 (6.17%) MongoDB
6 56 (4.93%) MySQL
7 45 (3.96%) DynamoDB
8 40 (3.52%) Amazon RDS
9 36 (3.17%) Power BI
10 28 (2.47%) Redis
11 17 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
11 17 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
12 13 (1.15%) Amazon Aurora
13 11 (0.97%) Metadata
14 10 (0.88%) RDBMS
15 7 (0.62%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.53%) Neo4j
17 5 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
17 5 (0.44%) ObjectStore
Development Applications
1 231 (20.35%) Git
2 138 (12.16%) Jenkins
3 74 (6.52%) GitLab
4 66 (5.81%) JIRA
5 62 (5.46%) Gradle
6 55 (4.85%) JUnit
7 52 (4.58%) Cypress.io
8 44 (3.88%) Maven
9 34 (3.00%) Mockito
9 34 (3.00%) Vite
10 23 (2.03%) SonarQube
11 22 (1.94%) Claude Code
11 22 (1.94%) Cucumber
12 21 (1.85%) Storybook
12 21 (1.85%) webpack
13 20 (1.76%) REST Assured
14 19 (1.67%) Bitbucket
15 17 (1.50%) Liquibase
15 17 (1.50%) Selenium
16 11 (0.97%) Postman
General
1 237 (20.88%) Finance
2 231 (20.35%) Social Skills
3 155 (13.66%) Banking
4 128 (11.28%) Public Sector
5 71 (6.26%) Front Office
6 59 (5.20%) Investment Banking
7 53 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (3.79%) Retail
9 31 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (1.32%) Law
12 13 (1.15%) Manufacturing
13 11 (0.97%) Financial Institution
14 10 (0.88%) Marketing
14 10 (0.88%) Military
14 10 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.79%) Back Office
15 9 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (0.70%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 598 (52.69%) Developer
2 239 (21.06%) Senior
3 186 (16.39%) Full-Stack Developer
4 153 (13.48%) React Developer
5 133 (11.72%) Senior Developer
6 132 (11.63%) Java Developer
7 128 (11.28%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 126 (11.10%) Software Engineer
9 103 (9.07%) Lead
10 96 (8.46%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 59 (5.20%) Python Developer
12 54 (4.76%) Senior React Developer
13 51 (4.49%) Senior Java Developer
13 51 (4.49%) UI Developer
14 41 (3.61%) Architect
14 41 (3.61%) Software Developer
15 39 (3.44%) Technical Leader
16 38 (3.35%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
17 35 (3.08%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
17 35 (3.08%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 286 (25.20%) Node.js
2 281 (24.76%) REST
3 243 (21.41%) CSS
4 232 (20.44%) HTML
5 175 (15.42%) .NET
6 174 (15.33%) Spring
7 165 (14.54%) RESTful
8 163 (14.36%) Spring Boot
9 161 (14.19%) Redux
10 153 (13.48%) AngularJS
11 137 (12.07%) Kafka
12 136 (11.98%) Next.js
13 130 (11.45%) Terraform
14 113 (9.96%) HTML5
15 94 (8.28%) CSS3
15 94 (8.28%) GraphQL
16 91 (8.02%) Vue
17 87 (7.67%) Jest
18 84 (7.40%) Playwright
19 75 (6.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 175 (15.42%) Cloud Native
2 85 (7.49%) Product Ownership
3 64 (5.64%) Distributed Systems
4 60 (5.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 55 (4.85%) Greenfield Project
6 53 (4.67%) Fixed Income
7 49 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
8 41 (3.61%) AI Agents
9 34 (3.00%) Data Structures
10 32 (2.82%) Equities
11 31 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (2.20%) Algorithms
13 19 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
13 19 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (1.41%) Derivative
15 13 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
16 12 (1.06%) Onboarding
17 11 (0.97%) Autonomous Agent
18 9 (0.79%) Mobile App
18 9 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.47%) Linux
2 14 (1.23%) Windows
3 8 (0.70%) Unix
4 5 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.35%) Android
5 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.35%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.088%) AIX
6 1 (0.088%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.088%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (49.07%) CI/CD
2 486 (42.82%) Agile
3 462 (40.70%) Full-Stack Development
4 301 (26.52%) Microservices
5 294 (25.90%) DevOps
6 291 (25.64%) Software Engineering
7 238 (20.97%) Front End Development
8 220 (19.38%) Test Automation
9 214 (18.85%) AI
10 177 (15.59%) Containerisation
11 162 (14.27%) Problem-Solving
12 161 (14.19%) User Experience
13 143 (12.60%) Event-Driven
14 140 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 127 (11.19%) Scrum
16 125 (11.01%) Mentoring
16 125 (11.01%) TDD
17 122 (10.75%) Code Quality
18 116 (10.22%) Infrastructure as Code
19 114 (10.04%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 637 (56.12%) TypeScript
2 566 (49.87%) JavaScript
3 385 (33.92%) Java
4 310 (27.31%) Python
5 252 (22.20%) SQL
6 179 (15.77%) C#
7 37 (3.26%) Go
8 34 (3.00%) PL/SQL
9 26 (2.29%) PowerShell
10 20 (1.76%) Bash
11 14 (1.23%) Kotlin
12 11 (0.97%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.88%) C++
13 10 (0.88%) Rust
14 9 (0.79%) PHP
15 8 (0.70%) Ruby
16 7 (0.62%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.62%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.53%) Bicep
17 6 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 204 (17.97%) Security Cleared
2 170 (14.98%) SC Cleared
3 71 (6.26%) Degree
4 53 (4.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 47 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (2.82%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.06%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.62%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.53%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.44%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.088%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.088%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.088%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (13.74%) Accessibility
2 85 (7.49%) QA
2 85 (7.49%) WCAG
3 10 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (0.26%) GDPR
5 3 (0.26%) HL7
6 2 (0.18%) PSD2
7 1 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.088%) GRC
7 1 (0.088%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 243 (21.41%) Docker
2 4 (0.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.088%) Varnish
3 1 (0.088%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 226 (19.91%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.35%) Grafana
3 32 (2.82%) Ansible
4 19 (1.67%) Argo
5 16 (1.41%) Control-M
5 16 (1.41%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.70%) Kibana
6 8 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.62%) Istio
7 7 (0.62%) Kustomize
8 3 (0.26%) Podman
9 1 (0.088%) Nagios
9 1 (0.088%) QRadar
9 1 (0.088%) systemd
Vendors
1 90 (7.93%) Microsoft
2 75 (6.61%) Oracle
3 48 (4.23%) Google
4 28 (2.47%) Databricks
5 23 (2.03%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.85%) Splunk
7 20 (1.76%) MuleSoft
7 20 (1.76%) OpenAI
8 15 (1.32%) Dynatrace
8 15 (1.32%) SAP
9 10 (0.88%) Adobe
10 9 (0.79%) IBM
11 8 (0.70%) Conga
11 8 (0.70%) GoCardless
11 8 (0.70%) Solace
11 8 (0.70%) Veracode
12 6 (0.53%) ForgeRock
12 6 (0.53%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.44%) Hitachi
13 5 (0.44%) Sitecore