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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 71 65
Rank change year-on-year -59 -6 +4
Contract jobs citing React 1,134 1,132 1,213
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.11% 3.43% 3.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.67% 13.51% 12.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 805 804 935
10th Percentile £363 £358 £325
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £506 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -7.95% +1.38%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 6
10th Percentile £53.23 £54.57 £47.50
25th Percentile £69.50 £60.06 £55.31
Median hourly rate £74.00 £66.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.28% +18.22% -24.50%
75th Percentile £79.50 £67.00 £67.69
90th Percentile £91.50 - £73.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 £67.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +10.45% +19.11% -9.27%

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 11,722 8,376 9,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.85% 25.39% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,701 5,659 6,433
10th Percentile £375 £355 £356
25th Percentile £431 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £630 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -1.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 185 208
10th Percentile £30.00 £30.45 £23.80
25th Percentile £49.75 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -12.34% -1.83%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.16 £79.48 £74.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.47 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +22.67% -12.00% +4.17%

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 24 August 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 24 August 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 24 August 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 -57 942 £536 +2.10% 462
London -50 564 £570 -5.00% 185
UK excluding London -61 433 £488 +8.33% 381
Work from Home -73 337 £525 - 284
North of England -34 159 £500 +14.94% 101
Yorkshire +5 86 £500 +25.00% 26
Scotland -16 81 £377 -19.36% 13
South West -15 68 £525 +23.53% 86
South East -78 67 £525 +23.53% 94
North West -52 59 £500 +10.01% 65
Midlands -41 43 £460 - 57
West Midlands -37 35 £468 -8.78% 28
East of England -28 15 £625 +40.45% 19
North East -30 14 £500 +7.53% 11
East Midlands -17 7 £433 +19.35% 29
Northern Ireland +4 2 £190 -53.37% 5
Wales -22 2 £469 +2.18% 10
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 40 (3.53%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.00%) Confluence
3 16 (1.41%) SharePoint Server
4 14 (1.23%) CMS
5 9 (0.79%) Camunda
5 9 (0.79%) nginx
6 6 (0.53%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.44%) Headless CMS
7 5 (0.44%) WordPress
8 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.35%) IIS
8 4 (0.35%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.088%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.088%) Mendix
11 1 (0.088%) Strapi
11 1 (0.088%) Traefik
Applications
1 11 (0.97%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.26%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.18%) Sketch
4 1 (0.088%) Blender
4 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.088%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.06%) Shopify
2 10 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
2 10 (0.88%) SAP CRM
3 3 (0.26%) Magento
3 3 (0.26%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.18%) Endur
5 1 (0.088%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.088%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 440 (38.80%) AWS
2 316 (27.87%) Azure
3 135 (11.90%) GitHub
4 134 (11.82%) Serverless
5 122 (10.76%) GCP
6 84 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
7 82 (7.23%) AWS Lambda
8 65 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
9 62 (5.47%) Amazon S3
10 57 (5.03%) Power Platform
11 46 (4.06%) Figma
12 45 (3.97%) Amazon ECS
13 40 (3.53%) PowerApps
14 39 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
14 39 (3.44%) Power Automate
15 38 (3.35%) OpenShift
16 32 (2.82%) Amazon EKS
16 32 (2.82%) Entra ID
17 29 (2.56%) GitHub Copilot
18 27 (2.38%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.88%) Firewall
2 8 (0.71%) DNS
3 7 (0.62%) HTTP
4 4 (0.35%) Intranet
4 4 (0.35%) VPN
5 3 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.18%) DSL
7 1 (0.088%) CTI
7 1 (0.088%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.088%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.088%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.088%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (14.20%) PostgreSQL
2 83 (7.32%) Relational Database
3 79 (6.97%) SQL Server
4 74 (6.53%) NoSQL
5 71 (6.26%) MongoDB
6 45 (3.97%) MySQL
7 43 (3.79%) DynamoDB
8 39 (3.44%) Amazon RDS
9 37 (3.26%) Power BI
10 32 (2.82%) Redis
11 16 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (1.23%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
14 11 (0.97%) Metadata
14 11 (0.97%) RDBMS
15 10 (0.88%) Neo4j
16 7 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
17 6 (0.53%) BigQuery
18 5 (0.44%) ObjectStore
Development Applications
1 223 (19.66%) Git
2 134 (11.82%) Jenkins
3 66 (5.82%) JIRA
4 63 (5.56%) GitLab
5 53 (4.67%) Cypress.io
6 52 (4.59%) Gradle
7 47 (4.14%) JUnit
8 33 (2.91%) Vite
9 30 (2.65%) Maven
10 27 (2.38%) Mockito
11 21 (1.85%) Claude Code
12 18 (1.59%) webpack
13 17 (1.50%) Cucumber
13 17 (1.50%) Liquibase
14 16 (1.41%) Bitbucket
15 15 (1.32%) Storybook
16 14 (1.23%) REST Assured
16 14 (1.23%) SonarQube
17 12 (1.06%) Postman
17 12 (1.06%) Selenium
General
1 224 (19.75%) Finance
2 222 (19.58%) Social Skills
3 143 (12.61%) Banking
4 133 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 85 (7.50%) Front Office
6 62 (5.47%) Investment Banking
7 50 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
8 41 (3.62%) Retail
9 29 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.23%) Financial Institution
11 14 (1.23%) Law
12 12 (1.06%) Manufacturing
13 11 (0.97%) Marketing
14 10 (0.88%) Military
14 10 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.88%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (0.71%) Back Office
16 8 (0.71%) Legal
Job Titles
1 610 (53.79%) Developer
2 241 (21.25%) Senior
3 195 (17.20%) Full-Stack Developer
4 153 (13.49%) React Developer
5 136 (11.99%) Software Engineer
6 133 (11.73%) Senior Developer
7 131 (11.55%) Java Developer
8 125 (11.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 108 (9.52%) Lead
10 87 (7.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 61 (5.38%) Python Developer
12 53 (4.67%) Senior Java Developer
13 52 (4.59%) Senior React Developer
14 48 (4.23%) UI Developer
15 43 (3.79%) Software Developer
16 42 (3.70%) Architect
17 38 (3.35%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
18 36 (3.17%) Technical Leader
19 35 (3.09%) Lead Developer
20 34 (3.00%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 281 (24.78%) Node.js
2 274 (24.16%) REST
3 229 (20.19%) CSS
4 210 (18.52%) HTML
5 170 (14.99%) .NET
6 166 (14.64%) RESTful
7 163 (14.37%) Spring
8 162 (14.29%) Redux
9 159 (14.02%) AngularJS
10 153 (13.49%) Spring Boot
11 138 (12.17%) Next.js
12 137 (12.08%) Kafka
13 128 (11.29%) Terraform
14 100 (8.82%) HTML5
15 93 (8.20%) Vue
16 90 (7.94%) GraphQL
17 83 (7.32%) CSS3
18 81 (7.14%) Jest
19 75 (6.61%) Playwright
20 62 (5.47%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 173 (15.26%) Cloud Native
2 77 (6.79%) Product Ownership
3 63 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (5.56%) Fixed Income
4 58 (5.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 57 (5.03%) Greenfield Project
6 45 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
7 40 (3.53%) AI Agents
8 36 (3.17%) Equities
9 30 (2.65%) Data Structures
9 30 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (2.20%) Derivative
11 24 (2.12%) Algorithms
12 20 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
14 11 (0.97%) Onboarding
15 10 (0.88%) Autonomous Agent
15 10 (0.88%) Mobile App
15 10 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.12%) Linux
2 12 (1.06%) Windows
3 7 (0.62%) Unix
4 4 (0.35%) Android
4 4 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.088%) AIX
6 1 (0.088%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 547 (48.24%) CI/CD
2 482 (42.50%) Agile
3 469 (41.36%) Full-Stack Development
4 296 (26.10%) Microservices
5 291 (25.66%) Software Engineering
6 285 (25.13%) DevOps
7 219 (19.31%) Front End Development
8 210 (18.52%) AI
9 208 (18.34%) Test Automation
10 175 (15.43%) Containerisation
11 153 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
12 150 (13.23%) User Experience
13 128 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 126 (11.11%) Event-Driven
15 121 (10.67%) TDD
16 118 (10.41%) Code Quality
16 118 (10.41%) Scrum
17 113 (9.96%) Mentoring
18 111 (9.79%) Infrastructure as Code
19 102 (8.99%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 638 (56.26%) TypeScript
2 545 (48.06%) JavaScript
3 363 (32.01%) Java
4 313 (27.60%) Python
5 239 (21.08%) SQL
6 187 (16.49%) C#
7 39 (3.44%) Go
8 32 (2.82%) PL/SQL
9 22 (1.94%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.59%) Bash
11 14 (1.23%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.06%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.88%) Rust
14 9 (0.79%) C++
15 8 (0.71%) PHP
16 7 (0.62%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.62%) Ruby
16 7 (0.62%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.53%) Bicep
18 5 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 204 (17.99%) Security Cleared
2 174 (15.34%) SC Cleared
3 63 (5.56%) Degree
4 46 (4.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 40 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (2.29%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.06%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.62%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (0.44%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.44%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
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
1 150 (13.23%) Accessibility
2 80 (7.05%) QA
3 74 (6.53%) WCAG
4 9 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.26%) GDPR
6 3 (0.26%) HL7
7 2 (0.18%) PSD2
8 1 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.088%) GRC
8 1 (0.088%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 246 (21.69%) Docker
2 5 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.088%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 218 (19.22%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.09%) Grafana
3 30 (2.65%) Ansible
4 19 (1.68%) Argo
5 16 (1.41%) Control-M
6 15 (1.32%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.62%) Istio
9 6 (0.53%) Kustomize
10 5 (0.44%) Kibana
11 3 (0.26%) Podman
12 1 (0.088%) Nagios
12 1 (0.088%) QRadar
12 1 (0.088%) Rancher
Vendors
1 85 (7.50%) Microsoft
2 70 (6.17%) Oracle
3 46 (4.06%) Google
4 26 (2.29%) OpenAI
5 24 (2.12%) Databricks
6 23 (2.03%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.85%) MuleSoft
8 19 (1.68%) Splunk
9 15 (1.32%) SAP
10 13 (1.15%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.71%) Conga
11 8 (0.71%) GoCardless
11 8 (0.71%) Solace
12 7 (0.62%) Adobe
13 6 (0.53%) ForgeRock
14 5 (0.44%) Hitachi
14 5 (0.44%) Sitecore
15 4 (0.35%) Apple
15 4 (0.35%) Foundry
15 4 (0.35%) Red Hat