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

 6 months to
27 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 70 63
Rank change year-on-year -30 -7 +1
Contract jobs citing React 1,152 987 1,344
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.36% 3.45% 3.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.05% 15.19% 15.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 808 750 1,078
10th Percentile £364 £356 £363
25th Percentile £415 £409 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £662 £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 18 1 22
10th Percentile £49.57 - £41.50
25th Percentile £60.31 £67.98 £55.31
Median hourly rate £76.00 £73.23 £64.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +13.09% -7.50%
75th Percentile £93.75 £78.47 £72.50
90th Percentile £95.00 - £74.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £73.23 £68.50
% change year-on-year +3.79% +6.90% +1.11%

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 9,564 6,498 8,929
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.62% 22.74% 20.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,281 4,458 6,210
10th Percentile £363 £360 £345
25th Percentile £420 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 105 249
10th Percentile £30.87 £27.44 £21.63
25th Percentile £51.25 £37.80 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £72.75 £68.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.22 £74.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.43
% change year-on-year - +34.21% -25.49%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -35 949 £525 - 553
London -39 555 £550 -5.17% 269
UK excluding London -22 435 £500 +11.11% 355
Work from Home -41 383 £540 +3.85% 310
North of England -7 161 £500 +11.11% 106
North West -9 90 £475 +5.56% 66
South East -46 72 £525 +10.53% 109
Scotland -2 67 £410 -8.89% 15
Yorkshire -12 59 £523 +16.11% 25
South West +4 58 £525 +19.05% 33
Midlands -58 41 £475 +9.20% 40
East of England -9 33 £600 +27.66% 32
West Midlands -47 33 £481 +4.62% 16
North East -19 14 £475 +3.26% 15
Northern Ireland 0 7 £190 -41.54% 11
East Midlands -35 6 £446 +13.26% 24
Wales -20 2 £525 +34.62% 12

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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 50 (4.34%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.52%) Confluence
3 23 (2.00%) CMS
4 14 (1.22%) SharePoint Server
5 11 (0.95%) Camunda
6 10 (0.87%) HCL Notes
6 10 (0.87%) Mendix
7 9 (0.78%) Sitecore CMS
8 8 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (0.69%) IIS
9 6 (0.52%) Headless CMS
10 5 (0.43%) nginx
11 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.35%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.26%) Apache
12 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.17%) Kentico
13 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.17%) SAS
14 1 (0.087%) Traefik
Applications
1 10 (0.87%) Adobe XD
2 6 (0.52%) Sketch
3 4 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.087%) Blender
4 1 (0.087%) Maya
4 1 (0.087%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.087%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.087%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (0.87%) Shopify
2 9 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.43%) SAP CRM
4 3 (0.26%) Magento
5 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.087%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.087%) Endur
6 1 (0.087%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.087%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 467 (40.54%) AWS
2 340 (29.51%) Azure
3 139 (12.07%) Serverless
4 131 (11.37%) GCP
5 119 (10.33%) GitHub
6 85 (7.38%) Azure DevOps
7 83 (7.20%) AWS Lambda
8 80 (6.94%) GitHub Actions
9 60 (5.21%) Power Platform
10 58 (5.03%) Amazon S3
11 54 (4.69%) Figma
12 43 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
12 43 (3.73%) Power Automate
12 43 (3.73%) PowerApps
13 42 (3.65%) Amazon ECS
14 32 (2.78%) Amazon SQS
15 31 (2.69%) Azure Functions
16 28 (2.43%) Entra ID
17 27 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
18 26 (2.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.35%) Firewall
1 4 (0.35%) HTTP
2 3 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
2 3 (0.26%) VPN
3 2 (0.17%) Intranet
4 1 (0.087%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.087%) LAN
4 1 (0.087%) Network Security
4 1 (0.087%) RTMP
4 1 (0.087%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (13.63%) PostgreSQL
2 85 (7.38%) Relational Database
2 85 (7.38%) SQL Server
3 79 (6.86%) NoSQL
4 60 (5.21%) MongoDB
5 58 (5.03%) MySQL
6 39 (3.39%) DynamoDB
6 39 (3.39%) Power BI
7 33 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
8 24 (2.08%) Redis
9 16 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
9 16 (1.39%) Oracle Database
10 14 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
11 12 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
11 12 (1.04%) BigQuery
12 11 (0.95%) Metadata
13 9 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
14 8 (0.69%) RDBMS
14 8 (0.69%) Tableau
15 7 (0.61%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 171 (14.84%) Git
2 78 (6.77%) Jenkins
3 71 (6.16%) JIRA
4 65 (5.64%) GitLab
5 49 (4.25%) Cypress.io
6 34 (2.95%) JUnit
7 24 (2.08%) Mockito
8 23 (2.00%) Gradle
8 23 (2.00%) Vite
9 19 (1.65%) webpack
10 15 (1.30%) Cucumber
10 15 (1.30%) Postman
11 14 (1.22%) Liquibase
11 14 (1.22%) REST Assured
12 13 (1.13%) Bitbucket
13 11 (0.95%) CircleCI
13 11 (0.95%) Storybook
14 10 (0.87%) TeamCity
15 9 (0.78%) Mocha
16 8 (0.69%) Maven
General
1 213 (18.49%) Finance
2 193 (16.75%) Social Skills
3 120 (10.42%) Public Sector
4 96 (8.33%) Banking
5 88 (7.64%) Front Office
6 41 (3.56%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (2.95%) Investment Banking
8 25 (2.17%) Retail
9 22 (1.91%) Financial Institution
10 20 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (0.87%) Legal
13 9 (0.78%) Law
14 6 (0.52%) Marketing
15 5 (0.43%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.43%) Military
16 4 (0.35%) Games
16 4 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 655 (56.86%) Developer
2 212 (18.40%) Full-Stack Developer
3 190 (16.49%) Senior
4 164 (14.24%) Software Engineer
5 148 (12.85%) React Developer
6 133 (11.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 123 (10.68%) Lead
8 104 (9.03%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 102 (8.85%) Senior Developer
10 82 (7.12%) Java Developer
11 76 (6.60%) Python Developer
12 59 (5.12%) Lead Developer
13 56 (4.86%) Architect
14 53 (4.60%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 51 (4.43%) Software Developer
16 44 (3.82%) Java Engineer
17 40 (3.47%) Lead Software Engineer
18 38 (3.30%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
18 38 (3.30%) Lead Software Developer
19 33 (2.86%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 309 (26.82%) Node.js
2 242 (21.01%) CSS
3 237 (20.57%) AngularJS
4 221 (19.18%) HTML
5 188 (16.32%) REST
6 184 (15.97%) .NET
7 167 (14.50%) RESTful
8 163 (14.15%) Redux
9 160 (13.89%) Spring
10 144 (12.50%) Spring Boot
11 119 (10.33%) Next.js
12 117 (10.16%) GraphQL
13 114 (9.90%) Kafka
14 106 (9.20%) Vue
15 83 (7.20%) Jest
16 82 (7.12%) HTML5
17 64 (5.56%) CSS3
18 59 (5.12%) Playwright
19 50 (4.34%) FastAPI
20 45 (3.91%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 140 (12.15%) Cloud Native
2 71 (6.16%) Product Ownership
3 58 (5.03%) Fixed Income
4 44 (3.82%) Distributed Systems
5 38 (3.30%) Derivative
6 34 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
6 34 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
7 32 (2.78%) AI Agents
8 30 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
9 26 (2.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 24 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
11 21 (1.82%) Equities
12 18 (1.56%) Data Structures
12 18 (1.56%) Mobile App
13 15 (1.30%) Onboarding
14 14 (1.22%) Algorithms
15 12 (1.04%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
17 10 (0.87%) NHS
18 9 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.08%) Linux
2 19 (1.65%) Windows
3 16 (1.39%) Android
4 13 (1.13%) Unix
5 10 (0.87%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (42.10%) CI/CD
2 467 (40.54%) Agile
3 463 (40.19%) Full-Stack Development
4 312 (27.08%) DevOps
5 272 (23.61%) Software Engineering
6 267 (23.18%) Microservices
7 247 (21.44%) Front End Development
8 193 (16.75%) AI
9 184 (15.97%) Test Automation
10 168 (14.58%) Containerisation
11 164 (14.24%) User Experience
12 133 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
13 107 (9.29%) Code Quality
14 102 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 98 (8.51%) Infrastructure as Code
16 96 (8.33%) TDD
17 95 (8.25%) Scrum
18 89 (7.73%) Mentoring
19 87 (7.55%) Event-Driven
20 84 (7.29%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 581 (50.43%) TypeScript
2 544 (47.22%) JavaScript
3 371 (32.20%) Python
4 338 (29.34%) Java
5 223 (19.36%) SQL
6 170 (14.76%) C#
7 58 (5.03%) Go
8 19 (1.65%) PowerShell
9 12 (1.04%) PL/SQL
9 12 (1.04%) T-SQL
10 10 (0.87%) Formula Language
10 10 (0.87%) LotusScript
11 9 (0.78%) Rust
12 8 (0.69%) Bash
12 8 (0.69%) Bicep
12 8 (0.69%) Scala
12 8 (0.69%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.61%) Apex Code
13 7 (0.61%) C++
13 7 (0.61%) Perl
Qualifications
1 198 (17.19%) Security Cleared
2 174 (15.10%) SC Cleared
3 66 (5.73%) Degree
4 51 (4.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 36 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (2.52%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.22%) Azure Certification
8 8 (0.69%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.52%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.43%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.26%) PhD
13 2 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.087%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.087%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.087%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.087%) OCP
14 1 (0.087%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (12.41%) Accessibility
2 75 (6.51%) WCAG
3 64 (5.56%) QA
4 7 (0.61%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.61%) GDPR
5 6 (0.52%) HL7
6 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.17%) NCSC
6 2 (0.17%) PSD2
7 1 (0.087%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.087%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.087%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 231 (20.05%) Docker
2 6 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 187 (16.23%) Kubernetes
2 127 (11.02%) Terraform
3 24 (2.08%) Grafana
4 17 (1.48%) Argo
4 17 (1.48%) Prometheus
5 11 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.78%) Ansible
7 8 (0.69%) Istio
8 4 (0.35%) Podman
9 3 (0.26%) Nagios
10 2 (0.17%) Rancher
11 1 (0.087%) Kibana
11 1 (0.087%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 82 (7.12%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.03%) Oracle
3 45 (3.91%) Google
4 31 (2.69%) OpenAI
5 23 (2.00%) Adobe
6 17 (1.48%) Databricks
6 17 (1.48%) Sitecore
7 16 (1.39%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.04%) Splunk
9 11 (0.95%) MuleSoft
10 10 (0.87%) Kofax
10 10 (0.87%) Lotus
11 9 (0.78%) Dynatrace
12 8 (0.69%) Conga
12 8 (0.69%) GoCardless
13 7 (0.61%) SAP
14 6 (0.52%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.52%) Solace
15 5 (0.43%) Pega
16 4 (0.35%) ServiceNow
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