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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 74 68
Rank change year-on-year -56 -6 +3
Contract jobs citing React 1,114 1,125 1,209
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.05% 3.42% 3.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.47% 13.28% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 791 796 921
10th Percentile £363 £358 £343
25th Percentile £424 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +2.33%
75th Percentile £641 £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 8 8 4
10th Percentile £53.23 £54.57 £42.23
25th Percentile £69.50 £60.06 £50.44
Median hourly rate £74.00 £66.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.28% +9.02% -18.67%
75th Percentile £76.25 £67.00 £72.25
90th Percentile £80.90 - £73.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 £67.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year +10.45% - -9.46%

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 11,764 8,473 9,528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.68% 25.72% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,728 5,672 6,318
10th Percentile £375 £354 £356
25th Percentile £435 £413 £434
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 £501 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.37% -5.00% -2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 182 187
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £25.60
25th Percentile £47.90 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £66.66 £53.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +25.18% -13.56% -2.99%
75th Percentile £76.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.45 £74.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.75 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +23.18% -15.38% +4.00%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -59 936 £537 +2.29% 2,259
London -55 549 £572 -4.63% 1,433
UK excluding London -59 439 £475 +5.56% 1,027
Work from Home -69 323 £525 - 1,055
North of England -38 163 £500 +17.65% 296
Yorkshire -7 85 £500 +25.00% 59
Scotland -24 75 £389 -16.00% 121
South West -29 67 £525 - 144
North West -46 67 £500 +16.28% 204
South East -85 62 £466 +9.53% 188
Midlands -25 56 £463 -0.90% 127
West Midlands -26 49 £464 -10.76% 74
East of England -28 15 £625 +40.45% 77
North East -33 11 £500 +7.53% 35
East Midlands -17 7 £433 +16.62% 53
Northern Ireland +3 2 £190 -53.37% 54
Wales -14 2 £469 -9.64% 24
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 (3.14%) Confluence
2 34 (3.05%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.44%) Camunda
4 14 (1.26%) CMS
5 12 (1.08%) SharePoint Server
6 11 (0.99%) nginx
7 6 (0.54%) Apache Solr
7 6 (0.54%) WordPress
8 5 (0.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.45%) Apache
8 5 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.45%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.27%) IIS
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 (0.090%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.090%) GeoServer
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
1 422 (37.88%) AWS
2 299 (26.84%) Azure
3 138 (12.39%) GitHub
4 129 (11.58%) Serverless
5 115 (10.32%) GCP
6 83 (7.45%) GitHub Actions
7 79 (7.09%) AWS Lambda
8 67 (6.01%) Azure DevOps
9 60 (5.39%) Amazon S3
10 54 (4.85%) Power Platform
11 49 (4.40%) OpenShift
12 48 (4.31%) Figma
13 44 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
14 34 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
14 34 (3.05%) PowerApps
15 33 (2.96%) Power Automate
16 32 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
16 32 (2.87%) GitHub Copilot
17 28 (2.51%) Amazon SQS
17 28 (2.51%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.90%) Firewall
2 8 (0.72%) DNS
3 7 (0.63%) HTTP
4 5 (0.45%) VPN
5 4 (0.36%) Intranet
5 4 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.18%) DSL
7 1 (0.090%) CTI
7 1 (0.090%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.090%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.090%) Internet
7 1 (0.090%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.090%) MQTT
7 1 (0.090%) Network Security
7 1 (0.090%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (13.64%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (7.90%) SQL Server
3 78 (7.00%) Relational Database
4 75 (6.73%) NoSQL
5 71 (6.37%) MongoDB
6 57 (5.12%) MySQL
7 44 (3.95%) DynamoDB
8 42 (3.77%) Amazon RDS
9 35 (3.14%) Power BI
10 28 (2.51%) Redis
11 17 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (1.17%) Amazon Aurora
14 12 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
15 11 (0.99%) Metadata
16 10 (0.90%) RDBMS
17 7 (0.63%) BigQuery
18 6 (0.54%) Neo4j
19 5 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
19 5 (0.45%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 233 (20.92%) Git
2 138 (12.39%) Jenkins
3 76 (6.82%) GitLab
4 65 (5.83%) JIRA
5 59 (5.30%) Gradle
6 52 (4.67%) JUnit
7 50 (4.49%) Cypress.io
8 45 (4.04%) Maven
9 34 (3.05%) Vite
10 30 (2.69%) Mockito
11 24 (2.15%) SonarQube
12 23 (2.06%) Cucumber
13 22 (1.97%) Claude Code
14 21 (1.89%) Storybook
15 20 (1.80%) webpack
16 19 (1.71%) Bitbucket
16 19 (1.71%) REST Assured
17 18 (1.62%) Selenium
18 13 (1.17%) Liquibase
19 11 (0.99%) Postman
General
1 236 (21.18%) Finance
2 230 (20.65%) Social Skills
3 158 (14.18%) Banking
4 123 (11.04%) Public Sector
5 69 (6.19%) Front Office
6 58 (5.21%) Investment Banking
7 55 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (3.86%) Retail
9 30 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.26%) Law
12 13 (1.17%) Manufacturing
13 11 (0.99%) Financial Institution
13 11 (0.99%) Marketing
14 10 (0.90%) Military
14 10 (0.90%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.81%) Back Office
15 9 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (0.72%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 587 (52.69%) Developer
2 236 (21.18%) Senior
3 184 (16.52%) Full-Stack Developer
4 152 (13.64%) React Developer
5 135 (12.12%) Java Developer
6 133 (11.94%) Senior Developer
7 126 (11.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 125 (11.22%) Software Engineer
9 100 (8.98%) Lead
10 94 (8.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 56 (5.03%) Python Developer
12 54 (4.85%) Senior React Developer
13 51 (4.58%) Senior Java Developer
14 49 (4.40%) UI Developer
15 40 (3.59%) Software Developer
16 38 (3.41%) Architect
16 38 (3.41%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 38 (3.41%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 38 (3.41%) Technical Leader
17 35 (3.14%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 283 (25.40%) Node.js
1 283 (25.40%) REST
2 237 (21.27%) CSS
3 226 (20.29%) HTML
4 173 (15.53%) Spring
5 172 (15.44%) .NET
6 162 (14.54%) RESTful
7 161 (14.45%) Spring Boot
8 159 (14.27%) Redux
9 148 (13.29%) AngularJS
10 135 (12.12%) Next.js
11 132 (11.85%) Kafka
12 126 (11.31%) Terraform
13 111 (9.96%) HTML5
14 92 (8.26%) CSS3
15 91 (8.17%) GraphQL
16 86 (7.72%) Vue
17 85 (7.63%) Jest
18 84 (7.54%) Playwright
19 75 (6.73%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 172 (15.44%) Cloud Native
2 84 (7.54%) Product Ownership
3 62 (5.57%) Distributed Systems
4 57 (5.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 54 (4.85%) Greenfield Project
6 52 (4.67%) Fixed Income
7 50 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
8 39 (3.50%) AI Agents
9 33 (2.96%) Data Structures
10 32 (2.87%) Equities
11 31 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
12 24 (2.15%) Algorithms
13 19 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (1.53%) Derivative
15 16 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
15 16 (1.44%) Onboarding
16 13 (1.17%) Legacy Applications
17 11 (0.99%) Autonomous Agent
18 9 (0.81%) Mobile App
18 9 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.60%) Linux
2 15 (1.35%) Windows
3 8 (0.72%) Unix
4 5 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.36%) Android
5 4 (0.36%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.090%) AIX
6 1 (0.090%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.090%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (49.28%) CI/CD
2 479 (43.00%) Agile
3 455 (40.84%) Full-Stack Development
4 295 (26.48%) Microservices
5 293 (26.30%) DevOps
6 286 (25.67%) Software Engineering
7 232 (20.83%) Front End Development
8 219 (19.66%) Test Automation
9 210 (18.85%) AI
10 173 (15.53%) Containerisation
11 160 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
12 155 (13.91%) User Experience
13 143 (12.84%) Event-Driven
14 141 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
15 131 (11.76%) Scrum
16 125 (11.22%) Mentoring
17 122 (10.95%) Code Quality
18 121 (10.86%) TDD
19 115 (10.32%) Infrastructure as Code
20 111 (9.96%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 627 (56.28%) TypeScript
2 560 (50.27%) JavaScript
3 381 (34.20%) Java
4 305 (27.38%) Python
5 247 (22.17%) SQL
6 177 (15.89%) C#
7 38 (3.41%) Go
8 34 (3.05%) PL/SQL
9 26 (2.33%) PowerShell
10 20 (1.80%) Bash
11 14 (1.26%) Kotlin
12 11 (0.99%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.90%) C++
13 10 (0.90%) Rust
14 9 (0.81%) PHP
15 8 (0.72%) Ruby
16 7 (0.63%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.63%) Bicep
16 7 (0.63%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 198 (17.77%) Security Cleared
2 164 (14.72%) SC Cleared
3 71 (6.37%) Degree
4 50 (4.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 47 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (2.69%) DV Cleared
7 13 (1.17%) Master's Degree
8 10 (0.90%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.54%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.45%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.090%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.090%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.090%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (13.73%) Accessibility
2 88 (7.90%) QA
3 85 (7.63%) WCAG
4 9 (0.81%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.36%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.27%) GDPR
6 3 (0.27%) HL7
7 2 (0.18%) PSD2
8 1 (0.090%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.090%) GRC
8 1 (0.090%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 241 (21.63%) Docker
2 4 (0.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.090%) Varnish
3 1 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.090%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 229 (20.56%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.41%) Grafana
3 32 (2.87%) Ansible
4 19 (1.71%) Argo
5 16 (1.44%) Control-M
5 16 (1.44%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.81%) Kibana
7 8 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.63%) Istio
8 7 (0.63%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.27%) Podman
10 1 (0.090%) Nagios
10 1 (0.090%) QRadar
10 1 (0.090%) systemd
Vendors
1 90 (8.08%) Microsoft
2 77 (6.91%) Oracle
3 47 (4.22%) Google
4 25 (2.24%) Databricks
5 23 (2.06%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.80%) MuleSoft
6 20 (1.80%) Splunk
7 18 (1.62%) OpenAI
8 15 (1.35%) Dynatrace
8 15 (1.35%) SAP
9 10 (0.90%) Adobe
10 9 (0.81%) IBM
11 8 (0.72%) Conga
11 8 (0.72%) GoCardless
11 8 (0.72%) Veracode
12 7 (0.63%) Solace
13 6 (0.54%) ForgeRock
13 6 (0.54%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.45%) Hitachi
14 5 (0.45%) Sitecore