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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 72 67
Rank change year-on-year -57 -5 +2
Contract jobs citing React 1,130 1,127 1,205
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.07% 3.42% 3.15%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.55% 13.39% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 801 805 921
10th Percentile £363 £358 £343
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +2.33%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £651
90th Percentile £850 £838 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 3
10th Percentile £49.30 £54.57 £56.50
25th Percentile £68.00 £60.06 £58.75
Median hourly rate £72.00 £66.50 £67.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.27% -0.75% -10.67%
75th Percentile £76.00 £67.00 £73.00
90th Percentile £81.60 - £73.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.00 £67.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year +7.46% - +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 11,830 8,415 9,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.71% 25.51% 24.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,757 5,661 6,332
10th Percentile £375 £356 £359
25th Percentile £435 £413 £438
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 £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 182 187
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £25.60
25th Percentile £45.94 £40.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +27.62% -14.77% +0.57%
75th Percentile £76.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £74.75 £74.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.75 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +23.18% -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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -62 950 £537 +2.33% 925
London -52 562 £575 -4.17% 574
UK excluding London -61 436 £488 +8.33% 483
Work from Home -71 325 £525 - 463
North of England -38 163 £500 +17.65% 125
Yorkshire -6 84 £500 +25.00% 30
Scotland -36 74 £402 -13.03% 43
North West -54 67 £500 +16.28% 86
South West -26 65 £525 +2.44% 83
South East -85 62 £475 +11.76% 117
Midlands -36 56 £464 +6.58% 65
West Midlands -19 49 £469 -6.14% 37
East of England -34 15 £625 +40.45% 28
North East -39 12 £500 +7.53% 11
East Midlands -23 7 £433 +17.73% 28
Northern Ireland +4 2 £190 -53.37% 16
Wales -14 2 £469 -9.64% 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 38 (3.36%) Confluence
2 35 (3.10%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.42%) Camunda
4 13 (1.15%) CMS
4 13 (1.15%) SharePoint Server
5 9 (0.80%) nginx
6 6 (0.53%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (0.44%) WordPress
8 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.35%) 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 (0.088%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.088%) GeoServer
11 1 (0.088%) Traefik
Applications
1 11 (0.97%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.35%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.27%) 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 9 (0.80%) Shopify
3 3 (0.27%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.18%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.18%) Endur
5 1 (0.088%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 427 (37.79%) AWS
2 306 (27.08%) Azure
3 143 (12.65%) GitHub
4 134 (11.86%) Serverless
5 116 (10.27%) GCP
6 85 (7.52%) GitHub Actions
7 79 (6.99%) AWS Lambda
8 68 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
9 60 (5.31%) Amazon S3
10 55 (4.87%) Power Platform
11 49 (4.34%) Figma
12 47 (4.16%) OpenShift
13 44 (3.89%) Amazon ECS
14 36 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
15 35 (3.10%) PowerApps
16 34 (3.01%) Power Automate
17 33 (2.92%) GitHub Copilot
18 30 (2.65%) Amazon EKS
19 29 (2.57%) Entra ID
20 26 (2.30%) SaaS
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 (0.27%) 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
1 153 (13.54%) PostgreSQL
2 88 (7.79%) SQL Server
3 80 (7.08%) Relational Database
4 73 (6.46%) NoSQL
5 69 (6.11%) MongoDB
6 53 (4.69%) MySQL
7 44 (3.89%) DynamoDB
8 38 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
9 36 (3.19%) Power BI
10 29 (2.57%) Redis
11 17 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
12 15 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
13 13 (1.15%) Amazon Aurora
14 11 (0.97%) RDBMS
15 10 (0.88%) Metadata
16 6 (0.53%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.53%) Neo4j
17 5 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
17 5 (0.44%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 229 (20.27%) Git
2 138 (12.21%) Jenkins
3 75 (6.64%) GitLab
4 67 (5.93%) JIRA
5 61 (5.40%) Gradle
6 55 (4.87%) JUnit
7 52 (4.60%) Cypress.io
8 41 (3.63%) Maven
9 35 (3.10%) Vite
10 34 (3.01%) Mockito
11 22 (1.95%) Claude Code
11 22 (1.95%) SonarQube
12 21 (1.86%) Cucumber
12 21 (1.86%) Storybook
13 20 (1.77%) REST Assured
13 20 (1.77%) webpack
14 18 (1.59%) Bitbucket
14 18 (1.59%) Liquibase
15 17 (1.50%) Selenium
16 11 (0.97%) Postman
General
1 236 (20.88%) Finance
2 227 (20.09%) Social Skills
3 153 (13.54%) Banking
4 128 (11.33%) Public Sector
5 71 (6.28%) Front Office
6 61 (5.40%) Investment Banking
7 53 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (3.81%) Retail
9 31 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (1.33%) Law
12 13 (1.15%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.15%) Manufacturing
13 10 (0.88%) Marketing
13 10 (0.88%) Military
13 10 (0.88%) Telecoms
14 9 (0.80%) Back Office
14 9 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.71%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 601 (53.19%) Developer
2 237 (20.97%) Senior
3 187 (16.55%) Full-Stack Developer
4 154 (13.63%) React Developer
5 132 (11.68%) Senior Developer
6 131 (11.59%) Java Developer
7 127 (11.24%) Software Engineer
8 125 (11.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 103 (9.12%) Lead
10 96 (8.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 59 (5.22%) Python Developer
12 53 (4.69%) Senior React Developer
13 52 (4.60%) Senior Java Developer
14 51 (4.51%) UI Developer
15 41 (3.63%) Software Developer
16 39 (3.45%) Architect
16 39 (3.45%) Technical Leader
17 37 (3.27%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
18 34 (3.01%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 33 (2.92%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 287 (25.40%) Node.js
2 280 (24.78%) REST
3 242 (21.42%) CSS
4 230 (20.35%) HTML
5 173 (15.31%) Spring
6 172 (15.22%) .NET
7 164 (14.51%) RESTful
8 162 (14.34%) Spring Boot
9 161 (14.25%) Redux
10 152 (13.45%) AngularJS
11 136 (12.04%) Kafka
12 133 (11.77%) Next.js
13 129 (11.42%) Terraform
14 113 (10.00%) HTML5
15 94 (8.32%) CSS3
15 94 (8.32%) GraphQL
16 88 (7.79%) Vue
17 87 (7.70%) Jest
18 83 (7.35%) Playwright
19 73 (6.46%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 174 (15.40%) Cloud Native
2 85 (7.52%) Product Ownership
3 63 (5.58%) Distributed Systems
4 59 (5.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 57 (5.04%) Greenfield Project
6 52 (4.60%) Fixed Income
7 48 (4.25%) Enterprise Software
8 40 (3.54%) AI Agents
9 34 (3.01%) Data Structures
10 32 (2.83%) Equities
11 31 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (2.21%) Algorithms
13 19 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
13 19 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (1.42%) Derivative
15 12 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
15 12 (1.06%) Onboarding
16 11 (0.97%) Autonomous Agent
17 9 (0.80%) Mobile App
17 9 (0.80%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.30%) Linux
2 14 (1.24%) Windows
3 7 (0.62%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 553 (48.94%) CI/CD
2 482 (42.65%) Agile
3 463 (40.97%) Full-Stack Development
4 300 (26.55%) Microservices
5 294 (26.02%) DevOps
6 288 (25.49%) Software Engineering
7 237 (20.97%) Front End Development
8 219 (19.38%) Test Automation
9 212 (18.76%) AI
10 177 (15.66%) Containerisation
11 160 (14.16%) User Experience
12 158 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
13 140 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
13 140 (12.39%) Event-Driven
14 128 (11.33%) Scrum
15 124 (10.97%) Mentoring
15 124 (10.97%) TDD
16 120 (10.62%) Code Quality
17 115 (10.18%) Infrastructure as Code
18 111 (9.82%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 630 (55.75%) TypeScript
2 560 (49.56%) JavaScript
3 379 (33.54%) Java
4 309 (27.35%) Python
5 250 (22.12%) SQL
6 179 (15.84%) C#
7 35 (3.10%) Go
8 34 (3.01%) PL/SQL
9 26 (2.30%) PowerShell
10 20 (1.77%) Bash
11 14 (1.24%) Kotlin
12 11 (0.97%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.88%) C++
13 10 (0.88%) Rust
14 8 (0.71%) PHP
14 8 (0.71%) Ruby
15 7 (0.62%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.62%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.53%) Bicep
16 6 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 202 (17.88%) Security Cleared
2 169 (14.96%) SC Cleared
3 69 (6.11%) Degree
4 53 (4.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 45 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (2.57%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.06%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.53%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.44%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.44%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
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
1 157 (13.89%) Accessibility
2 85 (7.52%) WCAG
3 84 (7.43%) QA
4 9 (0.80%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.27%) GDPR
6 3 (0.27%) 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
1 238 (21.06%) Docker
2 4 (0.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.088%) Varnish
3 1 (0.088%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 224 (19.82%) Kubernetes
2 37 (3.27%) Grafana
3 31 (2.74%) Ansible
4 19 (1.68%) Argo
5 16 (1.42%) Control-M
6 15 (1.33%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.71%) Kibana
7 8 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.62%) Istio
8 7 (0.62%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.27%) Podman
10 1 (0.088%) Nagios
10 1 (0.088%) QRadar
Vendors
1 90 (7.96%) Microsoft
2 74 (6.55%) Oracle
3 46 (4.07%) Google
4 28 (2.48%) Databricks
5 23 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 21 (1.86%) OpenAI
7 20 (1.77%) MuleSoft
7 20 (1.77%) Splunk
8 15 (1.33%) SAP
9 14 (1.24%) Dynatrace
10 10 (0.88%) Adobe
11 9 (0.80%) IBM
12 8 (0.71%) Conga
12 8 (0.71%) GoCardless
12 8 (0.71%) Solace
12 8 (0.71%) Veracode
13 6 (0.53%) ForgeRock
13 6 (0.53%) Red Hat
14 5 (0.44%) Hitachi
14 5 (0.44%) Sitecore