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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 70 62
Rank change year-on-year -30 -8 +1
Contract jobs citing React 1,156 1,000 1,343
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.36% 3.48% 3.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.06% 15.28% 14.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 810 757 1,078
10th Percentile £365 £358 £363
25th Percentile £415 £410 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £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 19 2 22
10th Percentile £51.65 £56.30 £41.50
25th Percentile £61.88 £58.25 £55.31
Median hourly rate £76.00 £64.11 £64.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.54% -0.98% -7.50%
75th Percentile £92.50 £72.60 £72.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.12 £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 9,587 6,543 9,008
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.60% 22.76% 21.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,291 4,496 6,268
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -2.34% -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 281 106 251
10th Percentile £31.03 £28.29 £21.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £39.84 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £73.00 £68.75 £65.64
90th Percentile £81.00 £81.18 £74.50
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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -36 953 £525 - 536
London -40 563 £550 -4.35% 251
UK excluding London -20 429 £500 +11.11% 357
Work from Home -41 383 £540 +3.35% 294
North of England -10 158 £500 +11.11% 107
North West -7 88 £475 +5.56% 71
South East -41 72 £525 +10.53% 109
Scotland -5 65 £410 -10.63% 15
Yorkshire -13 58 £523 +16.11% 22
South West +3 57 £525 +19.05% 36
Midlands -45 42 £475 +9.20% 41
West Midlands -45 34 £481 +4.62% 16
East of England -9 33 £600 +27.66% 29
North East -22 14 £475 +3.26% 14
Northern Ireland +1 7 £190 -41.54% 12
East Midlands -30 6 £446 +13.26% 25
Wales -16 2 £525 +34.62% 11

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 52 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.51%) Confluence
3 23 (1.99%) CMS
4 15 (1.30%) SharePoint Server
5 11 (0.95%) Camunda
6 10 (0.87%) HCL Notes
6 10 (0.87%) Mendix
7 9 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 9 (0.78%) Sitecore CMS
8 8 (0.69%) IIS
9 6 (0.52%) Headless CMS
9 6 (0.52%) nginx
10 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.35%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.26%) Apache
11 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.17%) Kentico
12 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.17%) SAS
13 1 (0.087%) ColdFusion
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
Business Applications
1 12 (1.04%) Shopify
2 10 (0.87%) 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
1 464 (40.14%) AWS
2 339 (29.33%) Azure
3 141 (12.20%) Serverless
4 128 (11.07%) GCP
5 121 (10.47%) GitHub
6 87 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (7.27%) AWS Lambda
8 82 (7.09%) GitHub Actions
9 62 (5.36%) Power Platform
10 58 (5.02%) Amazon S3
11 54 (4.67%) Figma
12 45 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
12 45 (3.89%) Power Automate
12 45 (3.89%) PowerApps
13 44 (3.81%) Amazon ECS
14 32 (2.77%) Azure Functions
15 31 (2.68%) Amazon SQS
16 29 (2.51%) Entra ID
17 27 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
18 26 (2.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.35%) Firewall
1 4 (0.35%) HTTP
2 3 (0.26%) Intranet
2 3 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
2 3 (0.26%) VPN
3 1 (0.087%) DNS
3 1 (0.087%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.087%) LAN
3 1 (0.087%) Network Security
3 1 (0.087%) RTMP
3 1 (0.087%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (13.49%) PostgreSQL
2 85 (7.35%) SQL Server
3 84 (7.27%) Relational Database
4 77 (6.66%) NoSQL
5 58 (5.02%) MongoDB
6 57 (4.93%) MySQL
7 40 (3.46%) DynamoDB
7 40 (3.46%) Power BI
8 35 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
9 24 (2.08%) Redis
10 16 (1.38%) Oracle Database
11 15 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
13 12 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (1.04%) BigQuery
13 12 (1.04%) Metadata
14 10 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
15 8 (0.69%) RDBMS
15 8 (0.69%) Tableau
16 7 (0.61%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 172 (14.88%) Git
2 80 (6.92%) Jenkins
3 70 (6.06%) JIRA
4 67 (5.80%) GitLab
5 48 (4.15%) Cypress.io
6 35 (3.03%) JUnit
7 26 (2.25%) Mockito
8 25 (2.16%) Gradle
9 23 (1.99%) Vite
10 19 (1.64%) webpack
11 16 (1.38%) Liquibase
12 15 (1.30%) Cucumber
12 15 (1.30%) Postman
13 14 (1.21%) REST Assured
14 13 (1.12%) Bitbucket
15 11 (0.95%) CircleCI
15 11 (0.95%) Storybook
16 10 (0.87%) Mocha
16 10 (0.87%) TeamCity
17 8 (0.69%) Maven
General
1 217 (18.77%) Finance
2 199 (17.21%) Social Skills
3 119 (10.29%) Public Sector
4 99 (8.56%) Banking
5 89 (7.70%) Front Office
6 41 (3.55%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (2.94%) Investment Banking
8 26 (2.25%) Retail
9 22 (1.90%) Financial Institution
10 20 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (0.87%) Law
12 10 (0.87%) Legal
13 6 (0.52%) Marketing
14 5 (0.43%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (0.43%) Military
15 4 (0.35%) Games
15 4 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 653 (56.49%) Developer
2 210 (18.17%) Full-Stack Developer
3 194 (16.78%) Senior
4 164 (14.19%) Software Engineer
5 147 (12.72%) React Developer
6 135 (11.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 123 (10.64%) Lead
8 106 (9.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 104 (9.00%) Senior Developer
10 84 (7.27%) Java Developer
11 74 (6.40%) Python Developer
12 58 (5.02%) Lead Developer
13 57 (4.93%) Architect
14 53 (4.58%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 50 (4.33%) Software Developer
16 46 (3.98%) Java Engineer
17 41 (3.55%) Lead Software Engineer
18 38 (3.29%) Lead Software Developer
19 37 (3.20%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
20 32 (2.77%) Full-Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 308 (26.64%) Node.js
2 243 (21.02%) CSS
3 237 (20.50%) AngularJS
4 222 (19.20%) HTML
5 191 (16.52%) REST
6 186 (16.09%) .NET
7 165 (14.27%) RESTful
8 163 (14.10%) Redux
9 159 (13.75%) Spring
10 143 (12.37%) Spring Boot
11 119 (10.29%) Next.js
12 117 (10.12%) GraphQL
13 115 (9.95%) Kafka
14 107 (9.26%) Vue
15 83 (7.18%) Jest
16 82 (7.09%) HTML5
17 64 (5.54%) CSS3
18 59 (5.10%) Playwright
19 50 (4.33%) FastAPI
20 45 (3.89%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 141 (12.20%) Cloud Native
2 69 (5.97%) Product Ownership
3 58 (5.02%) Fixed Income
4 44 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
5 39 (3.37%) Derivative
6 35 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
7 33 (2.85%) AI Agents
7 33 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
8 30 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
9 28 (2.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 25 (2.16%) 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 (1.21%) Algorithms
15 12 (1.04%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
17 10 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
18 9 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.08%) Linux
2 19 (1.64%) Windows
3 16 (1.38%) Android
4 13 (1.12%) Unix
5 10 (0.87%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 493 (42.65%) CI/CD
2 471 (40.74%) Agile
3 467 (40.40%) Full-Stack Development
4 313 (27.08%) DevOps
5 274 (23.70%) Software Engineering
6 264 (22.84%) Microservices
7 252 (21.80%) Front End Development
8 194 (16.78%) AI
9 185 (16.00%) Test Automation
10 168 (14.53%) Containerisation
11 165 (14.27%) User Experience
12 134 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
13 106 (9.17%) Code Quality
14 101 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
15 99 (8.56%) Infrastructure as Code
16 96 (8.30%) TDD
17 95 (8.22%) Scrum
18 90 (7.79%) Mentoring
19 86 (7.44%) Event-Driven
20 83 (7.18%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 591 (51.12%) TypeScript
2 546 (47.23%) JavaScript
3 371 (32.09%) Python
4 341 (29.50%) Java
5 224 (19.38%) SQL
6 175 (15.14%) C#
7 58 (5.02%) Go
8 21 (1.82%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.12%) PL/SQL
10 12 (1.04%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.87%) Formula Language
11 10 (0.87%) LotusScript
12 9 (0.78%) Bash
12 9 (0.78%) Rust
13 8 (0.69%) Bicep
13 8 (0.69%) Scala
13 8 (0.69%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.61%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.61%) C++
14 7 (0.61%) Perl
Qualifications
1 199 (17.21%) Security Cleared
2 175 (15.14%) SC Cleared
3 66 (5.71%) Degree
4 51 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 37 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (2.51%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.21%) Azure Certification
8 9 (0.78%) 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
12 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.26%) PhD
13 2 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.087%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 1 (0.087%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.087%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.087%) OCP
14 1 (0.087%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (12.28%) Accessibility
2 74 (6.40%) WCAG
3 64 (5.54%) QA
4 7 (0.61%) GDPR
5 6 (0.52%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.43%) HL7
7 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.17%) NCSC
7 2 (0.17%) PSD2
8 1 (0.087%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.087%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.087%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 234 (20.24%) Docker
2 6 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 191 (16.52%) Kubernetes
2 129 (11.16%) Terraform
3 23 (1.99%) Grafana
4 17 (1.47%) Argo
4 17 (1.47%) Prometheus
5 11 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.78%) Ansible
6 9 (0.78%) Istio
7 4 (0.35%) Podman
8 3 (0.26%) Nagios
9 2 (0.17%) Rancher
10 1 (0.087%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.087%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 82 (7.09%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.10%) Oracle
3 45 (3.89%) Google
4 30 (2.60%) OpenAI
5 24 (2.08%) Adobe
6 18 (1.56%) Databricks
7 17 (1.47%) Sitecore
8 16 (1.38%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.04%) Splunk
10 11 (0.95%) MuleSoft
11 10 (0.87%) Kofax
11 10 (0.87%) Lotus
12 9 (0.78%) Dynatrace
13 8 (0.69%) Conga
13 8 (0.69%) GoCardless
14 7 (0.61%) SAP
15 6 (0.52%) Red Hat
15 6 (0.52%) Solace
16 5 (0.43%) Pega
17 4 (0.35%) ServiceNow