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 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 75 71
Rank change year-on-year -29 -4 -10
Contract jobs citing React 1,079 921 1,261
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.42% 3.17% 2.85%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.49% 14.02% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 750 716 1,012
10th Percentile £356 £358 £325
25th Percentile £413 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.05%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £688
90th Percentile £800 £788 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.23% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 24
10th Percentile £43.55 - £40.00
25th Percentile £56.54 £26.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £75.50 £39.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +93.59% -37.60% -10.71%
75th Percentile £95.00 £46.50 £72.03
90th Percentile - £65.68 £74.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £27.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +176.36% -56.00% -4.58%

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 9,393 6,570 9,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.09% 22.60% 20.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,261 4,490 6,282
10th Percentile £358 £363 £331
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 98 185
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £20.61
25th Percentile £52.50 £40.19 £36.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +31.58% -26.92%
75th Percentile £71.50 £68.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £85.05 £74.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.43
% change year-on-year - +34.21% -23.43%

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 31 March 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 31 March 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 31 March 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 -26 893 £525 - 651
London -29 548 £535 -6.96% 273
UK excluding London -25 379 £500 +11.11% 449
Work from Home -41 341 £540 +6.88% 349
North of England -21 144 £475 +5.56% 120
North West -4 80 £450 - 63
South East -37 70 £525 +7.69% 125
Scotland +1 54 £431 -2.21% 16
Yorkshire -28 51 £500 +4.71% 44
Midlands -44 48 £540 +13.58% 55
West Midlands -38 40 £525 +11.70% 31
East of England -19 29 £600 +30.43% 47
South West -21 27 £409 -7.26% 73
North East -9 16 £475 +2.70% 13
Northern Ireland -3 7 - - 4
East Midlands -35 6 £600 +21.21% 24
Wales -11 5 £331 -17.19% 15

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 (3.52%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.24%) CMS
3 22 (2.04%) Confluence
4 15 (1.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 15 (1.39%) Headless CMS
5 14 (1.30%) Sitecore CMS
6 10 (0.93%) Camunda
6 10 (0.93%) HCL Notes
6 10 (0.93%) Mendix
7 8 (0.74%) Apache
8 7 (0.65%) IIS
8 7 (0.65%) SAS
9 6 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
10 4 (0.37%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.37%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.28%) WordPress
12 2 (0.19%) Magnolia
12 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (0.93%) Adobe XD
2 8 (0.74%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.56%) Sketch
4 1 (0.093%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.093%) Blender
4 1 (0.093%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.093%) InVision
4 1 (0.093%) Maya
4 1 (0.093%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.093%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.02%) Shopify
2 5 (0.46%) Magento
3 3 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.093%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.093%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 481 (44.58%) AWS
2 340 (31.51%) Azure
3 148 (13.72%) Serverless
4 139 (12.88%) GitHub
5 128 (11.86%) GCP
6 92 (8.53%) AWS Lambda
6 92 (8.53%) Azure DevOps
7 88 (8.16%) GitHub Actions
8 52 (4.82%) Amazon S3
9 43 (3.99%) Power Platform
10 41 (3.80%) Figma
11 36 (3.34%) Azure Functions
12 34 (3.15%) Amazon ECS
13 32 (2.97%) Entra ID
14 30 (2.78%) Amazon SQS
15 29 (2.69%) Azure Service Bus
16 28 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
16 28 (2.59%) PowerApps
17 27 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
17 27 (2.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.46%) Network Security
1 5 (0.46%) Wireless
2 3 (0.28%) DNS
2 3 (0.28%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.19%) DHCP
3 2 (0.19%) HTTP
3 2 (0.19%) VPN
4 1 (0.093%) Firewall
4 1 (0.093%) LAN
4 1 (0.093%) Multicast
4 1 (0.093%) RTMP
4 1 (0.093%) WAN
4 1 (0.093%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (14.55%) PostgreSQL
2 93 (8.62%) Relational Database
3 91 (8.43%) NoSQL
4 76 (7.04%) SQL Server
5 67 (6.21%) MySQL
6 64 (5.93%) MongoDB
7 31 (2.87%) DynamoDB
8 30 (2.78%) Redis
9 29 (2.69%) Power BI
10 28 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (1.67%) Oracle Database
12 13 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
12 13 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (1.11%) Metadata
14 11 (1.02%) BigQuery
15 10 (0.93%) Tableau
16 9 (0.83%) Amazon Aurora
17 8 (0.74%) Big Data
18 7 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 201 (18.63%) Git
2 69 (6.39%) GitLab
3 67 (6.21%) Jenkins
4 64 (5.93%) JIRA
5 60 (5.56%) Cypress.io
6 41 (3.80%) JUnit
7 28 (2.59%) Mockito
8 21 (1.95%) Cucumber
8 21 (1.95%) webpack
9 20 (1.85%) Vite
10 17 (1.58%) Selenium
11 16 (1.48%) Maven
12 15 (1.39%) Mocha
13 13 (1.20%) Bitbucket
13 13 (1.20%) CircleCI
13 13 (1.20%) Gradle
13 13 (1.20%) Storybook
14 9 (0.83%) Android Studio
14 9 (0.83%) Postman
14 9 (0.83%) Xcode
General
1 206 (19.09%) Social Skills
2 194 (17.98%) Finance
3 133 (12.33%) Public Sector
4 88 (8.16%) Front Office
5 83 (7.69%) Banking
6 44 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (2.87%) Investment Banking
8 17 (1.58%) Financial Institution
9 12 (1.11%) Retail
10 9 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (0.83%) Marketing
11 8 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (0.65%) Health Technology
12 7 (0.65%) Legal
13 6 (0.56%) Games
13 6 (0.56%) Publishing
14 5 (0.46%) Law
15 4 (0.37%) Advertising
15 4 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 663 (61.45%) Developer
2 214 (19.83%) Full-Stack Developer
3 182 (16.87%) Senior
4 149 (13.81%) Software Engineer
5 141 (13.07%) React Developer
6 107 (9.92%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 107 (9.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 98 (9.08%) Lead
8 95 (8.80%) Senior Developer
9 94 (8.71%) Java Developer
10 79 (7.32%) Python Developer
11 55 (5.10%) Lead Developer
12 51 (4.73%) Architect
13 50 (4.63%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 41 (3.80%) Software Developer
15 38 (3.52%) Lead Software Engineer
16 37 (3.43%) Lead Software Developer
17 36 (3.34%) .NET Developer
18 34 (3.15%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
19 33 (3.06%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 309 (28.64%) Node.js
2 281 (26.04%) AngularJS
3 256 (23.73%) CSS
4 230 (21.32%) HTML
5 192 (17.79%) RESTful
6 178 (16.50%) .NET
7 163 (15.11%) Spring
8 160 (14.83%) REST
9 157 (14.55%) Redux
10 150 (13.90%) Spring Boot
11 121 (11.21%) Next.js
12 116 (10.75%) Vue
13 107 (9.92%) Jest
14 105 (9.73%) GraphQL
14 105 (9.73%) Kafka
15 89 (8.25%) HTML5
16 70 (6.49%) CSS3
17 60 (5.56%) Playwright
18 58 (5.38%) .NET Core
19 47 (4.36%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 113 (10.47%) Cloud Native
2 67 (6.21%) Product Ownership
3 54 (5.00%) Fixed Income
4 36 (3.34%) Data Protection Act
5 34 (3.15%) Derivative
6 32 (2.97%) AI Agents
7 30 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
8 28 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
9 25 (2.32%) Mobile App
10 21 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
11 20 (1.85%) Equities
12 19 (1.76%) Data Structures
12 19 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 19 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.30%) NHS
13 14 (1.30%) Onboarding
14 13 (1.20%) Algorithms
15 12 (1.11%) Low-Code
16 8 (0.74%) Distributed Architecture
17 7 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.97%) Linux
2 23 (2.13%) Windows
3 22 (2.04%) Android
4 19 (1.76%) Unix
5 14 (1.30%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.65%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.093%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.093%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 475 (44.02%) CI/CD
2 471 (43.65%) Agile
3 449 (41.61%) Full-Stack Development
4 312 (28.92%) DevOps
5 283 (26.23%) Microservices
6 243 (22.52%) Software Engineering
7 235 (21.78%) Front End Development
8 174 (16.13%) AI
9 173 (16.03%) User Experience
10 171 (15.85%) Test Automation
11 158 (14.64%) Containerisation
12 136 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
13 101 (9.36%) Code Quality
14 98 (9.08%) Infrastructure as Code
14 98 (9.08%) Scrum
15 96 (8.90%) Clean Code
16 87 (8.06%) TDD
17 82 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
17 82 (7.60%) Mentoring
17 82 (7.60%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 529 (49.03%) TypeScript
2 521 (48.29%) JavaScript
3 356 (32.99%) Python
4 324 (30.03%) Java
5 219 (20.30%) SQL
6 154 (14.27%) C#
7 52 (4.82%) Go
8 15 (1.39%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.30%) C++
10 13 (1.20%) Bicep
11 10 (0.93%) Formula Language
11 10 (0.93%) LotusScript
11 10 (0.93%) Rust
11 10 (0.93%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.83%) Perl
13 8 (0.74%) Ruby
14 7 (0.65%) JSX
14 7 (0.65%) Scala
15 6 (0.56%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.46%) Bash
Qualifications
1 187 (17.33%) Security Cleared
2 160 (14.83%) SC Cleared
3 56 (5.19%) Degree
4 49 (4.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.13%) DV Cleared
7 16 (1.48%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.46%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.28%) PhD
11 2 (0.19%) OCP
11 2 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.093%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.093%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.093%) CCIP
12 1 (0.093%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.093%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (13.07%) Accessibility
2 80 (7.41%) WCAG
3 64 (5.93%) QA
4 7 (0.65%) HL7
5 6 (0.56%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.56%) GDPR
6 2 (0.19%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.19%) NCSC
6 2 (0.19%) PSD2
7 1 (0.093%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.093%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.093%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.093%) MiFID
7 1 (0.093%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.093%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 234 (21.69%) Docker
2 18 (1.67%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.093%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 186 (17.24%) Kubernetes
2 126 (11.68%) Terraform
3 29 (2.69%) Grafana
4 15 (1.39%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.20%) Argo
6 11 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.83%) Ansible
8 6 (0.56%) Istio
8 6 (0.56%) Kibana
9 4 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
10 2 (0.19%) Nagios
10 2 (0.19%) Rancher
11 1 (0.093%) Consul
11 1 (0.093%) Podman
11 1 (0.093%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 95 (8.80%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.19%) Oracle
3 36 (3.34%) OpenAI
4 35 (3.24%) Google
5 30 (2.78%) Adobe
6 20 (1.85%) Databricks
6 20 (1.85%) Sitecore
7 16 (1.48%) Splunk
8 10 (0.93%) Kofax
8 10 (0.93%) Lotus
8 10 (0.93%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.65%) Dynatrace
10 6 (0.56%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.46%) Pega
11 5 (0.46%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.46%) Salesforce
11 5 (0.46%) SAP
11 5 (0.46%) Solace
12 4 (0.37%) Apple
12 4 (0.37%) Brio