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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 71 67
Rank change year-on-year -58 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing React 1,144 1,124 1,216
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.13% 3.43% 3.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.77% 13.56% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 812 798 940
10th Percentile £363 £358 £331
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +2.71%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £672
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 6
10th Percentile £49.30 £54.57 £47.50
25th Percentile £68.00 £60.06 £55.31
Median hourly rate £72.00 £66.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year +8.27% +18.22% -24.50%
75th Percentile £76.00 £67.00 £67.69
90th Percentile £81.60 - £73.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.00 £67.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +7.46% +19.11% -9.27%

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 11,706 8,290 9,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.80% 25.31% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,705 5,607 6,426
10th Percentile £375 £354 £356
25th Percentile £431 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £633 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +6.21% -5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 182 205
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.30 £23.80
25th Percentile £45.00 £40.88 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £53.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +22.07% -13.56% -2.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.96 £78.33 £74.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +22.73% -12.00% +4.17%

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 August 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 August 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 27 August 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 -55 959 £537 +3.27% 1,505
London -47 569 £565 -5.83% 957
UK excluding London -52 444 £500 +11.11% 734
Work from Home -73 340 £525 - 710
North of England -32 162 £500 +16.96% 200
Yorkshire -8 86 £500 +25.00% 44
Scotland -12 79 £377 -19.36% 66
South West -14 68 £525 +23.53% 126
South East -69 67 £525 +23.53% 152
North West -50 62 £513 +13.32% 132
Midlands -37 53 £475 +6.15% 103
West Midlands -29 45 £545 +6.97% 58
East of England -26 15 £625 +40.45% 45
North East -32 14 £500 +7.53% 26
East Midlands -20 7 £433 +19.35% 45
Northern Ireland +2 2 £190 -53.37% 26
Wales -20 2 £469 +2.18% 20
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 40 (3.50%) SharePoint
2 37 (3.23%) Confluence
3 16 (1.40%) SharePoint Server
4 13 (1.14%) Camunda
4 13 (1.14%) CMS
5 9 (0.79%) nginx
6 6 (0.52%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.44%) Headless CMS
7 5 (0.44%) WordPress
8 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.35%) IIS
8 4 (0.35%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.087%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.087%) Kentico
11 1 (0.087%) Moodle
11 1 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (0.96%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.26%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.17%) Sketch
4 1 (0.087%) Blender
4 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.087%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 10 (0.87%) Payment Gateway
1 10 (0.87%) SAP CRM
2 9 (0.79%) Shopify
3 3 (0.26%) Orchestrade
4 2 (0.17%) Endur
5 1 (0.087%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.087%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 438 (38.29%) AWS
2 316 (27.62%) Azure
3 138 (12.06%) GitHub
4 135 (11.80%) Serverless
5 121 (10.58%) GCP
6 86 (7.52%) GitHub Actions
7 82 (7.17%) AWS Lambda
8 70 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
9 63 (5.51%) Amazon S3
10 59 (5.16%) Power Platform
11 46 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
12 45 (3.93%) Figma
13 44 (3.85%) OpenShift
14 40 (3.50%) PowerApps
15 39 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
15 39 (3.41%) Power Automate
16 33 (2.88%) Entra ID
17 32 (2.80%) Amazon EKS
18 30 (2.62%) GitHub Copilot
19 27 (2.36%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.87%) Firewall
2 8 (0.70%) DNS
3 7 (0.61%) HTTP
4 4 (0.35%) Intranet
4 4 (0.35%) VPN
5 3 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (0.17%) DSL
7 1 (0.087%) CTI
7 1 (0.087%) FIX Connectivity
7 1 (0.087%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.087%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.087%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (13.81%) PostgreSQL
2 85 (7.43%) SQL Server
3 81 (7.08%) Relational Database
4 71 (6.21%) NoSQL
5 68 (5.94%) MongoDB
6 45 (3.93%) MySQL
7 43 (3.76%) DynamoDB
8 40 (3.50%) Amazon RDS
9 39 (3.41%) Power BI
10 31 (2.71%) Redis
11 16 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
12 15 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
13 14 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
14 12 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
15 11 (0.96%) RDBMS
16 10 (0.87%) Metadata
16 10 (0.87%) Neo4j
17 7 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
18 6 (0.52%) BigQuery
19 5 (0.44%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 224 (19.58%) Git
2 142 (12.41%) Jenkins
3 69 (6.03%) GitLab
4 68 (5.94%) JIRA
5 57 (4.98%) Gradle
6 53 (4.63%) Cypress.io
6 53 (4.63%) JUnit
7 37 (3.23%) Maven
8 33 (2.88%) Vite
9 32 (2.80%) Mockito
10 21 (1.84%) Claude Code
11 20 (1.75%) SonarQube
12 18 (1.57%) Cucumber
12 18 (1.57%) REST Assured
12 18 (1.57%) webpack
13 17 (1.49%) Bitbucket
13 17 (1.49%) Liquibase
14 15 (1.31%) Storybook
15 13 (1.14%) Selenium
16 12 (1.05%) Postman
General
1 232 (20.28%) Finance
2 223 (19.49%) Social Skills
3 148 (12.94%) Banking
4 135 (11.80%) Public Sector
5 83 (7.26%) Front Office
6 61 (5.33%) Investment Banking
7 51 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
8 41 (3.58%) Retail
9 29 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
11 14 (1.22%) Financial Institution
11 14 (1.22%) Law
12 12 (1.05%) Manufacturing
13 10 (0.87%) Marketing
13 10 (0.87%) Military
13 10 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (0.87%) Telecoms
14 9 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.70%) Back Office
15 8 (0.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 621 (54.28%) Developer
2 239 (20.89%) Senior
3 197 (17.22%) Full-Stack Developer
4 155 (13.55%) React Developer
5 138 (12.06%) Software Engineer
6 134 (11.71%) Java Developer
7 133 (11.63%) Senior Developer
8 123 (10.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 110 (9.62%) Lead
10 92 (8.04%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 59 (5.16%) Python Developer
12 53 (4.63%) Senior Java Developer
13 52 (4.55%) Senior React Developer
14 48 (4.20%) UI Developer
15 43 (3.76%) Software Developer
16 41 (3.58%) Architect
17 38 (3.32%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
17 38 (3.32%) Technical Leader
18 35 (3.06%) Java Engineer
19 34 (2.97%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 284 (24.83%) Node.js
2 271 (23.69%) REST
3 235 (20.54%) CSS
4 217 (18.97%) HTML
5 173 (15.12%) .NET
6 171 (14.95%) Spring
7 164 (14.34%) RESTful
8 163 (14.25%) Redux
9 161 (14.07%) Spring Boot
10 154 (13.46%) AngularJS
11 141 (12.33%) Kafka
12 137 (11.98%) Next.js
13 128 (11.19%) Terraform
14 101 (8.83%) HTML5
15 90 (7.87%) GraphQL
15 90 (7.87%) Vue
16 85 (7.43%) CSS3
17 82 (7.17%) Jest
18 76 (6.64%) Playwright
19 64 (5.59%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 174 (15.21%) Cloud Native
2 77 (6.73%) Product Ownership
3 63 (5.51%) Fixed Income
4 62 (5.42%) Distributed Systems
5 57 (4.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 57 (4.98%) Greenfield Project
6 45 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
7 42 (3.67%) AI Agents
8 36 (3.15%) Equities
9 32 (2.80%) Data Structures
10 30 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
11 26 (2.27%) Algorithms
12 22 (1.92%) Derivative
13 20 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
14 18 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.05%) Onboarding
16 11 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
17 10 (0.87%) Autonomous Agent
17 10 (0.87%) Mobile App
17 10 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.10%) Linux
2 12 (1.05%) Windows
3 7 (0.61%) Unix
4 4 (0.35%) Android
4 4 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.087%) AIX
6 1 (0.087%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (48.69%) CI/CD
2 488 (42.66%) Agile
3 468 (40.91%) Full-Stack Development
4 299 (26.14%) Microservices
5 293 (25.61%) DevOps
6 292 (25.52%) Software Engineering
7 225 (19.67%) Front End Development
8 211 (18.44%) Test Automation
9 210 (18.36%) AI
10 177 (15.47%) Containerisation
11 155 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
12 150 (13.11%) User Experience
13 133 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
14 127 (11.10%) Event-Driven
15 126 (11.01%) TDD
16 118 (10.31%) Code Quality
16 118 (10.31%) Scrum
17 115 (10.05%) Mentoring
18 111 (9.70%) Infrastructure as Code
19 103 (9.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 630 (55.07%) TypeScript
2 557 (48.69%) JavaScript
3 374 (32.69%) Java
4 318 (27.80%) Python
5 249 (21.77%) SQL
6 187 (16.35%) C#
7 40 (3.50%) Go
8 32 (2.80%) PL/SQL
9 23 (2.01%) PowerShell
10 18 (1.57%) Bash
11 14 (1.22%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.05%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.79%) C++
13 9 (0.79%) Rust
14 8 (0.70%) PHP
15 7 (0.61%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.61%) Ruby
15 7 (0.61%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.52%) Bicep
17 5 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 206 (18.01%) Security Cleared
2 174 (15.21%) SC Cleared
3 66 (5.77%) Degree
4 54 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 43 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (2.27%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.05%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.61%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 5 (0.44%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.44%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.087%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.087%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.087%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (13.46%) Accessibility
2 80 (6.99%) QA
3 78 (6.82%) WCAG
4 9 (0.79%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.26%) GDPR
6 3 (0.26%) HL7
7 2 (0.17%) PSD2
8 1 (0.087%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.087%) GRC
8 1 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 245 (21.42%) Docker
2 5 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.087%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 224 (19.58%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.06%) Grafana
3 31 (2.71%) Ansible
4 19 (1.66%) Argo
5 16 (1.40%) Control-M
6 15 (1.31%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.61%) Istio
9 6 (0.52%) Kibana
9 6 (0.52%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.26%) Podman
11 1 (0.087%) Nagios
11 1 (0.087%) QRadar
11 1 (0.087%) Rancher
Vendors
1 86 (7.52%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.21%) Oracle
3 46 (4.02%) Google
4 26 (2.27%) OpenAI
5 25 (2.19%) Databricks
6 23 (2.01%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.84%) MuleSoft
8 19 (1.66%) Splunk
9 15 (1.31%) SAP
10 14 (1.22%) Dynatrace
11 8 (0.70%) Conga
11 8 (0.70%) GoCardless
11 8 (0.70%) Solace
12 7 (0.61%) Adobe
12 7 (0.61%) IBM
13 6 (0.52%) ForgeRock
13 6 (0.52%) Veracode
14 5 (0.44%) Hitachi
14 5 (0.44%) Sitecore
15 4 (0.35%) Foundry