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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 74 75
Rank change year-on-year -29 +1 -20
Contract jobs citing React 983 985 1,180
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.65% 3.09% 2.79%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.87% 14.04% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 685 738 968
10th Percentile £349 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -1.19% -8.70%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £675
90th Percentile £708 £788 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £460 £465
% change year-on-year +3.26% -1.13% -6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 9
10th Percentile £43.55 £26.25 £45.94
25th Percentile £45.13 £31.50 £58.75
Median hourly rate £50.85 £39.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.38% -37.60% -10.71%
75th Percentile £58.64 £44.13 £72.00
90th Percentile £63.66 £59.29 £81.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.85 £27.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +121.27% -57.03% -8.57%

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 8,283 7,014 9,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.33% 22.03% 21.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,497 4,460 6,425
10th Percentile £356 £355 £356
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.84% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 83 168
10th Percentile £32.17 £21.40 £28.28
25th Percentile £44.75 £34.13 £46.18
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +14.62% -16.11%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £76.75 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £54.53
% change year-on-year - +14.62% -16.11%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -25 832 £510 -7.27% 1,170
London -17 487 £535 -9.13% 283
UK excluding London -36 360 £475 +3.26% 1,031
Work from Home -50 271 £519 +3.80% 730
North of England -1 131 £433 -3.89% 221
South East -31 63 £338 -41.30% 329
North West -6 62 £400 -11.11% 118
Yorkshire -13 60 £433 -13.50% 74
Scotland -6 49 £442 -0.62% 42
Midlands -47 47 £540 +7.90% 112
South West -21 38 £550 +22.22% 137
West Midlands -41 36 £525 -4.55% 43
East of England -15 27 £590 +57.33% 138
North East -5 12 £475 +13.77% 29
East Midlands -29 11 £550 +12.24% 67
Wales +2 9 £518 -1.43% 50
Northern Ireland -8 5 - - 22

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 34 (3.46%) CMS
2 22 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 15 (1.53%) Confluence
5 13 (1.32%) Headless CMS
6 11 (1.12%) Apache
6 11 (1.12%) SAS
7 10 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
8 8 (0.81%) Camunda
8 8 (0.81%) HCL Notes
8 8 (0.81%) Mendix
9 6 (0.61%) Sitecore CMS
10 5 (0.51%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.31%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.31%) IIS
12 2 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.20%) ColdFusion
12 2 (0.20%) Moodle
12 2 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (1.83%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.92%) Adobe XD
3 7 (0.71%) Sketch
4 3 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.20%) Trello
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.10%) Blender
6 1 (0.10%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.10%) InVision
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.31%) Shopify
4 2 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (0.20%) Magento
5 1 (0.10%) Endur
5 1 (0.10%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 428 (43.54%) AWS
2 265 (26.96%) Azure
3 154 (15.67%) Serverless
4 136 (13.84%) GitHub
5 112 (11.39%) GCP
6 98 (9.97%) AWS Lambda
7 82 (8.34%) GitHub Actions
8 80 (8.14%) Azure DevOps
9 51 (5.19%) Amazon S3
10 39 (3.97%) Figma
11 32 (3.26%) Azure AKS
11 32 (3.26%) Azure Functions
12 31 (3.15%) SaaS
13 30 (3.05%) npm
14 27 (2.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 27 (2.75%) Entra ID
15 26 (2.64%) Amazon ECS
16 25 (2.54%) Amazon SQS
17 24 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
17 24 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.53%) Wireless
2 8 (0.81%) HTTP
3 5 (0.51%) DNS
3 5 (0.51%) Network Security
4 4 (0.41%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.31%) DHCP
6 2 (0.20%) VPN
7 1 (0.10%) Internet
7 1 (0.10%) LAN
7 1 (0.10%) Multicast
7 1 (0.10%) WAN
7 1 (0.10%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (14.45%) PostgreSQL
2 85 (8.65%) Relational Database
3 79 (8.04%) NoSQL
4 55 (5.60%) MySQL
5 51 (5.19%) MongoDB
6 44 (4.48%) SQL Server
7 26 (2.64%) Redis
8 23 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
9 22 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (1.93%) DynamoDB
11 18 (1.83%) Power BI
12 16 (1.63%) BigQuery
13 12 (1.22%) Amazon Aurora
14 10 (1.02%) Apache Cassandra
14 10 (1.02%) Oracle Database
15 9 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
15 9 (0.92%) Big Data
15 9 (0.92%) Metadata
16 8 (0.81%) DocumentDB
16 8 (0.81%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 206 (20.96%) Git
2 76 (7.73%) Cypress.io
3 66 (6.71%) Jenkins
4 57 (5.80%) GitLab
4 57 (5.80%) JIRA
5 45 (4.58%) JUnit
6 34 (3.46%) webpack
7 26 (2.64%) Cucumber
8 23 (2.34%) Mockito
9 20 (2.03%) Browser DevTools
9 20 (2.03%) Selenium
10 19 (1.93%) Android Studio
10 19 (1.93%) Maven
10 19 (1.93%) SonarQube
10 19 (1.93%) Xcode
11 18 (1.83%) Eclipse
12 17 (1.73%) Storybook
13 15 (1.53%) Bitbucket
14 14 (1.42%) Vite
15 12 (1.22%) Postman
General
1 220 (22.38%) Social Skills
2 167 (16.99%) Finance
3 128 (13.02%) Public Sector
4 81 (8.24%) Banking
5 43 (4.37%) Front Office
6 36 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (3.46%) Investment Banking
8 23 (2.34%) Retail
9 16 (1.63%) Financial Institution
10 15 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (1.32%) Marketing
12 11 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (0.92%) Health Technology
14 7 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.71%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.51%) Games
16 5 (0.51%) Law
16 5 (0.51%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 566 (57.58%) Developer
2 205 (20.85%) Full-Stack Developer
3 170 (17.29%) Senior
4 125 (12.72%) React Developer
5 116 (11.80%) Software Engineer
6 99 (10.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 98 (9.97%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 85 (8.65%) Java Developer
9 84 (8.55%) Senior Developer
10 75 (7.63%) Python Developer
11 73 (7.43%) Lead
12 45 (4.58%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 37 (3.76%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 35 (3.56%) Architect
15 34 (3.46%) AWS Developer
16 33 (3.36%) AWS Engineer
17 32 (3.26%) Software Developer
18 27 (2.75%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 27 (2.75%) Python Engineer
19 26 (2.64%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 306 (31.13%) Node.js
2 288 (29.30%) AngularJS
3 245 (24.92%) CSS
4 219 (22.28%) HTML
5 179 (18.21%) RESTful
6 144 (14.65%) Spring
7 133 (13.53%) .NET
7 133 (13.53%) Next.js
8 126 (12.82%) Spring Boot
9 125 (12.72%) REST
10 111 (11.29%) Jest
11 95 (9.66%) Vue
12 90 (9.16%) GraphQL
13 83 (8.44%) Redux
14 79 (8.04%) Kafka
15 74 (7.53%) HTML5
16 60 (6.10%) FastAPI
17 57 (5.80%) CSS3
18 53 (5.39%) Playwright
19 41 (4.17%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 91 (9.26%) Cloud Native
2 69 (7.02%) Product Ownership
3 39 (3.97%) Mobile App
4 30 (3.05%) AI Agents
4 30 (3.05%) Data Protection Act
5 27 (2.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 23 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (1.73%) Data Structures
9 16 (1.63%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.53%) Fixed Income
11 14 (1.42%) Hedge funds
12 12 (1.22%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.22%) Derivative
13 11 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.12%) Low-Code
14 10 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (1.02%) NHS
15 8 (0.81%) Equities
16 6 (0.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.29%) Linux
2 38 (3.87%) Unix
3 35 (3.56%) Windows
4 27 (2.75%) Android
5 12 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.81%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.41%) CentOS
8 3 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.20%) VMS
10 1 (0.10%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (44.15%) CI/CD
2 429 (43.64%) Full-Stack Development
3 409 (41.61%) Agile
4 277 (28.18%) DevOps
5 263 (26.75%) Microservices
6 221 (22.48%) Software Engineering
7 213 (21.67%) Front End Development
8 176 (17.90%) User Experience
9 163 (16.58%) Containerisation
10 154 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
11 149 (15.16%) AI
12 142 (14.45%) Test Automation
13 107 (10.89%) Clean Code
14 95 (9.66%) TDD
15 93 (9.46%) Infrastructure as Code
16 91 (9.26%) Scrum
17 86 (8.75%) Code Quality
18 72 (7.32%) Design Patterns
19 70 (7.12%) UX Design
20 69 (7.02%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 472 (48.02%) JavaScript
2 461 (46.90%) TypeScript
3 296 (30.11%) Java
3 296 (30.11%) Python
4 190 (19.33%) SQL
5 118 (12.00%) C#
6 23 (2.34%) Bicep
6 23 (2.34%) C++
7 22 (2.24%) Go
7 22 (2.24%) Perl
8 19 (1.93%) Ruby
9 16 (1.63%) Rust
10 14 (1.42%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.02%) Kotlin
12 8 (0.81%) Bash
12 8 (0.81%) Formula Language
12 8 (0.81%) JSX
12 8 (0.81%) LotusScript
12 8 (0.81%) T-SQL
13 7 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 189 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 162 (16.48%) SC Cleared
3 46 (4.68%) Degree
4 31 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 23 (2.34%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.42%) MCP
8 9 (0.92%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.71%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.51%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.20%) OCP
12 2 (0.20%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.20%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.10%) CCIP
13 1 (0.10%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (13.53%) Accessibility
2 70 (7.12%) WCAG
3 62 (6.31%) QA
4 6 (0.61%) GDPR
4 6 (0.61%) HL7
5 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.20%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.20%) MiFID
6 2 (0.20%) NCSC
6 2 (0.20%) PMO
7 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.10%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.10%) EMIR
7 1 (0.10%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.10%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.10%) PSD2
7 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 245 (24.92%) Docker
2 21 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.10%) Varnish
4 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 200 (20.35%) Kubernetes
2 127 (12.92%) Terraform
3 22 (2.24%) Grafana
4 20 (2.03%) Argo
5 14 (1.42%) Kibana
6 12 (1.22%) Ansible
7 11 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.92%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (0.92%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.61%) Istio
10 2 (0.20%) Podman
11 1 (0.10%) Consul
11 1 (0.10%) Rancher
11 1 (0.10%) Sysdig
11 1 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 110 (11.19%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.51%) Oracle
3 42 (4.27%) Google
4 36 (3.66%) Adobe
5 32 (3.26%) OpenAI
6 23 (2.34%) Splunk
7 21 (2.14%) ServiceNow
8 20 (2.03%) Red Hat
9 12 (1.22%) Databricks
9 12 (1.22%) Sitecore
10 9 (0.92%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.81%) Kofax
11 8 (0.81%) Lotus
11 8 (0.81%) SAP
12 7 (0.71%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.51%) Dynatrace
13 5 (0.51%) Marketo
13 5 (0.51%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.51%) VMware
14 4 (0.41%) Blue Prism