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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 70 69
Rank change year-on-year -31 -1 -8
Contract jobs citing React 1,094 988 1,275
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.39% 3.38% 2.90%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.50% 14.92% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 762 769 1,020
10th Percentile £356 £356 £349
25th Percentile £413 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -6.37% -0.19%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £688
90th Percentile £799 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £494 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +9.72% -3.28% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 22
10th Percentile £49.92 - £40.00
25th Percentile £58.75 £26.25 £55.00
Median hourly rate £76.00 £36.25 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +109.66% -42.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £95.00 £54.49 £72.34
90th Percentile - £68.88 £74.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £76.00 £27.50 £65.50
% change year-on-year +176.36% -58.02% -

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 9,511 6,623 8,925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.78% 22.66% 20.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,333 4,544 6,234
10th Percentile £358 £363 £334
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £729 £775 £751
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.11% -1.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 101 178
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £19.43
25th Percentile £52.50 £43.50 £32.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +38.59% -28.95%
75th Percentile £71.62 £68.75 £62.85
90th Percentile £81.00 £84.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -24.00%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -35 908 £525 - 651
London -34 549 £535 -6.96% 273
UK excluding London -15 396 £494 +9.72% 449
Work from Home -46 335 £525 +5.00% 349
North of England -18 150 £475 +5.56% 120
North West -3 86 £450 - 63
South East -44 70 £525 +12.90% 125
Scotland +11 61 £425 -2.86% 16
Yorkshire -23 52 £500 +4.71% 44
Midlands -52 42 £525 +11.70% 55
West Midlands -51 36 £500 +8.11% 31
East of England -8 35 £600 +30.43% 47
South West -19 31 £409 -7.26% 73
North East -13 15 £475 +2.15% 13
Northern Ireland -4 7 - - 4
Wales -10 4 £331 -17.19% 15
East Midlands -41 4 £600 +22.45% 24

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 43 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.74%) CMS
3 22 (2.01%) Confluence
4 14 (1.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 13 (1.19%) Sitecore CMS
6 12 (1.10%) Headless CMS
7 10 (0.91%) HCL Notes
7 10 (0.91%) Mendix
8 9 (0.82%) SharePoint Server
9 8 (0.73%) Camunda
10 7 (0.64%) IIS
10 7 (0.64%) SAS
11 6 (0.55%) Apache
12 4 (0.37%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
13 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.27%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.27%) WordPress
14 2 (0.18%) Magnolia
14 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (0.91%) Adobe XD
2 9 (0.82%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.55%) Sketch
4 1 (0.091%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.091%) Blender
4 1 (0.091%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.091%) InVision
4 1 (0.091%) Maya
4 1 (0.091%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.091%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.091%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.01%) Shopify
2 3 (0.27%) Magento
2 3 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.091%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.091%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.091%) Orchestrade
Cloud Services
1 485 (44.33%) AWS
2 337 (30.80%) Azure
3 144 (13.16%) Serverless
4 135 (12.34%) GitHub
5 122 (11.15%) GCP
6 90 (8.23%) Azure DevOps
7 88 (8.04%) AWS Lambda
8 85 (7.77%) GitHub Actions
9 50 (4.57%) Amazon S3
10 48 (4.39%) Power Platform
11 39 (3.56%) Figma
12 38 (3.47%) Azure Functions
13 36 (3.29%) Amazon ECS
14 33 (3.02%) Entra ID
14 33 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
14 33 (3.02%) PowerApps
15 32 (2.93%) Power Automate
16 30 (2.74%) Amazon SQS
17 29 (2.65%) Azure Service Bus
18 27 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.46%) Network Security
2 4 (0.37%) Wireless
3 3 (0.27%) Firewall
3 3 (0.27%) VPN
4 2 (0.18%) DHCP
4 2 (0.18%) DNS
4 2 (0.18%) HTTP
4 2 (0.18%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.091%) LAN
5 1 (0.091%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.091%) RTMP
5 1 (0.091%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (14.63%) PostgreSQL
2 92 (8.41%) NoSQL
3 91 (8.32%) Relational Database
4 77 (7.04%) SQL Server
5 70 (6.40%) MySQL
6 64 (5.85%) MongoDB
7 32 (2.93%) Power BI
8 29 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
8 29 (2.65%) DynamoDB
8 29 (2.65%) Redis
9 17 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (1.46%) Oracle Database
11 13 (1.19%) Apache Cassandra
12 12 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (1.10%) BigQuery
12 12 (1.10%) Metadata
13 10 (0.91%) Tableau
14 8 (0.73%) Amazon Aurora
15 7 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
15 7 (0.64%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 188 (17.18%) Git
2 74 (6.76%) Jenkins
3 67 (6.12%) JIRA
4 66 (6.03%) GitLab
5 57 (5.21%) Cypress.io
6 38 (3.47%) JUnit
7 25 (2.29%) Mockito
8 21 (1.92%) webpack
9 20 (1.83%) Vite
10 16 (1.46%) Bitbucket
11 14 (1.28%) Cucumber
11 14 (1.28%) Selenium
12 13 (1.19%) CircleCI
12 13 (1.19%) Gradle
12 13 (1.19%) Mocha
12 13 (1.19%) Storybook
13 11 (1.01%) Maven
14 9 (0.82%) Postman
15 8 (0.73%) ESLint
15 8 (0.73%) Liquibase
General
1 201 (18.37%) Finance
2 199 (18.19%) Social Skills
3 128 (11.70%) Public Sector
4 91 (8.32%) Front Office
5 88 (8.04%) Banking
6 44 (4.02%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (3.02%) Investment Banking
8 18 (1.65%) Financial Institution
9 14 (1.28%) Retail
10 11 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (0.82%) Marketing
12 8 (0.73%) Legal
13 7 (0.64%) Health Technology
14 6 (0.55%) Games
14 6 (0.55%) Publishing
15 5 (0.46%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.46%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.37%) Advertising
16 4 (0.37%) Law
Job Titles
1 667 (60.97%) Developer
2 219 (20.02%) Full-Stack Developer
3 178 (16.27%) Senior
4 149 (13.62%) React Developer
4 149 (13.62%) Software Engineer
5 110 (10.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 107 (9.78%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 101 (9.23%) Lead
8 92 (8.41%) Java Developer
8 92 (8.41%) Senior Developer
9 78 (7.13%) Python Developer
10 56 (5.12%) Lead Developer
11 52 (4.75%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 51 (4.66%) Architect
13 45 (4.11%) Software Developer
14 38 (3.47%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
14 38 (3.47%) Lead Software Engineer
15 37 (3.38%) Lead Software Developer
16 35 (3.20%) .NET Developer
16 35 (3.20%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 307 (28.06%) Node.js
2 270 (24.68%) AngularJS
3 250 (22.85%) CSS
4 226 (20.66%) HTML
5 184 (16.82%) RESTful
6 176 (16.09%) .NET
7 172 (15.72%) REST
8 164 (14.99%) Spring
9 161 (14.72%) Redux
10 150 (13.71%) Spring Boot
11 121 (11.06%) Next.js
12 116 (10.60%) Vue
13 110 (10.05%) GraphQL
14 106 (9.69%) Kafka
15 102 (9.32%) Jest
16 87 (7.95%) HTML5
17 69 (6.31%) CSS3
18 56 (5.12%) .NET Core
19 51 (4.66%) Playwright
20 43 (3.93%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 121 (11.06%) Cloud Native
2 70 (6.40%) Product Ownership
3 57 (5.21%) Fixed Income
4 37 (3.38%) Data Protection Act
5 34 (3.11%) Derivative
6 32 (2.93%) AI Agents
6 32 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
7 29 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
9 23 (2.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 21 (1.92%) Mobile App
11 20 (1.83%) Equities
12 19 (1.74%) Data Structures
12 19 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (1.46%) NHS
13 16 (1.46%) Onboarding
14 14 (1.28%) Algorithms
15 11 (1.01%) Low-Code
16 9 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
17 8 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.65%) Linux
2 22 (2.01%) Windows
3 20 (1.83%) Android
4 17 (1.55%) Unix
5 13 (1.19%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (44.61%) CI/CD
2 470 (42.96%) Agile
3 456 (41.68%) Full-Stack Development
4 304 (27.79%) DevOps
5 283 (25.87%) Microservices
6 246 (22.49%) Software Engineering
7 239 (21.85%) Front End Development
8 178 (16.27%) AI
9 176 (16.09%) Test Automation
10 166 (15.17%) User Experience
11 158 (14.44%) Containerisation
12 135 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
13 111 (10.15%) Code Quality
14 100 (9.14%) Infrastructure as Code
15 94 (8.59%) Scrum
16 91 (8.32%) Clean Code
17 90 (8.23%) TDD
18 89 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
19 85 (7.77%) SDLC
20 80 (7.31%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 545 (49.82%) TypeScript
2 522 (47.71%) JavaScript
3 360 (32.91%) Python
4 330 (30.16%) Java
5 220 (20.11%) SQL
6 155 (14.17%) C#
7 50 (4.57%) Go
8 14 (1.28%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.19%) C++
10 12 (1.10%) Bicep
10 12 (1.10%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.91%) Formula Language
11 10 (0.91%) LotusScript
12 9 (0.82%) Rust
13 8 (0.73%) Perl
13 8 (0.73%) Ruby
14 7 (0.64%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.64%) Scala
15 6 (0.55%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 184 (16.82%) Security Cleared
2 159 (14.53%) SC Cleared
3 52 (4.75%) Degree
4 51 (4.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 33 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (2.01%) DV Cleared
7 16 (1.46%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.55%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.46%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.27%) PhD
11 2 (0.18%) OCP
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.091%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.091%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.091%) CCIP
12 1 (0.091%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.091%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (13.25%) Accessibility
2 76 (6.95%) WCAG
3 65 (5.94%) QA
4 7 (0.64%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.64%) HL7
5 6 (0.55%) GDPR
6 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.18%) NCSC
6 2 (0.18%) PSD2
7 1 (0.091%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.091%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.091%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.091%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.091%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 227 (20.75%) Docker
2 18 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.091%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 185 (16.91%) Kubernetes
2 129 (11.79%) Terraform
3 26 (2.38%) Grafana
4 16 (1.46%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.19%) Argo
6 10 (0.91%) Ansible
6 10 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.64%) Istio
8 4 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.27%) Kibana
9 3 (0.27%) Nagios
10 2 (0.18%) Rancher
11 1 (0.091%) Consul
11 1 (0.091%) Podman
11 1 (0.091%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 93 (8.50%) Microsoft
2 54 (4.94%) Oracle
3 36 (3.29%) OpenAI
4 32 (2.93%) Google
5 29 (2.65%) Adobe
6 20 (1.83%) Databricks
7 18 (1.65%) Sitecore
8 15 (1.37%) Splunk
9 10 (0.91%) Kofax
9 10 (0.91%) Lotus
10 9 (0.82%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.64%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.55%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.55%) Solace
13 5 (0.46%) Pega
13 5 (0.46%) Salesforce
13 5 (0.46%) SAP
14 4 (0.37%) Brio
14 4 (0.37%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.37%) Xamarin