Reactive Extensions Contract Job Trends

Reactive Extensions for .NET (Rx.NET)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Reactive Extensions skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 527 583
Rank change year-on-year -54 +56 +77
Contract jobs citing Reactive Extensions 6 5 17
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.016% 0.038%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.069% 0.073% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 16
10th Percentile - - £813
25th Percentile - £775 £841
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £850 £850
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.94%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Reactive Extensions 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 8,729 6,890 9,320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.18% 22.45% 20.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,819 4,399 6,564
10th Percentile £358 £360 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +0.47% -6.96%
75th Percentile £623 £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 215 85 191
10th Percentile £35.00 £25.31 £24.00
25th Percentile £50.13 £38.50 £45.44
Median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £77.96 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%

Reactive Extensions
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Reactive Extensions relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Reactive Extensions job vacancy trend in the UK

Reactive Extensions
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Reactive Extensions.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Reactive Extensions

Reactive Extensions
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Reactive Extensions.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Reactive Extensions

Reactive Extensions
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Reactive Extensions within the UK over the 6 months to 10 February 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
London -36 6 - - 1
England -69 6 - - 1

Reactive Extensions
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) NUnit
General
1 6 (100.00%) Front Office
2 5 (83.33%) Banking
2 5 (83.33%) Investment Banking
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) .NET Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Front Office Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
4 1 (16.67%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) HTML
2 4 (66.67%) HTML5
3 3 (50.00%) .NET Core
3 3 (50.00%) CSS
3 3 (50.00%) ML.NET
4 2 (33.33%) React
5 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
5 1 (16.67%) Redux
5 1 (16.67%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Fixed Income
2 4 (66.67%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (50.00%) Algorithms
4 2 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (16.67%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) AI
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Design Patterns
3 3 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
3 3 (50.00%) Event-Driven
3 3 (50.00%) Event-Driven Programming
3 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (50.00%) Multithreaded Programming
3 3 (50.00%) Multithreading
3 3 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
3 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Economics
4 2 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (33.33%) Pair Programming
4 2 (33.33%) Scrum
4 2 (33.33%) SDLC
4 2 (33.33%) TDD
4 2 (33.33%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 1 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) Java
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) ION Trading
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft