Senior React Developer Contract Job Trends

Senior React.js Developer
UK

The median Senior React.js Developer daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 518 583
Rank change year-on-year -46 +65 +120
Contract jobs requiring a Senior React Developer 18 25 25
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.050% 0.070% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.075% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 23 18
10th Percentile £406 £365 £390
25th Percentile £472 £416 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £750 £625 £555
90th Percentile £828 £698 £611
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +41.18% -15.00% -4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 32,988 33,120 42,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.74% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,924 20,243 28,641
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 1,136 1,517
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.36 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%
75th Percentile £56.81 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £73.66 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

Senior React Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior React Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior React Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior React Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior React Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior React Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior React Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior React Developer over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior React Developer in the UK

Senior React Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior React Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior React Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior React Developer
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior React Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. 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 -37 15 £650 +23.81% 15
London -3 10 £750 +25.00% 5
UK excluding London -39 8 £600 +41.18% 13
Work from Home -8 7 £750 +50.00% 2
South West - 4 £600 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £600 -
Midlands - 4 £600 -
Scotland +2 3 £413 -4.35% 1
South East - 1 £500 - 6

Senior React Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Senior React Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Senior React Developer in the job title.

1 16 (88.89%) React
2 12 (66.67%) TypeScript
3 11 (61.11%) DevOps
4 10 (55.56%) JavaScript
5 9 (50.00%) CI/CD
6 8 (44.44%) Azure
7 7 (38.89%) Java
7 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (27.78%) AWS
8 5 (27.78%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (27.78%) Clean Code
8 5 (27.78%) CSS
8 5 (27.78%) Front End Development
8 5 (27.78%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (27.78%) HTML
8 5 (27.78%) Node.js
8 5 (27.78%) User Experience
9 4 (22.22%) .NET
9 4 (22.22%) Agile
9 4 (22.22%) Redux
9 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
9 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
10 3 (16.67%) Code Quality
10 3 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
10 3 (16.67%) GraphQL
10 3 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
10 3 (16.67%) REST
10 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
11 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
11 2 (11.11%) Amazon S3

Senior React Developer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (44.44%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) AWS
2 5 (27.78%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (11.11%) Amazon S3
3 2 (11.11%) npm
3 2 (11.11%) Yarn
4 1 (5.56%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (11.11%) RDBMS
1 2 (11.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) webpack
2 1 (5.56%) Cypress.io
General
1 6 (33.33%) Finance
1 6 (33.33%) Front Office
2 3 (16.67%) Banking
2 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (88.89%) React
2 5 (27.78%) CSS
2 5 (27.78%) HTML
2 5 (27.78%) Node.js
3 4 (22.22%) .NET
3 4 (22.22%) Redux
4 3 (16.67%) GraphQL
4 3 (16.67%) REST
5 2 (11.11%) CSS3
5 2 (11.11%) Electron
5 2 (11.11%) HTML5
5 2 (11.11%) RxJS
5 2 (11.11%) Spring
5 2 (11.11%) Svelte
5 2 (11.11%) Zustand
6 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
6 1 (5.56%) Jest
6 1 (5.56%) KnockoutJS
6 1 (5.56%) RESTful
6 1 (5.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Product Ownership
1 3 (16.67%) Wiki
2 2 (11.11%) Derivative
2 2 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Android
1 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) DevOps
2 9 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (27.78%) Clean Code
4 5 (27.78%) Front End Development
4 5 (27.78%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (27.78%) User Experience
5 4 (22.22%) Agile
6 3 (16.67%) Code Quality
6 3 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
6 3 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 2 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
7 2 (11.11%) Cloud Security
7 2 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
7 2 (11.11%) Design Patterns
7 2 (11.11%) Event-Driven
7 2 (11.11%) Fintech
7 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 2 (11.11%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) TypeScript
2 10 (55.56%) JavaScript
3 7 (38.89%) Java
4 2 (11.11%) Python
5 1 (5.56%) C#
5 1 (5.56%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility