React Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

React.js
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring React skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 78 76
Rank change year-on-year -29 -2 +25
Contract jobs citing React 42 23 35
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 1.60% 1.59% 1.85%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 7.73% 8.42% 14.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 14 35
10th Percentile £400 £434 £285
25th Percentile £457 £470 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £488 £413
Median % change year-on-year +11.08% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £674 £556 £494
90th Percentile £723 £678 £575
England median daily rate £524 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -1.64% -3.18% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
England median hourly rate £75.50 £38.75 £66.25
% change year-on-year +94.84% -41.51% -5.36%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 543 273 241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.70% 18.91% 12.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 160 175
10th Percentile £374 £381 £303
25th Percentile £450 £425 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +10.53% -11.63%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £611
90th Percentile £685 £700 £688
England median daily rate £523 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.95% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 5
10th Percentile £20.25 - £15.33
25th Percentile £27.21 £26.25 £17.13
Median hourly rate £50.00 £27.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% +57.14% -
75th Percentile £59.50 £28.75 £39.92
90th Percentile £77.25 - -
England median hourly rate £63.00 £62.50 £54.56
% change year-on-year +0.80% +14.55% -16.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing React relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

React job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing React.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing React

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing React in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for React in the West Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing React.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing React

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing React within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
Shropshire - 18 £542 - 1
Birmingham -18 8 £475 -17.39% 17
Warwickshire -9 7 £525 +5.00% 5
Worcestershire -12 4 £600 -14.29% 1
Herefordshire -14 4 £600 -14.29% 1
Coventry -24 3 £460 -2.65% 3
Staffordshire - 2 - - 1
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Adobe XD
1 5 (11.90%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 16 (38.10%) AWS
2 7 (16.67%) Azure
3 5 (11.90%) Figma
4 3 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.76%) GitHub
5 2 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (2.38%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.76%) MongoDB
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.38%) MySQL
3 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (26.19%) Git
2 6 (14.29%) Cucumber
2 6 (14.29%) GitLab
2 6 (14.29%) JUnit
2 6 (14.29%) Selenium
3 5 (11.90%) Maven
3 5 (11.90%) Mockito
4 2 (4.76%) Cypress.io
5 1 (2.38%) Gatling
5 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Finance
3 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (61.90%) Developer
2 13 (30.95%) Full-Stack Developer
3 12 (28.57%) Senior
4 10 (23.81%) Lead
4 10 (23.81%) Senior Developer
5 6 (14.29%) React Developer
6 5 (11.90%) Java Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 4 (9.52%) Lead Java Engineer
7 4 (9.52%) Node.js Developer
7 4 (9.52%) Senior React Developer
7 4 (9.52%) Senior Software Developer
7 4 (9.52%) Software Developer
8 3 (7.14%) Java Developer
8 3 (7.14%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 2 (4.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 2 (4.76%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
9 2 (4.76%) Lead UX Designer
9 2 (4.76%) Senior Java Developer
9 2 (4.76%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (38.10%) HTML
2 14 (33.33%) CSS
3 11 (26.19%) AngularJS
4 10 (23.81%) Node.js
5 9 (21.43%) Spring
6 8 (19.05%) Playwright
6 8 (19.05%) RESTful
7 7 (16.67%) .NET
8 6 (14.29%) CSS3
8 6 (14.29%) HTML5
8 6 (14.29%) JSON
8 6 (14.29%) Spring Boot
9 5 (11.90%) Gherkin
9 5 (11.90%) GraalVM
9 5 (11.90%) JDBC
9 5 (11.90%) JPA
9 5 (11.90%) OAuth
9 5 (11.90%) OAuth2
9 5 (11.90%) OpenID
9 5 (11.90%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.38%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Linux
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Agile
2 15 (35.71%) CI/CD
2 15 (35.71%) Full-Stack Development
3 13 (30.95%) DevOps
4 11 (26.19%) User Experience
5 10 (23.81%) Front End Development
6 8 (19.05%) Clean Code
6 8 (19.05%) Microservices
6 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (16.67%) Scrum
7 7 (16.67%) Software Engineering
7 7 (16.67%) UX Design
8 6 (14.29%) Coaching
8 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (11.90%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (11.90%) Data Modelling
9 5 (11.90%) OO
9 5 (11.90%) OOD
9 5 (11.90%) Responsive Web Design
9 5 (11.90%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 21 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (30.95%) TypeScript
3 10 (23.81%) Java
4 6 (14.29%) SQL
5 4 (9.52%) C#
6 3 (7.14%) Python
7 2 (4.76%) C++
8 1 (2.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) SC Cleared
1 8 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.52%) Degree
2 4 (9.52%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.43%) WCAG
2 7 (16.67%) Accessibility
3 6 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) Kubernetes
2 5 (11.90%) Grafana
2 5 (11.90%) Kibana
3 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) Adobe
1 5 (11.90%) MuleSoft
2 3 (7.14%) Oracle
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.38%) NEC