React Job Trends in England

React.js
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring React skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 39 43
Rank change year-on-year -53 +4 -3
Permanent jobs citing React 1,330 2,529 3,206
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.28% 5.65% 4.87%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 20.11% 25.54% 21.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,105 1,547 2,893
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,400 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,245 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £111,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% -7.14%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

React falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,613 9,903 15,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.35% 22.13% 22.94%
Number of salaries quoted 5,072 5,974 12,869
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -9.19%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £111,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,100 £61,500
% change year-on-year -1.66% +7.48% -8.89%

React
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing React relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

React job vacancy trend in England

React
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing React.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing React

React
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing React in England over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Salary histogram for React in England

React
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing React within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -28 586 £90,000 +2.86% 295
North of England -46 242 £65,000 +8.33% 163
South East -76 196 £65,000 +3.17% 142
Midlands -11 133 £62,500 +4.17% 62
North West -32 115 £65,000 +6.12% 95
Yorkshire -17 113 £65,000 -3.70% 53
South West -55 99 £62,500 -3.85% 80
East Midlands +1 69 £65,000 +8.33% 33
West Midlands -20 64 £60,000 - 29
East of England -79 46 £60,000 -11.11% 36
North East -43 14 £58,750 +14.63% 15
React
UK

React
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 22 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (1.50%) CMS
2 20 (1.50%) Confluence
3 14 (1.05%) Apache
4 9 (0.68%) nginx
4 9 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.60%) Headless CMS
6 7 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.53%) IIS
7 6 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.30%) Appian
8 4 (0.30%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.30%) WordPress
9 3 (0.23%) Liferay
10 2 (0.15%) JBoss
10 2 (0.15%) NServiceBus
10 2 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.075%) SAS
11 1 (0.075%) Strapi
Applications
1 9 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (0.68%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.15%) Sketch
5 1 (0.075%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 8 (0.60%) Shopify
2 7 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.075%) Magento
4 1 (0.075%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.075%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 615 (46.24%) AWS
2 421 (31.65%) Azure
3 173 (13.01%) Serverless
4 150 (11.28%) GitHub
5 149 (11.20%) GCP
6 132 (9.92%) SaaS
7 107 (8.05%) AWS Lambda
8 97 (7.29%) Amazon S3
9 78 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
10 52 (3.91%) Amazon EKS
10 52 (3.91%) GitHub Actions
11 45 (3.38%) Figma
12 41 (3.08%) Amazon SQS
13 26 (1.95%) Amazon ECS
14 25 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
15 21 (1.58%) Power Platform
16 19 (1.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 19 (1.43%) Amazon EventBridge
16 19 (1.43%) npm
17 18 (1.35%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.90%) Internet
2 10 (0.75%) AMQP
3 7 (0.53%) Broadband
4 4 (0.30%) HTTP
5 3 (0.23%) SSL
6 2 (0.15%) DNS
6 2 (0.15%) LTE
7 1 (0.075%) Firewall
7 1 (0.075%) Hyperconnected
7 1 (0.075%) MQTT
7 1 (0.075%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (10.15%) PostgreSQL
2 93 (6.99%) NoSQL
2 93 (6.99%) SQL Server
3 72 (5.41%) Relational Database
4 68 (5.11%) MySQL
5 57 (4.29%) DynamoDB
6 53 (3.98%) MongoDB
7 48 (3.61%) Elasticsearch
8 26 (1.95%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (1.43%) Redis
10 18 (1.35%) Neo4j
11 15 (1.13%) Apache Arrow
12 14 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (1.05%) Apache Iceberg
12 14 (1.05%) DB2
12 14 (1.05%) Dremio
13 12 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.90%) BigQuery
13 12 (0.90%) Pinecone
14 11 (0.83%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 172 (12.93%) Git
2 64 (4.81%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.86%) JIRA
4 35 (2.63%) Cypress.io
5 25 (1.88%) TeamCity
6 23 (1.73%) GitLab
7 22 (1.65%) Bitbucket
7 22 (1.65%) Selenium
7 22 (1.65%) Vite
8 21 (1.58%) Storybook
9 20 (1.50%) webpack
10 19 (1.43%) Cucumber
11 12 (0.90%) JUnit
12 9 (0.68%) CircleCI
12 9 (0.68%) Maven
13 8 (0.60%) gulp
14 6 (0.45%) git-flow
14 6 (0.45%) Gradle
14 6 (0.45%) Mockito
15 5 (0.38%) Mocha
General
1 318 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 200 (15.04%) Finance
3 82 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (4.96%) Front Office
5 57 (4.29%) Banking
6 46 (3.46%) Retail
7 43 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 38 (2.86%) Law
9 35 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (1.88%) Investment Banking
11 22 (1.65%) Marketing
12 20 (1.50%) Games
13 15 (1.13%) Tech for Good
14 14 (1.05%) Legal
15 12 (0.90%) Health Technology
16 9 (0.68%) Back Office
16 9 (0.68%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.45%) Financial Institution
17 6 (0.45%) Multimedia
18 5 (0.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 722 (54.29%) Developer
2 325 (24.44%) Senior
3 268 (20.15%) Software Engineer
4 264 (19.85%) Full-Stack Developer
5 185 (13.91%) React Developer
6 167 (12.56%) Lead
7 154 (11.58%) Senior Developer
8 151 (11.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 103 (7.74%) Python Developer
10 77 (5.79%) .NET Developer
10 77 (5.79%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 77 (5.79%) Java Developer
11 73 (5.49%) Senior Software Engineer
12 64 (4.81%) Lead Developer
13 56 (4.21%) Software Developer
14 52 (3.91%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 48 (3.61%) AWS Developer
15 48 (3.61%) C# Developer
16 47 (3.53%) Full-Stack Python Developer
17 45 (3.38%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 385 (28.95%) Node.js
2 308 (23.16%) .NET
3 285 (21.43%) CSS
4 275 (20.68%) HTML
5 261 (19.62%) AngularJS
6 193 (14.51%) REST
7 184 (13.83%) Vue
8 135 (10.15%) RESTful
9 109 (8.20%) Next.js
10 107 (8.05%) .NET Core
11 99 (7.44%) Spring
12 97 (7.29%) GraphQL
13 90 (6.77%) Spring Boot
14 78 (5.86%) ASP.NET
15 68 (5.11%) .NET Framework
16 67 (5.04%) Django
17 65 (4.89%) React Native
18 58 (4.36%) WebSockets
19 52 (3.91%) Kafka
20 51 (3.83%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 145 (10.90%) Cloud Native
2 74 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 58 (4.36%) Fixed Income
4 53 (3.98%) Product Ownership
5 48 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
5 48 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
6 40 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (2.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 32 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (1.58%) Equities
9 20 (1.50%) Data Structures
10 19 (1.43%) IoT
11 18 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (1.35%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.13%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.75%) Client/Server
13 10 (0.75%) Derivative
13 10 (0.75%) Operational Technology
13 10 (0.75%) Private Cloud
14 9 (0.68%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.48%) Linux
2 21 (1.58%) Android
3 17 (1.28%) Apple iOS
4 12 (0.90%) Windows
5 5 (0.38%) CentOS
5 5 (0.38%) Debian
5 5 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.38%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.30%) Unix
7 1 (0.075%) VMS
7 1 (0.075%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (47.97%) Full-Stack Development
2 534 (40.15%) Agile
3 462 (34.74%) Software Engineering
4 425 (31.95%) CI/CD
5 269 (20.23%) DevOps
5 269 (20.23%) Microservices
6 262 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
7 213 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 213 (16.02%) User Experience
8 211 (15.86%) Mentoring
9 210 (15.79%) AI
10 191 (14.36%) Front End Development
11 139 (10.45%) Clean Code
12 134 (10.08%) Containerisation
13 128 (9.62%) Scrum
14 125 (9.40%) Computer Science
15 121 (9.10%) Test Automation
16 115 (8.65%) TDD
17 108 (8.12%) Infrastructure as Code
18 92 (6.92%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 659 (49.55%) JavaScript
2 651 (48.95%) TypeScript
3 354 (26.62%) Python
4 309 (23.23%) Java
5 261 (19.62%) SQL
6 254 (19.10%) C#
7 70 (5.26%) PHP
8 51 (3.83%) Go
9 23 (1.73%) Kotlin
9 23 (1.73%) PowerShell
10 22 (1.65%) C
11 17 (1.28%) Rust
12 13 (0.98%) Ruby
13 12 (0.90%) C++
14 11 (0.83%) Bash
15 10 (0.75%) Scala
16 7 (0.53%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.45%) Bicep
17 6 (0.45%) R
18 5 (0.38%) RPG
Qualifications
1 147 (11.05%) Degree
2 126 (9.47%) Security Cleared
3 74 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 74 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 45 (3.38%) DV Cleared
5 26 (1.95%) AWS Certification
6 18 (1.35%) AWS Certified Developer
7 16 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.53%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.38%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 5 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.23%) ISEB
12 3 (0.23%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.15%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (5.19%) QA
2 67 (5.04%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.13%) WCAG
4 9 (0.68%) SLA
5 4 (0.30%) GDPR
5 4 (0.30%) NCSC
6 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.23%) NIST
6 3 (0.23%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.075%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.075%) Data Quality
System Software
1 212 (15.94%) Docker
2 13 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.075%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 206 (15.49%) Kubernetes
2 141 (10.60%) Terraform
3 18 (1.35%) Grafana
4 14 (1.05%) Ansible
4 14 (1.05%) Argo
5 9 (0.68%) Kibana
6 6 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.38%) Puppet
8 4 (0.30%) Nagios
9 3 (0.23%) cPanel
9 3 (0.23%) Plesk
10 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.075%) Istio
11 1 (0.075%) Packer
11 1 (0.075%) Podman
11 1 (0.075%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 82 (6.17%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.11%) Atlassian
2 28 (2.11%) Google
3 27 (2.03%) OpenAI
4 21 (1.58%) Oracle
5 13 (0.98%) HubSpot
6 12 (0.90%) Red Hat
7 10 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (0.53%) Adobe
8 7 (0.53%) Foundry
8 7 (0.53%) Salesforce
9 6 (0.45%) Databricks
9 6 (0.45%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.38%) Guidewire
10 5 (0.38%) IBM
10 5 (0.38%) SaltStack
10 5 (0.38%) SAP
11 4 (0.30%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.30%) Informatica
11 4 (0.30%) Palo Alto