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 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 86 48
Rank change year-on-year -36 -38 -3
Permanent jobs citing React 1,588 1,512 2,811
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.54% 3.53% 4.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.63% 19.99% 19.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,220 1,010 1,741
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £86,250 £110,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £136,250 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% -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 10,851 7,563 14,329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.55% 17.66% 21.38%
Number of salaries quoted 7,918 4,995 9,257
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £68,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.46% +5.38% -3.70%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -54 585 £85,000 -15.00% 1,187
North of England -10 349 £60,000 -7.69% 275
South East +43 279 £60,000 - 183
North West -19 193 £60,000 -11.11% 181
Midlands -37 152 £55,000 - 120
South West -27 138 £55,000 -8.33% 133
Yorkshire +7 103 £63,750 -5.56% 67
East Midlands -14 79 £53,750 -2.27% 42
West Midlands -44 73 £55,000 -4.35% 78
East of England -27 69 £60,000 -4.00% 71
North East -34 53 £65,000 +30.00% 28
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 30 (1.89%) CMS
2 27 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.64%) Apache
4 20 (1.26%) Headless CMS
5 18 (1.13%) Confluence
6 11 (0.69%) nginx
7 10 (0.63%) Umbraco
8 8 (0.50%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.44%) IIS
9 7 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.31%) JBoss
11 4 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.25%) Kentico
11 4 (0.25%) WordPress
12 3 (0.19%) DNN
12 3 (0.19%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.19%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.19%) Sitefinity
12 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (0.88%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.063%) Revit
3 1 (0.063%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 11 (0.69%) Magento
2 8 (0.50%) Shopify
3 3 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.063%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 678 (42.70%) AWS
2 586 (36.90%) Azure
3 170 (10.71%) GitHub
4 142 (8.94%) Serverless
5 141 (8.88%) GCP
6 134 (8.44%) Azure DevOps
7 108 (6.80%) SaaS
8 79 (4.97%) AWS Lambda
9 77 (4.85%) Azure AI
10 60 (3.78%) GitHub Actions
11 47 (2.96%) Anthropic Claude
12 43 (2.71%) Amazon S3
12 43 (2.71%) GitHub Copilot
13 37 (2.33%) Power Platform
14 35 (2.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 34 (2.14%) AWS CloudFormation
16 32 (2.02%) Amazon ECS
17 29 (1.83%) Amazon SQS
18 27 (1.70%) Amazon EKS
19 26 (1.64%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.45%) Internet
2 22 (1.39%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.63%) VoIP
4 9 (0.57%) Broadband
4 9 (0.57%) DNS
4 9 (0.57%) HTTP
5 8 (0.50%) AMQP
6 7 (0.44%) Wireshark
7 6 (0.38%) Hyperconnected
8 5 (0.31%) Firewall
8 5 (0.31%) Intranet
8 5 (0.31%) SSL
9 4 (0.25%) LAN
9 4 (0.25%) WAN
10 2 (0.13%) Asterisk PBX
10 2 (0.13%) LTE
10 2 (0.13%) MQTT
11 1 (0.063%) Network Security
11 1 (0.063%) OpenVPN
11 1 (0.063%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (12.53%) MongoDB
2 160 (10.08%) PostgreSQL
3 143 (9.01%) Azure SQL Database
4 116 (7.30%) SQL Server
5 102 (6.42%) NoSQL
6 97 (6.11%) Elasticsearch
7 94 (5.92%) MySQL
8 85 (5.35%) Relational Database
9 42 (2.64%) DynamoDB
10 37 (2.33%) Redis
11 17 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (0.94%) Power BI
13 11 (0.69%) Big Data
13 11 (0.69%) Metadata
14 10 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (0.63%) Neo4j
15 9 (0.57%) Chroma
15 9 (0.57%) Pinecone
16 8 (0.50%) RDBMS
16 8 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 253 (15.93%) Git
2 75 (4.72%) Jenkins
3 64 (4.03%) GitLab
4 53 (3.34%) Cypress.io
5 46 (2.90%) JIRA
6 41 (2.58%) JUnit
7 40 (2.52%) Claude Code
8 29 (1.83%) Subversion
9 25 (1.57%) Eclipse
9 25 (1.57%) Vite
10 23 (1.45%) Maven
10 23 (1.45%) Selenium
11 21 (1.32%) Bitbucket
12 18 (1.13%) Mockito
13 12 (0.76%) Storybook
14 11 (0.69%) Postman
15 10 (0.63%) TeamCity
15 10 (0.63%) Visual Studio
16 8 (0.50%) SonarQube
17 7 (0.44%) NUnit
General
1 340 (21.41%) Social Skills
2 260 (16.37%) Finance
3 76 (4.79%) Retail
4 67 (4.22%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 64 (4.03%) Public Sector
6 52 (3.27%) Marketing
7 51 (3.21%) Law
8 44 (2.77%) Banking
9 36 (2.27%) Legal
10 29 (1.83%) Manufacturing
11 17 (1.07%) Investment Banking
12 16 (1.01%) Front Office
12 16 (1.01%) Legal Technology
13 14 (0.88%) Advertising
14 13 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (0.82%) Publishing
15 11 (0.69%) Financial Institution
15 11 (0.69%) Tech for Good
16 10 (0.63%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 803 (50.57%) Developer
2 346 (21.79%) Senior
3 328 (20.65%) Software Engineer
4 261 (16.44%) Full-Stack Developer
5 209 (13.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 199 (12.53%) .NET Developer
7 163 (10.26%) Lead
8 148 (9.32%) Senior Developer
9 123 (7.75%) React Developer
10 118 (7.43%) Senior Software Engineer
11 81 (5.10%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 77 (4.85%) Software Developer
13 63 (3.97%) Java Developer
14 62 (3.90%) Lead Developer
15 59 (3.72%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
16 58 (3.65%) Python Engineer
17 56 (3.53%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 41 (2.58%) Java Engineer
18 41 (2.58%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
19 40 (2.52%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 464 (29.22%) .NET
2 452 (28.46%) Node.js
3 244 (15.37%) REST
4 243 (15.30%) AngularJS
5 239 (15.05%) RESTful
6 225 (14.17%) ASP.NET
7 205 (12.91%) CSS
8 204 (12.85%) .NET Core
9 203 (12.78%) ASP.NET Core
10 184 (11.59%) HTML
10 184 (11.59%) Terraform
11 176 (11.08%) Vue
12 175 (11.02%) Next.js
13 162 (10.20%) Blazor
14 131 (8.25%) Spring
15 107 (6.74%) Spring Boot
16 95 (5.98%) React Native
17 91 (5.73%) .NET Framework
18 86 (5.42%) ASP.NET Web API
19 67 (4.22%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 237 (14.92%) Cloud Native
2 102 (6.42%) Distributed Systems
3 85 (5.35%) Greenfield Project
4 66 (4.16%) Mobile App
5 64 (4.03%) Product Ownership
6 59 (3.72%) AI Agents
7 55 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
8 37 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
9 35 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
10 30 (1.89%) Virtual Team
11 26 (1.64%) Algorithms
12 22 (1.39%) Data Structures
13 18 (1.13%) Onboarding
13 18 (1.13%) Social Media
14 17 (1.07%) iPhone
15 15 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 14 (0.88%) Augmented Reality
16 14 (0.88%) Virtual Reality
17 13 (0.82%) IoT
18 12 (0.76%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 69 (4.35%) Linux
2 31 (1.95%) Android
3 19 (1.20%) Windows
4 16 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 16 (1.01%) Debian
4 16 (1.01%) Ubuntu
5 8 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.50%) Unix
6 7 (0.44%) CentOS
7 3 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.063%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 898 (56.55%) Full-Stack Development
2 692 (43.58%) Agile
3 582 (36.65%) Software Engineering
4 577 (36.34%) CI/CD
5 478 (30.10%) AI
6 397 (25.00%) Microservices
7 369 (23.24%) DevOps
8 316 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
9 296 (18.64%) Mentoring
10 233 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 204 (12.85%) Test Automation
12 195 (12.28%) Code Quality
13 183 (11.52%) Scrum
14 182 (11.46%) Front End Development
15 174 (10.96%) Infrastructure as Code
16 169 (10.64%) Containerisation
17 155 (9.76%) Clean Code
18 151 (9.51%) SDLC
19 144 (9.07%) Computer Science
20 139 (8.75%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 826 (52.02%) TypeScript
2 760 (47.86%) JavaScript
3 481 (30.29%) C#
4 428 (26.95%) SQL
5 400 (25.19%) Python
6 280 (17.63%) Java
7 64 (4.03%) C++
8 63 (3.97%) PHP
9 62 (3.90%) Go
10 47 (2.96%) Ruby
11 29 (1.83%) Rust
12 26 (1.64%) Bash
12 26 (1.64%) Perl
13 22 (1.39%) PL/SQL
14 18 (1.13%) Kotlin
15 11 (0.69%) PowerShell
16 9 (0.57%) Swift
16 9 (0.57%) T-SQL
17 8 (0.50%) Scala
18 5 (0.31%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 194 (12.22%) Degree
2 157 (9.89%) Security Cleared
3 121 (7.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 108 (6.80%) SC Cleared
5 32 (2.02%) DV Cleared
6 30 (1.89%) Master's Degree
7 10 (0.63%) AWS Certification
7 10 (0.63%) MBA
8 7 (0.44%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.31%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.19%) ICAEW
11 3 (0.19%) OCP
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
11 3 (0.19%) PhD
11 3 (0.19%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 2 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.063%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (6.23%) QA
2 84 (5.29%) Accessibility
3 25 (1.57%) WCAG
4 13 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (0.69%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.69%) GDPR
6 8 (0.50%) GRC
7 5 (0.31%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.19%) NIST
9 2 (0.13%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.063%) SLA
System Software
1 282 (17.76%) Docker
2 6 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.19%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 217 (13.66%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.83%) Ansible
3 17 (1.07%) Grafana
4 15 (0.94%) Prometheus
5 12 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.50%) Puppet
7 6 (0.38%) Podman
8 5 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.31%) Kibana
8 5 (0.31%) Nagios
8 5 (0.31%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.25%) Argo
9 4 (0.25%) Packer
10 3 (0.19%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.19%) Plesk
11 1 (0.063%) Consul
11 1 (0.063%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 251 (15.81%) Microsoft
2 72 (4.53%) Google
3 45 (2.83%) OpenAI
4 30 (1.89%) Oracle
5 23 (1.45%) Facebook
5 23 (1.45%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.01%) Databricks
7 15 (0.94%) Red Hat
7 15 (0.94%) Splunk
8 13 (0.82%) Mistral
8 13 (0.82%) Palantir
9 12 (0.76%) Foundry
9 12 (0.76%) Sony
10 10 (0.63%) Apple
10 10 (0.63%) New Relic
10 10 (0.63%) Yahoo!
11 8 (0.50%) IBM
12 7 (0.44%) SaltStack
13 6 (0.38%) AppDynamics
13 6 (0.38%) Solace