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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 63 48
Rank change year-on-year -35 -15 -4
Permanent jobs citing React 1,605 1,760 3,591
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.82% 4.07% 4.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 17.42% 22.17% 21.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,314 1,235 2,758
10th Percentile £43,750 £44,850 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +15.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £88,750 £102,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £132,500 £108,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% -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 9,214 7,938 16,456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.46% 18.36% 19.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7,056 5,377 13,049
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.99% +11.67% -10.45%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -38 629 £85,000 -10.53% 143
North of England -4 365 £62,500 -3.85% 86
South East +18 256 £60,000 +4.35% 80
North West -21 179 £60,000 -11.11% 49
Midlands -25 152 £60,000 +4.35% 29
Yorkshire +22 132 £65,000 - 30
South West -42 115 £55,000 -8.33% 25
East Midlands -9 78 £60,000 +11.63% 16
West Midlands -36 74 £60,000 - 13
East of England 0 73 £55,000 -8.33% 18
North East -18 54 £62,500 +16.28% 9
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 29 (1.81%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.68%) CMS
3 18 (1.12%) Apache
4 15 (0.93%) Confluence
5 12 (0.75%) Headless CMS
5 12 (0.75%) IIS
6 9 (0.56%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.31%) WordPress
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.19%) CICS
8 3 (0.19%) DNN
8 3 (0.19%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.19%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.19%) Kentico
8 3 (0.19%) nginx
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.19%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 18 (1.12%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.062%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.062%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.56%) Shopify
2 5 (0.31%) Magento
3 3 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.062%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 722 (44.98%) AWS
2 573 (35.70%) Azure
3 168 (10.47%) GCP
4 162 (10.09%) Serverless
5 138 (8.60%) GitHub
6 135 (8.41%) Azure DevOps
7 112 (6.98%) SaaS
8 95 (5.92%) AWS Lambda
9 73 (4.55%) Azure AI
10 58 (3.61%) Amazon S3
11 43 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
12 37 (2.31%) Anthropic Claude
13 36 (2.24%) Power Platform
14 34 (2.12%) Figma
15 33 (2.06%) Amazon ECS
15 33 (2.06%) Amazon EKS
16 31 (1.93%) Amazon SQS
17 30 (1.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 29 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
19 28 (1.74%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.37%) Internet
2 20 (1.25%) Broadband
3 14 (0.87%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.44%) Hyperconnected
4 7 (0.44%) VoIP
5 6 (0.37%) AMQP
6 5 (0.31%) DNS
6 5 (0.31%) HTTP
6 5 (0.31%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.25%) Intranet
7 4 (0.25%) LAN
7 4 (0.25%) WAN
8 3 (0.19%) LTE
9 2 (0.12%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.12%) Firewall
9 2 (0.12%) MQTT
10 1 (0.062%) Network Security
10 1 (0.062%) SSL
10 1 (0.062%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (12.40%) MongoDB
2 147 (9.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 145 (9.03%) PostgreSQL
4 102 (6.36%) NoSQL
5 97 (6.04%) Elasticsearch
6 87 (5.42%) MySQL
7 79 (4.92%) SQL Server
8 61 (3.80%) Relational Database
9 52 (3.24%) DynamoDB
10 30 (1.87%) Redis
11 15 (0.93%) Neo4j
12 14 (0.87%) Power BI
13 12 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.75%) Metadata
14 10 (0.62%) RDBMS
15 9 (0.56%) Big Data
16 8 (0.50%) Amazon Athena
16 8 (0.50%) Pinecone
17 7 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 223 (13.89%) Git
2 69 (4.30%) Jenkins
3 56 (3.49%) JIRA
4 41 (2.55%) GitLab
5 39 (2.43%) Cypress.io
6 37 (2.31%) Claude Code
7 26 (1.62%) Vite
8 24 (1.50%) JUnit
9 21 (1.31%) Maven
10 20 (1.25%) Eclipse
11 19 (1.18%) Subversion
12 17 (1.06%) Bitbucket
13 13 (0.81%) CircleCI
13 13 (0.81%) Selenium
14 12 (0.75%) TeamCity
15 11 (0.69%) Mockito
15 11 (0.69%) webpack
16 9 (0.56%) Gradle
16 9 (0.56%) Storybook
17 8 (0.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 289 (18.01%) Social Skills
2 279 (17.38%) Finance
3 76 (4.74%) Front Office
4 72 (4.49%) Retail
5 70 (4.36%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (2.80%) Law
6 45 (2.80%) Public Sector
7 39 (2.43%) Legal
7 39 (2.43%) Marketing
8 36 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 35 (2.18%) Banking
10 23 (1.43%) Legal Technology
11 17 (1.06%) Advertising
12 16 (1.00%) Investment Banking
13 13 (0.81%) Manufacturing
13 13 (0.81%) Tech for Good
14 10 (0.62%) Health Technology
15 9 (0.56%) Automotive
15 9 (0.56%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.44%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 893 (55.64%) Developer
2 350 (21.81%) Senior
3 331 (20.62%) Software Engineer
4 279 (17.38%) Full-Stack Developer
5 228 (14.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 195 (12.15%) .NET Developer
7 179 (11.15%) Lead
8 177 (11.03%) React Developer
9 155 (9.66%) Senior Developer
10 107 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
11 101 (6.29%) Lead Developer
12 88 (5.48%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 71 (4.42%) Java Developer
13 71 (4.42%) Software Developer
14 70 (4.36%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
15 63 (3.93%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
16 61 (3.80%) Lead Software Engineer
17 55 (3.43%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
18 53 (3.30%) Python Engineer
19 48 (2.99%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 539 (33.58%) Node.js
2 421 (26.23%) .NET
3 224 (13.96%) AngularJS
4 221 (13.77%) RESTful
5 218 (13.58%) ASP.NET
6 202 (12.59%) ASP.NET Core
7 199 (12.40%) CSS
8 197 (12.27%) REST
9 193 (12.02%) .NET Core
10 191 (11.90%) HTML
11 185 (11.53%) Vue
12 158 (9.84%) Blazor
13 153 (9.53%) Next.js
14 110 (6.85%) Spring
15 92 (5.73%) Redux
16 91 (5.67%) GraphQL
17 89 (5.55%) Spring Boot
18 87 (5.42%) ASP.NET Web API
19 76 (4.74%) React Native
20 70 (4.36%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 191 (11.90%) Cloud Native
2 87 (5.42%) Distributed Systems
2 87 (5.42%) Greenfield Project
3 65 (4.05%) Mobile App
4 62 (3.86%) Product Ownership
5 60 (3.74%) Fixed Income
6 52 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
7 38 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (1.99%) AI Agents
9 25 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 22 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
11 21 (1.31%) Algorithms
12 20 (1.25%) Derivative
13 18 (1.12%) Equities
14 17 (1.06%) iPhone
14 17 (1.06%) Virtual Team
15 15 (0.93%) Onboarding
16 14 (0.87%) Data Structures
16 14 (0.87%) Social Media
17 13 (0.81%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 57 (3.55%) Linux
2 21 (1.31%) Android
3 14 (0.87%) Windows
4 10 (0.62%) Debian
5 9 (0.56%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.44%) Unix
7 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.25%) CentOS
8 4 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 923 (57.51%) Full-Stack Development
2 704 (43.86%) Agile
3 569 (35.45%) Software Engineering
4 468 (29.16%) CI/CD
5 399 (24.86%) AI
6 375 (23.36%) DevOps
7 363 (22.62%) Microservices
8 311 (19.38%) Mentoring
9 281 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
10 207 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 187 (11.65%) Scrum
12 180 (11.21%) Front End Development
13 174 (10.84%) Test Automation
14 155 (9.66%) Clean Code
15 153 (9.53%) Containerisation
16 143 (8.91%) Infrastructure as Code
17 141 (8.79%) User Experience
18 137 (8.54%) Code Quality
19 135 (8.41%) Computer Science
20 125 (7.79%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 841 (52.40%) TypeScript
2 792 (49.35%) JavaScript
3 425 (26.48%) C#
4 403 (25.11%) SQL
5 398 (24.80%) Python
6 281 (17.51%) Java
7 79 (4.92%) Go
8 70 (4.36%) PHP
9 45 (2.80%) C++
10 35 (2.18%) Ruby
11 21 (1.31%) Bash
11 21 (1.31%) PL/SQL
12 20 (1.25%) Rust
13 18 (1.12%) Perl
14 14 (0.87%) PowerShell
15 11 (0.69%) Kotlin
16 9 (0.56%) C
17 7 (0.44%) Bicep
17 7 (0.44%) Scala
17 7 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 161 (10.03%) Degree
2 121 (7.54%) Security Cleared
3 113 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 74 (4.61%) SC Cleared
5 31 (1.93%) DV Cleared
6 15 (0.93%) AWS Certification
7 12 (0.75%) Master's Degree
8 8 (0.50%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.37%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 3 (0.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.062%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.062%) HNC
14 1 (0.062%) HND
14 1 (0.062%) MBA
14 1 (0.062%) PhD
14 1 (0.062%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (5.48%) QA
2 53 (3.30%) Accessibility
3 12 (0.75%) WCAG
4 11 (0.69%) GDPR
5 7 (0.44%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.12%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.062%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.062%) SLA
7 1 (0.062%) SOC 2
System Software
1 252 (15.70%) Docker
2 9 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.25%) Firmware
5 2 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 185 (11.53%) Kubernetes
2 164 (10.22%) Terraform
3 22 (1.37%) Ansible
4 17 (1.06%) Grafana
5 14 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.81%) Podman
7 6 (0.37%) Kibana
8 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.25%) Puppet
10 3 (0.19%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.19%) Nagios
10 3 (0.19%) Plesk
11 2 (0.12%) Packer
11 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.062%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.062%) Argo
Vendors
1 231 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 57 (3.55%) Google
3 27 (1.68%) OpenAI
4 26 (1.62%) Oracle
5 13 (0.81%) Apple
6 12 (0.75%) Facebook
7 11 (0.69%) Palantir
7 11 (0.69%) Sony
7 11 (0.69%) Yahoo!
8 9 (0.56%) Databricks
8 9 (0.56%) Salesforce
9 8 (0.50%) Solace
9 8 (0.50%) Splunk
10 7 (0.44%) Atlassian
10 7 (0.44%) CrowdStrike
11 6 (0.37%) AppDynamics
12 5 (0.31%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.31%) Foundry
12 5 (0.31%) OneLogin
12 5 (0.31%) Red Hat