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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 43 42
Rank change year-on-year -47 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing React 1,286 2,594 3,003
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.31% 5.49% 4.98%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 20.03% 25.10% 21.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,068 1,557 2,697
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £110,000 £111,250
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 6,420 10,335 14,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.53% 21.88% 23.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,893 6,069 12,060
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £38,500
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 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -7.41%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -31 569 £90,000 +5.88% 319
North of England -42 230 £65,000 +8.33% 201
South East -71 190 £65,000 +4.00% 317
Midlands -23 128 £62,500 +4.17% 91
North West -33 115 £65,000 +6.12% 110
Yorkshire -16 101 £65,000 -3.70% 68
South West -49 95 £62,500 +4.17% 115
East Midlands -9 65 £65,000 +8.33% 52
West Midlands -13 63 £60,000 -4.00% 39
East of England -74 48 £60,000 -11.11% 120
North East -43 14 £58,750 +11.90% 23
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 25 (1.94%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (1.63%) Confluence
3 18 (1.40%) CMS
4 13 (1.01%) Apache
5 9 (0.70%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.62%) Headless CMS
6 8 (0.62%) nginx
7 7 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.54%) IIS
8 6 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.31%) Appian
9 4 (0.31%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.31%) WordPress
10 3 (0.23%) Liferay
11 2 (0.16%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.078%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.078%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.078%) JBoss
12 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.078%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (0.70%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.16%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.16%) Sketch
4 1 (0.078%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 8 (0.62%) Shopify
2 7 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.078%) Magento
4 1 (0.078%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 593 (46.11%) AWS
2 409 (31.80%) Azure
3 174 (13.53%) Serverless
4 150 (11.66%) GitHub
5 140 (10.89%) GCP
6 133 (10.34%) SaaS
7 107 (8.32%) AWS Lambda
8 93 (7.23%) Amazon S3
9 76 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
10 52 (4.04%) GitHub Actions
11 50 (3.89%) Amazon EKS
12 43 (3.34%) Figma
13 41 (3.19%) Amazon SQS
14 25 (1.94%) Amazon ECS
15 24 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
16 20 (1.56%) Azure Functions
16 20 (1.56%) dbt
17 19 (1.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 19 (1.48%) Azure Service Bus
17 19 (1.48%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.93%) Internet
2 10 (0.78%) AMQP
3 7 (0.54%) Broadband
4 4 (0.31%) HTTP
5 2 (0.16%) DNS
5 2 (0.16%) SSL
6 1 (0.078%) Firewall
6 1 (0.078%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.078%) LTE
6 1 (0.078%) MQTT
6 1 (0.078%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (10.19%) PostgreSQL
2 97 (7.54%) NoSQL
3 94 (7.31%) SQL Server
4 73 (5.68%) Relational Database
5 66 (5.13%) MySQL
6 60 (4.67%) DynamoDB
7 53 (4.12%) Elasticsearch
7 53 (4.12%) MongoDB
8 28 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
9 19 (1.48%) Redis
10 18 (1.40%) Apache Arrow
10 18 (1.40%) Neo4j
11 17 (1.32%) Amazon Athena
11 17 (1.32%) Apache Iceberg
11 17 (1.32%) Dremio
12 14 (1.09%) DB2
13 12 (0.93%) BigQuery
13 12 (0.93%) Pinecone
14 10 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (0.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 168 (13.06%) Git
2 62 (4.82%) Jenkins
3 37 (2.88%) Cypress.io
4 36 (2.80%) JIRA
5 24 (1.87%) TeamCity
6 23 (1.79%) Selenium
7 22 (1.71%) GitLab
7 22 (1.71%) Storybook
7 22 (1.71%) Vite
8 21 (1.63%) Bitbucket
9 20 (1.56%) webpack
10 19 (1.48%) Cucumber
11 13 (1.01%) JUnit
12 9 (0.70%) CircleCI
13 8 (0.62%) gulp
13 8 (0.62%) Maven
14 7 (0.54%) Mockito
15 6 (0.47%) git-flow
16 5 (0.39%) Babel
16 5 (0.39%) Postman
General
1 314 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 184 (14.31%) Finance
3 79 (6.14%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (4.35%) Banking
5 55 (4.28%) Front Office
6 48 (3.73%) Retail
7 44 (3.42%) Public Sector
8 40 (3.11%) Law
9 34 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (1.94%) Investment Banking
11 22 (1.71%) Marketing
12 20 (1.56%) Games
13 19 (1.48%) Tech for Good
14 17 (1.32%) Health Technology
15 14 (1.09%) Legal
16 9 (0.70%) Manufacturing
16 9 (0.70%) Publishing
17 8 (0.62%) Back Office
18 6 (0.47%) Multimedia
19 5 (0.39%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 702 (54.59%) Developer
2 315 (24.49%) Senior
3 252 (19.60%) Full-Stack Developer
3 252 (19.60%) Software Engineer
4 174 (13.53%) React Developer
5 161 (12.52%) Lead
6 152 (11.82%) Senior Developer
7 135 (10.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 103 (8.01%) Python Developer
9 79 (6.14%) .NET Developer
10 77 (5.99%) Java Developer
11 76 (5.91%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 71 (5.52%) Senior Software Engineer
13 57 (4.43%) Lead Developer
13 57 (4.43%) Software Developer
14 53 (4.12%) AWS Developer
15 49 (3.81%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 48 (3.73%) C# Developer
17 43 (3.34%) Architect
17 43 (3.34%) Full-Stack Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 372 (28.93%) Node.js
2 304 (23.64%) .NET
3 280 (21.77%) CSS
4 272 (21.15%) HTML
5 264 (20.53%) AngularJS
6 191 (14.85%) REST
7 190 (14.77%) Vue
8 138 (10.73%) RESTful
9 107 (8.32%) .NET Core
10 103 (8.01%) Next.js
11 95 (7.39%) Spring
12 89 (6.92%) GraphQL
13 87 (6.77%) Spring Boot
14 78 (6.07%) ASP.NET
15 67 (5.21%) React Native
16 66 (5.13%) Django
17 65 (5.05%) .NET Framework
18 57 (4.43%) WebSockets
19 52 (4.04%) Jest
20 50 (3.89%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 141 (10.96%) Cloud Native
2 79 (6.14%) Mobile App
3 55 (4.28%) Product Ownership
4 49 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
5 48 (3.73%) Fixed Income
6 45 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
7 41 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (2.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 32 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.56%) Data Structures
9 20 (1.56%) Equities
10 19 (1.48%) IoT
11 17 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (1.32%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.17%) Virtual Team
13 11 (0.86%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.78%) AI Agents
14 10 (0.78%) Client/Server
14 10 (0.78%) Operational Technology
15 9 (0.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.64%) Linux
2 21 (1.63%) Android
3 17 (1.32%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.01%) Windows
5 5 (0.39%) CentOS
5 5 (0.39%) Debian
5 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.39%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.31%) Unix
7 2 (0.16%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.078%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (47.20%) Full-Stack Development
2 525 (40.82%) Agile
3 442 (34.37%) Software Engineering
4 419 (32.58%) CI/CD
5 266 (20.68%) DevOps
6 262 (20.37%) Microservices
7 253 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
8 216 (16.80%) User Experience
9 214 (16.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 204 (15.86%) AI
11 202 (15.71%) Mentoring
12 190 (14.77%) Front End Development
13 138 (10.73%) Clean Code
14 133 (10.34%) Containerisation
15 132 (10.26%) Scrum
16 122 (9.49%) Computer Science
16 122 (9.49%) TDD
17 116 (9.02%) Test Automation
18 105 (8.16%) Infrastructure as Code
19 98 (7.62%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 634 (49.30%) JavaScript
2 622 (48.37%) TypeScript
3 335 (26.05%) Python
4 296 (23.02%) Java
5 257 (19.98%) SQL
6 253 (19.67%) C#
7 68 (5.29%) PHP
8 45 (3.50%) Go
9 25 (1.94%) Kotlin
10 23 (1.79%) PowerShell
11 22 (1.71%) C
12 17 (1.32%) Rust
13 13 (1.01%) Ruby
14 12 (0.93%) C++
14 12 (0.93%) Scala
15 11 (0.86%) Bash
16 6 (0.47%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.47%) R
17 5 (0.39%) Bicep
17 5 (0.39%) RPG
Qualifications
1 142 (11.04%) Degree
2 121 (9.41%) Security Cleared
3 68 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 67 (5.21%) SC Cleared
5 46 (3.58%) DV Cleared
6 26 (2.02%) AWS Certification
7 18 (1.40%) AWS Certified Developer
8 16 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (0.78%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.54%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.39%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.39%) MCP
12 4 (0.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 3 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.23%) ISEB
13 3 (0.23%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (5.60%) QA
2 67 (5.21%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.24%) WCAG
4 11 (0.86%) SLA
5 4 (0.31%) GDPR
5 4 (0.31%) NCSC
6 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.23%) NIST
6 3 (0.23%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.078%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.078%) Data Quality
System Software
1 209 (16.25%) Docker
2 13 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.078%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 200 (15.55%) Kubernetes
2 139 (10.81%) Terraform
3 17 (1.32%) Grafana
4 14 (1.09%) Argo
5 13 (1.01%) Ansible
6 9 (0.70%) Kibana
7 5 (0.39%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.39%) Puppet
8 3 (0.23%) cPanel
8 3 (0.23%) Nagios
8 3 (0.23%) Plesk
9 1 (0.078%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.078%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.078%) Istio
9 1 (0.078%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.078%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 80 (6.22%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.18%) OpenAI
3 27 (2.10%) Atlassian
3 27 (2.10%) Google
4 19 (1.48%) Oracle
5 13 (1.01%) HubSpot
6 12 (0.93%) Red Hat
7 10 (0.78%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (0.62%) Salesforce
9 7 (0.54%) Adobe
9 7 (0.54%) Foundry
10 6 (0.47%) Databricks
10 6 (0.47%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.39%) IBM
11 5 (0.39%) SaltStack
11 5 (0.39%) SAP
12 4 (0.31%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.31%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.31%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.31%) Informatica