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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 84 49
Rank change year-on-year -39 -35 -5
Permanent jobs citing React 1,581 1,515 2,840
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.53% 3.50% 4.20%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 14.64% 20.09% 19.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,204 1,012 1,742
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 10,798 7,541 14,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.43% 17.40% 21.62%
Number of salaries quoted 7,855 4,990 9,229
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,024 £49,750
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 £113,750
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 27 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 27 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 -56 579 £85,000 -15.00% 1,010
North of England -5 353 £60,000 -7.69% 261
South East +32 277 £60,000 - 194
North West -12 200 £60,000 -7.69% 179
Midlands -26 148 £55,000 - 119
South West -33 138 £55,000 -8.33% 131
Yorkshire +8 100 £61,250 -7.55% 61
East Midlands -16 78 £52,500 -4.55% 41
East of England -22 70 £60,000 -4.00% 78
West Midlands -47 70 £55,000 -6.38% 78
North East -27 53 £65,000 +30.00% 22
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 31 (1.96%) CMS
2 26 (1.64%) Apache
2 26 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.33%) Headless CMS
4 18 (1.14%) Confluence
5 12 (0.76%) nginx
6 10 (0.63%) Umbraco
7 8 (0.51%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.44%) IIS
8 7 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.32%) JBoss
10 4 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.25%) Kentico
10 4 (0.25%) WordPress
11 3 (0.19%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.19%) Immediacy CMS
11 3 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.19%) Sitefinity
11 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (0.82%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.13%) Simulink
3 1 (0.063%) Revit
Business Applications
1 11 (0.70%) Magento
2 8 (0.51%) Shopify
3 3 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.063%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 675 (42.69%) AWS
2 577 (36.50%) Azure
3 170 (10.75%) GitHub
4 144 (9.11%) Serverless
5 137 (8.67%) GCP
6 132 (8.35%) Azure DevOps
7 107 (6.77%) SaaS
8 79 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
9 77 (4.87%) Azure AI
10 60 (3.80%) GitHub Actions
11 46 (2.91%) Anthropic Claude
12 44 (2.78%) Amazon S3
13 42 (2.66%) GitHub Copilot
14 37 (2.34%) Power Platform
15 34 (2.15%) AWS CloudFormation
15 34 (2.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 33 (2.09%) Amazon ECS
17 30 (1.90%) Amazon SQS
18 28 (1.77%) 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 (0.51%) AMQP
6 7 (0.44%) Wireshark
7 6 (0.38%) Hyperconnected
8 5 (0.32%) Firewall
8 5 (0.32%) Intranet
8 5 (0.32%) 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 (12.59%) MongoDB
2 161 (10.18%) PostgreSQL
3 143 (9.04%) Azure SQL Database
4 121 (7.65%) SQL Server
5 97 (6.14%) Elasticsearch
5 97 (6.14%) NoSQL
6 92 (5.82%) MySQL
7 88 (5.57%) Relational Database
8 42 (2.66%) DynamoDB
9 38 (2.40%) Redis
10 17 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (0.95%) Power BI
12 11 (0.70%) Big Data
12 11 (0.70%) Metadata
13 10 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.63%) Neo4j
14 9 (0.57%) Chroma
14 9 (0.57%) Pinecone
15 8 (0.51%) RDBMS
15 8 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 253 (16.00%) Git
2 76 (4.81%) Jenkins
3 65 (4.11%) GitLab
4 54 (3.42%) Cypress.io
5 42 (2.66%) JIRA
6 41 (2.59%) JUnit
7 39 (2.47%) Claude Code
8 29 (1.83%) Subversion
9 27 (1.71%) Vite
10 25 (1.58%) Eclipse
11 23 (1.45%) Maven
12 22 (1.39%) Selenium
13 21 (1.33%) Bitbucket
14 18 (1.14%) Mockito
15 13 (0.82%) Storybook
16 11 (0.70%) Postman
17 10 (0.63%) TeamCity
17 10 (0.63%) Visual Studio
18 8 (0.51%) SonarQube
19 7 (0.44%) NUnit
General
1 343 (21.70%) Social Skills
2 258 (16.32%) Finance
3 75 (4.74%) Retail
4 67 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
5 66 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (4.05%) Public Sector
7 52 (3.29%) Marketing
8 49 (3.10%) Law
9 43 (2.72%) Banking
10 36 (2.28%) Legal
11 30 (1.90%) Manufacturing
12 17 (1.08%) Investment Banking
12 17 (1.08%) Publishing
13 16 (1.01%) Front Office
13 16 (1.01%) Legal Technology
14 13 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (0.76%) Advertising
16 11 (0.70%) Financial Institution
16 11 (0.70%) Tech for Good
17 10 (0.63%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 797 (50.41%) Developer
2 347 (21.95%) Senior
3 332 (21.00%) Software Engineer
4 260 (16.45%) Full-Stack Developer
5 208 (13.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 198 (12.52%) .NET Developer
7 160 (10.12%) Lead
8 147 (9.30%) Senior Developer
9 120 (7.59%) React Developer
10 119 (7.53%) Senior Software Engineer
11 79 (5.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 77 (4.87%) Software Developer
13 62 (3.92%) Java Developer
14 60 (3.80%) Lead Developer
15 58 (3.67%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
16 57 (3.61%) Python Engineer
17 56 (3.54%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 40 (2.53%) Engineering Manager
18 40 (2.53%) Java Engineer
18 40 (2.53%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 464 (29.35%) .NET
2 454 (28.72%) Node.js
3 253 (16.00%) REST
4 238 (15.05%) RESTful
5 236 (14.93%) AngularJS
6 225 (14.23%) ASP.NET
7 205 (12.97%) .NET Core
8 203 (12.84%) ASP.NET Core
9 201 (12.71%) CSS
10 181 (11.45%) Terraform
11 180 (11.39%) HTML
12 175 (11.07%) Next.js
13 170 (10.75%) Vue
14 162 (10.25%) Blazor
15 133 (8.41%) Spring
16 110 (6.96%) Spring Boot
17 91 (5.76%) .NET Framework
17 91 (5.76%) React Native
18 86 (5.44%) ASP.NET Web API
19 67 (4.24%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 237 (14.99%) Cloud Native
2 104 (6.58%) Distributed Systems
3 85 (5.38%) Greenfield Project
4 65 (4.11%) Product Ownership
5 64 (4.05%) Mobile App
6 58 (3.67%) AI Agents
7 55 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
8 36 (2.28%) Enterprise Software
9 35 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
10 29 (1.83%) Virtual Team
11 27 (1.71%) Algorithms
12 23 (1.45%) Data Structures
13 18 (1.14%) Onboarding
13 18 (1.14%) Social Media
14 17 (1.08%) iPhone
15 15 (0.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 14 (0.89%) Augmented Reality
16 14 (0.89%) Virtual Reality
17 13 (0.82%) IoT
17 13 (0.82%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 70 (4.43%) Linux
2 30 (1.90%) Android
3 20 (1.27%) Windows
4 16 (1.01%) Debian
4 16 (1.01%) Ubuntu
5 15 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.51%) Unix
7 7 (0.44%) CentOS
8 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 895 (56.61%) Full-Stack Development
2 691 (43.71%) Agile
3 586 (37.07%) Software Engineering
4 585 (37.00%) CI/CD
5 481 (30.42%) AI
6 399 (25.24%) Microservices
7 365 (23.09%) DevOps
8 316 (19.99%) Problem-Solving
9 295 (18.66%) Mentoring
10 237 (14.99%) Continuous Improvement
11 205 (12.97%) Test Automation
12 199 (12.59%) Code Quality
13 185 (11.70%) Scrum
14 184 (11.64%) Front End Development
15 174 (11.01%) Infrastructure as Code
16 172 (10.88%) Containerisation
17 155 (9.80%) Clean Code
18 149 (9.42%) SDLC
19 145 (9.17%) Computer Science
20 135 (8.54%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 824 (52.12%) TypeScript
2 756 (47.82%) JavaScript
3 480 (30.36%) C#
4 428 (27.07%) SQL
5 398 (25.17%) Python
6 283 (17.90%) Java
7 65 (4.11%) C++
7 65 (4.11%) Go
8 63 (3.98%) PHP
9 45 (2.85%) Ruby
10 30 (1.90%) Rust
11 26 (1.64%) Bash
11 26 (1.64%) Perl
12 22 (1.39%) PL/SQL
13 17 (1.08%) Kotlin
14 11 (0.70%) PowerShell
15 10 (0.63%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.51%) Scala
16 8 (0.51%) Swift
17 5 (0.32%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 196 (12.40%) Degree
2 157 (9.93%) Security Cleared
3 122 (7.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 107 (6.77%) SC Cleared
5 32 (2.02%) DV Cleared
6 29 (1.83%) Master's Degree
7 10 (0.63%) AWS Certification
7 10 (0.63%) MBA
8 7 (0.44%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.32%) 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
12 2 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.063%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.07%) QA
2 86 (5.44%) Accessibility
3 26 (1.64%) WCAG
4 13 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (0.70%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.70%) GDPR
6 8 (0.51%) GRC
7 5 (0.32%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.19%) NIST
9 2 (0.13%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.063%) SLA
System Software
1 286 (18.09%) Docker
2 6 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.25%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 222 (14.04%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.83%) Ansible
3 17 (1.08%) Grafana
4 15 (0.95%) Prometheus
5 12 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.51%) Puppet
7 6 (0.38%) Podman
8 5 (0.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (0.32%) Kibana
8 5 (0.32%) Nagios
8 5 (0.32%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.25%) Argo
9 4 (0.25%) Packer
10 3 (0.19%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.19%) Plesk
11 2 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.063%) Consul
Vendors
1 254 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 71 (4.49%) Google
3 45 (2.85%) OpenAI
4 29 (1.83%) Oracle
5 23 (1.45%) Facebook
5 23 (1.45%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.01%) Databricks
7 15 (0.95%) Red Hat
7 15 (0.95%) 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 7 (0.44%) IBM
11 7 (0.44%) SaltStack
12 6 (0.38%) AppDynamics
12 6 (0.38%) Atlassian