React Job Trends in Scotland

React.js
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 37 31
Rank change year-on-year -65 -6 +6
Permanent jobs citing React 44 111 719
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.38% 5.72% 11.72%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.46% 27.14% 33.82%
Number of salaries quoted 32 90 207
10th Percentile £27,500 £42,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £33,688 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £85,253 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,831 £98,474 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 353 409 2,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.05% 21.06% 34.65%
Number of salaries quoted 156 311 635
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £39,567 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.32%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £80,000 £98,474 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.83% +10.35% -11.11%

React
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

React job vacancy trend in Scotland

React
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing React.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing React

React
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing React in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Salary histogram for React in Scotland

React
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing React within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 April 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
Edinburgh -35 21 £72,415 +11.41% 8
Glasgow -20 16 £60,000 +4.35% 6
South Lanarkshire - 4 £60,000 - 1
Aberdeen -10 3 £30,000 -57.75% 1
React
UK

React
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (47.73%) Azure
2 17 (38.64%) AWS
3 7 (15.91%) Serverless
4 5 (11.36%) GCP
4 5 (11.36%) SaaS
5 1 (2.27%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (2.27%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.27%) Azure AI
5 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.64%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.27%) DynamoDB
3 1 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.27%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Storybook
General
1 7 (15.91%) Finance
2 6 (13.64%) Marketing
2 6 (13.64%) Multimedia
3 4 (9.09%) Local Government
4 3 (6.82%) Tech for Good
5 2 (4.55%) Social Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Banking
6 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Private Banking
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (50.00%) Developer
2 7 (15.91%) Senior
2 7 (15.91%) Software Engineer
3 6 (13.64%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 6 (13.64%) Trainee
3 6 (13.64%) Trainee Developer
3 6 (13.64%) Trainee Web Developer
3 6 (13.64%) Web Developer
4 5 (11.36%) Full-Stack Developer
4 5 (11.36%) Senior Developer
5 4 (9.09%) Mobile Developer
5 4 (9.09%) React Developer
5 4 (9.09%) Senior Mobile Developer
6 3 (6.82%) Architect
6 3 (6.82%) Technical Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) iOS Developer
7 2 (4.55%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Senior iOS Developer
8 1 (2.27%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (25.00%) Node.js
2 8 (18.18%) React Native
3 7 (15.91%) .NET
3 7 (15.91%) CSS
3 7 (15.91%) HTML
3 7 (15.91%) Next.js
4 6 (13.64%) JSON
4 6 (13.64%) JSON-LD
4 6 (13.64%) Tailwind CSS
5 5 (11.36%) AWS CDK
6 4 (9.09%) Vue
7 3 (6.82%) .NET Core
7 3 (6.82%) AngularJS
7 3 (6.82%) ASP.NET
7 3 (6.82%) Django
7 3 (6.82%) Spring Boot
8 2 (4.55%) .NET Framework
8 2 (4.55%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (4.55%) Entity Framework
9 1 (2.27%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (27.27%) Cloud Native
2 5 (11.36%) Mobile App
3 4 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.27%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.27%) BBC
4 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.27%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (38.64%) Software Engineering
2 14 (31.82%) Agile
3 11 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 11 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 10 (22.73%) Full-Stack Development
4 10 (22.73%) Microservices
5 7 (15.91%) OO
5 7 (15.91%) Web Development
6 6 (13.64%) Asset Management
6 6 (13.64%) Coaching
6 6 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (13.64%) Deployment Automation
6 6 (13.64%) DevOps
6 6 (13.64%) Mentoring
6 6 (13.64%) Performance Optimisation
6 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
6 6 (13.64%) SEO
6 6 (13.64%) Web Accessibility
7 5 (11.36%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 21 (47.73%) TypeScript
2 20 (45.45%) JavaScript
3 14 (31.82%) Python
4 10 (22.73%) Java
5 8 (18.18%) SQL
6 4 (9.09%) C#
7 1 (2.27%) Apex Code
7 1 (2.27%) Bicep
7 1 (2.27%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) AWS Certification
1 6 (13.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 6 (13.64%) Azure Certification
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (9.09%) AWS Certified Developer
3 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) Accessibility
1 6 (13.64%) WCAG
2 2 (4.55%) NCSC
2 2 (4.55%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.27%) Apple
2 1 (2.27%) Facebook
2 1 (2.27%) Google
2 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.27%) Sony
2 1 (2.27%) Xamarin
2 1 (2.27%) Yahoo!