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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 38 31
Rank change year-on-year -69 -7 +1
Permanent jobs citing React 34 138 710
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.04% 6.76% 11.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 11.60% 35.29% 32.69%
Number of salaries quoted 27 71 182
10th Percentile £27,500 £42,500 £39,325
25th Percentile £37,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +2.13%
75th Percentile £65,000 £93,778 £74,721
90th Percentile £68,500 £98,474 £78,750
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 293 391 2,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.93% 19.15% 34.29%
Number of salaries quoted 144 252 633
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,313 £85,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £98,474 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 19 May 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 19 May 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
Glasgow -21 14 £55,000 -12.00% 7
Edinburgh -39 10 £52,500 -21.64% 3
South Lanarkshire +1 4 £60,000 -
Aberdeen -20 3 £30,000 -57.75%
Aberdeenshire - 3 £45,000 - 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 14 (41.18%) Azure
2 10 (29.41%) AWS
3 4 (11.76%) SaaS
4 3 (8.82%) GCP
5 2 (5.88%) Azure AI
5 2 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.88%) Serverless
6 1 (2.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (8.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.88%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Storybook
General
1 5 (14.71%) Multimedia
2 4 (11.76%) Local Government
3 2 (5.88%) Finance
3 2 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (2.94%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 25 (73.53%) Developer
2 8 (23.53%) Full-Stack Developer
3 7 (20.59%) Senior
4 5 (14.71%) Senior Developer
4 5 (14.71%) Software Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Trainee
4 5 (14.71%) Trainee Developer
4 5 (14.71%) Trainee Web Developer
4 5 (14.71%) Web Developer
5 4 (11.76%) Mobile Developer
5 4 (11.76%) React Developer
5 4 (11.76%) Senior Mobile Developer
6 3 (8.82%) .NET Developer
7 2 (5.88%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
7 2 (5.88%) iOS Developer
7 2 (5.88%) Senior iOS Developer
8 1 (2.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Product Engineer
8 1 (2.94%) Senior Software Developer
8 1 (2.94%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (23.53%) React Native
2 7 (20.59%) .NET
2 7 (20.59%) Node.js
3 5 (14.71%) .NET Core
3 5 (14.71%) ASP.NET
3 5 (14.71%) CSS
3 5 (14.71%) HTML
3 5 (14.71%) Tailwind CSS
4 4 (11.76%) AWS CDK
5 3 (8.82%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (8.82%) Blazor
5 3 (8.82%) Next.js
5 3 (8.82%) Vue
6 2 (5.88%) .NET Framework
6 2 (5.88%) AngularJS
6 2 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (5.88%) Entity Framework
6 2 (5.88%) JSON
6 2 (5.88%) JSON-LD
6 2 (5.88%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Cloud Native
2 5 (14.71%) Mobile App
3 4 (11.76%) Product Ownership
4 3 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (5.88%) BBC
5 2 (5.88%) Social Media
6 1 (2.94%) AI Agents
6 1 (2.94%) Educational Technology
6 1 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Full-Stack Development
2 13 (38.24%) Agile
3 8 (23.53%) Microservices
4 7 (20.59%) CI/CD
4 7 (20.59%) Software Engineering
4 7 (20.59%) Test Automation
5 5 (14.71%) Collaborative Engineering
5 5 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
5 5 (14.71%) Roadmaps
5 5 (14.71%) Web Development
6 4 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
6 4 (11.76%) Cross-Platform Development
6 4 (11.76%) DevOps
6 4 (11.76%) End-to-End Testing
6 4 (11.76%) Mobile Development
6 4 (11.76%) Technology Roadmap
6 4 (11.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 23 (67.65%) JavaScript
2 17 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 9 (26.47%) Python
3 9 (26.47%) SQL
4 5 (14.71%) Java
5 4 (11.76%) C#
6 1 (2.94%) Apex Code
6 1 (2.94%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) AWS Certification
1 5 (14.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 5 (14.71%) Azure Certification
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (11.76%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.88%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) Apple
2 2 (5.88%) Facebook
2 2 (5.88%) Google
2 2 (5.88%) Sony
2 2 (5.88%) Yahoo!
3 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.94%) Xamarin