React Job Trends in the South East

React.js
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring React skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 83 46
Rank change year-on-year -18 -37 -7
Permanent jobs citing React 233 256 771
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.61% 3.25% 4.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 16.95% 21.46% 25.62%
Number of salaries quoted 197 204 599
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -2.44% -5.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,500 £87,500 £93,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,375 1,193 3,009
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.49% 15.15% 18.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,181 838 2,468
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,925 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £83,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £66,500 £66,254 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.37% +10.42% -11.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

React job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing React.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing React

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing React in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for React in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing React within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Thames Valley -15 89 £75,000 +19.52% 24
Berkshire +18 55 £75,000 -3.23% 13
Surrey -10 38 £55,000 -13.73% 21
East Sussex +8 35 £50,000 -9.09% 2
Hampshire -39 33 £60,000 +4.35% 12
Buckinghamshire -9 19 £72,500 +20.83% 8
West Sussex -9 15 £72,500 - 6
Oxfordshire -33 15 £65,000 +18.18% 3
Kent -34 14 £70,000 +21.74% 4
Sussex - 7 £75,000 - 1
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (3.43%) Confluence
2 7 (3.00%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.29%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.86%) Apache
5 1 (0.43%) Camunda
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 81 (34.76%) AWS
2 70 (30.04%) Azure
3 31 (13.30%) GitHub
4 26 (11.16%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (11.16%) SaaS
5 18 (7.73%) Serverless
6 14 (6.01%) Amazon ECS
7 13 (5.58%) Amazon S3
8 12 (5.15%) Amazon EKS
8 12 (5.15%) GCP
9 9 (3.86%) Figma
10 8 (3.43%) Amazon SQS
10 8 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (3.43%) Stripe
11 7 (3.00%) Azure AI
12 6 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.72%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.72%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.72%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.72%) Internet
2 3 (1.29%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.86%) Hyperconnected
4 1 (0.43%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (0.43%) VoIP
4 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.16%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (8.58%) MongoDB
3 15 (6.44%) SQL Server
4 14 (6.01%) Azure SQL Database
5 13 (5.58%) Relational Database
6 9 (3.86%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (3.86%) MySQL
7 5 (2.15%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.29%) Metadata
8 3 (1.29%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.86%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.43%) Power BI
10 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.43%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 38 (16.31%) Git
2 16 (6.87%) Jenkins
3 13 (5.58%) JIRA
4 4 (1.72%) JUnit
5 3 (1.29%) GitLab
5 3 (1.29%) Yeoman
6 2 (0.86%) Babel
6 2 (0.86%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.86%) rollup.js
6 2 (0.86%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.86%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.43%) Ant
7 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.43%) Gradle
7 1 (0.43%) Maven
7 1 (0.43%) Mockito
7 1 (0.43%) NUnit
7 1 (0.43%) Selenium
7 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
General
1 32 (13.73%) Social Skills
2 25 (10.73%) Finance
3 15 (6.44%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.86%) Retail
5 6 (2.58%) Public Sector
6 4 (1.72%) Marketing
7 3 (1.29%) Automotive
8 2 (0.86%) Legal
8 2 (0.86%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.86%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.43%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.43%) Aviation
9 1 (0.43%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.43%) Law
9 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.43%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 183 (78.54%) Developer
2 70 (30.04%) Full-Stack Developer
3 57 (24.46%) Senior
4 44 (18.88%) React Developer
5 42 (18.03%) Senior Developer
6 31 (13.30%) Software Engineer
7 27 (11.59%) .NET Developer
8 23 (9.87%) Java Developer
9 19 (8.15%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 19 (8.15%) Python Developer
10 17 (7.30%) JavaScript Developer
10 17 (7.30%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (6.01%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 14 (6.01%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (5.15%) Lead
13 11 (4.72%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 10 (4.29%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 10 (4.29%) Software Developer
14 10 (4.29%) Web Developer
15 9 (3.86%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (28.76%) .NET
2 53 (22.75%) Node.js
3 51 (21.89%) AngularJS
4 50 (21.46%) CSS
4 50 (21.46%) HTML
5 33 (14.16%) REST
6 29 (12.45%) ASP.NET
7 25 (10.73%) RESTful
8 23 (9.87%) ASP.NET Core
9 22 (9.44%) .NET Core
10 21 (9.01%) React Native
11 18 (7.73%) Spring Boot
12 17 (7.30%) jQuery
12 17 (7.30%) Web Services
13 16 (6.87%) Blazor
13 16 (6.87%) Bootstrap
13 16 (6.87%) Laravel
13 16 (6.87%) Vue
14 15 (6.44%) Spring
15 11 (4.72%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.58%) Mobile App
2 14 (6.01%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.72%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.43%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.43%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (3.00%) IoT
6 7 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.15%) Cybercrime
7 5 (2.15%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.72%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.86%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.86%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.86%) N-Tier
10 2 (0.86%) Robotics
10 2 (0.86%) Social Network
10 2 (0.86%) Video\Live Streaming
11 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.29%) Linux
2 1 (0.43%) Android
2 1 (0.43%) Debian
2 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.43%) Unix
2 1 (0.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (46.35%) Full-Stack Development
2 105 (45.06%) Agile
3 59 (25.32%) Software Engineering
4 50 (21.46%) Microservices
5 49 (21.03%) DevOps
6 46 (19.74%) Scrum
7 45 (19.31%) CI/CD
8 43 (18.45%) TDD
9 31 (13.30%) Front End Development
10 30 (12.88%) Clean Code
11 26 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (10.73%) Mentoring
13 23 (9.87%) B2B
13 23 (9.87%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (9.01%) Containerisation
14 21 (9.01%) User Experience
15 20 (8.58%) AI
16 19 (8.15%) Software Delivery
17 18 (7.73%) Test Automation
18 17 (7.30%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 104 (44.64%) TypeScript
2 102 (43.78%) JavaScript
3 54 (23.18%) SQL
4 53 (22.75%) C#
5 43 (18.45%) Python
6 32 (13.73%) Java
7 16 (6.87%) PHP
8 10 (4.29%) Ruby
9 7 (3.00%) Go
10 5 (2.15%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.29%) C++
11 3 (1.29%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.29%) Rust
11 3 (1.29%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.86%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.43%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.43%) Bash
13 1 (0.43%) Groovy
13 1 (0.43%) Perl
13 1 (0.43%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 20 (8.58%) Degree
2 19 (8.15%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.58%) SC Cleared
4 11 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.29%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.29%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (0.86%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.43%) HNC
8 1 (0.43%) HND
8 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.86%) QA
2 2 (0.86%) GDPR
3 1 (0.43%) NCSC
3 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (14.59%) Docker
2 5 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (12.88%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.58%) Terraform
3 6 (2.58%) Ansible
4 4 (1.72%) Kibana
Vendors
1 25 (10.73%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.43%) HubSpot
3 5 (2.15%) AppDynamics
3 5 (2.15%) Oracle
4 4 (1.72%) IBM
5 1 (0.43%) Google
5 1 (0.43%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.43%) Sage
5 1 (0.43%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.43%) Zend