Senior React Developer Job Trends

Senior React.js Developer
UK

The median Senior React.js Developer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 712 645 716
Rank change year-on-year -67 +71 -77
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior React Developer 56 33 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.054% 0.067% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.074% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 47 29 92
10th Percentile £63,000 £55,500 £45,125
25th Percentile £68,500 £57,500 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £91,000 £91,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year +20.00% +11.11% -19.64%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 97,263 44,589 81,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 90.05% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 66,554 26,541 55,776
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

Senior React Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior React Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior React Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior React Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior React Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior React Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior React Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior React Developer over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior React Developer in the UK

Senior React Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior React Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 August 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
England -50 56 £75,000 +15.38% 13
UK excluding London -57 37 £75,000 +20.00% 6
London -34 19 £75,000 +15.38% 9
Work from Home -23 16 £69,000 +7.81% 5
West Midlands -20 15 £70,000 +19.15% 1
Midlands -22 15 £70,000 +19.15% 2
North of England -33 12 £75,000 +11.11% 2
North West -1 5 £90,000 +20.00% 1
South West - 5 £75,000 -
South East -35 4 £85,000 +19.30% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £63,750 - 1
North East -50 3 £75,000 +36.36%
East of England - 1 £70,000 -

Senior React Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 August 2026, Senior React Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior React Developer in the job title.

1 34 (60.71%) React
2 33 (58.93%) AWS
3 30 (53.57%) TypeScript
4 26 (46.43%) Azure
5 24 (42.86%) Agile
6 23 (41.07%) JavaScript
7 20 (35.71%) Front End Development
8 18 (32.14%) CI/CD
9 17 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (28.57%) Scrum
11 15 (26.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (26.79%) Full-Stack Development
12 14 (25.00%) Python
13 13 (23.21%) QA
14 12 (21.43%) Mentoring
15 11 (19.64%) AI
15 11 (19.64%) RESTful
15 11 (19.64%) SC Cleared
15 11 (19.64%) Security Cleared
16 10 (17.86%) Code Quality
16 10 (17.86%) REST
17 9 (16.07%) Accessibility
17 9 (16.07%) SDLC
17 9 (16.07%) Sprint Planning
18 8 (14.29%) CSS
18 8 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
18 8 (14.29%) HTML
18 8 (14.29%) LLM
18 8 (14.29%) Node.js
18 8 (14.29%) Playwright

Senior React Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 33 (58.93%) AWS
2 26 (46.43%) Azure
3 7 (12.50%) AWS Lambda
3 7 (12.50%) Serverless
4 6 (10.71%) GCP
4 6 (10.71%) GitHub
4 6 (10.71%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.57%) Figma
5 2 (3.57%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.50%) DynamoDB
1 7 (12.50%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (3.57%) Redis
3 1 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.36%) Git
General
1 14 (25.00%) Finance
2 10 (17.86%) Health Technology
2 10 (17.86%) Tech for Good
3 7 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Publishing
5 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.57%) Legal
6 2 (3.57%) Legal Technology
7 1 (1.79%) Banking
7 1 (1.79%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (60.71%) React
2 11 (19.64%) RESTful
3 10 (17.86%) REST
4 8 (14.29%) CSS
4 8 (14.29%) HTML
4 8 (14.29%) Node.js
4 8 (14.29%) Playwright
4 8 (14.29%) React Native
5 7 (12.50%) Swagger
6 3 (5.36%) Electron
7 2 (3.57%) CSS3
7 2 (3.57%) HTML5
7 2 (3.57%) Kafka
7 2 (3.57%) Redux
7 2 (3.57%) Spring
8 1 (1.79%) Express.js
8 1 (1.79%) gRPC
8 1 (1.79%) Jest
8 1 (1.79%) Loki
8 1 (1.79%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.79%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.79%) Derivative
3 1 (1.79%) Energy Derivatives
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (42.86%) Agile
2 20 (35.71%) Front End Development
3 18 (32.14%) CI/CD
4 17 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (28.57%) Scrum
6 15 (26.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (26.79%) Full-Stack Development
7 12 (21.43%) Mentoring
8 11 (19.64%) AI
9 10 (17.86%) Code Quality
10 9 (16.07%) SDLC
10 9 (16.07%) Sprint Planning
11 8 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
11 8 (14.29%) LLM
11 8 (14.29%) Progressive Enhancement
11 8 (14.29%) TDD
11 8 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
11 8 (14.29%) Time Management
11 8 (14.29%) User Experience
12 7 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 30 (53.57%) TypeScript
2 23 (41.07%) JavaScript
3 14 (25.00%) Python
4 6 (10.71%) C#
5 3 (5.36%) Java
6 1 (1.79%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (19.64%) SC Cleared
1 11 (19.64%) Security Cleared
2 7 (12.50%) Degree
3 6 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (23.21%) QA
2 9 (16.07%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.79%) Grafana
2 1 (1.79%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (1.79%) Google