Senior React Developer Job Trends

Senior React.js Developer
UK

The median Senior React.js Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 728 658 703
Rank change year-on-year -70 +45 -79
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior React Developer 54 34 109
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.051% 0.068% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.076% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 45 30 91
10th Percentile £62,000 £55,875 £47,500
25th Percentile £68,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £89,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% - -14.29%

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 99,566 44,909 78,876
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 89.96% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 68,087 26,709 53,036
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,650 £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 £72,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -6.54%

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 10 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 10 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 -66 54 £70,000 +7.69% 13
UK excluding London -73 36 £72,500 +20.83% 5
London -62 18 £70,000 +7.69% 7
West Midlands -17 15 £70,000 +19.15% 1
Midlands -23 15 £70,000 +19.15% 1
Work from Home -30 15 £69,000 +7.81% 3
North of England -37 12 £75,000 +11.11% 2
North West -8 5 £90,000 +20.00% 1
South East -29 4 £85,000 +13.33% 2
South West - 4 £67,500 -
Yorkshire - 4 £63,750 - 1
North East -55 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 10 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 33 (61.11%) React
2 32 (59.26%) AWS
3 29 (53.70%) TypeScript
4 25 (46.30%) Azure
5 23 (42.59%) Agile
6 22 (40.74%) JavaScript
7 20 (37.04%) Front End Development
8 17 (31.48%) CI/CD
9 16 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (29.63%) Scrum
10 14 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (25.93%) Full-Stack Development
10 14 (25.93%) Python
11 13 (24.07%) QA
12 12 (22.22%) Mentoring
13 11 (20.37%) AI
13 11 (20.37%) RESTful
13 11 (20.37%) SC Cleared
13 11 (20.37%) Security Cleared
14 10 (18.52%) Code Quality
14 10 (18.52%) REST
15 9 (16.67%) Accessibility
15 9 (16.67%) SDLC
15 9 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
16 8 (14.81%) End-to-End Testing
16 8 (14.81%) LLM
16 8 (14.81%) Playwright
16 8 (14.81%) Progressive Enhancement
16 8 (14.81%) TDD
16 8 (14.81%) Technical Architecture

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 32 (59.26%) AWS
2 25 (46.30%) Azure
3 7 (12.96%) AWS Lambda
3 7 (12.96%) Serverless
4 5 (9.26%) GCP
4 5 (9.26%) GitHub
4 5 (9.26%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.70%) Figma
5 2 (3.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.96%) DynamoDB
1 7 (12.96%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (3.70%) Redis
3 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (9.26%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.56%) Git
General
1 14 (25.93%) Finance
2 10 (18.52%) Health Technology
2 10 (18.52%) Tech for Good
3 6 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.41%) Publishing
5 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.70%) Legal
6 2 (3.70%) Legal Technology
7 1 (1.85%) Banking
7 1 (1.85%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (61.11%) React
2 11 (20.37%) RESTful
3 10 (18.52%) REST
4 8 (14.81%) Playwright
5 7 (12.96%) CSS
5 7 (12.96%) HTML
5 7 (12.96%) Node.js
5 7 (12.96%) React Native
5 7 (12.96%) Swagger
6 3 (5.56%) Electron
7 2 (3.70%) CSS3
7 2 (3.70%) HTML5
7 2 (3.70%) Kafka
7 2 (3.70%) Redux
7 2 (3.70%) Spring
8 1 (1.85%) Express.js
8 1 (1.85%) gRPC
8 1 (1.85%) Jest
8 1 (1.85%) Next.js
8 1 (1.85%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.41%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.85%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.85%) Derivative
3 1 (1.85%) Energy Derivatives
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (42.59%) Agile
2 20 (37.04%) Front End Development
3 17 (31.48%) CI/CD
4 16 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (29.63%) Scrum
5 14 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (25.93%) Full-Stack Development
6 12 (22.22%) Mentoring
7 11 (20.37%) AI
8 10 (18.52%) Code Quality
9 9 (16.67%) SDLC
9 9 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
10 8 (14.81%) End-to-End Testing
10 8 (14.81%) LLM
10 8 (14.81%) Progressive Enhancement
10 8 (14.81%) TDD
10 8 (14.81%) Technical Architecture
10 8 (14.81%) Time Management
10 8 (14.81%) User Experience
11 7 (12.96%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (53.70%) TypeScript
2 22 (40.74%) JavaScript
3 14 (25.93%) Python
4 6 (11.11%) C#
5 3 (5.56%) Java
6 1 (1.85%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) SC Cleared
1 11 (20.37%) Security Cleared
2 6 (11.11%) Degree
3 5 (9.26%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (24.07%) QA
2 9 (16.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.85%) Grafana
2 1 (1.85%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (1.85%) Google