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 14 October 2026.

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

 6 months to
14 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 743 629 674
Rank change year-on-year -114 +45 -77
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior React Developer 61 37 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.051% 0.075% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.084% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 50 31 61
10th Percentile £50,000 £62,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £64,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +11.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 - £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £70,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year -0.71% +25.33% -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 109,855 44,157 67,766
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 89.76% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 74,567 25,766 38,707
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

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 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior React Developer in the UK

Senior React Developer
Top 14 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 14 October 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 -106 59 £70,000 +6.87% 28
UK excluding London -99 46 £70,000 -0.71% 12
Midlands -31 23 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Work from Home -52 19 £69,000 +3.76% 13
West Midlands -22 17 £70,000 +27.27% 3
London -68 15 £70,000 +7.69% 17
North of England -48 13 £75,000 -6.25% 4
East Midlands - 6 £50,000 - 2
North West - 6 £90,000 - 2
Yorkshire -31 4 £63,750 -20.31% 2
South East -42 4 £85,000 +13.33%
East of England - 4 £60,000 - 2
North East - 3 £75,000 -
Scotland - 2 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 14 October 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 38 (62.30%) React
2 36 (59.02%) TypeScript
3 26 (42.62%) Agile
4 25 (40.98%) Azure
5 24 (39.34%) AWS
6 20 (32.79%) CI/CD
7 18 (29.51%) Front End Development
7 18 (29.51%) JavaScript
7 18 (29.51%) Scrum
8 17 (27.87%) Mentoring
8 17 (27.87%) REST
9 16 (26.23%) Python
10 15 (24.59%) Full-Stack Development
11 13 (21.31%) Code Quality
11 13 (21.31%) RESTful
12 12 (19.67%) Accessibility
12 12 (19.67%) AI
12 12 (19.67%) QA
13 11 (18.03%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (18.03%) LLM
13 11 (18.03%) Playwright
13 11 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (18.03%) SC Cleared
13 11 (18.03%) Security Cleared
14 9 (14.75%) SDLC
14 9 (14.75%) Sprint Planning
14 9 (14.75%) Technical Architecture
14 9 (14.75%) User Experience
15 8 (13.11%) Docker
15 8 (13.11%) E-Commerce

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.28%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.64%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 25 (40.98%) Azure
2 24 (39.34%) AWS
3 7 (11.48%) AWS Lambda
3 7 (11.48%) Serverless
4 5 (8.20%) GitHub
5 3 (4.92%) Datadog
5 3 (4.92%) GCP
5 3 (4.92%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.48%) DynamoDB
1 7 (11.48%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (3.28%) MySQL
2 2 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.64%) Redis
3 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (8.20%) GitLab
2 4 (6.56%) Git
3 2 (3.28%) Cypress.io
General
1 14 (22.95%) Finance
2 10 (16.39%) Health Technology
2 10 (16.39%) Tech for Good
3 7 (11.48%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.56%) Publishing
5 3 (4.92%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.28%) Billing
7 1 (1.64%) Banking
7 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.64%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.64%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (62.30%) React
2 17 (27.87%) REST
3 13 (21.31%) RESTful
4 11 (18.03%) Playwright
5 8 (13.11%) Swagger
6 7 (11.48%) Node.js
7 5 (8.20%) React Native
8 4 (6.56%) CSS
8 4 (6.56%) CSS3
8 4 (6.56%) HTML
8 4 (6.56%) HTML5
8 4 (6.56%) Material-UI
8 4 (6.56%) Redux
9 3 (4.92%) Electron
9 3 (4.92%) GraphQL
9 3 (4.92%) Jest
10 2 (3.28%) Laravel
10 2 (3.28%) Next.js
10 2 (3.28%) Semantic HTML
10 2 (3.28%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (42.62%) Agile
2 20 (32.79%) CI/CD
3 18 (29.51%) Front End Development
3 18 (29.51%) Scrum
4 17 (27.87%) Mentoring
5 15 (24.59%) Full-Stack Development
6 13 (21.31%) Code Quality
7 12 (19.67%) AI
8 11 (18.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (18.03%) LLM
8 11 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (14.75%) SDLC
9 9 (14.75%) Sprint Planning
9 9 (14.75%) Technical Architecture
9 9 (14.75%) User Experience
10 8 (13.11%) E-Commerce
10 8 (13.11%) Progressive Enhancement
10 8 (13.11%) TDD
10 8 (13.11%) Test Automation
10 8 (13.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (59.02%) TypeScript
2 18 (29.51%) JavaScript
3 16 (26.23%) Python
4 6 (9.84%) C#
5 5 (8.20%) SQL
6 2 (3.28%) PHP
6 2 (3.28%) Rust
7 1 (1.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (18.03%) SC Cleared
1 11 (18.03%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.64%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.67%) Accessibility
1 12 (19.67%) QA
2 3 (4.92%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (13.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) Grafana
1 3 (4.92%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (3.28%) Pega
1 2 (3.28%) WooCommerce
2 1 (1.64%) Databricks
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft
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