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 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 656 627 738
Rank change year-on-year -29 +111 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior React Developer 52 37 129
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.085% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.095% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 45 36 115
10th Percentile £60,000 - £45,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +3.85% -13.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,938 £78,750
90th Percentile £88,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,750 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +4.17% -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 84,240 38,844 90,932
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 89.44% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 54,564 23,127 66,916
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +9.50% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 8 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior React Developer in the UK

Senior React Developer
Top 10 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 8 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
England -28 52 £75,000 +11.11% 10
UK excluding London -62 27 £68,750 +10.00% 6
London +4 25 £80,000 -3.03% 4
Work from Home +4 13 £72,000 +6.67% 5
South East -31 12 £60,000 -11.11% 1
Midlands -22 8 £75,000 +25.00% 3
East Midlands - 6 £75,000 -
South West - 5 £75,000 -
West Midlands -27 2 £70,000 +16.67% 3
East of England - 2 £75,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 37 (71.15%) React
2 29 (55.77%) Full-Stack Development
3 26 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 25 (48.08%) TypeScript
5 24 (46.15%) AWS
6 19 (36.54%) Azure
7 18 (34.62%) HTML
8 16 (30.77%) CSS
8 16 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (28.85%) Agile
10 14 (26.92%) CI/CD
10 14 (26.92%) Python
11 12 (23.08%) GitHub
12 11 (21.15%) Clean Code
12 11 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (21.15%) Degree
12 11 (21.15%) Node.js
13 10 (19.23%) C#
14 9 (17.31%) .NET
14 9 (17.31%) AI
14 9 (17.31%) Collaborative Culture
14 9 (17.31%) Computer Science
14 9 (17.31%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (17.31%) Customer Experience
14 9 (17.31%) E-Commerce
14 9 (17.31%) GCP
14 9 (17.31%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (17.31%) Jenkins
14 9 (17.31%) Responsive Web Design
15 6 (11.54%) AWS Lambda

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 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 24 (46.15%) AWS
2 19 (36.54%) Azure
3 12 (23.08%) GitHub
4 9 (17.31%) GCP
4 9 (17.31%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (11.54%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (11.54%) Serverless
6 3 (5.77%) SaaS
7 2 (3.85%) Amazon S3
7 2 (3.85%) Figma
8 1 (1.92%) Azure App Service
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.92%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.69%) DynamoDB
1 4 (7.69%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (3.85%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.92%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (17.31%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.77%) Git
General
1 11 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 9 (17.31%) Finance
3 5 (9.62%) Health Technology
3 5 (9.62%) Tech for Good
4 4 (7.69%) Publishing
5 3 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.85%) Legal
7 1 (1.92%) Banking
7 1 (1.92%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (71.15%) React
2 18 (34.62%) HTML
3 16 (30.77%) CSS
4 11 (21.15%) Node.js
5 9 (17.31%) .NET
6 5 (9.62%) RESTful
7 4 (7.69%) .NET Core
7 4 (7.69%) AngularJS
7 4 (7.69%) ASP.NET
7 4 (7.69%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (7.69%) Swagger
8 3 (5.77%) Django
8 3 (5.77%) FastAPI
8 3 (5.77%) Flask
8 3 (5.77%) React Native
8 3 (5.77%) REST
9 2 (3.85%) .NET Framework
9 2 (3.85%) Spring
10 1 (1.92%) Kafka
10 1 (1.92%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.31%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (11.54%) Cybercrime
3 2 (3.85%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.92%) Derivative
4 1 (1.92%) Energy Derivatives
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (55.77%) Full-Stack Development
2 16 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (28.85%) Agile
4 14 (26.92%) CI/CD
5 11 (21.15%) Clean Code
5 11 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (17.31%) AI
6 9 (17.31%) Collaborative Culture
6 9 (17.31%) Computer Science
6 9 (17.31%) Customer Experience
6 9 (17.31%) E-Commerce
6 9 (17.31%) Responsive Web Design
7 5 (9.62%) Front End Development
7 5 (9.62%) Scrum
7 5 (9.62%) User Experience
8 4 (7.69%) Continuous Delivery
8 4 (7.69%) MVC
8 4 (7.69%) Pair Programming
8 4 (7.69%) Software Testing
8 4 (7.69%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 26 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 25 (48.08%) TypeScript
3 14 (26.92%) Python
4 10 (19.23%) C#
5 4 (7.69%) SQL
6 2 (3.85%) Java
7 1 (1.92%) Bicep
7 1 (1.92%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (21.15%) Degree
2 9 (17.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.54%) QA
2 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Grafana
1 1 (1.92%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.92%) Google