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 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 685 639 760
Rank change year-on-year -46 +121 -82
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior React Developer 54 36 152
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.080% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.090% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 47 32 132
10th Percentile £67,500 £56,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +9.09% -21.43%

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 88,490 40,188 103,482
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 89.54% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 60,699 22,814 74,733
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 20 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior React Developer in the UK

Senior React Developer
Top 12 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 20 June 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 -59 54 £75,000 +15.38% 2
London -16 28 £80,000 +1.59% 1
UK excluding London -39 26 £75,000 +25.00% 2
Work from Home -1 13 £75,000 +15.38% 1
West Midlands -16 8 £70,000 +19.15%
South East -21 8 £85,000 +25.93% 1
Midlands -24 8 £70,000 +19.15%
South West - 5 £75,000 -
North of England -28 3 £75,000 +25.00%
North East -48 2 £75,000 +36.36%
East of England - 2 £75,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £62,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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 29 (53.70%) TypeScript
3 27 (50.00%) AWS
4 22 (40.74%) Azure
4 22 (40.74%) Full-Stack Development
5 21 (38.89%) JavaScript
6 20 (37.04%) Agile
7 17 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (31.48%) Python
8 14 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (24.07%) CI/CD
10 12 (22.22%) Degree
10 12 (22.22%) Front End Development
11 11 (20.37%) CSS
11 11 (20.37%) HTML
12 10 (18.52%) AI
12 10 (18.52%) Computer Science
12 10 (18.52%) GitHub
13 9 (16.67%) Clean Code
13 9 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
13 9 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (16.67%) Customer Experience
13 9 (16.67%) E-Commerce
13 9 (16.67%) GCP
13 9 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (16.67%) Jenkins
13 9 (16.67%) Node.js
13 9 (16.67%) Responsive Web Design
13 9 (16.67%) Scrum
13 9 (16.67%) User Experience

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 (1.85%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 27 (50.00%) AWS
2 22 (40.74%) Azure
3 10 (18.52%) GitHub
4 9 (16.67%) GCP
4 9 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (11.11%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (11.11%) Serverless
6 3 (5.56%) SaaS
7 2 (3.70%) Figma
8 1 (1.85%) Azure App Service
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.85%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.11%) DynamoDB
1 6 (11.11%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.85%) Git
General
1 10 (18.52%) Health Technology
1 10 (18.52%) Social Skills
1 10 (18.52%) Tech for Good
2 6 (11.11%) Finance
3 4 (7.41%) Publishing
4 2 (3.70%) Legal
4 2 (3.70%) Legal Technology
5 1 (1.85%) Banking
5 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.85%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (61.11%) React
2 11 (20.37%) CSS
2 11 (20.37%) HTML
3 9 (16.67%) Node.js
4 7 (12.96%) RESTful
5 6 (11.11%) Swagger
6 3 (5.56%) Electron
6 3 (5.56%) Playwright
6 3 (5.56%) React Native
6 3 (5.56%) REST
7 2 (3.70%) .NET
7 2 (3.70%) Spring
8 1 (1.85%) Django
8 1 (1.85%) FastAPI
8 1 (1.85%) Flask
8 1 (1.85%) Kafka
8 1 (1.85%) Loki
8 1 (1.85%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.85%) Cybercrime
3 1 (1.85%) Derivative
3 1 (1.85%) Energy Derivatives
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (40.74%) Full-Stack Development
2 20 (37.04%) Agile
3 17 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (24.07%) CI/CD
6 12 (22.22%) Front End Development
7 10 (18.52%) AI
7 10 (18.52%) Computer Science
8 9 (16.67%) Clean Code
8 9 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
8 9 (16.67%) Customer Experience
8 9 (16.67%) E-Commerce
8 9 (16.67%) Responsive Web Design
8 9 (16.67%) Scrum
8 9 (16.67%) User Experience
9 7 (12.96%) Mentoring
9 7 (12.96%) TDD
10 6 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
10 6 (11.11%) Pair Programming
10 6 (11.11%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (53.70%) TypeScript
2 21 (38.89%) JavaScript
3 17 (31.48%) Python
4 7 (12.96%) C#
5 2 (3.70%) Java
6 1 (1.85%) Bicep
6 1 (1.85%) Rust
Qualifications
1 12 (22.22%) Degree
2 9 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.56%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.81%) QA
2 3 (5.56%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Grafana
1 1 (1.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 1 (1.85%) Google