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 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
20 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 708 641 733
Rank change year-on-year -67 +92 -77
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior React Developer 53 30 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.053% 0.061% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.068% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 48 26 122
10th Percentile £60,000 £54,375 £45,125
25th Percentile £68,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +6.12% -18.33%
75th Percentile £80,625 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,750 £97,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.00% +13.64% -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 94,139 44,347 91,129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 89.90% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 64,646 26,264 64,457
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.80% -10.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -38 53 £75,000 +15.38% 10
UK excluding London -67 30 £72,500 +16.00% 9
London -18 23 £80,000 +23.08% 1
Work from Home -16 14 £72,000 +11.63% 7
West Midlands -14 10 £70,000 +19.15% 3
Midlands -24 10 £70,000 +19.15% 4
South East -18 7 £85,000 +19.30%
North of England -21 7 £75,000 +11.11% 5
South West - 5 £75,000 -
North East -43 3 £75,000 +36.36%
Yorkshire - 3 £62,500 - 2
North West -9 1 £90,000 +20.00% 3
East of England - 1 £70,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 20 July 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 35 (66.04%) React
2 31 (58.49%) AWS
2 31 (58.49%) TypeScript
3 24 (45.28%) Azure
4 23 (43.40%) Agile
4 23 (43.40%) JavaScript
5 17 (32.08%) Full-Stack Development
6 16 (30.19%) CI/CD
6 16 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (26.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (26.42%) Python
8 12 (22.64%) CSS
8 12 (22.64%) Front End Development
8 12 (22.64%) HTML
8 12 (22.64%) Scrum
9 11 (20.75%) Degree
9 11 (20.75%) RESTful
10 10 (18.87%) Node.js
11 9 (16.98%) Collaborative Culture
11 9 (16.98%) Computer Science
11 9 (16.98%) Mentoring
11 9 (16.98%) QA
11 9 (16.98%) User Experience
12 8 (15.09%) Clean Code
12 8 (15.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (15.09%) Customer Experience
12 8 (15.09%) E-Commerce
12 8 (15.09%) GCP
12 8 (15.09%) GitHub
12 8 (15.09%) GitHub Actions

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 (1.89%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 31 (58.49%) AWS
2 24 (45.28%) Azure
3 8 (15.09%) GCP
3 8 (15.09%) GitHub
3 8 (15.09%) GitHub Actions
4 7 (13.21%) AWS Lambda
4 7 (13.21%) Serverless
5 2 (3.77%) Figma
5 2 (3.77%) SaaS
6 1 (1.89%) Azure App Service
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.89%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) DynamoDB
1 7 (13.21%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (3.77%) Redis
3 1 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (15.09%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.66%) Git
General
1 10 (18.87%) Health Technology
1 10 (18.87%) Tech for Good
2 9 (16.98%) Social Skills
3 7 (13.21%) Finance
4 4 (7.55%) Publishing
5 2 (3.77%) Legal
5 2 (3.77%) Legal Technology
5 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.89%) Banking
6 1 (1.89%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.89%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (66.04%) React
2 12 (22.64%) CSS
2 12 (22.64%) HTML
3 11 (20.75%) RESTful
4 10 (18.87%) Node.js
5 7 (13.21%) Swagger
6 6 (11.32%) REST
7 4 (7.55%) Playwright
7 4 (7.55%) React Native
8 3 (5.66%) Electron
9 2 (3.77%) CSS3
9 2 (3.77%) HTML5
9 2 (3.77%) Kafka
9 2 (3.77%) Redux
9 2 (3.77%) Spring
10 1 (1.89%) .NET
10 1 (1.89%) Express.js
10 1 (1.89%) Jest
10 1 (1.89%) Next.js
10 1 (1.89%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.55%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.89%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.89%) Cybercrime
3 1 (1.89%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.89%) Derivative
3 1 (1.89%) Energy Derivatives
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (43.40%) Agile
2 17 (32.08%) Full-Stack Development
3 16 (30.19%) CI/CD
3 16 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (26.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (22.64%) Front End Development
5 12 (22.64%) Scrum
6 9 (16.98%) Collaborative Culture
6 9 (16.98%) Computer Science
6 9 (16.98%) Mentoring
6 9 (16.98%) User Experience
7 8 (15.09%) Clean Code
7 8 (15.09%) Customer Experience
7 8 (15.09%) E-Commerce
7 8 (15.09%) Responsive Web Design
7 8 (15.09%) TDD
8 7 (13.21%) AI
8 7 (13.21%) Continuous Delivery
8 7 (13.21%) Operational Stability
8 7 (13.21%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 31 (58.49%) TypeScript
2 23 (43.40%) JavaScript
3 14 (26.42%) Python
4 6 (11.32%) C#
5 3 (5.66%) Java
6 1 (1.89%) Bicep
6 1 (1.89%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) Degree
2 8 (15.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) QA
2 5 (9.43%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.89%) Grafana
2 1 (1.89%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (1.89%) Google
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