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 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 756 646 716
Rank change year-on-year -110 +70 -121
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior React Developer 47 34 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.041% 0.069% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.077% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 36 29 73
10th Percentile £51,875 £62,900 £45,750
25th Percentile £67,500 £64,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +11.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile £84,375 £77,500 £69,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £78,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% -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 106,506 44,266 74,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.35% 89.67% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 73,200 26,014 44,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -95 47 £70,000 +6.87% 24
UK excluding London -93 37 £70,000 -6.67% 9
Midlands -14 20 £70,000 +27.27% 3
West Midlands -26 17 £70,000 +27.27% 2
Work from Home -40 13 £69,000 +4.55% 12
North of England -56 12 £75,000 -6.25% 2
London -65 10 £70,000 +7.69% 20
North West -15 5 £90,000 +12.50% 2
South East -53 4 £85,000 +13.33% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £63,750 -
East Midlands - 3 £50,000 - 1
North East - 3 £75,000 -
East of England - 1 £70,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 30 (63.83%) React
2 28 (59.57%) TypeScript
3 24 (51.06%) AWS
4 23 (48.94%) Agile
5 19 (40.43%) Azure
6 18 (38.30%) Front End Development
6 18 (38.30%) Scrum
7 16 (34.04%) JavaScript
8 14 (29.79%) CI/CD
8 14 (29.79%) Mentoring
9 13 (27.66%) Python
10 12 (25.53%) QA
10 12 (25.53%) REST
10 12 (25.53%) RESTful
11 11 (23.40%) Accessibility
11 11 (23.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (23.40%) SC Cleared
11 11 (23.40%) Security Cleared
12 10 (21.28%) Code Quality
12 10 (21.28%) Playwright
13 9 (19.15%) AI
13 9 (19.15%) SDLC
13 9 (19.15%) Sprint Planning
14 8 (17.02%) End-to-End Testing
14 8 (17.02%) LLM
14 8 (17.02%) Progressive Enhancement
14 8 (17.02%) TDD
14 8 (17.02%) Technical Architecture
14 8 (17.02%) Time Management

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 24 (51.06%) AWS
2 19 (40.43%) Azure
3 7 (14.89%) AWS Lambda
3 7 (14.89%) Serverless
4 2 (4.26%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.89%) DynamoDB
1 7 (14.89%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Cypress.io
1 2 (4.26%) Git
1 2 (4.26%) GitLab
General
1 13 (27.66%) Finance
2 10 (21.28%) Health Technology
2 10 (21.28%) Tech for Good
3 4 (8.51%) Publishing
4 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.38%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Banking
5 1 (2.13%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (63.83%) React
2 12 (25.53%) REST
2 12 (25.53%) RESTful
3 10 (21.28%) Playwright
4 7 (14.89%) Swagger
5 5 (10.64%) Node.js
5 5 (10.64%) React Native
6 4 (8.51%) CSS
6 4 (8.51%) CSS3
6 4 (8.51%) HTML
6 4 (8.51%) HTML5
6 4 (8.51%) Redux
7 3 (6.38%) Electron
7 3 (6.38%) Jest
7 3 (6.38%) Material-UI
8 2 (4.26%) Semantic HTML
8 2 (4.26%) Vitest
9 1 (2.13%) Express.js
9 1 (2.13%) Fastify
9 1 (2.13%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.13%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (48.94%) Agile
2 18 (38.30%) Front End Development
2 18 (38.30%) Scrum
3 14 (29.79%) CI/CD
3 14 (29.79%) Mentoring
4 11 (23.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (21.28%) Code Quality
6 9 (19.15%) AI
6 9 (19.15%) SDLC
6 9 (19.15%) Sprint Planning
7 8 (17.02%) End-to-End Testing
7 8 (17.02%) LLM
7 8 (17.02%) Progressive Enhancement
7 8 (17.02%) TDD
7 8 (17.02%) Technical Architecture
7 8 (17.02%) Time Management
8 7 (14.89%) Continuous Delivery
8 7 (14.89%) Operational Stability
8 7 (14.89%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (59.57%) TypeScript
2 16 (34.04%) JavaScript
3 13 (27.66%) Python
4 6 (12.77%) C#
5 1 (2.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (23.40%) SC Cleared
1 11 (23.40%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.13%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.53%) QA
2 11 (23.40%) Accessibility
3 3 (6.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (4.26%) Pega