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 7 September 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 752 646 700
Rank change year-on-year -106 +54 -79
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior React Developer 51 33 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.067% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.074% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 40 28 82
10th Percentile £53,375 £62,850 £48,750
25th Percentile £67,500 £64,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% -18.33%
75th Percentile £83,125 £77,500 £74,375
90th Percentile £90,250 - £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 105,102 44,449 75,863
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 89.67% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 72,370 26,229 47,676
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,238 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 7 September 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 7 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 -106 51 £70,000 +7.69% 7
UK excluding London -85 38 £70,000 -6.67% 2
Midlands -21 20 £70,000 +27.27%
West Midlands -19 17 £70,000 +27.27%
Work from Home -48 14 £69,000 +4.55% 1
London -65 13 £70,000 +7.69% 6
North of England -48 12 £75,000 -6.25% 1
North West -12 5 £90,000 +12.50% 1
South East -44 4 £85,000 +13.33% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £63,750 -
East Midlands - 3 £50,000 -
North East - 3 £75,000 -
South West - 1 £75,000 -
East of England - 1 £70,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 33 (64.71%) React
2 30 (58.82%) TypeScript
3 26 (50.98%) AWS
4 25 (49.02%) Agile
5 21 (41.18%) Azure
6 19 (37.25%) Front End Development
6 19 (37.25%) JavaScript
7 18 (35.29%) Scrum
8 16 (31.37%) CI/CD
9 14 (27.45%) Mentoring
10 13 (25.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (25.49%) Python
11 12 (23.53%) QA
11 12 (23.53%) REST
11 12 (23.53%) RESTful
12 11 (21.57%) Accessibility
12 11 (21.57%) SC Cleared
12 11 (21.57%) Security Cleared
13 10 (19.61%) AI
13 10 (19.61%) Code Quality
13 10 (19.61%) Playwright
14 9 (17.65%) Full-Stack Development
14 9 (17.65%) SDLC
14 9 (17.65%) Sprint Planning
15 8 (15.69%) End-to-End Testing
15 8 (15.69%) LLM
15 8 (15.69%) Progressive Enhancement
15 8 (15.69%) TDD
15 8 (15.69%) Technical Architecture

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 26 (50.98%) AWS
2 21 (41.18%) Azure
3 7 (13.73%) AWS Lambda
3 7 (13.73%) Serverless
4 4 (7.84%) GitHub
5 2 (3.92%) GCP
5 2 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.96%) Figma
6 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.73%) DynamoDB
1 7 (13.73%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.96%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Cypress.io
1 2 (3.92%) Git
1 2 (3.92%) GitLab
1 2 (3.92%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (25.49%) Finance
2 10 (19.61%) Health Technology
2 10 (19.61%) Tech for Good
3 5 (9.80%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Publishing
5 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.96%) Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Legal
6 1 (1.96%) Legal Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (64.71%) React
2 12 (23.53%) REST
2 12 (23.53%) RESTful
3 10 (19.61%) Playwright
4 7 (13.73%) Node.js
4 7 (13.73%) Swagger
5 6 (11.76%) CSS
5 6 (11.76%) HTML
5 6 (11.76%) React Native
6 4 (7.84%) CSS3
6 4 (7.84%) HTML5
6 4 (7.84%) Redux
7 3 (5.88%) Electron
7 3 (5.88%) Jest
7 3 (5.88%) Material-UI
8 2 (3.92%) Semantic HTML
8 2 (3.92%) Vitest
9 1 (1.96%) Express.js
9 1 (1.96%) Kafka
9 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.96%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.96%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (49.02%) Agile
2 19 (37.25%) Front End Development
3 18 (35.29%) Scrum
4 16 (31.37%) CI/CD
5 14 (27.45%) Mentoring
6 13 (25.49%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (19.61%) AI
7 10 (19.61%) Code Quality
8 9 (17.65%) Full-Stack Development
8 9 (17.65%) SDLC
8 9 (17.65%) Sprint Planning
9 8 (15.69%) End-to-End Testing
9 8 (15.69%) LLM
9 8 (15.69%) Progressive Enhancement
9 8 (15.69%) TDD
9 8 (15.69%) Technical Architecture
9 8 (15.69%) Time Management
10 7 (13.73%) Pair Programming
10 7 (13.73%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (58.82%) TypeScript
2 19 (37.25%) JavaScript
3 13 (25.49%) Python
4 6 (11.76%) C#
5 1 (1.96%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (21.57%) SC Cleared
1 11 (21.57%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.88%) Degree
3 2 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (23.53%) QA
2 11 (21.57%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (3.92%) Pega