React Job Trends in Wales

React.js
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring React skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 52 69
Rank change year-on-year -9 +17 -44
Permanent jobs citing React 15 29 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.41% 3.34% 3.16%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 20.83% 14.29% 14.41%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 26
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £35,238
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,375 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% -23.94%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £62,438
90th Percentile - - £66,875
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% +3.70% -3.57%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Wales

React falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 72 203 222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 6.75% 23.39% 21.92%
Number of salaries quoted 65 127 170
10th Percentile £38,750 £30,750 £34,844
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -8.57% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,144 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

React
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing React relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

React job vacancy trend in Wales

React
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing React.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing React

React
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing React in Wales over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for React in Wales

React
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing React within the Wales region over the 6 months to 17 January 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
South Wales -8 12 £71,165 -0.40% 45
West Wales +1 3 £45,000 -25.00% 2
React
UK

React
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) SaaS
3 2 (13.33%) GitHub
4 1 (6.67%) AWS
4 1 (6.67%) Azure AKS
4 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (6.67%) GCP
4 1 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (6.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) MySQL
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Architect
1 6 (40.00%) Technical Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Lead
3 3 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (20.00%) .NET Software Developer
3 3 (20.00%) SaaS Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Software Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Front-End Developer
5 1 (6.67%) Site Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (66.67%) Django
2 7 (46.67%) Node.js
3 4 (26.67%) CSS
3 4 (26.67%) HTML
3 4 (26.67%) HTML5
4 3 (20.00%) .NET
4 3 (20.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (20.00%) KnockoutJS
4 3 (20.00%) Vue
5 1 (6.67%) Jest
5 1 (6.67%) Laravel
5 1 (6.67%) Playwright
5 1 (6.67%) Vitest
5 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 5 (33.33%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) User Experience
2 5 (33.33%) Workflow
3 4 (26.67%) Kanban
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Scrum
3 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
4 3 (20.00%) MVVM
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) DevOps
6 1 (6.67%) DevSecOps
6 1 (6.67%) Fintech
6 1 (6.67%) Front End Development
6 1 (6.67%) Incident Management
6 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (6.67%) Open Source
6 1 (6.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 1 (6.67%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (6.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) Python
2 4 (26.67%) JavaScript
3 2 (13.33%) TypeScript
4 1 (6.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.67%) Grafana
2 1 (6.67%) Prometheus
2 1 (6.67%) Terraform