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React freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

2.2% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name React – 1,155 projects, rank 43 of the 60 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 1.4% (−0.6 percentage points from the month before). React is asked for most often in React Developer projects: they make up 35% of the engineering projects with React.

By . Data: 52,106 listings on German IT freelance project boards, May 2026 – October 2026. Published , last updated .

Is React required or nice to have?

69% of the listings with React name it as a required skill. That is about the median of the skills of this overview (69%). 17% name it as nice to have, 14% without a clear mark.

React demand by month

Share of listings with React per month of first publication, with the number of projects under each month; months with fewer than 1,000 projects are left out. Single months fluctuate.

  1. June 2026273 of 7,653 projects3.6%
  2. July 2026277 of 9,884 projects2.8%
  3. August 2026195 of 10,216 projects1.9%
  4. September 2026209 of 10,958 projects1.9%
  5. October 2026177 of 13,054 projects1.4%

Skills asked for together with React

The 15 skills that listings with React name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for React, i.e. asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall; the tick shows the share across all projects.

Under each skill: its share across all projects.

  1. TypeScriptall projects 4.3%59%
  2. CI/CDall projects 9.2%43%
  3. REST APIsall projects 7.3%41%
  4. Javaall projects 6.6%40%
  5. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%36%
  6. Dockerall projects 4.8%33%
  7. Spring Bootall projects 3.7%33%
  8. Agile Methodsall projects 9.1%28%
  9. JavaScriptall projects 2.9%27%
  10. Scrumall projects 8.1%26%
  11. Angularall projects 2.6%24%
  12. Gitall projects 5.1%24%
  13. Pythonall projects 6.9%23%
  14. AWSall projects 4.1%22%
  15. Microservicesall projects 2.9%21%

Typical for React – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are TypeScript (59%), Angular (24%), JavaScript (27%), Spring Boot (33%), Microservices (21%), Docker (33%).

All of the most frequent companion skills are typical for this skill.

Roles asking for React

95% of the projects with React are engineering projects (1,103 projects) – projects that build software or technical systems; the rest are e.g. consulting, project management or IT operations. The bars show the roles with the most of those projects and their share of them; 6.4% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name React, and how often as required.

  1. React Developerin 91% of the role's projects · required 85%35%
  2. Java Fullstack Developerin 37% of the role's projects · required 82%27%
  3. Java Backend Developerin 5.6% of the role's projects · required 15%6.4%
  4. C# / .NET Developerin 9.4% of the role's projects · required 84%5.3%
  5. Python Developerin 15% of the role's projects · required 62%5%
  6. ML / AI Engineerin 5.6% of the role's projects · required 51%4.4%
  7. Angular Developerin 6.7% of the role's projects · required 50%2.5%
  8. DevOps / Platform Engineerin 1.4% of the role's projects · required 61%2.5%

Skills related to React

Skills of this overview that are asked for together with React much more often than chance would predict.

How to use the data

If React is in your profile, the blue skills often belong with it – name them if you have them. Projectmatch automatically matches new projects against your profile and shows for each project which of the required skills your profile covers. Browse current React projects or try it now.

All skills compared: Most in-demand IT skills in German freelance projects. Which skills form clusters: Which skills belong together? Which skills are in particular demand in Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt and other cities: IT freelance projects by city.

Method

An AI model reads the requested skills from each project description, and a project's role from its title and skills; the figures are updated monthly. Details: method of the IT skills analysis.