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Side by side

Two skills or two roles under the same filter. We lay out the evidence and the trade-offs — we never pick a winner.

React

Skill · Web & product

Figma

Skill · Web & product

Key measures

MeasureReactFigma
Demand
1,564job ads in 28 days
324job ads in 28 days
4-week change
Up+7.9%1,450 → 1,564 ads
Up+12%290 → 324 ads
12-month change
Up+4.7%17,793 → 18,627 ads
Up+6.7%3,521 → 3,758 ads
Entry-level share
21.5%336 of 1,564 ads
20.1%65 of 324 ads
No PR stated
62.0%970 of 1,564 ads
61.7%200 of 324 ads
Employers hiring
376top 5 post 13.4%
133top 5 post 24.5%
Median salary
$97k8,196 of 18,627 ads
$117k1,654 of 3,758 ads

Numbers are shown side by side without highlighting a “better” one: which matters depends on what you want.

Trend

How they moved

Do they move together?

Ads for React and Figma move together strongly.

Correlation 0.72 across the last 52 weeks of ad counts (1 = always together, 0 = unrelated).

Moving together doesn’t mean one causes the other — both follow the overall hiring cycle, including the summer slowdown.

Overlap

How they relate

Sometimes asked for together. This reflects how often roles ask for React and Figma in the same ads. The roles behind it are below.

Roles that ask for both

Only React

None

Only Figma

Before you decide

Effort and transferability

Learning effort

Weeks

A few weeks of focused practice usually gets you to useful — often alongside something you already know.

Weeks

A few weeks of focused practice usually gets you to useful — often alongside something you already know.

Transferability

Moderate

Carries over to several related roles.

Moderate

Carries over to several related roles.

Keep in mind

What this can’t tell you

  • Which one you’ll enjoy, or which fits the rest of your study.
  • How hard it is to get a first job in either — ads count openings, not competition for them.
  • Where the market goes next. Past movement is not a forecast.
  • Anything about you. These numbers describe the market, never people.