Full-Stack Development Contract Job Trends in Reading

Full-Stack Development
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Full-Stack Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 47 63
Rank change year-on-year -22 +16 +21
Contract jobs citing Full-Stack Development 6 45 23
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.88% 4.19% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 4.65% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 33 15
10th Percentile £405 £406 £318
25th Percentile £525 £409 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +47.06% -6.59%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £638
90th Percentile £590 £651 £665
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £625 £450
% change year-on-year -8.00% +38.89% -1.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Full-Stack Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 619 968 968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.03% 90.21% 91.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 538 631
10th Percentile £325 £345 £213
25th Percentile £443 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £606 £650 £621
90th Percentile £650 £700 £691
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £543 £500
% change year-on-year -7.83% +8.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 12 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £26.53 £41.24
25th Percentile £17.35 £39.13 £59.89
Median hourly rate £58.00 £58.98 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -1.66% -6.81% +15.07%
75th Percentile £81.00 £65.97 £65.25
90th Percentile £96.25 £74.35 £66.96
Berkshire median hourly rate £38.86 £58.38 £61.45
% change year-on-year -33.43% -5.00% +26.05%

Full-Stack Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Full-Stack Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Full-Stack Development job vacancy trend in Reading

Full-Stack Development
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Full-Stack Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Full-Stack Development

Full-Stack Development
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Development in Reading over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Full-Stack Development in Reading

Full-Stack Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Gunicorn
1 1 (16.67%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) MongoDB
2 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (16.67%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Python Developer
3 3 (50.00%) Python Developer
3 3 (50.00%) React Developer
4 2 (33.33%) Azure Developer
4 2 (33.33%) Gen AI Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Applications Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Django Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Lead
5 1 (16.67%) Lead Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 1 (16.67%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) FastAPI
1 2 (33.33%) React
1 2 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
2 1 (16.67%) Bootstrap
2 1 (16.67%) Django
2 1 (16.67%) Flutter
2 1 (16.67%) jQuery
2 1 (16.67%) Middleware
2 1 (16.67%) NestJS
2 1 (16.67%) Node.js
2 1 (16.67%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
2 2 (33.33%) Generative AI
2 2 (33.33%) OOP
2 2 (33.33%) SOLID
3 1 (16.67%) Android Development
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (16.67%) Functional Testing
3 1 (16.67%) iOS Development
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Development
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) Bash
3 1 (16.67%) Kotlin
3 1 (16.67%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Databricks
1 3 (50.00%) Virgin Media