Full-Stack Development Contract Job Trends in South London

Full-Stack Development
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Full-Stack Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 27 41
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 -5
Contract jobs citing Full-Stack Development 6 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in South London 3.33% 3.43% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 3.93% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 1
10th Percentile £461 £806 -
25th Percentile £463 £813 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £825 £675
Median % change year-on-year -40.36% +22.22% +28.57%
75th Percentile £506 £838 -
90th Percentile £542 - -
London median daily rate £520 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -13.33% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 162 178 229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 90.00% 87.25% 83.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 117 170
10th Percentile £263 £217 £199
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £501 £523
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% -4.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £721 £730 £651
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 17
10th Percentile - - £15.24
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% -60.91% +13.08%
75th Percentile £40.54 £35.91 £55.00
90th Percentile £54.08 £61.41 £69.50
London median hourly rate £31.49 £38.29 £37.50
% change year-on-year -17.75% +2.09% -2.27%

Full-Stack Development
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Full-Stack Development job vacancy trend in South London

Full-Stack Development
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

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

Full-Stack Development
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack Development within the South London region over the 6 months to 4 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Croydon 0 5 £492 - 5
Bromley - 1 - - 6
Full-Stack Development
London

Full-Stack Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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 5 (83.33%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) React
2 5 (83.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
1 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
1 5 (83.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) AI
2 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (16.67%) Functional Programming
2 1 (16.67%) Generative AI
2 1 (16.67%) Pair Programming
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) TDD
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (83.33%) Python
2 5 (83.33%) TypeScript
3 1 (16.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Docker Swarm
1 5 (83.33%) Kubernetes