Full-Stack Developer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Full-Stack Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Full-Stack Developer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 112 132
Rank change year-on-year +33 +20 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 23 33 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.52% 1.23% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 1.32% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 27 13
10th Percentile £455 £355 £451
25th Percentile £475 £381 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £581
90th Percentile - £688 £600
South East median daily rate £550 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% +3.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Full-Stack Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Full-Stack Developer in the Thames Valley

Full-Stack Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Full-Stack Developer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Full-Stack Developer in the Thames Valley

Full-Stack Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Developer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Full-Stack Developer in the Thames Valley

Full-Stack Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack Developer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +19 21 £625 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £488 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £550 - 8
Full-Stack Developer
South East

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Full-Stack Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 17 (73.91%) Azure
3 15 (65.22%) DevOps
3 15 (65.22%) Python
4 12 (52.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 12 (52.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 11 (47.83%) React
5 11 (47.83%) Java
6 10 (43.48%) CI/CD
7 9 (39.13%) Agile
7 9 (39.13%) Selenium
8 8 (34.78%) Microservices
8 8 (34.78%) Test Automation
8 8 (34.78%) Azure Functions
8 8 (34.78%) Serverless
9 7 (30.43%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (26.09%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (26.09%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (26.09%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (26.09%) Azure API Management
10 6 (26.09%) Git
10 6 (26.09%) SDLC
10 6 (26.09%) ADO
10 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
11 5 (21.74%) .NET
11 5 (21.74%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (21.74%) NoSQL
11 5 (21.74%) Node.js
11 5 (21.74%) Product Ownership

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.70%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 17 (73.91%) Azure
2 12 (52.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 12 (52.17%) Azure Data Factory
3 8 (34.78%) Azure Functions
3 8 (34.78%) Serverless
4 7 (30.43%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (26.09%) Azure API Management
5 6 (26.09%) Azure Monitor
5 6 (26.09%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (17.39%) Entra ID
7 3 (13.04%) AWS
8 2 (8.70%) Amazon Cognito
8 2 (8.70%) Azure AKS
9 1 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (4.35%) Figma
9 1 (4.35%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) NoSQL
1 5 (21.74%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (8.70%) MongoDB
2 2 (8.70%) MySQL
2 2 (8.70%) Redis
2 2 (8.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (39.13%) Selenium
2 6 (26.09%) Git
3 1 (4.35%) Vite
General
1 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (47.83%) React
2 6 (26.09%) ADO
3 5 (21.74%) .NET
3 5 (21.74%) Node.js
4 4 (17.39%) GraphQL
5 3 (13.04%) CSS
5 3 (13.04%) HTML
6 2 (8.70%) OAuth
6 2 (8.70%) Prisma
6 2 (8.70%) REST
6 2 (8.70%) RESTful
6 2 (8.70%) SOAP
6 2 (8.70%) TanStack
7 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
7 1 (4.35%) Ember.js
7 1 (4.35%) Entity Framework
7 1 (4.35%) Express.js
7 1 (4.35%) FastAPI
7 1 (4.35%) Framer.js
7 1 (4.35%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (21.74%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 15 (65.22%) DevOps
3 10 (43.48%) CI/CD
4 9 (39.13%) Agile
5 8 (34.78%) Microservices
5 8 (34.78%) Test Automation
6 6 (26.09%) SDLC
7 5 (21.74%) Product Backlog
8 4 (17.39%) Unit Testing
9 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (13.04%) Front End Development
10 2 (8.70%) API Management
10 2 (8.70%) Code Quality
10 2 (8.70%) Containerisation
10 2 (8.70%) Cost Management
10 2 (8.70%) Cost Optimisation
10 2 (8.70%) Customer Experience
10 2 (8.70%) Design Patterns
10 2 (8.70%) Event-Driven
10 2 (8.70%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (65.22%) Python
2 11 (47.83%) Java
3 3 (13.04%) TypeScript
4 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.35%) C#
5 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Virgin Media
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Sitecore