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 £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 June 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
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 102 122
Rank change year-on-year +11 +20 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 13 35 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.86% 1.32% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 1.42% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 31 23
10th Percentile £455 £331 £365
25th Percentile £461 £403 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £607
90th Percentile £631 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £600 £569
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.49% +8.33%

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 1,398 2,463 2,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.66% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 852 1,345 1,873
10th Percentile £263 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £604
90th Percentile £675 £675 £695
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 202 86
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.85 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.13 £19.25 £19.88
Median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £48.70
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% -2.46% +178.92%
75th Percentile £67.81 £65.00 £66.21
90th Percentile £80.00 £87.46 £78.09
South East median hourly rate £31.78 £49.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -35.15% -2.00% +138.10%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 +6 11 £550 -12.00% 14
Buckinghamshire +11 1 £475 +11.76% 5
Oxfordshire - 1 £550 - 1
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 27 June 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 13 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 8 (61.54%) Azure
3 7 (53.85%) Python
4 6 (46.15%) React
5 5 (38.46%) Virgin Media
6 4 (30.77%) Java
6 4 (30.77%) DevOps
6 4 (30.77%) MongoDB
6 4 (30.77%) Node.js
6 4 (30.77%) REST
7 3 (23.08%) AWS
7 3 (23.08%) Relational Database
7 3 (23.08%) GraphQL
7 3 (23.08%) .NET
7 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
7 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (23.08%) Design Patterns
7 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
7 3 (23.08%) FastAPI
7 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
8 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
8 2 (15.38%) Databricks
8 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (15.38%) Amazon Cognito
8 2 (15.38%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (15.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
8 2 (15.38%) API Management

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 (15.38%) Umbraco
2 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Amazon Cognito
3 2 (15.38%) Azure API Management
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (7.69%) Azure AKS
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Functions
4 1 (7.69%) Figma
4 1 (7.69%) GitHub
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
4 1 (7.69%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) MongoDB
2 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (23.08%) Relational Database
3 2 (15.38%) MySQL
4 1 (7.69%) Power BI
4 1 (7.69%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Selenium
2 1 (7.69%) Vite
General
1 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (46.15%) React
2 4 (30.77%) Node.js
2 4 (30.77%) REST
3 3 (23.08%) .NET
3 3 (23.08%) FastAPI
3 3 (23.08%) GraphQL
4 2 (15.38%) ADO
4 2 (15.38%) OAuth
4 2 (15.38%) SOAP
4 2 (15.38%) TanStack
5 1 (7.69%) CSS
5 1 (7.69%) Django
5 1 (7.69%) Express.js
5 1 (7.69%) Framer.js
5 1 (7.69%) HTML
5 1 (7.69%) Prisma
5 1 (7.69%) RESTful
5 1 (7.69%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Onboarding
2 2 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (30.77%) DevOps
3 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
3 3 (23.08%) Design Patterns
4 2 (15.38%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) API Integration
4 2 (15.38%) API Management
4 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
4 2 (15.38%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
4 2 (15.38%) Generative AI
4 2 (15.38%) Migration
4 2 (15.38%) OOP
4 2 (15.38%) SOLID
4 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.69%) Data Integration
5 1 (7.69%) Data Modelling
5 1 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (7.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) Java
3 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Virgin Media
2 2 (15.38%) Databricks
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Sitecore