Full-Stack Development Contracts in the Thames Valley

Full-Stack Development
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Full-Stack Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Full-Stack Development over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 85 100
Rank change year-on-year +4 +15 +30
Contract jobs citing Full-Stack Development 27 47 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.77% 1.77% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 2.09% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 43 31
10th Percentile £427 £340 £313
25th Percentile £463 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £615 £563
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +9.33% +18.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £607
90th Percentile £950 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,421 2,252 2,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.00% 85.01% 90.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 852 1,218 1,789
10th Percentile £290 £232 £318
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +3.54%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £614
90th Percentile £686 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 173 77
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £14.94 £19.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -5.00% +194.12%
75th Percentile £62.24 £65.00 £66.21
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.65 £76.20
South East median hourly rate £24.33 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -48.78% -5.00% +122.22%

Full-Stack Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Full-Stack Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

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

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

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

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

Full-Stack Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Development in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

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

Full-Stack Development
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 Development within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 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 +2 23 £550 -12.00% 207
Buckinghamshire +9 2 £525 +16.67% 72
Oxfordshire +2 2 £481 -3.75% 63
Full-Stack Development
South East

Full-Stack Development
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 3 (11.11%) Umbraco
2 1 (3.70%) CMS
2 1 (3.70%) Headless CMS
2 1 (3.70%) nginx
2 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 16 (59.26%) Azure
2 12 (44.44%) AWS
3 4 (14.81%) Serverless
4 3 (11.11%) Amazon EKS
4 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (11.11%) SaaS
5 2 (7.41%) Amazon Cognito
5 2 (7.41%) Azure API Management
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (7.41%) Figma
6 1 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (3.70%) Azure AKS
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Functions
6 1 (3.70%) GitHub
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
6 1 (3.70%) Prefect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) MongoDB
1 4 (14.81%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (11.11%) MySQL
2 3 (11.11%) Relational Database
3 2 (7.41%) Redis
3 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.70%) GIS
4 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Selenium
1 2 (7.41%) Vite
2 1 (3.70%) Eclipse
2 1 (3.70%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) Gradle
2 1 (3.70%) Maven
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 24 (88.89%) Developer
2 13 (48.15%) Full-Stack Developer
3 8 (29.63%) React Developer
4 6 (22.22%) Python Developer
5 5 (18.52%) Full-Stack Python Developer
6 4 (14.81%) .NET Developer
6 4 (14.81%) Azure Developer
7 3 (11.11%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 3 (11.11%) Java Developer
8 2 (7.41%) AWS Developer
8 2 (7.41%) Engineering Manager
8 2 (7.41%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 2 (7.41%) Gen AI Developer
8 2 (7.41%) HTML Developer
8 2 (7.41%) Sitecore Developer
9 1 (3.70%) HTML CSS Developer
9 1 (3.70%) Node.js Developer
9 1 (3.70%) UI/UX Developer
9 1 (3.70%) Umbraco Developer
9 1 (3.70%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (33.33%) React
2 7 (25.93%) .NET
3 6 (22.22%) REST
4 5 (18.52%) Node.js
5 4 (14.81%) AngularJS
5 4 (14.81%) CSS
5 4 (14.81%) HTML
6 3 (11.11%) .NET Framework
6 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (11.11%) FastAPI
6 3 (11.11%) GraphQL
6 3 (11.11%) RESTful
7 2 (7.41%) ADO
7 2 (7.41%) Django
7 2 (7.41%) Framer.js
7 2 (7.41%) OAuth
7 2 (7.41%) SOAP
7 2 (7.41%) TanStack
8 1 (3.70%) JDBC
8 1 (3.70%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Algorithms
2 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 3 (11.11%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (7.41%) Robotics
4 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.70%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) CI/CD
1 12 (44.44%) DevOps
2 11 (40.74%) Agile
3 8 (29.63%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (25.93%) Analytics
4 7 (25.93%) Code Quality
4 7 (25.93%) Containerisation
4 7 (25.93%) Data Science
5 6 (22.22%) Computer Vision
5 6 (22.22%) LLM
5 6 (22.22%) Predictive Analytics
5 6 (22.22%) Prototyping
6 5 (18.52%) Data Visualisation
6 5 (18.52%) Machine Learning
6 5 (18.52%) Software Engineering
6 5 (18.52%) Visualisation
7 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (11.11%) API Integration
8 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (29.63%) Python
2 6 (22.22%) Java
3 4 (14.81%) C#
3 4 (14.81%) JavaScript
3 4 (14.81%) SQL
3 4 (14.81%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.70%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 3 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
1 5 (18.52%) Virgin Media
2 2 (7.41%) Databricks
2 2 (7.41%) Sitecore
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle