Full-Stack Development Contracts in the UK excluding London

Full-Stack Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 121 158
Rank change year-on-year -18 +37 -19
Contract jobs citing Full-Stack Development 256 350 359
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.71% 1.72% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.08% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 267 263
10th Percentile £325 £313 £350
25th Percentile £400 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £499
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -9.73% +2.10%
75th Percentile £549 £575 £597
90th Percentile £600 £638 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 1
10th Percentile £63.63 £41.25 -
25th Percentile £65.88 £53.13 £56.25
Median hourly rate £67.00 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +21.74% -12.27%
75th Percentile - £76.25 £58.75
90th Percentile - £78.50 -
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £62.50 £51.25
% change year-on-year +7.20% +21.95% -17.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,369 16,847 20,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.22% 82.90% 88.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,080 10,035 13,781
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £367 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,232 1,941 1,239
10th Percentile £13.81 £12.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.98 £17.72
Median hourly rate £24.00 £38.12 £40.58
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% -6.05% +88.72%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.96 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £76.20
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.81
% change year-on-year -34.02% -8.83% +58.73%

Full-Stack Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Full-Stack Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Full-Stack Development in the UK excluding London

Full-Stack Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Full-Stack Development in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Full-Stack Development in the UK excluding London

Full-Stack Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Full-Stack Development in the UK excluding London

Full-Stack Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Full-Stack Development in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Full-Stack Development in the UK excluding London

Full-Stack Development
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 July 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
North of England +13 87 £466 -0.96% 271
Scotland -6 50 £475 +7.95% 71
North West +6 44 £400 -12.33% 144
South East -7 44 £550 +6.80% 260
Yorkshire +7 32 £490 -10.91% 96
Midlands -20 27 £435 +0.58% 162
East of England +14 24 £481 +21.84% 135
South West +10 22 £525 +16.67% 92
East Midlands -1 14 £402 -2.55% 72
West Midlands -6 13 £435 -6.70% 88
North East +5 11 £480 - 36
Wales -16 3 £425 -5.56% 37
Northern Ireland -10 2 £364 -33.86% 23
Full-Stack Development
UK

Full-Stack Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (4.30%) Confluence
2 4 (1.56%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.78%) Alfresco
3 2 (0.78%) Camunda
3 2 (0.78%) CMS
3 2 (0.78%) nginx
3 2 (0.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.78%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.39%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 102 (39.84%) AWS
2 55 (21.48%) Azure
3 39 (15.23%) Serverless
4 26 (10.16%) AWS Lambda
4 26 (10.16%) GitHub
5 15 (5.86%) GCP
6 13 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (4.30%) Amazon S3
7 11 (4.30%) AWS CloudFormation
8 10 (3.91%) npm
9 8 (3.13%) Amazon Cognito
9 8 (3.13%) AWS CodePipeline
10 7 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (2.73%) AWS CodeBuild
11 6 (2.34%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.34%) SaaS
12 5 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.95%) BlazeMeter
13 4 (1.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.95%) DNS
2 4 (1.56%) HTTP
2 4 (1.56%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.17%) Firewall
4 2 (0.78%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (0.78%) DHCP
4 2 (0.78%) DWDM
4 2 (0.78%) LAN
4 2 (0.78%) Network Security
4 2 (0.78%) SSL
4 2 (0.78%) VPN
4 2 (0.78%) WAN
5 1 (0.39%) ATM
5 1 (0.39%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.39%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (17.19%) MongoDB
2 42 (16.41%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (11.72%) Relational Database
4 27 (10.55%) MySQL
4 27 (10.55%) NoSQL
5 14 (5.47%) SQL Server
6 9 (3.52%) Amazon Aurora
7 7 (2.73%) Apache Cassandra
8 5 (1.95%) Redis
9 4 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.56%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.56%) Oracle Database
10 3 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.78%) Big Data
11 2 (0.78%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.78%) Power BI
11 2 (0.78%) SQLite
12 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (19.53%) Git
2 39 (15.23%) JIRA
3 24 (9.38%) GitLab
3 24 (9.38%) Jenkins
4 17 (6.64%) Cypress.io
5 16 (6.25%) JUnit
6 13 (5.08%) Artifactory
6 13 (5.08%) Visual Studio
7 12 (4.69%) Maven
7 12 (4.69%) Sonatype Nexus
8 9 (3.52%) SonarQube
8 9 (3.52%) Storybook
9 7 (2.73%) Mockito
10 5 (1.95%) Selenium
11 4 (1.56%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.56%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.56%) gulp
12 3 (1.17%) Newman
12 3 (1.17%) Vite
13 2 (0.78%) REST Assured
General
1 49 (19.14%) Social Skills
2 35 (13.67%) Public Sector
3 32 (12.50%) Finance
4 18 (7.03%) Banking
5 7 (2.73%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.17%) Advertising
6 3 (1.17%) Investment Banking
6 3 (1.17%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.78%) Automotive
7 2 (0.78%) Health Technology
7 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (0.78%) Law
7 2 (0.78%) Military
7 2 (0.78%) Retail
7 2 (0.78%) Wholesale Banking
8 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.39%) Legal
8 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.39%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 182 (71.09%) Developer
2 121 (47.27%) Full-Stack Developer
3 55 (21.48%) Java Developer
4 34 (13.28%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 33 (12.89%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 25 (9.77%) React Developer
7 21 (8.20%) Software Engineer
8 20 (7.81%) Senior
9 16 (6.25%) Senior Developer
10 15 (5.86%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 13 (5.08%) Software Developer
12 12 (4.69%) .NET Developer
12 12 (4.69%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 11 (4.30%) Architect
13 11 (4.30%) Python Developer
14 10 (3.91%) Lead
15 8 (3.13%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 8 (3.13%) Full-Stack Python Developer
15 8 (3.13%) Node.js Developer
16 7 (2.73%) Angular Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (44.53%) React
2 69 (26.95%) Node.js
3 65 (25.39%) AngularJS
4 55 (21.48%) .NET
4 55 (21.48%) CSS
5 50 (19.53%) Spring
6 47 (18.36%) HTML
7 46 (17.97%) Spring Boot
8 42 (16.41%) RESTful
9 36 (14.06%) REST
10 23 (8.98%) .NET Framework
11 20 (7.81%) Vue
12 17 (6.64%) Express.js
12 17 (6.64%) Jest
12 17 (6.64%) Kafka
13 16 (6.25%) AWS CDK
14 13 (5.08%) Next.js
15 12 (4.69%) .NET Core
16 11 (4.30%) ASP.NET Web API
16 11 (4.30%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.20%) Algorithms
2 15 (5.86%) Cloud Native
3 14 (5.47%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.30%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.52%) Data Structures
5 9 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (2.73%) Mobile App
8 6 (2.34%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.56%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.17%) NHS
12 2 (0.78%) Derivative
12 2 (0.78%) Equities
12 2 (0.78%) Equity Derivative
12 2 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.78%) IoT
12 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.78%) PKI
12 2 (0.78%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.91%) Linux
2 6 (2.34%) Unix
3 2 (0.78%) VMS
3 2 (0.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (44.92%) Agile
2 107 (41.80%) CI/CD
3 73 (28.52%) Microservices
4 71 (27.73%) DevOps
5 61 (23.83%) Software Engineering
6 46 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (16.02%) TDD
7 41 (16.02%) Test Automation
8 39 (15.23%) SDLC
9 36 (14.06%) Containerisation
10 33 (12.89%) Design Patterns
11 29 (11.33%) Code Quality
11 29 (11.33%) Front End Development
12 25 (9.77%) User Experience
13 22 (8.59%) Infrastructure as Code
14 21 (8.20%) Artificial Intelligence
15 20 (7.81%) Clean Code
15 20 (7.81%) Computer Science
15 20 (7.81%) Scrum
16 19 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 107 (41.80%) JavaScript
2 102 (39.84%) Java
3 83 (32.42%) TypeScript
4 58 (22.66%) Python
5 45 (17.58%) SQL
6 44 (17.19%) C#
7 9 (3.52%) C++
7 9 (3.52%) Kotlin
7 9 (3.52%) PHP
8 8 (3.13%) Go
8 8 (3.13%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.56%) Scala
10 3 (1.17%) Bash
10 3 (1.17%) Perl
10 3 (1.17%) Ruby
11 2 (0.78%) Groovy
11 2 (0.78%) Rust
12 1 (0.39%) Korn
12 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.39%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 49 (19.14%) Security Cleared
2 39 (15.23%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.69%) Degree
4 9 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.34%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.78%) CCNA
7 2 (0.78%) CCNP
7 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.78%) JNCIA
7 2 (0.78%) JNCIS
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.69%) QA
2 8 (3.13%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.95%) WCAG
4 3 (1.17%) SEPA
5 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.39%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 48 (18.75%) Docker
2 4 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.78%) Firmware
4 1 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 43 (16.80%) Kubernetes
2 32 (12.50%) Terraform
3 12 (4.69%) Grafana
4 8 (3.13%) Ansible
5 3 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.78%) Cilium
6 2 (0.78%) Rsyslog
6 2 (0.78%) SCOM
7 1 (0.39%) Avamar
7 1 (0.39%) Podman
7 1 (0.39%) Puppet
7 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.39%) vRealize
7 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 23 (8.98%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.59%) Oracle
3 10 (3.91%) Google
4 8 (3.13%) Virgin Media
5 6 (2.34%) Dynatrace
6 5 (1.95%) Splunk
7 3 (1.17%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.17%) Databricks
7 3 (1.17%) GoldenSource
7 3 (1.17%) Veracode
8 2 (0.78%) Arista
8 2 (0.78%) Brio
8 2 (0.78%) Cisco
8 2 (0.78%) F5
8 2 (0.78%) Infoblox
8 2 (0.78%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.78%) NVIDIA
8 2 (0.78%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.78%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.78%) VMware