Full-Stack Developer Contract Job Trends

Full-Stack Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack Developer daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 208 181
Rank change year-on-year -56 -27 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 440 374 570
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.27% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 1.38% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 301 461
10th Percentile £359 £358 £325
25th Percentile £411 £410 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £623 £675
90th Percentile £650 £688 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £455 £484 £438
% change year-on-year -5.94% +10.57% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - £52.00
25th Percentile £35.00 - £53.13
Median hourly rate £58.00 - £55.00
75th Percentile £81.00 - £61.00
90th Percentile - - £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.00 - £53.75
% change year-on-year - - -2.27%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 42,439 27,180 40,683
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 92.60% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,345 17,830 26,590
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,678 986 2,604
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.71 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £19.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.79 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.20% -12.02% -22.22%
75th Percentile £65.59 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.08 £75.38 £72.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.00 £29.53 £35.00
% change year-on-year +45.64% -15.64% -17.38%

Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Full-Stack Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Full-Stack Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Full-Stack Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in the UK

Full-Stack Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Developer over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Full-Stack Developer in the UK

Full-Stack Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in the UK

Full-Stack Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Full-Stack Developer over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Full-Stack Developer in the UK

Full-Stack Developer
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 17 April 2026. 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
England -53 376 £500 -2.91% 118
UK excluding London -19 192 £455 -5.94% 103
London -60 188 £521 -0.86% 40
Work from Home -53 120 £500 - 67
North of England -37 72 £455 -2.15% 23
North West -12 45 £455 -9.00% 4
South East -52 40 £550 - 41
Midlands -51 34 £450 -0.22% 7
West Midlands -38 31 £450 -11.33% 4
Scotland +10 19 £425 -1.85% 10
South West -19 16 £525 +19.05% 13
Yorkshire -49 15 £500 - 14
North East -12 12 £475 +2.70% 5
East of England -22 11 £525 +50.00% 8
East Midlands -31 3 £600 +49.25% 3

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 April 2026, Full-Stack Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 440 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 221 (50.23%) React
3 187 (42.50%) CI/CD
4 178 (40.45%) AWS
5 160 (36.36%) Agile
6 151 (34.32%) Java
7 142 (32.27%) TypeScript
8 141 (32.05%) JavaScript
9 139 (31.59%) Python
10 135 (30.68%) Node.js
11 119 (27.05%) Azure
12 118 (26.82%) Security Cleared
13 108 (24.55%) Docker
14 106 (24.09%) DevOps
15 102 (23.18%) Spring
15 102 (23.18%) SQL
16 101 (22.95%) SC Cleared
17 99 (22.50%) AngularJS
18 94 (21.36%) Microservices
19 85 (19.32%) PostgreSQL
20 83 (18.86%) Spring Boot
21 76 (17.27%) Git
21 76 (17.27%) RESTful
22 74 (16.82%) Containerisation
23 73 (16.59%) .NET
24 72 (16.36%) Kubernetes
25 70 (15.91%) GitHub
26 64 (14.55%) REST
27 61 (13.86%) HTML
28 60 (13.64%) Test Automation

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 21 (4.77%) Confluence
2 7 (1.59%) CMS
3 6 (1.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (1.36%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.68%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.68%) Camunda
4 3 (0.68%) Headless CMS
4 3 (0.68%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.68%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.45%) IIS
6 1 (0.23%) Apache
6 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.23%) nginx
6 1 (0.23%) Traefik
Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 178 (40.45%) AWS
2 119 (27.05%) Azure
3 70 (15.91%) GitHub
4 55 (12.50%) Serverless
5 39 (8.86%) GitHub Actions
6 36 (8.18%) GCP
7 35 (7.95%) AWS Lambda
8 32 (7.27%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (5.23%) Amazon S3
10 12 (2.73%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 11 (2.50%) Azure Functions
12 9 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (2.05%) Amazon SQS
12 9 (2.05%) AWS Step Functions
12 9 (2.05%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (1.82%) GitHub Copilot
13 8 (1.82%) Power Platform
14 7 (1.59%) Anthropic Claude
14 7 (1.59%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.82%) SSL
2 3 (0.68%) VPN
3 2 (0.45%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.23%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (19.32%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (10.91%) NoSQL
3 32 (7.27%) MongoDB
4 29 (6.59%) Relational Database
4 29 (6.59%) SQL Server
5 16 (3.64%) MySQL
6 15 (3.41%) DynamoDB
7 14 (3.18%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (2.27%) Redis
9 8 (1.82%) Power BI
10 7 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (1.59%) DocumentDB
11 5 (1.14%) Neo4j
11 5 (1.14%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.91%) Apache Cassandra
12 4 (0.91%) Metadata
13 3 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.68%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 76 (17.27%) Git
2 40 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 25 (5.68%) GitLab
3 25 (5.68%) JUnit
4 24 (5.45%) JIRA
5 9 (2.05%) Cypress.io
5 9 (2.05%) Mocha
6 8 (1.82%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.82%) JMeter
7 7 (1.59%) Jasmine
8 6 (1.36%) CircleCI
8 6 (1.36%) Mockito
8 6 (1.36%) NUnit
8 6 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (1.36%) Storybook
9 5 (1.14%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.14%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.91%) Karma Test Runner
10 4 (0.91%) Postman
11 2 (0.45%) Snyk
General
1 67 (15.23%) Public Sector
2 66 (15.00%) Finance
3 55 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 26 (5.91%) Banking
5 20 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (3.18%) Front Office
7 6 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (0.91%) Marketing
8 4 (0.91%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.68%) Aviation
9 3 (0.68%) Electronics
9 3 (0.68%) Investment Banking
9 3 (0.68%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.68%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.23%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.23%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.23%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.23%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 221 (50.23%) React
2 135 (30.68%) Node.js
3 102 (23.18%) Spring
4 99 (22.50%) AngularJS
5 83 (18.86%) Spring Boot
6 76 (17.27%) RESTful
7 73 (16.59%) .NET
8 64 (14.55%) REST
9 61 (13.86%) HTML
10 59 (13.41%) CSS
11 48 (10.91%) Kafka
12 34 (7.73%) Vue
13 32 (7.27%) Next.js
14 30 (6.82%) Jest
15 27 (6.14%) YAML
16 26 (5.91%) GraphQL
17 25 (5.68%) FastAPI
18 24 (5.45%) Playwright
19 22 (5.00%) Flask
20 21 (4.77%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.77%) Cloud Native
2 15 (3.41%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.73%) Fixed Income
3 12 (2.73%) Onboarding
4 9 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (2.05%) Mobile App
5 8 (1.82%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (1.14%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.91%) AI Agents
8 3 (0.68%) Derivative
8 3 (0.68%) NHS
8 3 (0.68%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.45%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.23%) Equity Derivative
10 1 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.73%) Linux
2 3 (0.68%) Unix
3 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 187 (42.50%) CI/CD
3 160 (36.36%) Agile
4 106 (24.09%) DevOps
5 94 (21.36%) Microservices
6 74 (16.82%) Containerisation
7 60 (13.64%) Test Automation
8 59 (13.41%) Front End Development
9 51 (11.59%) AI
10 49 (11.14%) Problem-Solving
11 41 (9.32%) Infrastructure as Code
12 39 (8.86%) Scrum
13 38 (8.64%) Software Engineering
14 36 (8.18%) User Experience
15 34 (7.73%) API Development
16 33 (7.50%) TDD
17 31 (7.05%) SDLC
18 30 (6.82%) Code Quality
19 28 (6.36%) Event-Driven
20 24 (5.45%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 151 (34.32%) Java
2 142 (32.27%) TypeScript
3 141 (32.05%) JavaScript
4 139 (31.59%) Python
5 102 (23.18%) SQL
6 54 (12.27%) C#
7 8 (1.82%) Go
8 4 (0.91%) Apex Code
8 4 (0.91%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.68%) PHP
9 3 (0.68%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.68%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.45%) Bicep
10 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.23%) ABAP
11 1 (0.23%) Bash
11 1 (0.23%) Ruby
11 1 (0.23%) Scala
11 1 (0.23%) SOQL
11 1 (0.23%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 118 (26.82%) Security Cleared
2 101 (22.95%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.18%) Degree
4 7 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.14%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.68%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.73%) Accessibility
2 15 (3.41%) QA
3 12 (2.73%) WCAG
4 1 (0.23%) GDPR
4 1 (0.23%) HL7
System Software
1 108 (24.55%) Docker
2 3 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.68%) ISA Server
2 3 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 72 (16.36%) Kubernetes
2 32 (7.27%) Terraform
3 13 (2.95%) Grafana
4 11 (2.50%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.82%) Ansible
6 6 (1.36%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.23%) Podman
Vendors
1 27 (6.14%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.32%) Oracle
3 9 (2.05%) Adobe
4 7 (1.59%) Sitecore
5 6 (1.36%) VMware
6 5 (1.14%) SAP
6 5 (1.14%) Splunk
7 4 (0.91%) Databricks
7 4 (0.91%) Google
7 4 (0.91%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.68%) NEC
9 2 (0.45%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.45%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.45%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.23%) Cisco
10 1 (0.23%) Hitachi
10 1 (0.23%) Solace
10 1 (0.23%) Sybase
10 1 (0.23%) Workday
10 1 (0.23%) Xero