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 30 July 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 222 195
Rank change year-on-year -78 -27 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 431 393 522
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.81% 1.20% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 1.31% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 299 408
10th Percentile £363 £338 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £575 £585 £650
90th Percentile £650 £692 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +1.58% +5.56% -1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile - £62.80 £52.00
25th Percentile - £64.38 £53.13
Median hourly rate £35.00 £67.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.76% +21.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £41.25 - £61.00
90th Percentile £66.30 - £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £67.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year -47.76% +24.65% -

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 49,068 30,025 37,043
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 91.50% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,609 19,114 23,981
10th Percentile £331 £282 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,359 1,460 2,193
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.69 £14.05
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £19.09
Median hourly rate £43.61 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.38% -40.82% -1.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -41.51% +7.50%

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 30 July 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 30 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Full-Stack Developer in the UK

Full-Stack Developer
Top 16 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 30 July 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 -57 357 £500 - 96
London -52 201 £521 +4.10% 31
UK excluding London -47 167 £483 +1.58% 81
Work from Home -97 121 £500 -2.91% 60
North of England -63 48 £500 +4.17% 19
South East -47 40 £525 -4.55% 24
South West -20 25 £525 -4.55% 13
Midlands -49 24 £425 +5.72% 12
Scotland -11 23 £405 -10.00% 5
Yorkshire -39 22 £575 +17.95% 9
West Midlands -48 22 £438 -15.05% 8
North West -51 18 £475 +18.75% 10
North East -46 8 £450 -6.25%
East of England -24 5 £350 -15.15% 7
Northern Ireland -1 2 £375 +3.09% 3
East Midlands -18 2 £425 +5.99% 4

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

For the 6 months to 30 July 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.

1 431 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 210 (48.72%) React
3 195 (45.24%) CI/CD
4 164 (38.05%) TypeScript
5 156 (36.19%) Agile
6 153 (35.50%) AWS
7 150 (34.80%) JavaScript
8 142 (32.95%) Python
9 134 (31.09%) Azure
10 123 (28.54%) Node.js
11 121 (28.07%) Java
12 113 (26.22%) SQL
13 103 (23.90%) DevOps
14 96 (22.27%) Docker
15 94 (21.81%) Microservices
15 94 (21.81%) REST
16 89 (20.65%) Security Cleared
17 83 (19.26%) RESTful
18 80 (18.56%) .NET
19 77 (17.87%) AngularJS
19 77 (17.87%) PostgreSQL
20 73 (16.94%) SC Cleared
20 73 (16.94%) Test Automation
21 71 (16.47%) C#
22 68 (15.78%) Git
22 68 (15.78%) Kubernetes
23 64 (14.85%) Containerisation
24 60 (13.92%) Spring
25 56 (12.99%) Front End Development
26 55 (12.76%) Serverless

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 18 (4.18%) Confluence
2 4 (0.93%) Camunda
2 4 (0.93%) CMS
2 4 (0.93%) nginx
3 2 (0.46%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.46%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.23%) IIS
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.23%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (0.93%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Shopify
2 1 (0.23%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 153 (35.50%) AWS
2 134 (31.09%) Azure
3 55 (12.76%) Serverless
4 45 (10.44%) Azure DevOps
4 45 (10.44%) GitHub
5 34 (7.89%) GCP
6 26 (6.03%) GitHub Actions
7 25 (5.80%) AWS Lambda
8 18 (4.18%) Amazon S3
9 16 (3.71%) Entra ID
10 15 (3.48%) Amazon SQS
11 13 (3.02%) Azure AKS
12 12 (2.78%) Anthropic Claude
12 12 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
13 11 (2.55%) Azure Functions
13 11 (2.55%) Power Platform
14 10 (2.32%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (2.32%) Azure App Service
14 10 (2.32%) Azure Key Vault
15 9 (2.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.93%) HTTP
2 2 (0.46%) Firewall
3 1 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (17.87%) PostgreSQL
2 42 (9.74%) SQL Server
3 34 (7.89%) Relational Database
4 33 (7.66%) NoSQL
5 24 (5.57%) MySQL
6 23 (5.34%) MongoDB
7 20 (4.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (3.71%) DynamoDB
9 10 (2.32%) Power BI
9 10 (2.32%) Redis
10 7 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (1.16%) Neo4j
12 3 (0.70%) Metadata
12 3 (0.70%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.70%) Parquet
12 3 (0.70%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.46%) Couchbase
13 2 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 68 (15.78%) Git
2 30 (6.96%) Jenkins
3 26 (6.03%) GitLab
4 19 (4.41%) JIRA
5 11 (2.55%) JUnit
6 8 (1.86%) Visual Studio
7 7 (1.62%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.39%) Jasmine
8 6 (1.39%) Karma Test Runner
9 5 (1.16%) Claude Code
9 5 (1.16%) Maven
9 5 (1.16%) Mockito
9 5 (1.16%) NUnit
9 5 (1.16%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.93%) JetBrains Rider
10 4 (0.93%) Mocha
11 3 (0.70%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.70%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.70%) Gradle
11 3 (0.70%) webpack
General
1 75 (17.40%) Finance
2 65 (15.08%) Public Sector
3 61 (14.15%) Social Skills
4 26 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.03%) Banking
5 15 (3.48%) Front Office
6 8 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.62%) Investment Banking
7 7 (1.62%) Military
8 6 (1.39%) Retail
9 5 (1.16%) Advertising
10 4 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.70%) Legal
11 3 (0.70%) Local Government
12 1 (0.23%) Agriculture
12 1 (0.23%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.23%) Dutch Language
12 1 (0.23%) French Language
12 1 (0.23%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.23%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 210 (48.72%) React
2 123 (28.54%) Node.js
3 94 (21.81%) REST
4 83 (19.26%) RESTful
5 80 (18.56%) .NET
6 77 (17.87%) AngularJS
7 60 (13.92%) Spring
8 54 (12.53%) Spring Boot
9 52 (12.06%) Vue
10 49 (11.37%) CSS
11 48 (11.14%) HTML
12 40 (9.28%) Kafka
13 30 (6.96%) .NET Core
13 30 (6.96%) .NET Framework
14 27 (6.26%) GraphQL
14 27 (6.26%) OAuth
15 26 (6.03%) Flask
16 25 (5.80%) Next.js
17 24 (5.57%) Jest
17 24 (5.57%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 67 (15.55%) Cloud Native
2 21 (4.87%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (3.25%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.02%) Fixed Income
5 12 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.55%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.86%) NHS
9 7 (1.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.39%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.16%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.93%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.70%) Derivative
13 3 (0.70%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.70%) Reinsurance
13 3 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (0.46%) Legacy Applications
14 2 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.09%) Linux
2 4 (0.93%) Unix
3 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 195 (45.24%) CI/CD
3 156 (36.19%) Agile
4 103 (23.90%) DevOps
5 94 (21.81%) Microservices
6 73 (16.94%) Test Automation
7 64 (14.85%) Containerisation
8 56 (12.99%) Front End Development
9 52 (12.06%) AI
9 52 (12.06%) Software Engineering
10 49 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
11 44 (10.21%) Infrastructure as Code
12 38 (8.82%) Code Quality
13 37 (8.58%) Mentoring
14 35 (8.12%) Event-Driven
15 33 (7.66%) API Design
16 30 (6.96%) SDLC
17 27 (6.26%) Continuous Improvement
18 26 (6.03%) Observability
18 26 (6.03%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 164 (38.05%) TypeScript
2 150 (34.80%) JavaScript
3 142 (32.95%) Python
4 121 (28.07%) Java
5 113 (26.22%) SQL
6 71 (16.47%) C#
7 11 (2.55%) Go
8 7 (1.62%) Bicep
8 7 (1.62%) Kotlin
9 6 (1.39%) PHP
10 4 (0.93%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.70%) Bash
11 3 (0.70%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.46%) Ruby
12 2 (0.46%) Scala
13 1 (0.23%) Groovy
13 1 (0.23%) Korn
13 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.23%) XPath
Qualifications
1 89 (20.65%) Security Cleared
2 73 (16.94%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.34%) Degree
4 17 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.62%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.16%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.93%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.46%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (7.89%) QA
2 30 (6.96%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.86%) WCAG
4 4 (0.93%) HL7
5 3 (0.70%) GDPR
6 2 (0.46%) IEC 62304
6 2 (0.46%) ISO 13485
6 2 (0.46%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 96 (22.27%) Docker
2 9 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 68 (15.78%) Kubernetes
2 50 (11.60%) Terraform
3 12 (2.78%) Grafana
4 7 (1.62%) Argo
5 6 (1.39%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.93%) Ansible
8 1 (0.23%) Consul
8 1 (0.23%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.23%) Kibana
8 1 (0.23%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 42 (9.74%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.71%) Oracle
3 8 (1.86%) Google
4 6 (1.39%) Databricks
4 6 (1.39%) OpenAI
5 4 (0.93%) Red Hat
6 3 (0.70%) NEC
7 2 (0.46%) Solace
7 2 (0.46%) Splunk
7 2 (0.46%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe
8 1 (0.23%) Brio
8 1 (0.23%) Confluent
8 1 (0.23%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.23%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.23%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.23%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.23%) Veracode
8 1 (0.23%) Workday
8 1 (0.23%) Xero