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 5 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
5 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 234 196
Rank change year-on-year -105 -38 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 393 364 489
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.12% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 1.23% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 273 376
10th Percentile £378 £336 £363
25th Percentile £420 £400 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £650
90th Percentile £646 £690 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £450 £460
% change year-on-year +6.22% -2.17% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 1
10th Percentile - £62.80 -
25th Percentile - £64.38 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £67.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.76% +21.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 - -
90th Percentile £63.40 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £67.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.76% +21.82% -

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 49,872 29,645 35,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 91.14% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,754 18,681 22,225
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
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 3,620 1,543 1,776
10th Percentile £14.85 £13.61 £14.47
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.98 £20.24
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.85 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +12.50%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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 5 September 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 -87 326 £500 - 219
London -63 194 £520 +0.73% 116
UK excluding London -71 138 £478 +6.22% 140
Work from Home -91 110 £475 -5.00% 111
North of England -60 45 £500 +8.70% 50
South East -45 36 £500 - 21
South West -22 23 £525 +8.47% 17
Yorkshire -34 22 £575 +17.95% 17
Scotland -40 19 £425 -5.56% 10
North West -59 16 £478 +27.47% 26
Midlands -60 9 £425 +6.25% 22
North East -41 7 £450 -6.25% 9
West Midlands -46 7 £407 +1.75% 19
East of England -30 4 £350 -28.21% 10
Northern Ireland +5 2 £375 -7.98% 10
East Midlands -25 2 £425 +5.99% 3

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

For the 6 months to 5 September 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.

1 393 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 190 (48.35%) React
3 179 (45.55%) CI/CD
4 151 (38.42%) TypeScript
5 150 (38.17%) Agile
6 144 (36.64%) JavaScript
7 141 (35.88%) AWS
8 120 (30.53%) Python
9 117 (29.77%) SQL
10 116 (29.52%) Java
11 110 (27.99%) Azure
12 106 (26.97%) REST
13 103 (26.21%) Microservices
14 99 (25.19%) Node.js
15 93 (23.66%) DevOps
16 89 (22.65%) Docker
17 86 (21.88%) RESTful
18 80 (20.36%) .NET
19 78 (19.85%) Test Automation
20 73 (18.58%) Git
21 72 (18.32%) Security Cleared
22 70 (17.81%) AngularJS
22 70 (17.81%) Kubernetes
23 67 (17.05%) C#
23 67 (17.05%) HTML
23 67 (17.05%) Spring
24 66 (16.79%) CSS
25 65 (16.54%) PostgreSQL
25 65 (16.54%) Spring Boot
26 60 (15.27%) SC Cleared

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 17 (4.33%) Confluence
2 8 (2.04%) Camunda
3 5 (1.27%) CMS
4 4 (1.02%) nginx
4 4 (1.02%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.51%) Apache
5 2 (0.51%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.25%) Traefik
Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Shopify
2 1 (0.25%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 141 (35.88%) AWS
2 110 (27.99%) Azure
3 54 (13.74%) GitHub
4 52 (13.23%) Serverless
5 35 (8.91%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (7.38%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (5.85%) AWS Lambda
8 20 (5.09%) GCP
9 19 (4.83%) Amazon S3
10 16 (4.07%) Amazon SQS
10 16 (4.07%) Anthropic Claude
11 15 (3.82%) GitHub Copilot
12 13 (3.31%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (2.80%) Entra ID
13 11 (2.80%) OpenShift
14 10 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
14 10 (2.54%) SaaS
15 9 (2.29%) Azure AKS
15 9 (2.29%) Azure App Service
15 9 (2.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.02%) HTTP
2 2 (0.51%) Firewall
3 1 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (16.54%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (15.01%) SQL Server
3 35 (8.91%) Relational Database
4 33 (8.40%) NoSQL
5 29 (7.38%) MySQL
6 27 (6.87%) MongoDB
7 17 (4.33%) Azure SQL Database
7 17 (4.33%) DynamoDB
8 11 (2.80%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (2.80%) Redis
9 8 (2.04%) Power BI
10 6 (1.53%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.02%) Neo4j
12 4 (1.02%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.51%) Couchbase
13 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.51%) Parquet
14 1 (0.25%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 73 (18.58%) Git
2 37 (9.41%) Jenkins
3 34 (8.65%) GitLab
4 22 (5.60%) JIRA
5 18 (4.58%) JUnit
6 10 (2.54%) Maven
6 10 (2.54%) Mockito
6 10 (2.54%) SonarQube
7 8 (2.04%) Claude Code
7 8 (2.04%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.53%) Gradle
8 6 (1.53%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.27%) Mocha
9 5 (1.27%) REST Assured
10 4 (1.02%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.02%) Bitbucket Server
10 4 (1.02%) JetBrains Rider
10 4 (1.02%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.76%) Jasmine
11 3 (0.76%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 75 (19.08%) Finance
2 65 (16.54%) Social Skills
3 53 (13.49%) Public Sector
4 35 (8.91%) Banking
5 25 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (3.05%) Investment Banking
7 9 (2.29%) Front Office
8 8 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.78%) Military
9 7 (1.78%) Retail
10 5 (1.27%) Advertising
11 4 (1.02%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.76%) Legal
12 3 (0.76%) Local Government
12 3 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.51%) Marketing
14 1 (0.25%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (48.35%) React
2 106 (26.97%) REST
3 99 (25.19%) Node.js
4 86 (21.88%) RESTful
5 80 (20.36%) .NET
6 70 (17.81%) AngularJS
7 67 (17.05%) HTML
7 67 (17.05%) Spring
8 66 (16.79%) CSS
9 65 (16.54%) Spring Boot
10 46 (11.70%) Terraform
11 43 (10.94%) Vue
12 42 (10.69%) Kafka
13 28 (7.12%) HTML5
14 27 (6.87%) .NET Core
14 27 (6.87%) CSS3
15 25 (6.36%) Jest
15 25 (6.36%) OAuth
16 23 (5.85%) .NET Framework
16 23 (5.85%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 67 (17.05%) Cloud Native
2 21 (5.34%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (5.34%) Product Ownership
3 18 (4.58%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (3.31%) Data Structures
5 9 (2.29%) NHS
6 8 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.02%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.02%) Fixed Income
9 4 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
9 4 (1.02%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.76%) Derivative
10 3 (0.76%) Life Science
10 3 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.51%) Distributed Applications
11 2 (0.51%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.31%) Linux
2 8 (2.04%) Unix
3 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 179 (45.55%) CI/CD
3 150 (38.17%) Agile
4 103 (26.21%) Microservices
5 93 (23.66%) DevOps
6 78 (19.85%) Test Automation
7 56 (14.25%) Front End Development
8 55 (13.99%) Containerisation
9 53 (13.49%) Software Engineering
10 52 (13.23%) AI
10 52 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
11 47 (11.96%) Event-Driven
12 40 (10.18%) Infrastructure as Code
13 39 (9.92%) Code Quality
14 36 (9.16%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 35 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
15 35 (8.91%) Mentoring
16 34 (8.65%) SDLC
17 30 (7.63%) API Design
17 30 (7.63%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 151 (38.42%) TypeScript
2 144 (36.64%) JavaScript
3 120 (30.53%) Python
4 117 (29.77%) SQL
5 116 (29.52%) Java
6 67 (17.05%) C#
7 10 (2.54%) PHP
8 6 (1.53%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.27%) Bash
9 5 (1.27%) Bicep
10 3 (0.76%) Go
10 3 (0.76%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.76%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.51%) Scala
12 1 (0.25%) Korn
12 1 (0.25%) Perl
12 1 (0.25%) Ruby
12 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.25%) XPath
Qualifications
1 72 (18.32%) Security Cleared
2 60 (15.27%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.85%) Degree
4 19 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.78%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.27%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.51%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (9.67%) QA
2 25 (6.36%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.04%) WCAG
4 3 (0.76%) HL7
5 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.51%) GDPR
5 2 (0.51%) IEC 62304
5 2 (0.51%) ISO 13485
5 2 (0.51%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 89 (22.65%) Docker
2 7 (1.78%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 70 (17.81%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.80%) Grafana
3 8 (2.04%) Argo
4 4 (1.02%) Ansible
4 4 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.51%) Kibana
5 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.25%) Consul
6 1 (0.25%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.25%) Istio
6 1 (0.25%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 41 (10.43%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.31%) Oracle
3 10 (2.54%) Databricks
4 8 (2.04%) Google
4 8 (2.04%) OpenAI
5 5 (1.27%) IBM
6 4 (1.02%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.02%) Splunk
6 4 (1.02%) Veracode
7 3 (0.76%) Foundry
7 3 (0.76%) NEC
8 2 (0.51%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.51%) Solace
8 2 (0.51%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.25%) Brio
9 1 (0.25%) Confluent
9 1 (0.25%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.25%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.25%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.25%) Workday
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