Full Stack Developer Contracts

Full-Stack Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack Developer daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Jul 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 220 190
Rank change year-on-year +31 -30 -51
Contract jobs requiring a Full Stack Developer 524 650 1,340
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 1.20% 1.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 1.26% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 505 1,006
10th Percentile £350 £375 £413
25th Percentile £429 £440 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £750 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £461 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -7.75% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 11
10th Percentile £52.00 £48.00 £40.00
25th Percentile £53.13 £52.50 £50.63
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £73.60
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -18.47% +33.81%
75th Percentile £61.00 £67.50 £75.62
90th Percentile £64.60 £72.00 £76.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.75 - £76.10
% change year-on-year - - +90.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 37,355 51,390 85,225
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.01% 94.57% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,199 35,553 60,100
10th Percentile £300 £306 £320
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -0.47% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,538 1,903
10th Percentile £13.86 £14.47 £13.17
25th Percentile £18.32 £19.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £42.03 £43.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +67.45% +28.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £67.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.00 £39.55 £21.30
% change year-on-year +8.72% +85.68% +20.00%

Full Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Full Stack Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Full Stack Developer.

Daily rate trend for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Full Stack Developer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Full Stack Developer.

Hourly rate trend for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Full Stack Developer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Top 16 Contract 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 26 July 2024. 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 +15 437 £550 - 114
London +17 279 £600 -1.56% 33
Work from Home +32 214 £550 +10.00% 70
UK excluding London +47 182 £450 -2.44% 87
South East +37 48 £625 +9.89% 17
North of England +14 38 £450 -14.29% 27
Scotland +49 30 £440 -7.37% 2
North West +17 20 £450 -14.29% 14
Midlands +13 19 £410 -8.89% 25
South West -5 19 £363 -14.71% 6
Yorkshire +25 18 £444 +4.41% 9
Wales +21 17 £531 +23.19%
East of England +20 11 £375 -16.67% 14
West Midlands +14 11 £375 -16.67% 16
East Midlands +9 8 £411 +14.24% 9
Northern Ireland - 1 £550 - 4

Full Stack Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Full Stack Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Full Stack Developer in the job title.

1 524 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 267 (50.95%) React
3 195 (37.21%) Agile
4 186 (35.50%) AWS
5 175 (33.40%) JavaScript
6 174 (33.21%) Azure
7 151 (28.82%) TypeScript
8 142 (27.10%) Java
9 141 (26.91%) C#
10 138 (26.34%) .NET
11 124 (23.66%) AngularJS
12 122 (23.28%) CI/CD
13 120 (22.90%) Python
14 114 (21.76%) CSS
15 112 (21.37%) SQL
16 105 (20.04%) HTML
17 101 (19.27%) DevOps
18 97 (18.51%) Finance
19 91 (17.37%) Microservices
20 87 (16.60%) Node.js
21 83 (15.84%) Software Engineering
22 82 (15.65%) Test Automation
22 82 (15.65%) PostgreSQL
23 75 (14.31%) Serverless
24 63 (12.02%) Front Office
24 63 (12.02%) Git
25 61 (11.64%) Security Cleared
25 61 (11.64%) TDD
25 61 (11.64%) Banking
26 60 (11.45%) Kubernetes

Full Stack Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 45 (8.59%) Apache
2 33 (6.30%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.29%) nginx
4 10 (1.91%) CMS
5 7 (1.34%) Drupal
6 4 (0.76%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.57%) WordPress
8 2 (0.38%) Alfresco
8 2 (0.38%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.38%) Camunda
8 2 (0.38%) Confluence
8 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.38%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.19%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Sketch
1 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.57%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.19%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 186 (35.50%) AWS
2 174 (33.21%) Azure
3 75 (14.31%) Serverless
4 50 (9.54%) GCP
5 38 (7.25%) Azure Functions
6 37 (7.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 27 (5.15%) Azure Data Factory
7 27 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (4.96%) GitHub
9 24 (4.58%) Azure Monitor
10 20 (3.82%) Azure Service Bus
10 20 (3.82%) Entra ID
11 18 (3.44%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (2.86%) Amazon S3
13 12 (2.29%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
14 10 (1.91%) npm
15 8 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
16 7 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
16 7 (1.34%) OpenShift
16 7 (1.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.57%) HTTP
2 2 (0.38%) Intranet
3 1 (0.19%) DHCP
3 1 (0.19%) DNS
3 1 (0.19%) Firewall
3 1 (0.19%) OpenLDAP
3 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.19%) VLAN
3 1 (0.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (15.65%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (10.88%) SQL Server
3 51 (9.73%) NoSQL
4 46 (8.78%) MySQL
5 33 (6.30%) Apache Ignite
6 32 (6.11%) MongoDB
7 28 (5.34%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (2.48%) Redis
10 6 (1.15%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
11 5 (0.95%) Big Data
11 5 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.76%) Flink
12 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.57%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
13 3 (0.57%) GIS
13 3 (0.57%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 63 (12.02%) Git
2 49 (9.35%) Cypress.io
3 21 (4.01%) Jenkins
4 20 (3.82%) Selenium
5 15 (2.86%) GitLab
6 13 (2.48%) Postman
7 10 (1.91%) JIRA
8 8 (1.53%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.95%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.95%) JUnit
9 5 (0.95%) MSTest
9 5 (0.95%) SpecFlow
9 5 (0.95%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.95%) webpack
10 4 (0.76%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.76%) NUnit
10 4 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
11 3 (0.57%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.57%) Jasmine
11 3 (0.57%) Mocha
General
1 97 (18.51%) Finance
2 63 (12.02%) Front Office
3 61 (11.64%) Banking
4 57 (10.88%) Social Skills
5 50 (9.54%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (5.92%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.29%) Investment Banking
8 9 (1.72%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.15%) Tech for Good
10 5 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.76%) Health Technology
11 4 (0.76%) Retail
11 4 (0.76%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.57%) Back Office
12 3 (0.57%) Marketing
12 3 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.57%) Publishing
13 2 (0.38%) Automotive
13 2 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.19%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 267 (50.95%) React
2 138 (26.34%) .NET
3 124 (23.66%) AngularJS
4 114 (21.76%) CSS
5 105 (20.04%) HTML
6 87 (16.60%) Node.js
7 55 (10.50%) Spring
8 54 (10.31%) REST
9 46 (8.78%) Redux
10 42 (8.02%) Spring Boot
11 37 (7.06%) .NET Core
11 37 (7.06%) Material-UI
12 36 (6.87%) Next.js
13 35 (6.68%) gRPC
14 34 (6.49%) GraphQL
14 34 (6.49%) Laravel
14 34 (6.49%) Protocol Buffers
15 32 (6.11%) Vue
16 31 (5.92%) RESTful
17 30 (5.73%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.40%) Hedge funds
2 42 (8.02%) Fixed Income
3 41 (7.82%) Product Ownership
4 33 (6.30%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (3.44%) Equities
6 16 (3.05%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.91%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.15%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.95%) NHS
11 5 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 2 (0.38%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.38%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.68%) Linux
2 16 (3.05%) Unix
3 10 (1.91%) Windows
4 7 (1.34%) Android
5 6 (1.15%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 195 (37.21%) Agile
3 122 (23.28%) CI/CD
4 101 (19.27%) DevOps
5 91 (17.37%) Microservices
6 83 (15.84%) Software Engineering
7 82 (15.65%) Test Automation
8 61 (11.64%) TDD
9 48 (9.16%) Unit Testing
10 46 (8.78%) Asset Management
11 43 (8.21%) Artificial Intelligence
11 43 (8.21%) Machine Learning
11 43 (8.21%) SDLC
12 40 (7.63%) User Experience
13 39 (7.44%) Investment Management
14 37 (7.06%) MVC
14 37 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
15 34 (6.49%) Front End Development
16 33 (6.30%) Automated Trading
16 33 (6.30%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 175 (33.40%) JavaScript
2 151 (28.82%) TypeScript
3 142 (27.10%) Java
4 141 (26.91%) C#
5 120 (22.90%) Python
6 112 (21.37%) SQL
7 54 (10.31%) PHP
8 13 (2.48%) Kotlin
9 12 (2.29%) C
10 10 (1.91%) Go
10 10 (1.91%) Ruby
11 7 (1.34%) C++
12 6 (1.15%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.15%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.95%) Scala
14 4 (0.76%) Bicep
15 3 (0.57%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.38%) Rust
16 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.19%) Swift
Qualifications
1 61 (11.64%) Security Cleared
2 51 (9.73%) SC Cleared
3 24 (4.58%) Degree
4 14 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.53%) DV Cleared
6 5 (0.95%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.76%) AWS Certified Developer
7 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.76%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
9 2 (0.38%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.38%) OCP
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.19%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.96%) QA
2 19 (3.63%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.95%) MiFID
4 3 (0.57%) SLA
5 2 (0.38%) WCAG
6 1 (0.19%) EMIR
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 51 (9.73%) Docker
2 22 (4.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 60 (11.45%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.20%) Terraform
3 7 (1.34%) Grafana
4 6 (1.15%) Ansible
5 4 (0.76%) Kibana
6 2 (0.38%) logstash
6 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.19%) Bosun
7 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.19%) Puppet
7 1 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 41 (7.82%) Google
2 39 (7.44%) Microsoft
3 16 (3.05%) Oracle
4 12 (2.29%) Virgin Media
5 10 (1.91%) Databricks
6 7 (1.34%) Xamarin
7 4 (0.76%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.57%) Brio
8 3 (0.57%) MuleSoft
8 3 (0.57%) Optimizely
8 3 (0.57%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.57%) Splunk
9 2 (0.38%) IBM
9 2 (0.38%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.38%) SAP
10 1 (0.19%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.19%) Sybase
10 1 (0.19%) Syncfusion
10 1 (0.19%) Zuora
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