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 February 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 225 181
Rank change year-on-year -27 -44 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 424 351 602
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.05% 1.15% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.24% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 271 483
10th Percentile £358 £361 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £508
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +3.45% -7.73%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £650
90th Percentile £663 £688 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -1.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile - £36.05 £34.03
25th Percentile £35.00 £36.50 £40.49
Median hourly rate £45.00 £38.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -26.19% -28.31%
75th Percentile £81.00 £40.63 £60.38
90th Percentile - £41.30 £64.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.00 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%

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 36,852 28,308 41,589
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 92.93% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,166 17,490 27,344
10th Percentile £304 £288 £275
25th Percentile £406 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +0.53% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 802 2,323
10th Percentile £14.59 £16.25 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £16.30
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% -6.67%
75th Percentile £61.57 £63.75 £60.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.92% -7.14% -

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -26 363 £500 -4.76% 182
London +3 201 £513 -6.82% 39
UK excluding London -54 162 £475 -5.00% 160
Work from Home -40 122 £491 +0.26% 115
North of England -32 66 £455 +1.11% 50
North West -4 46 £453 -4.28% 28
South East -52 33 £538 -8.12% 48
Midlands -45 24 £538 +7.50% 29
Scotland +7 16 £438 +2.94% 3
West Midlands -42 16 £493 -2.96% 22
East of England -14 12 £525 +50.00% 5
Yorkshire -52 12 £413 -5.71% 13
South West -18 11 £574 +8.05% 26
North East -8 8 £475 +35.71% 9
East Midlands -19 8 £600 +45.45% 7

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

For the 6 months to 17 February 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.

1 424 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 213 (50.24%) React
3 183 (43.16%) CI/CD
4 170 (40.09%) AWS
5 160 (37.74%) Java
6 159 (37.50%) Agile
7 146 (34.43%) TypeScript
8 135 (31.84%) JavaScript
9 130 (30.66%) Python
10 127 (29.95%) Node.js
11 113 (26.65%) AngularJS
12 110 (25.94%) Security Cleared
13 109 (25.71%) DevOps
14 105 (24.76%) Spring
15 104 (24.53%) Docker
16 102 (24.06%) Microservices
17 99 (23.35%) Azure
18 93 (21.93%) SC Cleared
18 93 (21.93%) SQL
19 92 (21.70%) Kubernetes
20 82 (19.34%) Git
21 81 (19.10%) GitHub
22 80 (18.87%) PostgreSQL
23 78 (18.40%) .NET
23 78 (18.40%) CSS
23 78 (18.40%) RESTful
24 77 (18.16%) Containerisation
25 76 (17.92%) HTML
26 75 (17.69%) Spring Boot
27 74 (17.45%) Problem-Solving

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 20 (4.72%) Confluence
2 15 (3.54%) CMS
3 8 (1.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 8 (1.89%) Sitecore CMS
4 7 (1.65%) Headless CMS
5 5 (1.18%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.71%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.71%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.47%) IIS
7 2 (0.47%) SAS
8 1 (0.24%) Camunda
8 1 (0.24%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (1.18%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.71%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.47%) Magento
3 1 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 170 (40.09%) AWS
2 99 (23.35%) Azure
3 81 (19.10%) GitHub
4 45 (10.61%) GCP
5 43 (10.14%) Serverless
6 38 (8.96%) GitHub Actions
7 26 (6.13%) AWS Lambda
7 26 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (4.95%) OpenShift
9 17 (4.01%) Amazon S3
10 11 (2.59%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 10 (2.36%) Azure Functions
12 9 (2.12%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
13 8 (1.89%) Power Platform
14 7 (1.65%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (1.65%) Kontent
15 6 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (1.42%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.59%) SSL
2 6 (1.42%) VPN
3 1 (0.24%) DNS
3 1 (0.24%) Internet
3 1 (0.24%) RTMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (18.87%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (10.85%) NoSQL
3 29 (6.84%) MongoDB
3 29 (6.84%) SQL Server
4 27 (6.37%) Relational Database
5 17 (4.01%) MySQL
6 15 (3.54%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (2.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.12%) DynamoDB
8 9 (2.12%) Redis
9 8 (1.89%) Power BI
10 7 (1.65%) DocumentDB
11 6 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (1.18%) Apache Cassandra
12 5 (1.18%) Star Schema
13 3 (0.71%) SAP HANA
14 2 (0.47%) Amazon Aurora
14 2 (0.47%) Metadata
14 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 2 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 82 (19.34%) Git
2 32 (7.55%) Jenkins
3 30 (7.08%) GitLab
4 28 (6.60%) JUnit
5 23 (5.42%) JIRA
6 12 (2.83%) Cucumber
7 10 (2.36%) Cypress.io
7 10 (2.36%) JMeter
8 9 (2.12%) Mocha
9 8 (1.89%) Mockito
9 8 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
10 6 (1.42%) CircleCI
10 6 (1.42%) Storybook
11 5 (1.18%) Jasmine
12 4 (0.94%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.94%) NUnit
12 4 (0.94%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.47%) Postman
13 2 (0.47%) Snyk
13 2 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 75 (17.69%) Social Skills
2 73 (17.22%) Finance
3 60 (14.15%) Public Sector
4 28 (6.60%) Banking
5 22 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.59%) Front Office
7 8 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.89%) Investment Banking
8 7 (1.65%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (1.42%) Retail Banking
10 5 (1.18%) Corporate Banking
10 5 (1.18%) Retail
10 5 (1.18%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.94%) Marketing
12 3 (0.71%) Aviation
12 3 (0.71%) Electronics
12 3 (0.71%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.71%) Military
12 3 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 213 (50.24%) React
2 127 (29.95%) Node.js
3 113 (26.65%) AngularJS
4 105 (24.76%) Spring
5 78 (18.40%) .NET
5 78 (18.40%) CSS
5 78 (18.40%) RESTful
6 76 (17.92%) HTML
7 75 (17.69%) Spring Boot
8 61 (14.39%) REST
9 45 (10.61%) Next.js
10 44 (10.38%) Kafka
11 35 (8.25%) FastAPI
12 33 (7.78%) Jest
13 32 (7.55%) Vue
14 26 (6.13%) ASP.NET
15 25 (5.90%) Playwright
16 24 (5.66%) .NET Framework
16 24 (5.66%) GraphQL
17 21 (4.95%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 40 (9.43%) Cloud Native
2 20 (4.72%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.30%) Mobile App
4 11 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (2.36%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.65%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.18%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.71%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.71%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.71%) Derivative
10 3 (0.71%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.71%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.47%) Life Science
12 1 (0.24%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.72%) Linux
2 6 (1.42%) Unix
3 4 (0.94%) Windows
4 3 (0.71%) CentOS
4 3 (0.71%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.24%) Android
5 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 424 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 183 (43.16%) CI/CD
3 159 (37.50%) Agile
4 109 (25.71%) DevOps
5 102 (24.06%) Microservices
6 77 (18.16%) Containerisation
7 74 (17.45%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (12.97%) AI
9 53 (12.50%) Front End Development
10 50 (11.79%) Test Automation
11 44 (10.38%) Software Engineering
12 43 (10.14%) Scrum
13 42 (9.91%) User Experience
14 37 (8.73%) Infrastructure as Code
14 37 (8.73%) TDD
15 36 (8.49%) API Development
15 36 (8.49%) Code Quality
16 31 (7.31%) Clean Code
17 28 (6.60%) SDLC
18 24 (5.66%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 160 (37.74%) Java
2 146 (34.43%) TypeScript
3 135 (31.84%) JavaScript
4 130 (30.66%) Python
5 93 (21.93%) SQL
6 58 (13.68%) C#
7 8 (1.89%) Ruby
8 6 (1.42%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.18%) Go
9 5 (1.18%) PHP
10 4 (0.94%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.94%) Bash
11 3 (0.71%) Bicep
11 3 (0.71%) C
11 3 (0.71%) Perl
11 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.47%) ABAP
12 2 (0.47%) C++
12 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 110 (25.94%) Security Cleared
2 93 (21.93%) SC Cleared
3 22 (5.19%) Degree
4 14 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.42%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.71%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.37%) Accessibility
2 12 (2.83%) WCAG
3 11 (2.59%) QA
System Software
1 104 (24.53%) Docker
2 5 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.71%) ISA Server
4 2 (0.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 92 (21.70%) Kubernetes
2 28 (6.60%) Terraform
3 14 (3.30%) Grafana
4 13 (3.07%) Ansible
5 11 (2.59%) Argo
6 8 (1.89%) Progress Chef
6 8 (1.89%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.47%) Kibana
8 1 (0.24%) Podman
8 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (6.37%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.25%) Oracle
3 15 (3.54%) Red Hat
4 14 (3.30%) Google
5 11 (2.59%) Adobe
6 9 (2.12%) Sitecore
7 8 (1.89%) VMware
8 6 (1.42%) SAP
9 4 (0.94%) Cisco
9 4 (0.94%) Databricks
9 4 (0.94%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.71%) Splunk
11 2 (0.47%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.47%) Virgin Media
12 1 (0.24%) Hitachi
12 1 (0.24%) NEC
12 1 (0.24%) Okta
12 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.24%) Siemens
12 1 (0.24%) Xero