Full-Stack Development Contracts

Full-Stack Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Full-Stack Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Full-Stack Development over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 88 90
Rank change year-on-year -12 +2 -17
Contract jobs citing Full-Stack Development 752 1,052 1,582
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.59% 2.44% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 2.82% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 565 847 1,180
10th Percentile £363 £325 £400
25th Percentile £413 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £564
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -6.91% -1.91%
75th Percentile £623 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £470 £488
% change year-on-year +1.01% -3.54% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 12 4
10th Percentile - £41.80 £38.00
25th Percentile £43.25 £54.06 £42.50
Median hourly rate £44.50 £64.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.27% +29.50% -23.71%
75th Percentile £45.75 £75.63 £57.81
90th Percentile - £79.75 £58.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year - +24.44% -14.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Full-Stack Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,424 37,268 53,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.88% 86.35% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,035 24,016 36,805
10th Percentile £306 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £748 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,079 2,439 1,749
10th Percentile £14.38 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
Median % change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%
75th Percentile £61.87 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%

Full-Stack Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Full-Stack Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Full-Stack Development in the UK

Full-Stack Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Full-Stack Development in the UK

Full-Stack Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Development over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Full-Stack Development in the UK

Full-Stack Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Full-Stack Development in the UK

Full-Stack Development
Top 17 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 Development within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2025. 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 -17 591 £518 -5.91% 1,703
London -14 384 £550 -4.35% 851
Work from Home +1 307 £491 -6.48% 1,192
UK excluding London -23 221 £475 +1.01% 1,133
North of England +18 74 £463 -7.50% 314
South East +1 49 £550 +22.22% 381
Scotland +3 45 £475 +1.01% 62
North West +12 44 £456 -8.75% 215
Midlands +1 29 £490 +30.67% 163
Yorkshire +8 24 £466 -9.07% 77
West Midlands +4 19 £500 +42.86% 88
South West -10 11 £470 -1.05% 106
East Midlands +9 10 £446 +8.78% 66
East of England +13 7 £413 -13.88% 118
North East +1 7 £460 - 24
Wales -9 5 £425 -2.86% 16
Northern Ireland - 4 £504 - 8

Full-Stack Development
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 11 (1.46%) Camunda
1 11 (1.46%) Confluence
1 11 (1.46%) SAS
2 10 (1.33%) CMS
3 9 (1.20%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.20%) nginx
4 8 (1.06%) Apache
5 6 (0.80%) BizTalk Server
5 6 (0.80%) Umbraco
6 5 (0.66%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.53%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.40%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.27%) Drupal
9 2 (0.27%) JBoss
9 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.13%) Strapi
Applications
1 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.40%) Acrobat
3 3 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.27%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.80%) FLEXCUBE
1 6 (0.80%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 307 (40.82%) AWS
2 186 (24.73%) Azure
3 94 (12.50%) Serverless
4 60 (7.98%) GCP
5 59 (7.85%) AWS Lambda
6 51 (6.78%) Amazon S3
7 47 (6.25%) GitHub
8 39 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (3.72%) Azure Functions
10 25 (3.32%) Amazon SQS
11 24 (3.19%) AWS CloudFormation
11 24 (3.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 21 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (2.13%) Azure Service Bus
14 15 (1.99%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (1.99%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (1.99%) SaaS
15 14 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
15 14 (1.86%) npm
16 12 (1.60%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.13%) Firewall
2 13 (1.73%) HTTP
3 10 (1.33%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.80%) DNS
5 5 (0.66%) LAN
5 5 (0.66%) Network Security
5 5 (0.66%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (0.66%) VPN
5 5 (0.66%) WAN
6 4 (0.53%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (0.53%) DWDM
7 1 (0.13%) ATM
7 1 (0.13%) Internet
7 1 (0.13%) Intranet
7 1 (0.13%) POP3
7 1 (0.13%) SMTP
7 1 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (13.96%) PostgreSQL
2 70 (9.31%) MongoDB
3 54 (7.18%) MySQL
4 50 (6.65%) NoSQL
5 45 (5.98%) Relational Database
6 41 (5.45%) SQL Server
7 36 (4.79%) DynamoDB
8 18 (2.39%) Redis
9 16 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (1.60%) Oracle Database
11 10 (1.33%) Amazon Aurora
11 10 (1.33%) Apache Cassandra
12 8 (1.06%) Geospatial Data
12 8 (1.06%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.93%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.93%) GIS
14 6 (0.80%) Power BI
15 5 (0.66%) Parquet
15 5 (0.66%) Presto
Development Applications
1 134 (17.82%) Git
2 50 (6.65%) Jenkins
3 37 (4.92%) GitLab
4 24 (3.19%) JIRA
5 22 (2.93%) Cypress.io
6 21 (2.79%) JUnit
7 16 (2.13%) Bitbucket
8 14 (1.86%) Maven
8 14 (1.86%) Selenium
9 13 (1.73%) webpack
10 12 (1.60%) Postman
10 12 (1.60%) Sonatype Nexus
10 12 (1.60%) Visual Studio Code
11 11 (1.46%) TeamCity
12 10 (1.33%) Mockito
12 10 (1.33%) SonarQube
12 10 (1.33%) Storybook
13 9 (1.20%) Gradle
14 8 (1.06%) Visual Studio
15 7 (0.93%) gulp
General
1 122 (16.22%) Finance
2 110 (14.63%) Social Skills
3 75 (9.97%) Public Sector
4 64 (8.51%) Banking
5 47 (6.25%) Front Office
6 43 (5.72%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (4.26%) Investment Banking
8 12 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.20%) Military
10 9 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (0.93%) Marketing
13 6 (0.80%) Publishing
14 4 (0.53%) Advertising
14 4 (0.53%) Back Office
14 4 (0.53%) Retail
15 3 (0.40%) Automotive
15 3 (0.40%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 530 (70.48%) Developer
2 370 (49.20%) Full-Stack Developer
3 101 (13.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 81 (10.77%) Senior
5 78 (10.37%) Java Developer
5 78 (10.37%) React Developer
6 62 (8.24%) Senior Developer
7 60 (7.98%) Lead
8 57 (7.58%) Software Engineer
9 56 (7.45%) .NET Developer
10 54 (7.18%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 47 (6.25%) Python Developer
12 43 (5.72%) Software Developer
13 37 (4.92%) Full-Stack Python Developer
13 37 (4.92%) Lead Developer
14 31 (4.12%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 29 (3.86%) C# Developer
15 29 (3.86%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 27 (3.59%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
17 26 (3.46%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 352 (46.81%) React
2 163 (21.68%) AngularJS
3 161 (21.41%) Node.js
4 157 (20.88%) .NET
5 146 (19.41%) CSS
6 133 (17.69%) HTML
7 93 (12.37%) RESTful
8 83 (11.04%) Spring
9 71 (9.44%) Spring Boot
10 66 (8.78%) Vue
11 63 (8.38%) REST
12 57 (7.58%) Kafka
13 52 (6.91%) .NET Core
14 41 (5.45%) Next.js
15 40 (5.32%) GraphQL
16 38 (5.05%) ASP.NET
16 38 (5.05%) HTML5
17 36 (4.79%) Redux
18 35 (4.65%) FastAPI
19 33 (4.39%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.65%) Cloud Native
2 32 (4.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 27 (3.59%) Mobile App
4 21 (2.79%) Derivative
4 21 (2.79%) Hedge funds
5 19 (2.53%) Product Ownership
6 18 (2.39%) Fixed Income
7 17 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.99%) Onboarding
9 13 (1.73%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.60%) Equities
11 11 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.20%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
14 7 (0.93%) PKI
14 7 (0.93%) Public Cloud
14 7 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.32%) Linux
2 17 (2.26%) Windows
3 5 (0.66%) Unix
4 4 (0.53%) Android
4 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) AIX
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) VMS
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (35.51%) Agile
2 242 (32.18%) CI/CD
3 188 (25.00%) DevOps
4 176 (23.40%) Microservices
5 147 (19.55%) Software Engineering
6 132 (17.55%) Problem-Solving
7 95 (12.63%) Front End Development
8 86 (11.44%) TDD
9 84 (11.17%) Containerisation
10 73 (9.71%) Test Automation
11 66 (8.78%) Artificial Intelligence
12 62 (8.24%) API Development
12 62 (8.24%) User Experience
13 57 (7.58%) Code Quality
14 54 (7.18%) Web Development
15 51 (6.78%) Event-Driven
16 50 (6.65%) Scrum
16 50 (6.65%) Unit Testing
17 49 (6.52%) Analytics
17 49 (6.52%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 277 (36.84%) JavaScript
2 257 (34.18%) Python
3 236 (31.38%) Java
4 235 (31.25%) TypeScript
5 125 (16.62%) SQL
6 118 (15.69%) C#
7 31 (4.12%) PHP
8 24 (3.19%) Kotlin
9 17 (2.26%) Go
10 15 (1.99%) Ruby
11 14 (1.86%) C++
12 13 (1.73%) PL/SQL
13 11 (1.46%) Scala
14 10 (1.33%) T-SQL
15 9 (1.20%) Shell Script
16 8 (1.06%) Bash
17 7 (0.93%) Bicep
18 6 (0.80%) PowerShell
19 5 (0.66%) ABAP
19 5 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 133 (17.69%) Security Cleared
2 116 (15.43%) SC Cleared
3 43 (5.72%) Degree
4 27 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.19%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.73%) AWS Certification
7 6 (0.80%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (0.53%) CCNA
9 4 (0.53%) CCNP
9 4 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.53%) JNCIA
9 4 (0.53%) JNCIS
9 4 (0.53%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.13%) CISA
10 1 (0.13%) CISSP
10 1 (0.13%) SANS
10 1 (0.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.72%) QA
2 22 (2.93%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.80%) WCAG
4 2 (0.27%) EMIR
4 2 (0.27%) MiFID
4 2 (0.27%) PMO
5 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 129 (17.15%) Docker
2 14 (1.86%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.66%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 146 (19.41%) Kubernetes
2 79 (10.51%) Terraform
3 17 (2.26%) Grafana
4 14 (1.86%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.60%) Ansible
6 6 (0.80%) Kibana
7 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.27%) Istio
9 1 (0.13%) Avamar
9 1 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.13%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.13%) MIIS
9 1 (0.13%) vRealize
9 1 (0.13%) VxRail
9 1 (0.13%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 57 (7.58%) Oracle
2 50 (6.65%) Microsoft
3 27 (3.59%) Google
4 15 (1.99%) Atlassian
5 12 (1.60%) SAP
5 12 (1.60%) Virgin Media
6 10 (1.33%) MuleSoft
7 9 (1.20%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.06%) Databricks
8 8 (1.06%) Splunk
9 7 (0.93%) Salesforce
10 6 (0.80%) Adobe
11 4 (0.53%) Arista
11 4 (0.53%) Cisco
11 4 (0.53%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.53%) Zend
12 3 (0.40%) SendGrid
13 2 (0.27%) Jitterbit
13 2 (0.27%) New Relic
13 2 (0.27%) Solace