Full-Stack Development Job Trends in England

Full-Stack Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Full-Stack Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 96 37
Rank change year-on-year +32 -59 +30
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 2,249 1,260 4,262
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.76% 3.22% 5.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 3.46% 5.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,828 895 3,600
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,747 36,431 71,585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.63% 93.15% 85.51%
Number of salaries quoted 38,643 20,635 53,886
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -10.57%

Full-Stack Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Full-Stack Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Full-Stack Development job vacancy trend in England

Full-Stack Development
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Full-Stack Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Full-Stack Development

Full-Stack Development
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Development in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Development in England

Full-Stack Development
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack Development within the England region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +37 805 £85,000 +6.25% 377
North of England +31 459 £70,000 +20.17% 225
South East +31 376 £60,000 - 191
Midlands +10 250 £57,500 +9.52% 81
North West +16 237 £67,500 +8.00% 119
South West +12 217 £60,000 -4.00% 74
Yorkshire +35 160 £75,000 +36.36% 69
West Midlands +12 133 £60,000 +4.35% 28
East of England +34 120 £62,500 +13.64% 83
East Midlands -12 116 £55,000 +15.79% 53
North East +10 62 £60,000 +9.09% 37
Full-Stack Development
UK

Full-Stack Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (0.76%) Confluence
2 13 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (0.58%) CMS
3 10 (0.44%) WordPress
4 9 (0.40%) ColdFusion
4 9 (0.40%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.36%) Apache
5 8 (0.36%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.18%) Appian
8 4 (0.18%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.18%) IIS
9 3 (0.13%) Liferay
9 3 (0.13%) nginx
10 2 (0.089%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.089%) CICS
10 2 (0.089%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.089%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.13%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.089%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.044%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.22%) Shopify
2 1 (0.044%) Magento
2 1 (0.044%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.044%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 634 (28.19%) AWS
2 434 (19.30%) Azure
3 202 (8.98%) SaaS
4 150 (6.67%) Serverless
5 137 (6.09%) GCP
6 128 (5.69%) GitHub
7 82 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
8 78 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
9 71 (3.16%) Amazon S3
10 44 (1.96%) Figma
11 40 (1.78%) Amazon ECS
12 37 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
12 37 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
13 35 (1.56%) Amazon SQS
14 31 (1.38%) GitHub Copilot
15 27 (1.20%) Azure AI
16 25 (1.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 24 (1.07%) Power Platform
18 23 (1.02%) Apigee
19 21 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 53 (2.36%) Broadband
2 10 (0.44%) HTTP
3 7 (0.31%) Internet
4 6 (0.27%) DNS
5 4 (0.18%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.13%) Firewall
7 2 (0.089%) DHCP
7 2 (0.089%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.089%) LAN
7 2 (0.089%) VLAN
7 2 (0.089%) WAN
8 1 (0.044%) AMQP
8 1 (0.044%) MQTT
8 1 (0.044%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.044%) TCAP
8 1 (0.044%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.044%) VSAN
8 1 (0.044%) WebEx
8 1 (0.044%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 148 (6.58%) MongoDB
2 138 (6.14%) PostgreSQL
3 103 (4.58%) NoSQL
4 102 (4.54%) SQL Server
5 71 (3.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 61 (2.71%) MySQL
7 50 (2.22%) DynamoDB
8 48 (2.13%) Relational Database
9 29 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (0.89%) Redis
11 18 (0.80%) Power BI
12 14 (0.62%) Pinecone
13 12 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.36%) DB2
14 8 (0.36%) GIS
15 6 (0.27%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.27%) MariaDB
16 4 (0.18%) Big Data
16 4 (0.18%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 164 (7.29%) Git
2 92 (4.09%) Jenkins
3 45 (2.00%) GitLab
4 42 (1.87%) Cypress.io
5 36 (1.60%) JIRA
6 27 (1.20%) Maven
7 22 (0.98%) SonarQube
8 19 (0.84%) JUnit
8 19 (0.84%) Vite
9 17 (0.76%) CircleCI
10 15 (0.67%) Claude Code
11 14 (0.62%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.58%) Bitbucket
13 12 (0.53%) Mockito
14 11 (0.49%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.40%) Selenium
16 7 (0.31%) ESLint
16 7 (0.31%) NUnit
17 6 (0.27%) webpack
18 4 (0.18%) Storybook
General
1 254 (11.29%) Social Skills
2 240 (10.67%) Finance
3 68 (3.02%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (2.85%) Public Sector
5 49 (2.18%) Banking
6 42 (1.87%) Games
7 39 (1.73%) Front Office
7 39 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (1.73%) Marketing
8 38 (1.69%) Retail
9 29 (1.29%) Tech for Good
10 27 (1.20%) Law
11 26 (1.16%) Aviation
12 21 (0.93%) Manufacturing
12 21 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (0.84%) Advertising
14 18 (0.80%) Investment Banking
15 17 (0.76%) Health Technology
16 9 (0.40%) Automotive
16 9 (0.40%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1,311 (58.29%) Developer
2 895 (39.80%) Full-Stack Developer
3 565 (25.12%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 509 (22.63%) Senior
5 416 (18.50%) Software Engineer
6 322 (14.32%) Lead
7 255 (11.34%) Senior Developer
8 200 (8.89%) .NET Developer
9 192 (8.54%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 179 (7.96%) Software Developer
11 174 (7.74%) Lead Developer
11 174 (7.74%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
12 147 (6.54%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
13 145 (6.45%) React Developer
14 137 (6.09%) Java Developer
15 108 (4.80%) Python Developer
15 108 (4.80%) Senior Software Engineer
16 88 (3.91%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 85 (3.78%) Full-Stack Python Developer
18 84 (3.73%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 766 (34.06%) React
2 485 (21.57%) .NET
3 431 (19.16%) Node.js
4 232 (10.32%) CSS
5 231 (10.27%) HTML
6 229 (10.18%) AngularJS
7 191 (8.49%) Vue
8 173 (7.69%) .NET Core
9 167 (7.43%) RESTful
10 154 (6.85%) Spring
11 136 (6.05%) REST
12 129 (5.74%) Spring Boot
13 117 (5.20%) ASP.NET
14 114 (5.07%) Next.js
15 78 (3.47%) ASP.NET Core
16 71 (3.16%) GraphQL
17 66 (2.93%) Laravel
18 60 (2.67%) Kafka
19 58 (2.58%) Entity Framework
20 55 (2.45%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 129 (5.74%) Cloud Native
2 105 (4.67%) Greenfield Project
3 69 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
3 69 (3.07%) Product Ownership
4 57 (2.53%) Mobile App
5 46 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (1.56%) AI Agents
6 35 (1.56%) Fixed Income
7 27 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 26 (1.16%) IoT
9 23 (1.02%) Low-Code
10 19 (0.84%) e-Learning
10 19 (0.84%) Smart Energy
11 18 (0.80%) Video\Live Streaming
12 16 (0.71%) Data Structures
12 16 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
13 15 (0.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 13 (0.58%) Blog
15 12 (0.53%) Sports Betting
16 11 (0.49%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 25 (1.11%) Linux
2 18 (0.80%) Android
3 14 (0.62%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.27%) Windows
5 2 (0.089%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.044%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.044%) Unix
6 1 (0.044%) VMS
6 1 (0.044%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 698 (31.04%) Software Engineering
2 465 (20.68%) Agile
3 405 (18.01%) CI/CD
4 365 (16.23%) AI
5 318 (14.14%) DevOps
6 288 (12.81%) Microservices
7 285 (12.67%) Problem-Solving
8 221 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 211 (9.38%) Mentoring
10 177 (7.87%) Test Automation
11 156 (6.94%) User Experience
12 144 (6.40%) Containerisation
13 137 (6.09%) Clean Code
14 130 (5.78%) Web Development
15 120 (5.34%) Machine Learning
15 120 (5.34%) Scrum
16 107 (4.76%) Infrastructure as Code
16 107 (4.76%) TDD
17 105 (4.67%) Computer Science
18 97 (4.31%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 655 (29.12%) TypeScript
2 622 (27.66%) JavaScript
3 468 (20.81%) Python
4 431 (19.16%) C#
5 423 (18.81%) Java
6 309 (13.74%) SQL
7 96 (4.27%) PHP
8 67 (2.98%) Go
9 31 (1.38%) Bash
10 22 (0.98%) Ruby
11 20 (0.89%) C++
12 18 (0.80%) Groovy
13 16 (0.71%) Kotlin
14 12 (0.53%) Bicep
14 12 (0.53%) C
15 11 (0.49%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.31%) Rust
17 6 (0.27%) R
18 4 (0.18%) PowerShell
19 3 (0.13%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 156 (6.94%) Security Cleared
2 118 (5.25%) SC Cleared
3 110 (4.89%) Degree
4 70 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (1.51%) DV Cleared
6 16 (0.71%) DBS Check
7 12 (0.53%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.49%) AWS Certification
9 6 (0.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.22%) PhD
11 3 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
12 2 (0.089%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.089%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.089%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.044%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.044%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.044%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.044%) MBA
13 1 (0.044%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (4.18%) QA
2 34 (1.51%) Accessibility
3 10 (0.44%) Data Quality
3 10 (0.44%) GDPR
4 6 (0.27%) WCAG
5 4 (0.18%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.18%) SLA
6 2 (0.089%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.089%) ITGC
7 1 (0.044%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.044%) PERC
7 1 (0.044%) SOC 2
System Software
1 238 (10.58%) Docker
2 5 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.13%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.13%) Firmware
4 2 (0.089%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.089%) vSphere
5 1 (0.044%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.044%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 157 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 103 (4.58%) Terraform
3 31 (1.38%) Grafana
4 24 (1.07%) Ansible
5 19 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 14 (0.62%) HP Fortify
7 13 (0.58%) Podman
8 8 (0.36%) Argo
9 6 (0.27%) Kibana
10 5 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.18%) logstash
12 3 (0.13%) Nagios
13 1 (0.044%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.044%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 163 (7.25%) Microsoft
2 34 (1.51%) OpenAI
3 32 (1.42%) Adobe
4 29 (1.29%) Google
5 24 (1.07%) Oracle
6 12 (0.53%) Foundry
7 11 (0.49%) Palantir
8 9 (0.40%) Facebook
9 8 (0.36%) Peregrine
10 7 (0.31%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.27%) Pega
12 5 (0.22%) Dynatrace
12 5 (0.22%) Fortinet
12 5 (0.22%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.22%) WooCommerce
13 4 (0.18%) AppDynamics
13 4 (0.18%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (0.18%) DevExpress
13 4 (0.18%) Splunk
13 4 (0.18%) YouTube