Full-Stack Development Job Trends in the South East

Full-Stack Development
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Full-Stack Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 141 45
Rank change year-on-year +94 -96 +23
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 558 165 595
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.24% 1.85% 4.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.54% 2.10% 5.36%
Number of salaries quoted 470 114 397
10th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,375 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,297 7,866 11,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.48% 88.03% 80.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,782 4,199 7,214
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

Full-Stack Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Full-Stack Development job vacancy trend in the South East

Full-Stack Development
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Full-Stack Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Full-Stack Development

Full-Stack Development
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Development in the South East over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Development in the South East

Full-Stack Development
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
Thames Valley +84 195 £62,500 +4.17% 33
Hampshire +17 111 £60,000 +4.35% 16
Surrey +29 98 £56,250 -13.46% 17
Berkshire +62 93 £68,750 +52.78% 15
Kent +25 58 £52,500 +40.00% 12
Buckinghamshire +39 53 £60,000 -14.29% 8
Oxfordshire +3 49 £57,500 -4.17% 10
East Sussex +15 42 £55,000 -15.38% 10
West Sussex +14 34 £75,000 +30.43% 5
Isle of Wight - 18 £45,000 - 7
Full-Stack Development
England

Full-Stack Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (1.79%) Confluence
2 9 (1.61%) ColdFusion
3 6 (1.08%) WordPress
4 3 (0.54%) CMS
5 2 (0.36%) Apache
5 2 (0.36%) IIS
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.25%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 230 (41.22%) Azure
2 148 (26.52%) AWS
3 86 (15.41%) SaaS
4 81 (14.52%) GitHub
5 67 (12.01%) Azure DevOps
6 55 (9.86%) GitHub Copilot
7 51 (9.14%) Azure AI
8 20 (3.58%) GCP
9 17 (3.05%) Serverless
10 16 (2.87%) Anthropic Claude
10 16 (2.87%) Power Platform
10 16 (2.87%) Snowflake
11 15 (2.69%) Amazon ECS
12 14 (2.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 14 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.61%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.25%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.30%) Internet
2 4 (0.72%) Broadband
2 4 (0.72%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.54%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.18%) DHCP
4 1 (0.18%) DNS
4 1 (0.18%) LAN
4 1 (0.18%) VoIP
4 1 (0.18%) VSAN
4 1 (0.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (27.06%) MongoDB
2 139 (24.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 80 (14.34%) SQL Server
4 58 (10.39%) Elasticsearch
5 33 (5.91%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (3.23%) Redis
7 14 (2.51%) Power BI
8 13 (2.33%) MySQL
8 13 (2.33%) NoSQL
8 13 (2.33%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.43%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.54%) Spatial Data
12 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (4.30%) Git
2 11 (1.97%) JIRA
3 9 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.25%) JUnit
5 6 (1.08%) Selenium
6 5 (0.90%) Mockito
7 4 (0.72%) GitLab
8 3 (0.54%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.54%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.36%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.36%) JMeter
9 2 (0.36%) Maven
9 2 (0.36%) Mocha
9 2 (0.36%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.18%) DBeaver
10 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.18%) NUnit
10 1 (0.18%) Storybook
10 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 46 (8.24%) Social Skills
2 44 (7.89%) Finance
3 29 (5.20%) Games
4 27 (4.84%) Retail
5 22 (3.94%) Advertising
6 15 (2.69%) Marketing
7 11 (1.97%) Automotive
7 11 (1.97%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.43%) Legal
9 5 (0.90%) Music Industry
9 5 (0.90%) Public Sector
10 4 (0.72%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (0.72%) Law
10 4 (0.72%) Legal Technology
11 3 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.36%) Aviation
12 2 (0.36%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.36%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.18%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 414 (74.19%) Developer
2 233 (41.76%) Full-Stack Developer
3 190 (34.05%) .NET Developer
4 91 (16.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 80 (14.34%) Software Engineer
6 78 (13.98%) Lead
7 74 (13.26%) Software Developer
8 59 (10.57%) Senior
9 56 (10.04%) Lead Developer
10 52 (9.32%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 44 (7.89%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 43 (7.71%) Lead Software Developer
13 29 (5.20%) Senior Developer
14 28 (5.02%) C# Software Engineer
15 27 (4.84%) .NET Software Engineer
15 27 (4.84%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 25 (4.48%) C# Developer
17 24 (4.30%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
18 23 (4.12%) Web Developer
19 22 (3.94%) Full-Stack Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 273 (48.92%) .NET
2 180 (32.26%) ASP.NET
3 162 (29.03%) ASP.NET Core
4 156 (27.96%) React
5 154 (27.60%) .NET Core
6 149 (26.70%) Node.js
7 105 (18.82%) HTML
8 99 (17.74%) Vue
9 98 (17.56%) CSS
10 71 (12.72%) Blazor
11 68 (12.19%) Entity Framework
12 63 (11.29%) ASP.NET Web API
13 59 (10.57%) AngularJS
14 52 (9.32%) RESTful
15 46 (8.24%) ML.NET
16 40 (7.17%) .NET Framework
17 30 (5.38%) LINQ
18 29 (5.20%) REST
19 22 (3.94%) Ruby on Rails
20 16 (2.87%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.53%) Greenfield Project
2 25 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (3.94%) Product Ownership
4 10 (1.79%) IoT
5 8 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (1.43%) Mobile App
6 7 (1.25%) AI Agents
7 6 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.08%) Smart Energy
8 5 (0.90%) Digital TV
8 5 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (0.72%) Blog
9 4 (0.72%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.72%) iPhone
9 4 (0.72%) Low-Code
9 4 (0.72%) Podcast
9 4 (0.72%) Social Network
9 4 (0.72%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (0.54%) Augmented Reality
10 3 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.97%) Linux
2 4 (0.72%) Android
2 4 (0.72%) Windows
3 1 (0.18%) Debian
3 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (30.82%) Agile
2 130 (23.30%) AI
3 113 (20.25%) CI/CD
4 111 (19.89%) Microservices
5 109 (19.53%) Software Engineering
6 104 (18.64%) DevOps
7 83 (14.87%) Machine Learning
8 60 (10.75%) TDD
9 53 (9.50%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (8.60%) Scrum
11 46 (8.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 45 (8.06%) Clean Code
13 44 (7.89%) Multithreading
14 40 (7.17%) BDD
15 39 (6.99%) Kanban
15 39 (6.99%) Technical Leadership
16 37 (6.63%) E-Commerce
17 34 (6.09%) SDLC
18 31 (5.56%) OO
18 31 (5.56%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 254 (45.52%) C#
2 203 (36.38%) JavaScript
3 176 (31.54%) TypeScript
4 175 (31.36%) SQL
5 53 (9.50%) Python
6 27 (4.84%) PHP
7 22 (3.94%) Ruby
8 21 (3.76%) Java
9 7 (1.25%) C++
10 5 (0.90%) Go
11 3 (0.54%) CFML
11 3 (0.54%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.54%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.36%) Bash
12 2 (0.36%) Groovy
13 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (4.84%) Degree
2 24 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (2.69%) Security Cleared
4 13 (2.33%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.79%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.08%) AWS Certified Developer
6 6 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (0.90%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.90%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (0.54%) PhD
9 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.23%) QA
2 6 (1.08%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 89 (15.95%) Docker
2 5 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 73 (13.08%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.58%) Terraform
3 2 (0.36%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.36%) Kibana
4 1 (0.18%) Ansible
Vendors
1 166 (29.75%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.23%) Google
3 16 (2.87%) Facebook
4 12 (2.15%) YouTube
5 8 (1.43%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.08%) Foundry
7 4 (0.72%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.54%) Adobe
8 3 (0.54%) Oracle
9 2 (0.36%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.36%) Splunk
9 2 (0.36%) WooCommerce
10 1 (0.18%) HubSpot