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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 128 39
Rank change year-on-year +81 -89 +26
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 463 186 878
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 3.14% 2.38% 4.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 2.64% 5.83%
Number of salaries quoted 392 149 701
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -14.29%

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 10,531 7,047 15,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.36% 90.17% 81.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7,470 3,420 10,465
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,988 £27,750
25th Percentile £39,438 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% +3.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +60 163 £60,000 - 42
Surrey +18 85 £55,000 -15.38% 14
Berkshire +63 79 £65,000 +18.18% 19
Hampshire +1 76 £65,000 +15.56% 17
Kent +12 52 £47,500 +26.67% 11
Oxfordshire +9 43 £57,500 -4.17% 11
East Sussex +14 42 £60,000 - 6
Buckinghamshire +19 41 £60,000 - 12
West Sussex - 27 £75,000 - 10
Sussex - 9 £75,000 - 1
Isle of Wight - 7 £47,500 - 1
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 (2.16%) Confluence
2 9 (1.94%) ColdFusion
3 5 (1.08%) WordPress
4 2 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.86%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 162 (34.99%) Azure
2 115 (24.84%) AWS
3 80 (17.28%) SaaS
4 50 (10.80%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (10.15%) GitHub
6 31 (6.70%) Azure AI
7 29 (6.26%) GitHub Copilot
8 14 (3.02%) GCP
8 14 (3.02%) Power Platform
9 11 (2.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 8 (1.73%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (1.73%) Figma
10 8 (1.73%) Snowflake
11 7 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (1.51%) Serverless
12 6 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.08%) PaaS
14 4 (0.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 3 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
15 3 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.02%) Internet
2 7 (1.51%) Broadband
3 4 (0.86%) Hyperconnected
4 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.22%) DHCP
5 1 (0.22%) DNS
5 1 (0.22%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (20.52%) MongoDB
2 85 (18.36%) Azure SQL Database
3 55 (11.88%) SQL Server
4 34 (7.34%) Elasticsearch
5 31 (6.70%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (3.02%) Power BI
7 10 (2.16%) Redis
8 9 (1.94%) MySQL
9 8 (1.73%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.51%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.65%) Spatial Data
13 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
14 1 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 21 (4.54%) Git
2 10 (2.16%) JIRA
3 7 (1.51%) JUnit
4 5 (1.08%) Mockito
5 4 (0.86%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.65%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.43%) GitLab
7 2 (0.43%) JMeter
7 2 (0.43%) Mocha
7 2 (0.43%) Selenium
8 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.22%) DBeaver
8 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.22%) NUnit
8 1 (0.22%) Postman
8 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.22%) Storybook
8 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 43 (9.29%) Finance
1 43 (9.29%) Social Skills
2 19 (4.10%) Games
3 18 (3.89%) Retail
4 17 (3.67%) Marketing
5 16 (3.46%) Advertising
5 16 (3.46%) Aviation
6 10 (2.16%) Manufacturing
7 9 (1.94%) Automotive
7 9 (1.94%) Tech for Good
8 8 (1.73%) Legal
9 7 (1.51%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.86%) Law
10 4 (0.86%) Legal Technology
10 4 (0.86%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.65%) Music Industry
11 3 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.43%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (0.43%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 347 (74.95%) Developer
2 218 (47.08%) Full-Stack Developer
3 129 (27.86%) .NET Developer
4 79 (17.06%) Software Engineer
5 65 (14.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 63 (13.61%) Senior
7 57 (12.31%) Lead
8 46 (9.94%) Lead Developer
9 45 (9.72%) Software Developer
10 38 (8.21%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 35 (7.56%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 35 (7.56%) Senior Developer
12 32 (6.91%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 28 (6.05%) .NET Software Engineer
13 28 (6.05%) C# Software Engineer
14 27 (5.83%) Lead Software Developer
14 27 (5.83%) React Developer
15 23 (4.97%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 20 (4.32%) Web Developer
17 18 (3.89%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (44.49%) .NET
2 120 (25.92%) React
3 107 (23.11%) ASP.NET
4 103 (22.25%) .NET Core
5 95 (20.52%) Node.js
6 94 (20.30%) ASP.NET Core
7 80 (17.28%) HTML
8 74 (15.98%) CSS
9 67 (14.47%) Vue
10 48 (10.37%) AngularJS
11 47 (10.15%) Blazor
12 39 (8.42%) ASP.NET Web API
12 39 (8.42%) RESTful
13 37 (7.99%) Entity Framework
14 28 (6.05%) ML.NET
15 21 (4.54%) REST
16 20 (4.32%) LINQ
17 16 (3.46%) .NET Framework
17 16 (3.46%) HTML5
17 16 (3.46%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.62%) Greenfield Project
2 14 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (3.02%) IoT
2 14 (3.02%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.59%) Mobile App
3 12 (2.59%) Smart Energy
4 7 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.30%) Blog
5 6 (1.30%) Podcast
6 5 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (0.86%) Cloud Native
7 4 (0.86%) Low-Code
7 4 (0.86%) Social Network
7 4 (0.86%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (0.65%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.65%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (0.65%) Digital TV
8 3 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.43%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.73%) Linux
2 5 (1.08%) Windows
3 4 (0.86%) Android
4 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (23.11%) Agile
1 107 (23.11%) Software Engineering
2 89 (19.22%) AI
3 80 (17.28%) DevOps
4 79 (17.06%) Microservices
5 78 (16.85%) CI/CD
6 68 (14.69%) Machine Learning
7 41 (8.86%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (8.86%) TDD
8 35 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (6.91%) Clean Code
10 30 (6.48%) Scrum
11 29 (6.26%) Web Development
12 27 (5.83%) Multithreading
12 27 (5.83%) User Experience
13 26 (5.62%) SDLC
14 25 (5.40%) BDD
14 25 (5.40%) Kanban
15 23 (4.97%) E-Commerce
16 21 (4.54%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 175 (37.80%) C#
2 141 (30.45%) TypeScript
3 132 (28.51%) JavaScript
4 129 (27.86%) SQL
5 58 (12.53%) Python
6 31 (6.70%) Java
7 19 (4.10%) PHP
8 16 (3.46%) Ruby
9 9 (1.94%) C++
10 5 (1.08%) Go
11 3 (0.65%) CFML
11 3 (0.65%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.65%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.43%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (4.75%) Degree
2 17 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (2.59%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.16%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.51%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.08%) PhD
7 3 (0.65%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.65%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.43%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.89%) QA
2 8 (1.73%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.43%) GDPR
System Software
1 58 (12.53%) Docker
2 5 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (9.72%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.46%) Terraform
3 3 (0.65%) Ansible
4 2 (0.43%) Kibana
Vendors
1 101 (21.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.59%) Facebook
3 8 (1.73%) Salesforce
3 8 (1.73%) YouTube
4 6 (1.30%) Adobe
4 6 (1.30%) Foundry
5 5 (1.08%) Google
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle
7 2 (0.43%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.43%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.43%) Splunk
7 2 (0.43%) WooCommerce