Full-Stack Development Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Full-Stack Development
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Full-Stack Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 129 67
Rank change year-on-year +83 -62 +12
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 195 68 168
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.83% 1.78% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.02% 1.98% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 126 31 135
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £38,000
25th Percentile £49,063 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £89,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,851 3,430 4,214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 70.33% 89.84% 81.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,425 1,477 2,535
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £53,263
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.13% -3.16%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £82,082
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Full-Stack Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Full-Stack Development job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Full-Stack Development
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Full-Stack Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Full-Stack Development

Full-Stack Development
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Development in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Development in the Thames Valley

Full-Stack Development
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 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
Berkshire +62 93 £70,000 +55.56% 16
Buckinghamshire +36 53 £60,000 -14.29% 2
Oxfordshire +8 49 £57,500 -4.17% 19
Full-Stack Development
South East

Full-Stack Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (1.03%) Confluence
2 1 (0.51%) Apache
2 1 (0.51%) CMS
2 1 (0.51%) IIS
2 1 (0.51%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.51%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (3.59%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 70 (35.90%) Azure
2 58 (29.74%) AWS
3 22 (11.28%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (10.77%) GitHub
5 14 (7.18%) Azure AI
6 12 (6.15%) GitHub Copilot
7 11 (5.64%) SaaS
8 9 (4.62%) GCP
9 8 (4.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 7 (3.59%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (3.59%) Serverless
11 5 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (2.56%) PaaS
12 4 (2.05%) Azure Machine Learning
12 4 (2.05%) Figma
12 4 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (2.05%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.54%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.54%) Anthropic Claude
13 3 (1.54%) Azure Cognitive Services
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.56%) Internet
2 1 (0.51%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.36%) Azure SQL Database
2 24 (12.31%) SQL Server
3 23 (11.79%) MongoDB
4 20 (10.26%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (6.15%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (4.62%) Relational Database
7 8 (4.10%) MySQL
8 4 (2.05%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.03%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.03%) Power BI
9 2 (1.03%) Redis
9 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (5.64%) Git
2 9 (4.62%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.05%) GitLab
4 3 (1.54%) JUnit
5 2 (1.03%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.03%) JIRA
5 2 (1.03%) JMeter
5 2 (1.03%) Maven
5 2 (1.03%) Mocha
5 2 (1.03%) Mockito
5 2 (1.03%) Selenium
5 2 (1.03%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.51%) Storybook
General
1 20 (10.26%) Finance
2 18 (9.23%) Social Skills
3 16 (8.21%) Retail
4 11 (5.64%) Manufacturing
5 7 (3.59%) Advertising
6 6 (3.08%) Automotive
7 4 (2.05%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.05%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.03%) Law
8 2 (1.03%) Legal
8 2 (1.03%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.51%) Games
Job Titles
1 90 (46.15%) Developer
2 62 (31.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 54 (27.69%) Full-Stack Developer
4 53 (27.18%) Software Engineer
5 36 (18.46%) .NET Developer
5 36 (18.46%) Senior
6 31 (15.90%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 19 (9.74%) Senior Developer
8 17 (8.72%) Lead
9 15 (7.69%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 11 (5.64%) C# Software Engineer
11 10 (5.13%) .NET Software Engineer
11 10 (5.13%) Python Engineer
11 10 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
12 9 (4.62%) Python Software Engineer
13 8 (4.10%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
14 7 (3.59%) Azure Engineer
14 7 (3.59%) Azure Software Engineer
14 7 (3.59%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 7 (3.59%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (38.97%) React
2 67 (34.36%) .NET
3 47 (24.10%) Node.js
4 35 (17.95%) .NET Core
4 35 (17.95%) ASP.NET
5 33 (16.92%) ASP.NET Core
6 30 (15.38%) HTML
7 26 (13.33%) CSS
8 24 (12.31%) Blazor
9 15 (7.69%) Ruby on Rails
10 14 (7.18%) REST
11 13 (6.67%) Entity Framework
12 12 (6.15%) .NET Framework
13 11 (5.64%) Vue
14 9 (4.62%) ASP.NET Web API
14 9 (4.62%) Django
14 9 (4.62%) ML.NET
14 9 (4.62%) Spring Boot
15 8 (4.10%) RESTful
16 7 (3.59%) LINQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.10%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (3.08%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (3.08%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.05%) IoT
4 4 (2.05%) Smart Energy
4 4 (2.05%) Social Network
4 4 (2.05%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (1.54%) AI Agents
5 3 (1.54%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.03%) Autonomous Agent
6 2 (1.03%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.51%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.51%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.51%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.08%) Linux
2 2 (1.03%) Windows
3 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (27.69%) Software Engineering
2 50 (25.64%) Agile
3 38 (19.49%) DevOps
4 36 (18.46%) CI/CD
5 30 (15.38%) AI
6 23 (11.79%) Microservices
7 21 (10.77%) Machine Learning
7 21 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (10.26%) TDD
9 19 (9.74%) Scrum
10 16 (8.21%) OO
11 15 (7.69%) Containerisation
12 12 (6.15%) Clean Code
12 12 (6.15%) Design Patterns
12 12 (6.15%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (6.15%) Test Automation
13 10 (5.13%) OOP
13 10 (5.13%) Translating Business Requirements
14 9 (4.62%) Multithreading
14 9 (4.62%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 63 (32.31%) C#
2 58 (29.74%) TypeScript
3 54 (27.69%) JavaScript
4 36 (18.46%) SQL
5 33 (16.92%) Python
6 15 (7.69%) Ruby
7 11 (5.64%) Java
8 7 (3.59%) C++
9 2 (1.03%) Bash
9 2 (1.03%) Groovy
9 2 (1.03%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.51%) Go
10 1 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (5.64%) Degree
1 11 (5.64%) SC Cleared
1 11 (5.64%) Security Cleared
2 8 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.56%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.56%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.05%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 3 (1.54%) PhD
6 2 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 2 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.67%) QA
2 2 (1.03%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 32 (16.41%) Docker
2 4 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (11.79%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.03%) HP Fortify
2 2 (1.03%) Kibana
Vendors
1 39 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.59%) Facebook
2 7 (3.59%) YouTube
3 5 (2.56%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.54%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.03%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.03%) Splunk
6 1 (0.51%) Foundry
6 1 (0.51%) HubSpot