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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 124 74
Rank change year-on-year +73 -50 +1
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 174 79 202
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.82% 2.18% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 2.40% 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 119 42 180
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,375 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +6.82% -24.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,500 £85,250
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 4,403 3,291 5,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.48% 90.81% 81.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,055 1,394 3,666
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +56 88 £65,000 +18.18% 30
Buckinghamshire +20 46 £60,000 +4.35% 28
Oxfordshire +1 40 £57,500 -4.17% 27
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 (1.15%) Confluence
2 1 (0.57%) Apache
2 1 (0.57%) CMS
2 1 (0.57%) IIS
2 1 (0.57%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.57%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.45%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 65 (37.36%) Azure
2 58 (33.33%) AWS
3 18 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (10.34%) GitHub
4 15 (8.62%) SaaS
5 12 (6.90%) Azure AI
6 10 (5.75%) GitHub Copilot
7 8 (4.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (4.02%) GCP
8 7 (4.02%) Serverless
9 6 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.87%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (2.87%) Figma
10 5 (2.87%) PaaS
11 3 (1.72%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.15%) Apigee
12 2 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.15%) Power Platform
12 2 (1.15%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.87%) Internet
2 1 (0.57%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (16.09%) Azure SQL Database
2 23 (13.22%) MongoDB
3 18 (10.34%) SQL Server
4 16 (9.20%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (6.90%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (4.02%) Relational Database
7 6 (3.45%) MySQL
8 4 (2.30%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.15%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.15%) Power BI
9 2 (1.15%) Redis
9 2 (1.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.57%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 11 (6.32%) Git
2 7 (4.02%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.30%) GitLab
4 3 (1.72%) JUnit
5 2 (1.15%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.15%) JIRA
5 2 (1.15%) JMeter
5 2 (1.15%) Maven
5 2 (1.15%) Mocha
5 2 (1.15%) Mockito
5 2 (1.15%) Selenium
5 2 (1.15%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.57%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.57%) Storybook
General
1 22 (12.64%) Finance
2 16 (9.20%) Retail
2 16 (9.20%) Social Skills
3 10 (5.75%) Manufacturing
4 7 (4.02%) Advertising
5 6 (3.45%) Automotive
6 3 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.72%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.15%) Law
7 2 (1.15%) Legal
7 2 (1.15%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.57%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (0.57%) Games
8 1 (0.57%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 87 (50.00%) Developer
2 55 (31.61%) Full-Stack Developer
3 51 (29.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 51 (29.31%) Software Engineer
4 33 (18.97%) .NET Developer
5 32 (18.39%) Senior
6 29 (16.67%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 16 (9.20%) Senior Developer
8 15 (8.62%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 11 (6.32%) C# Software Engineer
10 9 (5.17%) .NET Software Engineer
10 9 (5.17%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (4.60%) Lead
11 8 (4.60%) Python Engineer
12 7 (4.02%) Node.js Developer
12 7 (4.02%) Principal Engineer
12 7 (4.02%) Principal Software Engineer
12 7 (4.02%) Python Software Engineer
12 7 (4.02%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
13 6 (3.45%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (35.06%) React
2 58 (33.33%) .NET
3 42 (24.14%) Node.js
4 37 (21.26%) .NET Core
5 33 (18.97%) ASP.NET
6 29 (16.67%) ASP.NET Core
7 25 (14.37%) Blazor
7 25 (14.37%) HTML
8 21 (12.07%) CSS
9 15 (8.62%) Ruby on Rails
10 12 (6.90%) Entity Framework
10 12 (6.90%) REST
10 12 (6.90%) Vue
11 11 (6.32%) .NET Framework
12 9 (5.17%) ASP.NET Web API
12 9 (5.17%) Django
12 9 (5.17%) ML.NET
13 8 (4.60%) RESTful
13 8 (4.60%) Web Services
13 8 (4.60%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
1 7 (4.02%) IoT
1 7 (4.02%) Product Ownership
1 7 (4.02%) Smart Energy
2 6 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (2.87%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (2.30%) Social Network
5 2 (1.15%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.15%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.57%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.57%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.57%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.57%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.45%) Linux
2 2 (1.15%) Windows
3 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (29.89%) Software Engineering
2 48 (27.59%) Agile
3 34 (19.54%) DevOps
4 31 (17.82%) CI/CD
5 23 (13.22%) Microservices
6 21 (12.07%) AI
7 19 (10.92%) Machine Learning
7 19 (10.92%) Scrum
7 19 (10.92%) TDD
8 16 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (7.47%) Containerisation
9 13 (7.47%) OO
10 12 (6.90%) Clean Code
10 12 (6.90%) User Experience
11 11 (6.32%) Design Patterns
12 10 (5.75%) UX Design
13 9 (5.17%) OOP
14 8 (4.60%) Multithreading
14 8 (4.60%) SDLC
14 8 (4.60%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 56 (32.18%) TypeScript
2 55 (31.61%) C#
3 44 (25.29%) JavaScript
4 37 (21.26%) SQL
5 24 (13.79%) Python
6 15 (8.62%) Ruby
7 10 (5.75%) Java
8 6 (3.45%) C++
9 2 (1.15%) Bash
9 2 (1.15%) Groovy
9 2 (1.15%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.57%) Go
10 1 (0.57%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (6.90%) Degree
2 9 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (4.60%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.60%) Security Cleared
4 6 (3.45%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.30%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.30%) PhD
6 3 (1.72%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.15%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.05%) QA
2 2 (1.15%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.15%) GDPR
System Software
1 29 (16.67%) Docker
2 5 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (12.07%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.87%) Terraform
3 2 (1.15%) HP Fortify
3 2 (1.15%) Kibana
Vendors
1 40 (22.99%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.02%) Facebook
2 7 (4.02%) YouTube
3 5 (2.87%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.15%) Dynatrace
4 2 (1.15%) Splunk
5 1 (0.57%) Foundry
5 1 (0.57%) OpenAI