Full-Stack Development Job Trends

Full-Stack Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Full-Stack Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 95 37
Rank change year-on-year +48 -58 +33
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 2,861 1,453 5,468
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.09% 3.27% 5.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 3.53% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,356 896 4,231
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,563 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,552 41,143 88,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.85% 92.63% 82.27%
Number of salaries quoted 46,362 21,911 62,510
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,556
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

Full-Stack Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Full-Stack Development job vacancy trend in the UK

Full-Stack Development
Salary Trend

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

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

Full-Stack Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Development over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Development in the UK

Full-Stack Development
Top 18 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England +53 2,600 £65,000 -3.70% 554
UK excluding London +48 1,873 £60,000 - 457
Work from Home +41 1,206 £60,000 -7.69% 330
London +30 829 £85,000 +6.25% 203
North of England +60 623 £65,000 - 132
South East +71 454 £60,000 - 143
North West +45 332 £65,000 - 71
Midlands +38 282 £55,000 -4.35% 44
South West +39 243 £60,000 -4.00% 51
Yorkshire +80 198 £70,000 +16.67% 40
East of England +45 154 £60,000 +20.00% 39
West Midlands +22 145 £55,000 -12.00% 17
East Midlands +22 136 £55,000 +15.79% 27
North East +17 93 £55,000 +15.79% 21
Scotland -38 58 £60,000 -11.11% 31
Wales -35 38 £60,000 -14.29% 14
Northern Ireland - 26 £70,000 - 7
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Full-Stack Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 26 (0.91%) CMS
2 19 (0.66%) Confluence
3 13 (0.45%) WordPress
4 11 (0.38%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.35%) ColdFusion
6 8 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.28%) Apache
6 8 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
6 8 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
6 8 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.17%) IIS
10 4 (0.14%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.14%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.14%) nginx
10 4 (0.14%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.10%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.070%) Liferay
Applications
1 6 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.14%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.035%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.035%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.035%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.17%) Shopify
2 2 (0.070%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.035%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.035%) Magento
3 1 (0.035%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.035%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.035%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 835 (29.19%) AWS
2 704 (24.61%) Azure
3 228 (7.97%) SaaS
4 206 (7.20%) Serverless
5 197 (6.89%) GitHub
6 175 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
7 158 (5.52%) GCP
8 129 (4.51%) AWS Lambda
9 106 (3.70%) Amazon S3
10 91 (3.18%) GitHub Copilot
11 90 (3.15%) Azure AI
12 77 (2.69%) Amazon ECS
13 70 (2.45%) Amazon SQS
14 64 (2.24%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 48 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
16 46 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
17 42 (1.47%) Figma
18 40 (1.40%) Power Platform
19 33 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
20 27 (0.94%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 73 (2.55%) Broadband
2 34 (1.19%) Internet
3 6 (0.21%) Firewall
3 6 (0.21%) HTTP
3 6 (0.21%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.17%) DNS
4 5 (0.17%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.14%) MQTT
6 3 (0.10%) VPN
7 1 (0.035%) AMQP
7 1 (0.035%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.035%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.035%) Multicast
7 1 (0.035%) RTSP
7 1 (0.035%) SCTP
7 1 (0.035%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.035%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.035%) VLAN
7 1 (0.035%) VSAN
7 1 (0.035%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 353 (12.34%) MongoDB
2 263 (9.19%) Azure SQL Database
3 190 (6.64%) PostgreSQL
4 138 (4.82%) SQL Server
5 107 (3.74%) NoSQL
6 91 (3.18%) Elasticsearch
7 78 (2.73%) MySQL
8 66 (2.31%) Relational Database
9 57 (1.99%) DynamoDB
10 24 (0.84%) Redis
11 23 (0.80%) Power BI
12 17 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (0.38%) GIS
14 11 (0.38%) Pinecone
15 7 (0.24%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.21%) MariaDB
16 6 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 5 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
17 5 (0.17%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 204 (7.13%) Git
2 90 (3.15%) Jenkins
3 59 (2.06%) Cypress.io
4 57 (1.99%) GitLab
5 40 (1.40%) JIRA
6 34 (1.19%) Maven
7 33 (1.15%) JUnit
8 28 (0.98%) Claude Code
9 20 (0.70%) SonarQube
10 19 (0.66%) Vite
11 17 (0.59%) Mockito
12 15 (0.52%) CircleCI
12 15 (0.52%) Eclipse
13 14 (0.49%) Subversion
14 11 (0.38%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.31%) TeamCity
16 8 (0.28%) Selenium
17 7 (0.24%) Cucumber
17 7 (0.24%) ESLint
18 6 (0.21%) Storybook
General
1 330 (11.53%) Finance
2 295 (10.31%) Social Skills
3 88 (3.08%) Public Sector
4 79 (2.76%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (2.59%) Games
6 72 (2.52%) Marketing
7 58 (2.03%) Retail
8 56 (1.96%) Banking
9 48 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 45 (1.57%) Advertising
11 39 (1.36%) Front Office
12 38 (1.33%) Manufacturing
13 36 (1.26%) Law
14 33 (1.15%) Tech for Good
15 31 (1.08%) Legal
16 21 (0.73%) Aviation
16 21 (0.73%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (0.66%) Health Technology
18 15 (0.52%) Automotive
18 15 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,679 (58.69%) Developer
2 983 (34.36%) Full-Stack Developer
3 684 (23.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 615 (21.50%) Senior
5 528 (18.46%) Software Engineer
6 412 (14.40%) .NET Developer
7 381 (13.32%) Lead
8 285 (9.96%) Senior Developer
9 239 (8.35%) Software Developer
10 230 (8.04%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 200 (6.99%) Lead Developer
12 185 (6.47%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 182 (6.36%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
14 177 (6.19%) Java Developer
15 149 (5.21%) Senior Software Engineer
16 130 (4.54%) React Developer
17 117 (4.09%) Java Engineer
18 103 (3.60%) Python Developer
19 101 (3.53%) Full-Stack Java Developer
20 90 (3.15%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 935 (32.68%) React
2 757 (26.46%) .NET
3 527 (18.42%) Node.js
4 361 (12.62%) .NET Core
5 352 (12.30%) AngularJS
6 334 (11.67%) CSS
7 324 (11.32%) HTML
8 312 (10.91%) ASP.NET
9 303 (10.59%) Vue
10 283 (9.89%) ASP.NET Core
11 264 (9.23%) RESTful
12 190 (6.64%) Spring
13 158 (5.52%) REST
14 150 (5.24%) Spring Boot
15 147 (5.14%) Entity Framework
16 138 (4.82%) Next.js
17 128 (4.47%) Blazor
18 107 (3.74%) ASP.NET Web API
19 84 (2.94%) .NET Framework
19 84 (2.94%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 235 (8.21%) Cloud Native
2 135 (4.72%) Greenfield Project
3 87 (3.04%) Mobile App
4 78 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
5 77 (2.69%) Product Ownership
6 52 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
7 49 (1.71%) AI Agents
8 47 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 38 (1.33%) Low-Code
10 35 (1.22%) Fixed Income
11 32 (1.12%) e-Learning
11 32 (1.12%) Video\Live Streaming
12 30 (1.05%) IoT
13 26 (0.91%) Onboarding
14 19 (0.66%) Virtual Team
15 16 (0.56%) Data Structures
15 16 (0.56%) Management Information System
15 16 (0.56%) Social Media
16 15 (0.52%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 50 (1.75%) Linux
2 26 (0.91%) Android
3 14 (0.49%) Apple iOS
4 8 (0.28%) Unix
5 7 (0.24%) Windows
6 2 (0.070%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.070%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.035%) AIX
7 1 (0.035%) VMS
7 1 (0.035%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 883 (30.86%) Software Engineering
2 697 (24.36%) Agile
3 582 (20.34%) CI/CD
4 549 (19.19%) AI
5 469 (16.39%) DevOps
6 429 (14.99%) Microservices
7 350 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
8 288 (10.07%) Mentoring
9 284 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 231 (8.07%) Test Automation
11 219 (7.65%) Machine Learning
12 169 (5.91%) Containerisation
12 169 (5.91%) Scrum
13 161 (5.63%) Clean Code
14 160 (5.59%) Infrastructure as Code
15 159 (5.56%) User Experience
16 151 (5.28%) TDD
17 138 (4.82%) Computer Science
18 137 (4.79%) Web Development
19 136 (4.75%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 807 (28.21%) JavaScript
2 791 (27.65%) TypeScript
3 696 (24.33%) C#
4 554 (19.36%) SQL
5 547 (19.12%) Python
6 509 (17.79%) Java
7 98 (3.43%) PHP
8 85 (2.97%) Go
9 61 (2.13%) Ruby
10 55 (1.92%) C++
11 33 (1.15%) Bash
12 23 (0.80%) Groovy
13 15 (0.52%) Kotlin
13 15 (0.52%) PL/SQL
14 12 (0.42%) Rust
15 11 (0.38%) Bicep
16 10 (0.35%) C
16 10 (0.35%) Perl
17 7 (0.24%) T-SQL
18 6 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 187 (6.54%) Security Cleared
2 151 (5.28%) Degree
3 139 (4.86%) SC Cleared
4 103 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (1.15%) DV Cleared
6 18 (0.63%) Master's Degree
7 16 (0.56%) AWS Certification
8 15 (0.52%) DBS Check
9 8 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (0.17%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.17%) PhD
12 2 (0.070%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.070%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.035%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.035%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (3.43%) QA
2 46 (1.61%) Accessibility
3 15 (0.52%) GDPR
3 15 (0.52%) WCAG
4 11 (0.38%) Data Quality
5 7 (0.24%) GRC
6 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.14%) NCSC
7 3 (0.10%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.10%) SLA
8 2 (0.070%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.070%) ITGC
8 2 (0.070%) NIST
9 1 (0.035%) HL7
9 1 (0.035%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.035%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.035%) SOC 2
System Software
1 330 (11.53%) Docker
2 5 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.14%) Firmware
4 3 (0.10%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.070%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.070%) vSphere
6 1 (0.035%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 238 (8.32%) Kubernetes
2 123 (4.30%) Terraform
3 31 (1.08%) Grafana
4 21 (0.73%) Ansible
5 20 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.45%) Podman
7 11 (0.38%) HP Fortify
8 8 (0.28%) Kibana
9 6 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.14%) logstash
11 3 (0.10%) Argo
12 2 (0.070%) Nagios
13 1 (0.035%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.035%) Graylog
13 1 (0.035%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.035%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 381 (13.32%) Microsoft
2 56 (1.96%) Google
3 35 (1.22%) Adobe
3 35 (1.22%) OpenAI
4 32 (1.12%) Facebook
5 30 (1.05%) Oracle
6 23 (0.80%) Salesforce
7 20 (0.70%) Foundry
8 17 (0.59%) Palantir
9 12 (0.42%) Apple
10 11 (0.38%) Sony
10 11 (0.38%) Yahoo!
10 11 (0.38%) YouTube
11 10 (0.35%) Dynatrace
11 10 (0.35%) Splunk
12 8 (0.28%) Sitecore
13 7 (0.24%) AppDynamics
14 6 (0.21%) Databricks
14 6 (0.21%) Pega
15 5 (0.17%) WooCommerce