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 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 45 94 36
Rank change year-on-year +49 -58 +34
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 2,925 1,453 5,594
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.12% 3.25% 5.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 3.51% 6.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,417 893 4,344
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,250 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £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 68,264 41,362 89,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.88% 92.48% 81.88%
Number of salaries quoted 46,974 22,138 63,125
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,991
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 18 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 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
England +55 2,662 £65,000 -3.70% 792
UK excluding London +51 1,929 £60,000 - 616
Work from Home +43 1,232 £60,000 -7.69% 417
London +25 841 £85,000 +6.25% 340
North of England +60 641 £65,000 - 159
South East +81 463 £60,000 - 172
North West +39 346 £65,000 - 90
Midlands +41 290 £55,000 -6.38% 64
South West +39 251 £60,000 -4.00% 70
Yorkshire +78 199 £70,000 +16.67% 42
East of England +48 161 £60,000 +20.00% 56
East Midlands +20 145 £55,000 +15.79% 42
West Midlands +28 144 £55,000 -12.00% 22
North East +11 96 £55,000 +26.44% 27
Scotland -35 61 £60,000 -11.11% 43
Wales -30 41 £60,000 -14.29% 19
Northern Ireland - 26 £70,000 - 39
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 (0.89%) CMS
2 21 (0.72%) Confluence
3 13 (0.44%) WordPress
4 12 (0.41%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.34%) ColdFusion
6 9 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 9 (0.31%) Apache
7 8 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 8 (0.27%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
8 7 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.17%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.14%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.14%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.14%) nginx
12 3 (0.10%) IIS
12 3 (0.10%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.10%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.068%) CICS
Applications
1 6 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.14%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.034%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.034%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.034%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.17%) Shopify
2 2 (0.068%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.034%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.034%) Magento
3 1 (0.034%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.034%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.034%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 855 (29.23%) AWS
2 744 (25.44%) Azure
3 228 (7.79%) SaaS
4 211 (7.21%) GitHub
5 205 (7.01%) Serverless
6 190 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
7 164 (5.61%) GCP
8 130 (4.44%) AWS Lambda
9 105 (3.59%) Amazon S3
10 102 (3.49%) Azure AI
11 101 (3.45%) GitHub Copilot
12 77 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
13 70 (2.39%) Amazon SQS
14 66 (2.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 51 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
16 46 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
17 42 (1.44%) Figma
18 41 (1.40%) Power Platform
19 34 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
20 28 (0.96%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 73 (2.50%) Broadband
2 35 (1.20%) 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 2 (0.068%) AMQP
8 1 (0.034%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.034%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.034%) Multicast
8 1 (0.034%) RTP
8 1 (0.034%) SCTP
8 1 (0.034%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.034%) SS7
8 1 (0.034%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.034%) VoLTE
8 1 (0.034%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 376 (12.85%) MongoDB
2 289 (9.88%) Azure SQL Database
3 191 (6.53%) PostgreSQL
4 137 (4.68%) SQL Server
5 108 (3.69%) NoSQL
6 98 (3.35%) Elasticsearch
7 81 (2.77%) MySQL
8 70 (2.39%) Relational Database
9 55 (1.88%) DynamoDB
10 26 (0.89%) Redis
11 23 (0.79%) Power BI
12 17 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (0.38%) GIS
14 11 (0.38%) Pinecone
15 9 (0.31%) RDBMS
16 7 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
17 6 (0.21%) MariaDB
17 6 (0.21%) NonStop SQL
17 6 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 204 (6.97%) Git
2 95 (3.25%) Jenkins
3 60 (2.05%) GitLab
4 58 (1.98%) Cypress.io
5 42 (1.44%) JIRA
6 37 (1.26%) JUnit
7 33 (1.13%) Maven
8 30 (1.03%) Claude Code
9 19 (0.65%) SonarQube
9 19 (0.65%) Vite
10 17 (0.58%) Mockito
11 16 (0.55%) Eclipse
12 15 (0.51%) CircleCI
12 15 (0.51%) Subversion
13 11 (0.38%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.31%) TeamCity
15 8 (0.27%) Cucumber
15 8 (0.27%) Selenium
15 8 (0.27%) Storybook
16 6 (0.21%) NUnit
General
1 342 (11.69%) Finance
2 295 (10.09%) Social Skills
3 94 (3.21%) Public Sector
4 79 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (2.60%) Games
6 75 (2.56%) Marketing
7 58 (1.98%) Retail
8 57 (1.95%) Banking
9 51 (1.74%) Advertising
10 49 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 39 (1.33%) Front Office
11 39 (1.33%) Manufacturing
12 36 (1.23%) Law
13 34 (1.16%) Legal
14 31 (1.06%) Tech for Good
15 21 (0.72%) Aviation
15 21 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (0.62%) Health Technology
17 16 (0.55%) Automotive
18 15 (0.51%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,734 (59.28%) Developer
2 1,004 (34.32%) Full-Stack Developer
3 688 (23.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 622 (21.26%) Senior
5 529 (18.09%) Software Engineer
6 439 (15.01%) .NET Developer
7 388 (13.26%) Lead
8 287 (9.81%) Senior Developer
9 248 (8.48%) Software Developer
10 227 (7.76%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 205 (7.01%) Lead Developer
12 184 (6.29%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 183 (6.26%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
14 177 (6.05%) Java Developer
15 151 (5.16%) Senior Software Engineer
16 128 (4.38%) React Developer
17 115 (3.93%) Java Engineer
18 104 (3.56%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 103 (3.52%) Python Developer
20 92 (3.15%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 959 (32.79%) React
2 792 (27.08%) .NET
3 538 (18.39%) Node.js
4 393 (13.44%) .NET Core
5 362 (12.38%) AngularJS
6 350 (11.97%) CSS
7 341 (11.66%) ASP.NET
7 341 (11.66%) HTML
8 311 (10.63%) ASP.NET Core
9 310 (10.60%) Vue
10 274 (9.37%) RESTful
11 188 (6.43%) Spring
12 160 (5.47%) REST
13 156 (5.33%) Entity Framework
14 147 (5.03%) Spring Boot
15 141 (4.82%) Next.js
16 140 (4.79%) Blazor
17 113 (3.86%) ASP.NET Web API
18 96 (3.28%) ML.NET
19 90 (3.08%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 242 (8.27%) Cloud Native
2 143 (4.89%) Greenfield Project
3 89 (3.04%) Mobile App
4 80 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
5 77 (2.63%) Product Ownership
6 56 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
7 51 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
8 50 (1.71%) AI Agents
9 39 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
10 38 (1.30%) Low-Code
11 35 (1.20%) Fixed Income
12 32 (1.09%) e-Learning
12 32 (1.09%) Video\Live Streaming
13 30 (1.03%) IoT
14 27 (0.92%) Onboarding
15 19 (0.65%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.58%) Data Structures
17 16 (0.55%) Management Information System
17 16 (0.55%) Social Media
18 15 (0.51%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 52 (1.78%) Linux
2 27 (0.92%) Android
3 14 (0.48%) Apple iOS
4 10 (0.34%) Windows
5 8 (0.27%) Unix
6 3 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.068%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.034%) AIX
8 1 (0.034%) VMS
8 1 (0.034%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 896 (30.63%) Software Engineering
2 721 (24.65%) Agile
3 608 (20.79%) CI/CD
4 575 (19.66%) AI
5 488 (16.68%) DevOps
6 448 (15.32%) Microservices
7 351 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 290 (9.91%) Mentoring
9 286 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 233 (7.97%) Machine Learning
11 231 (7.90%) Test Automation
12 175 (5.98%) Containerisation
13 173 (5.91%) Scrum
14 162 (5.54%) Clean Code
15 161 (5.50%) Infrastructure as Code
16 158 (5.40%) User Experience
17 157 (5.37%) TDD
18 141 (4.82%) Computer Science
19 140 (4.79%) Technical Leadership
20 139 (4.75%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 833 (28.48%) JavaScript
2 815 (27.86%) TypeScript
3 728 (24.89%) C#
4 585 (20.00%) SQL
5 565 (19.32%) Python
6 508 (17.37%) Java
7 97 (3.32%) PHP
8 87 (2.97%) Go
9 64 (2.19%) Ruby
10 60 (2.05%) C++
11 32 (1.09%) Bash
12 23 (0.79%) Groovy
13 15 (0.51%) Kotlin
13 15 (0.51%) PL/SQL
13 15 (0.51%) Rust
14 13 (0.44%) Bicep
15 11 (0.38%) Perl
16 10 (0.34%) C
17 8 (0.27%) T-SQL
18 6 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 193 (6.60%) Security Cleared
2 155 (5.30%) Degree
3 145 (4.96%) SC Cleared
4 107 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (1.09%) DV Cleared
6 19 (0.65%) Master's Degree
7 15 (0.51%) AWS Certification
7 15 (0.51%) DBS Check
8 9 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (0.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (0.21%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.17%) PhD
12 4 (0.14%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.068%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.068%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.034%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 1 (0.034%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (3.35%) QA
2 52 (1.78%) Accessibility
3 20 (0.68%) WCAG
4 15 (0.51%) GDPR
5 11 (0.38%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.24%) GRC
7 6 (0.21%) NCSC
8 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.10%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.10%) SLA
10 2 (0.068%) Good Clinical Practice
10 2 (0.068%) ITGC
10 2 (0.068%) NIST
11 1 (0.034%) HL7
11 1 (0.034%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.034%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.034%) SOC 2
System Software
1 350 (11.97%) Docker
2 5 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.14%) Firmware
4 3 (0.10%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.068%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.068%) vSphere
6 1 (0.034%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 252 (8.62%) Kubernetes
2 128 (4.38%) Terraform
3 31 (1.06%) Grafana
4 23 (0.79%) Ansible
5 20 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.44%) Podman
7 9 (0.31%) HP Fortify
7 9 (0.31%) Kibana
8 5 (0.17%) logstash
8 5 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.10%) Argo
10 2 (0.068%) Nagios
11 1 (0.034%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.034%) Graylog
11 1 (0.034%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.034%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 410 (14.02%) Microsoft
2 57 (1.95%) Google
3 36 (1.23%) Adobe
3 36 (1.23%) Facebook
4 34 (1.16%) OpenAI
5 30 (1.03%) Oracle
6 22 (0.75%) Salesforce
7 20 (0.68%) Foundry
8 19 (0.65%) Palantir
9 13 (0.44%) YouTube
10 12 (0.41%) Apple
10 12 (0.41%) Splunk
11 11 (0.38%) Sony
11 11 (0.38%) Yahoo!
12 9 (0.31%) AppDynamics
13 8 (0.27%) Databricks
13 8 (0.27%) Dynatrace
13 8 (0.27%) Sitecore
14 6 (0.21%) Pega
15 5 (0.17%) Palo Alto