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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 101 46
Rank change year-on-year +53 -55 +22
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,160 1,520 4,158
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.14% 3.09% 4.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.26% 3.44% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,618 945 3,003
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
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 74,263 44,137 73,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 89.84% 81.67%
Number of salaries quoted 51,228 24,998 49,763
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 25 July 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 25 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
England +57 2,867 £65,000 -7.14% 778
UK excluding London +64 2,163 £60,000 - 462
Work from Home +44 1,415 £60,000 -9.23% 293
London +10 840 £85,000 - 409
North of England +73 714 £65,000 +8.33% 130
South East +84 531 £60,000 +4.35% 133
North West +45 386 £65,000 - 72
South West +48 294 £60,000 - 51
Midlands +39 293 £55,000 -8.33% 67
Yorkshire +79 213 £69,653 +16.09% 41
East of England +56 179 £60,000 +26.32% 40
West Midlands +24 152 £60,000 -4.00% 38
East Midlands +16 140 £55,000 +15.79% 29
North East +21 115 £52,000 +8.33% 18
Scotland -17 83 £55,000 -18.52% 27
Wales -31 54 £60,000 -4.00% 10
Northern Ireland -51 20 £70,000 +16.67% 10
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 31 (0.98%) CMS
2 24 (0.76%) Confluence
3 15 (0.47%) WordPress
4 11 (0.35%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.32%) Apache
5 10 (0.32%) ColdFusion
5 10 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
6 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.22%) IIS
9 6 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
10 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.13%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.13%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.13%) nginx
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.095%) DNN
12 3 (0.095%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (0.28%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.063%) Elementor
3 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.19%) Shopify
2 2 (0.063%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.032%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.032%) Magento
3 1 (0.032%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.032%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.032%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.032%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 942 (29.81%) Azure
2 930 (29.43%) AWS
3 302 (9.56%) GitHub
4 246 (7.78%) Azure DevOps
5 235 (7.44%) SaaS
6 210 (6.65%) Serverless
7 182 (5.76%) GCP
8 174 (5.51%) GitHub Copilot
9 161 (5.09%) Azure AI
10 127 (4.02%) AWS Lambda
11 105 (3.32%) Amazon S3
12 85 (2.69%) Amazon ECS
13 82 (2.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 77 (2.44%) Amazon SQS
15 62 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
16 56 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
17 40 (1.27%) Anthropic Claude
18 39 (1.23%) Power Platform
19 36 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
20 34 (1.08%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 59 (1.87%) Broadband
2 57 (1.80%) Internet
3 9 (0.28%) Firewall
3 9 (0.28%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.25%) DNS
5 7 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
6 6 (0.19%) HTTP
7 5 (0.16%) MQTT
8 3 (0.095%) DHCP
8 3 (0.095%) LAN
8 3 (0.095%) WAN
9 2 (0.063%) AMQP
9 2 (0.063%) Network Security
9 2 (0.063%) VoIP
9 2 (0.063%) VPN
10 1 (0.032%) Multicast
10 1 (0.032%) SCTP
10 1 (0.032%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.032%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.032%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 535 (16.93%) MongoDB
2 460 (14.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 222 (7.03%) PostgreSQL
4 169 (5.35%) SQL Server
5 158 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
6 112 (3.54%) NoSQL
7 103 (3.26%) MySQL
8 84 (2.66%) Relational Database
9 69 (2.18%) DynamoDB
10 52 (1.65%) Redis
11 23 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
11 23 (0.73%) Power BI
12 14 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
13 11 (0.35%) GIS
13 11 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
14 9 (0.28%) Pinecone
14 9 (0.28%) RDBMS
15 7 (0.22%) MariaDB
16 6 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
16 6 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 239 (7.56%) Git
2 106 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 73 (2.31%) GitLab
4 55 (1.74%) Cypress.io
5 47 (1.49%) JIRA
5 47 (1.49%) JUnit
6 40 (1.27%) Claude Code
7 33 (1.04%) Maven
8 24 (0.76%) Eclipse
9 23 (0.73%) Subversion
10 22 (0.70%) SonarQube
11 17 (0.54%) Vite
12 14 (0.44%) Mockito
13 13 (0.41%) CircleCI
14 12 (0.38%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.32%) Selenium
15 10 (0.32%) Spock
15 10 (0.32%) Storybook
16 8 (0.25%) Cucumber
17 7 (0.22%) NUnit
General
1 394 (12.47%) Finance
2 300 (9.49%) Social Skills
3 109 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 100 (3.16%) Marketing
5 91 (2.88%) Games
6 75 (2.37%) Analytical Skills
7 74 (2.34%) Advertising
8 71 (2.25%) Retail
9 58 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 57 (1.80%) Banking
11 41 (1.30%) Front Office
12 37 (1.17%) Law
13 33 (1.04%) Legal
14 32 (1.01%) Manufacturing
15 25 (0.79%) Tech for Good
16 20 (0.63%) Financial Institution
17 18 (0.57%) Automotive
18 16 (0.51%) Aerospace
19 15 (0.47%) Legal Technology
20 14 (0.44%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,921 (60.79%) Developer
2 1,018 (32.22%) Full-Stack Developer
3 727 (23.01%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 621 (19.65%) Senior
5 618 (19.56%) .NET Developer
6 546 (17.28%) Software Engineer
7 408 (12.91%) Lead
8 278 (8.80%) Senior Developer
9 264 (8.35%) Software Developer
10 245 (7.75%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 197 (6.23%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
12 192 (6.08%) Lead Developer
13 166 (5.25%) Java Developer
14 163 (5.16%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 151 (4.78%) Senior Software Engineer
16 118 (3.73%) Java Engineer
17 101 (3.20%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 99 (3.13%) Python Developer
19 96 (3.04%) React Developer
20 92 (2.91%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,042 (32.97%) React
2 971 (30.73%) .NET
3 627 (19.84%) Node.js
4 547 (17.31%) ASP.NET
5 545 (17.25%) .NET Core
6 508 (16.08%) ASP.NET Core
7 439 (13.89%) AngularJS
8 424 (13.42%) CSS
9 409 (12.94%) HTML
10 386 (12.22%) Vue
11 345 (10.92%) RESTful
12 232 (7.34%) Entity Framework
13 216 (6.84%) Blazor
14 202 (6.39%) Spring
15 195 (6.17%) REST
16 185 (5.85%) ASP.NET Web API
17 162 (5.13%) Spring Boot
18 154 (4.87%) ML.NET
18 154 (4.87%) Next.js
19 135 (4.27%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 294 (9.30%) Cloud Native
2 169 (5.35%) Greenfield Project
3 109 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
4 80 (2.53%) Mobile App
5 77 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 74 (2.34%) Product Ownership
7 65 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
8 58 (1.84%) AI Agents
9 50 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
10 38 (1.20%) Fixed Income
10 38 (1.20%) Low-Code
11 33 (1.04%) Onboarding
11 33 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
12 29 (0.92%) e-Learning
13 28 (0.89%) IoT
14 22 (0.70%) Social Media
14 22 (0.70%) Virtual Team
15 20 (0.63%) Digital TV
16 19 (0.60%) Algorithms
17 17 (0.54%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 57 (1.80%) Linux
2 23 (0.73%) Android
3 15 (0.47%) Windows
4 9 (0.28%) Unix
5 7 (0.22%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.13%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.13%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.095%) AIX
7 3 (0.095%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.063%) VMS
9 1 (0.032%) Debian
9 1 (0.032%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 934 (29.56%) Software Engineering
2 919 (29.08%) Agile
3 751 (23.77%) CI/CD
4 690 (21.84%) AI
5 562 (17.78%) DevOps
5 562 (17.78%) Microservices
6 347 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
7 299 (9.46%) Machine Learning
8 296 (9.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 283 (8.96%) Mentoring
10 263 (8.32%) Test Automation
11 221 (6.99%) Scrum
12 198 (6.27%) TDD
13 186 (5.89%) Clean Code
14 178 (5.63%) Infrastructure as Code
15 176 (5.57%) Containerisation
15 176 (5.57%) Observability
16 174 (5.51%) Multithreading
17 159 (5.03%) Technical Leadership
18 152 (4.81%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 969 (30.66%) JavaScript
2 914 (28.92%) C#
3 913 (28.89%) TypeScript
4 753 (23.83%) SQL
5 612 (19.37%) Python
6 513 (16.23%) Java
7 101 (3.20%) PHP
8 95 (3.01%) Go
9 76 (2.41%) Ruby
10 68 (2.15%) C++
11 31 (0.98%) Bash
12 27 (0.85%) Groovy
13 18 (0.57%) Perl
13 18 (0.57%) Rust
14 15 (0.47%) Bicep
15 13 (0.41%) Kotlin
15 13 (0.41%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.19%) C
16 6 (0.19%) PowerShell
17 5 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 212 (6.71%) Security Cleared
2 167 (5.28%) Degree
3 154 (4.87%) SC Cleared
4 119 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (1.11%) DV Cleared
6 22 (0.70%) AWS Certification
7 17 (0.54%) Master's Degree
8 12 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (0.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 10 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
11 9 (0.28%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.13%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.13%) PhD
15 3 (0.095%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 1 (0.032%) CCNA
16 1 (0.032%) CCNP
16 1 (0.032%) Cisco Certification
16 1 (0.032%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (3.23%) QA
2 67 (2.12%) Accessibility
3 30 (0.95%) WCAG
4 21 (0.66%) Data Quality
5 20 (0.63%) GDPR
6 7 (0.22%) GRC
6 7 (0.22%) NCSC
7 5 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.095%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.095%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.063%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.032%) HL7
10 1 (0.032%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.032%) ITGC
10 1 (0.032%) NIST
10 1 (0.032%) SLA
10 1 (0.032%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 453 (14.34%) Docker
2 5 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.13%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.13%) Firmware
4 2 (0.063%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.063%) vSphere
5 1 (0.032%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 345 (10.92%) Kubernetes
2 144 (4.56%) Terraform
3 30 (0.95%) Grafana
4 20 (0.63%) Prometheus
5 19 (0.60%) Ansible
6 13 (0.41%) Podman
7 12 (0.38%) HP Fortify
8 10 (0.32%) Kibana
9 6 (0.19%) logstash
10 5 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.063%) Argo
12 1 (0.032%) Bugsnag
12 1 (0.032%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.032%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.032%) Graylog
12 1 (0.032%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.032%) Nagios
12 1 (0.032%) Packer
12 1 (0.032%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 619 (19.59%) Microsoft
2 83 (2.63%) Google
3 58 (1.84%) Facebook
4 35 (1.11%) OpenAI
5 27 (0.85%) Oracle
6 25 (0.79%) Salesforce
7 22 (0.70%) Adobe
7 22 (0.70%) YouTube
8 18 (0.57%) Apple
9 17 (0.54%) Palantir
9 17 (0.54%) Sony
9 17 (0.54%) Yahoo!
10 15 (0.47%) Foundry
10 15 (0.47%) Splunk
11 13 (0.41%) AppDynamics
11 13 (0.41%) Databricks
12 10 (0.32%) Sitecore
13 9 (0.28%) Dynatrace
13 9 (0.28%) OneLogin
14 6 (0.19%) Palo Alto