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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 104 47
Rank change year-on-year +56 -57 +23
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,174 1,503 3,993
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.12% 3.05% 4.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.24% 3.40% 5.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,627 930 2,856
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £48,250
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 £91,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - +3.45% +0.87%

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 74,889 44,229 70,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.64% 81.30%
Number of salaries quoted 51,640 25,065 47,390
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 £95,000
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 29 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 29 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 2,882 £65,000 -7.14% 941
UK excluding London +66 2,175 £60,000 - 594
Work from Home +42 1,412 £60,000 -11.11% 401
London +12 846 £85,000 - 459
North of England +66 716 £65,000 +8.33% 174
South East +93 537 £60,000 - 150
North West +45 390 £65,000 - 102
South West +52 295 £60,000 - 63
Midlands +41 295 £55,000 -8.33% 85
Yorkshire +81 210 £70,000 +16.67% 50
East of England +45 180 £60,000 +33.33% 64
West Midlands +21 156 £60,000 -4.00% 49
East Midlands +23 138 £55,000 +15.79% 36
North East +20 116 £52,000 +19.54% 23
Scotland -16 85 £55,000 -18.52% 36
Wales -33 53 £60,000 - 14
Northern Ireland -54 19 £70,000 +16.67% 16
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 28 (0.88%) CMS
2 25 (0.79%) Confluence
3 15 (0.47%) WordPress
4 10 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
5 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.28%) Apache
5 9 (0.28%) ColdFusion
5 9 (0.28%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.25%) IIS
6 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.16%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.13%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.095%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.095%) Kentico
10 3 (0.095%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.095%) Sitefinity
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 Hybris
3 1 (0.032%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.032%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 941 (29.65%) Azure
2 931 (29.33%) AWS
3 303 (9.55%) GitHub
4 246 (7.75%) Azure DevOps
5 241 (7.59%) SaaS
6 205 (6.46%) Serverless
7 182 (5.73%) GCP
8 177 (5.58%) GitHub Copilot
9 161 (5.07%) Azure AI
10 124 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
11 103 (3.25%) Amazon S3
12 85 (2.68%) Amazon ECS
13 81 (2.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 76 (2.39%) Amazon SQS
15 63 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
16 56 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
17 47 (1.48%) Anthropic Claude
18 38 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
19 37 (1.17%) Power Platform
20 33 (1.04%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 57 (1.80%) Internet
2 52 (1.64%) Broadband
3 10 (0.32%) Firewall
3 10 (0.32%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.25%) DNS
5 7 (0.22%) HTTP
5 7 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
6 5 (0.16%) MQTT
7 3 (0.095%) DHCP
7 3 (0.095%) LAN
7 3 (0.095%) WAN
8 2 (0.063%) AMQP
8 2 (0.063%) Network Security
8 2 (0.063%) VoIP
8 2 (0.063%) VPN
9 1 (0.032%) Multicast
9 1 (0.032%) SCTP
9 1 (0.032%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.032%) VoLTE
9 1 (0.032%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 531 (16.73%) MongoDB
2 460 (14.49%) Azure SQL Database
3 224 (7.06%) PostgreSQL
4 175 (5.51%) SQL Server
5 158 (4.98%) Elasticsearch
6 111 (3.50%) NoSQL
7 98 (3.09%) MySQL
8 83 (2.61%) Relational Database
9 68 (2.14%) DynamoDB
10 54 (1.70%) Redis
11 26 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
12 23 (0.72%) Power BI
13 14 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
14 12 (0.38%) GIS
15 11 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
16 9 (0.28%) Pinecone
16 9 (0.28%) RDBMS
17 6 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
17 6 (0.19%) MariaDB
17 6 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 241 (7.59%) Git
2 106 (3.34%) Jenkins
3 73 (2.30%) GitLab
4 54 (1.70%) Cypress.io
5 48 (1.51%) JIRA
5 48 (1.51%) JUnit
6 42 (1.32%) Claude Code
7 33 (1.04%) Maven
8 24 (0.76%) Eclipse
9 23 (0.72%) Subversion
10 21 (0.66%) SonarQube
11 17 (0.54%) Vite
12 15 (0.47%) Mockito
13 13 (0.41%) CircleCI
14 12 (0.38%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.38%) Selenium
15 10 (0.32%) Spock
15 10 (0.32%) Storybook
16 8 (0.25%) Cucumber
17 7 (0.22%) NUnit
General
1 399 (12.57%) Finance
2 305 (9.61%) Social Skills
3 109 (3.43%) Public Sector
4 102 (3.21%) Marketing
5 89 (2.80%) Games
6 74 (2.33%) Advertising
7 73 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
8 71 (2.24%) Retail
9 61 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 60 (1.89%) Banking
11 40 (1.26%) Front Office
11 40 (1.26%) Law
12 34 (1.07%) Legal
12 34 (1.07%) Manufacturing
13 26 (0.82%) Tech for Good
14 23 (0.72%) Financial Institution
15 18 (0.57%) Automotive
16 17 (0.54%) Aerospace
17 16 (0.50%) Legal Technology
18 14 (0.44%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,917 (60.40%) Developer
2 1,017 (32.04%) Full-Stack Developer
3 744 (23.44%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 625 (19.69%) Senior
5 615 (19.38%) .NET Developer
6 554 (17.45%) Software Engineer
7 405 (12.76%) Lead
8 278 (8.76%) Senior Developer
9 267 (8.41%) Software Developer
10 251 (7.91%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 201 (6.33%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
12 194 (6.11%) Lead Developer
13 166 (5.23%) Java Developer
14 164 (5.17%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 157 (4.95%) Senior Software Engineer
16 120 (3.78%) Java Engineer
17 101 (3.18%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 97 (3.06%) Python Developer
19 93 (2.93%) React Developer
20 89 (2.80%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,041 (32.80%) React
2 977 (30.78%) .NET
3 618 (19.47%) Node.js
4 551 (17.36%) ASP.NET
5 545 (17.17%) .NET Core
6 509 (16.04%) ASP.NET Core
7 443 (13.96%) AngularJS
8 425 (13.39%) CSS
9 408 (12.85%) HTML
10 385 (12.13%) Vue
11 345 (10.87%) RESTful
12 233 (7.34%) Entity Framework
13 218 (6.87%) Blazor
14 204 (6.43%) Spring
15 203 (6.40%) REST
16 187 (5.89%) ASP.NET Web API
17 162 (5.10%) Spring Boot
18 157 (4.95%) Next.js
19 154 (4.85%) ML.NET
20 137 (4.32%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 298 (9.39%) Cloud Native
2 168 (5.29%) Greenfield Project
3 111 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
4 82 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
5 76 (2.39%) Product Ownership
6 72 (2.27%) Mobile App
7 69 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
8 61 (1.92%) AI Agents
9 49 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
10 37 (1.17%) Fixed Income
11 36 (1.13%) Low-Code
12 34 (1.07%) Video\Live Streaming
13 32 (1.01%) Onboarding
14 30 (0.95%) e-Learning
15 29 (0.91%) IoT
16 25 (0.79%) Virtual Team
17 22 (0.69%) Social Media
18 20 (0.63%) Digital TV
19 19 (0.60%) Algorithms
20 17 (0.54%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 56 (1.76%) Linux
2 23 (0.72%) 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
1 937 (29.52%) Software Engineering
2 922 (29.05%) Agile
3 761 (23.98%) CI/CD
4 700 (22.05%) AI
5 569 (17.93%) Microservices
6 563 (17.74%) DevOps
7 336 (10.59%) Problem-Solving
8 303 (9.55%) Machine Learning
9 298 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 277 (8.73%) Mentoring
11 265 (8.35%) Test Automation
12 221 (6.96%) Scrum
13 195 (6.14%) TDD
14 190 (5.99%) Clean Code
15 182 (5.73%) Infrastructure as Code
16 180 (5.67%) Observability
17 176 (5.55%) Multithreading
18 174 (5.48%) Containerisation
19 159 (5.01%) Technical Leadership
20 155 (4.88%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 975 (30.72%) JavaScript
2 919 (28.95%) C#
3 916 (28.86%) TypeScript
4 758 (23.88%) SQL
5 611 (19.25%) Python
6 517 (16.29%) Java
7 97 (3.06%) Go
7 97 (3.06%) PHP
8 80 (2.52%) Ruby
9 68 (2.14%) C++
10 31 (0.98%) Bash
11 26 (0.82%) Groovy
12 18 (0.57%) Perl
13 17 (0.54%) Rust
14 14 (0.44%) Bicep
15 13 (0.41%) Kotlin
15 13 (0.41%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.19%) C
17 5 (0.16%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 218 (6.87%) Security Cleared
2 173 (5.45%) Degree
3 160 (5.04%) SC Cleared
4 123 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (1.10%) DV Cleared
6 24 (0.76%) AWS Certification
7 16 (0.50%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
8 11 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (0.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (0.28%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 7 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.13%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.13%) PhD
13 3 (0.095%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.032%) CCNA
14 1 (0.032%) CCNP
14 1 (0.032%) ICAEW
14 1 (0.032%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (3.28%) QA
2 66 (2.08%) Accessibility
3 29 (0.91%) WCAG
4 21 (0.66%) Data Quality
5 19 (0.60%) GDPR
6 7 (0.22%) GRC
6 7 (0.22%) NCSC
7 4 (0.13%) 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
1 457 (14.40%) 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
1 351 (11.06%) Kubernetes
2 149 (4.69%) Terraform
3 29 (0.91%) Grafana
4 20 (0.63%) Ansible
5 19 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.41%) Podman
7 11 (0.35%) 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 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 83 (2.61%) Google
3 58 (1.83%) Facebook
4 35 (1.10%) OpenAI
5 27 (0.85%) Oracle
6 24 (0.76%) Salesforce
7 22 (0.69%) YouTube
8 18 (0.57%) Apple
9 17 (0.54%) Palantir
9 17 (0.54%) Sony
9 17 (0.54%) Yahoo!
10 16 (0.50%) Splunk
11 15 (0.47%) Adobe
11 15 (0.47%) Foundry
12 13 (0.41%) AppDynamics
12 13 (0.41%) Databricks
13 10 (0.32%) Sitecore
14 9 (0.28%) Dynatrace
14 9 (0.28%) OneLogin
15 6 (0.19%) Palo Alto