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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 52 67
Rank change year-on-year -61 +15 -7
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 1,221 2,731 2,141
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.16% 4.40% 4.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 5.07% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 960 1,437 1,900
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £49,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £98,750 £113,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

All Process and 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 47,424 53,892 47,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.09% 86.75% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28,060 28,022 36,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.87%

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 2025. 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 -56 1,107 £70,000 +7.69% 1,164
UK excluding London -85 629 £60,000 +9.09% 1,087
London -10 526 £90,000 +6.51% 270
Work from Home -46 466 £70,000 +9.80% 682
South East -72 174 £62,500 +4.17% 317
North of England -53 172 £60,000 +4.35% 264
Midlands -69 102 £60,000 +20.00% 175
South West -39 87 £60,000 +9.09% 113
North West -26 82 £65,000 +13.04% 133
Yorkshire -54 66 £61,250 +11.36% 86
West Midlands -35 60 £60,000 +9.09% 98
East of England -77 44 £60,000 - 126
East Midlands -57 42 £60,000 +41.18% 72
Scotland -62 28 £67,500 +22.73% 50
North East -11 24 £50,000 -16.67% 47
Wales -33 19 £60,000 +9.09% 32
Northern Ireland -18 7 £85,000 +41.67% 20
Channel Islands +5 1 £90,000 -

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 14 (1.15%) CMS
2 10 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (0.82%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.66%) Confluence
3 8 (0.66%) Headless CMS
4 7 (0.57%) OpenStack
5 6 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.49%) IIS
6 5 (0.41%) nginx
7 4 (0.33%) Appian
7 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.25%) Drupal
8 3 (0.25%) WordPress
9 2 (0.16%) Apache
9 2 (0.16%) Camunda
9 2 (0.16%) ColdFusion
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.082%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (0.49%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.25%) S-PLUS
3 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.082%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.082%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (0.82%) Shopify
2 1 (0.082%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 492 (40.29%) AWS
2 429 (35.14%) Azure
3 137 (11.22%) SaaS
4 130 (10.65%) Serverless
5 113 (9.25%) GitHub
6 109 (8.93%) GCP
7 73 (5.98%) Azure DevOps
8 62 (5.08%) Amazon ECS
9 53 (4.34%) AWS Lambda
10 51 (4.18%) Amazon S3
11 47 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
12 46 (3.77%) GitHub Actions
13 31 (2.54%) Amazon EC2
13 31 (2.54%) PaaS
14 27 (2.21%) Amazon SQS
15 23 (1.88%) Azure App Service
15 23 (1.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 23 (1.88%) Entra ID
16 22 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
16 22 (1.80%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.57%) HTTP
2 6 (0.49%) Firewall
3 4 (0.33%) WAN
4 3 (0.25%) Broadband
4 3 (0.25%) DNS
4 3 (0.25%) LAN
4 3 (0.25%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.25%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.25%) VLAN
4 3 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.16%) AMQP
5 2 (0.16%) DHCP
6 1 (0.082%) Internet
6 1 (0.082%) NAS
6 1 (0.082%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.082%) Network Security
6 1 (0.082%) SNMP
6 1 (0.082%) TCAP
6 1 (0.082%) VPN
6 1 (0.082%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (11.06%) SQL Server
2 117 (9.58%) PostgreSQL
3 96 (7.86%) NoSQL
4 85 (6.96%) Relational Database
5 84 (6.88%) MongoDB
6 69 (5.65%) MySQL
7 47 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 32 (2.62%) RDBMS
9 23 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
9 23 (1.88%) Redis
10 18 (1.47%) DynamoDB
11 16 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (0.90%) Power BI
13 7 (0.57%) NonStop SQL
13 7 (0.57%) Pinecone
14 5 (0.41%) Big Data
14 5 (0.41%) DB2
14 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 165 (13.51%) Git
2 66 (5.41%) Jenkins
3 45 (3.69%) Cypress.io
4 40 (3.28%) JIRA
5 32 (2.62%) JUnit
6 24 (1.97%) JMeter
6 24 (1.97%) Mockito
7 22 (1.80%) GitLab
8 16 (1.31%) Visual Studio
9 13 (1.06%) webpack
10 11 (0.90%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.90%) Vite
11 10 (0.82%) Maven
12 8 (0.66%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.66%) SonarQube
12 8 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
13 7 (0.57%) Selenium
14 6 (0.49%) CircleCI
14 6 (0.49%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 274 (22.44%) Social Skills
2 185 (15.15%) Finance
3 83 (6.80%) Law
4 68 (5.57%) Public Sector
5 45 (3.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (3.52%) Front Office
6 43 (3.52%) Marketing
7 41 (3.36%) Banking
8 40 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
9 29 (2.38%) Retail
10 26 (2.13%) Investment Banking
11 25 (2.05%) Legal
12 18 (1.47%) Health Technology
13 12 (0.98%) Back Office
13 12 (0.98%) Games
14 11 (0.90%) Manufacturing
14 11 (0.90%) Tech for Good
15 10 (0.82%) Advertising
15 10 (0.82%) Aviation
15 10 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 724 (59.30%) Developer
2 495 (40.54%) Full-Stack Developer
3 267 (21.87%) Senior
4 224 (18.35%) Software Engineer
5 222 (18.18%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 168 (13.76%) Lead
7 149 (12.20%) Senior Developer
8 126 (10.32%) .NET Developer
9 103 (8.44%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 99 (8.11%) Java Developer
11 91 (7.45%) Software Developer
12 88 (7.21%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 74 (6.06%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 74 (6.06%) React Developer
14 73 (5.98%) Lead Developer
15 63 (5.16%) C# Developer
16 55 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
17 46 (3.77%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 46 (3.77%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
18 38 (3.11%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 622 (50.94%) React
2 377 (30.88%) .NET
3 269 (22.03%) Node.js
4 257 (21.05%) HTML
5 251 (20.56%) AngularJS
6 225 (18.43%) CSS
7 170 (13.92%) RESTful
8 158 (12.94%) Vue
9 142 (11.63%) .NET Core
10 134 (10.97%) REST
11 132 (10.81%) Spring
12 121 (9.91%) ASP.NET
13 114 (9.34%) .NET Framework
14 107 (8.76%) GraphQL
15 90 (7.37%) Spring Boot
16 85 (6.96%) Entity Framework
17 77 (6.31%) Kafka
17 77 (6.31%) Next.js
18 68 (5.57%) HTML5
19 60 (4.91%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 134 (10.97%) Cloud Native
2 79 (6.47%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (3.85%) Product Ownership
4 35 (2.87%) Mobile App
4 35 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
5 32 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
6 27 (2.21%) Fixed Income
7 17 (1.39%) AI Agents
7 17 (1.39%) IoT
7 17 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.39%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.15%) Private Cloud
10 13 (1.06%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.06%) Data Structures
11 12 (0.98%) Hedge funds
11 12 (0.98%) Management Information System
11 12 (0.98%) Virtual Team
12 11 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (0.90%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.06%) Linux
2 12 (0.98%) Android
2 12 (0.98%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.82%) Windows
4 8 (0.66%) Unix
5 7 (0.57%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (39.72%) Agile
2 387 (31.70%) CI/CD
3 385 (31.53%) Software Engineering
4 271 (22.19%) DevOps
5 261 (21.38%) Microservices
6 251 (20.56%) Problem-Solving
7 226 (18.51%) AI
8 201 (16.46%) User Experience
9 177 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 168 (13.76%) Mentoring
11 136 (11.14%) Clean Code
12 117 (9.58%) TDD
13 116 (9.50%) MVC
14 115 (9.42%) Test Automation
15 106 (8.68%) SDLC
16 105 (8.60%) Scrum
17 104 (8.52%) Containerisation
18 102 (8.35%) Front End Development
19 101 (8.27%) Computer Science
20 97 (7.94%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 508 (41.61%) JavaScript
2 446 (36.53%) TypeScript
3 378 (30.96%) C#
4 285 (23.34%) Java
5 265 (21.70%) Python
6 253 (20.72%) SQL
7 51 (4.18%) PHP
8 49 (4.01%) Go
9 34 (2.78%) Rust
10 28 (2.29%) Ruby
11 20 (1.64%) Shell Script
12 15 (1.23%) Bash
12 15 (1.23%) C++
13 13 (1.06%) PowerShell
14 12 (0.98%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.90%) C
16 10 (0.82%) Bicep
17 7 (0.57%) Groovy
18 6 (0.49%) T-SQL
18 6 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 113 (9.25%) Security Cleared
2 101 (8.27%) Degree
3 63 (5.16%) SC Cleared
4 59 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.28%) DV Cleared
6 14 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.90%) AWS Certification
8 9 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (0.41%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.41%) MCP
11 3 (0.25%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.16%) CISSP
12 2 (0.16%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.082%) MBA
13 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.082%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (6.31%) QA
2 76 (6.22%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.15%) GDPR
4 12 (0.98%) WCAG
5 5 (0.41%) PERC
6 4 (0.33%) SLA
7 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.16%) ECSS
8 2 (0.16%) NIST
8 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.082%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.082%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.082%) GRC
9 1 (0.082%) HL7
9 1 (0.082%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 191 (15.64%) Docker
2 18 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.16%) Firmware
5 2 (0.16%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 163 (13.35%) Kubernetes
2 75 (6.14%) Terraform
3 24 (1.97%) Kibana
4 19 (1.56%) Ansible
5 11 (0.90%) Grafana
6 9 (0.74%) Argo
6 9 (0.74%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.33%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.16%) Istio
8 2 (0.16%) Nagios
8 2 (0.16%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.082%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.082%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.082%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.082%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.082%) linkerd
9 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 157 (12.86%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.05%) Oracle
3 24 (1.97%) Dynatrace
4 23 (1.88%) Splunk
5 18 (1.47%) OpenAI
6 13 (1.06%) Google
7 11 (0.90%) Foundry
7 11 (0.90%) Palantir
7 11 (0.90%) VMware
8 10 (0.82%) Apple
9 7 (0.57%) DevExpress
9 7 (0.57%) Facebook
9 7 (0.57%) YouTube
10 6 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (0.49%) Databricks
10 6 (0.49%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.49%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.41%) Zoho
12 4 (0.33%) Pega
12 4 (0.33%) Red Hat