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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 106 44
Rank change year-on-year +56 -62 +31
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,302 1,390 3,565
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.84% 2.81% 4.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 3.17% 5.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,708 830 2,129
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £81,454
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 84,848 43,853 63,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.08% 88.72% 81.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58,707 24,746 35,929
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +61 3,008 £65,000 -7.14% 2,615
UK excluding London +81 2,293 £60,000 - 1,334
Work from Home +40 1,344 £60,000 -7.69% 1,144
London +9 861 £85,000 - 1,490
North of England +57 763 £65,000 +8.33% 407
South East +107 560 £60,000 - 280
North West +45 433 £65,000 - 246
South West +59 334 £60,000 - 162
Midlands +43 304 £55,000 -8.33% 152
Yorkshire +76 213 £70,000 +16.67% 111
East of England +57 171 £60,000 +33.33% 122
West Midlands +29 171 £60,000 -4.00% 80
East Midlands +18 133 £55,000 +15.79% 72
North East +6 117 £52,000 +9.47% 53
Scotland -10 98 £60,000 -9.43% 137
Wales -35 59 £67,500 +12.50% 23
Northern Ireland -67 9 £90,000 +50.00% 54
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 - 2

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 29 (0.88%) CMS
2 27 (0.82%) Confluence
3 17 (0.51%) WordPress
4 10 (0.30%) Apache
4 10 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
5 9 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.27%) IIS
6 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.21%) ColdFusion
7 7 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
8 6 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 5 (0.15%) SharePoint
10 4 (0.12%) Kentico
10 4 (0.12%) nginx
11 3 (0.091%) DNN
11 3 (0.091%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.091%) Immediacy CMS
11 3 (0.091%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.091%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 12 (0.36%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.061%) Elementor
2 2 (0.061%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.18%) Shopify
2 2 (0.061%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.030%) Magento
3 1 (0.030%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.030%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.030%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 920 (27.86%) AWS
2 913 (27.65%) Azure
3 313 (9.48%) GitHub
4 244 (7.39%) Azure DevOps
5 239 (7.24%) SaaS
6 209 (6.33%) Serverless
7 184 (5.57%) GCP
8 182 (5.51%) GitHub Copilot
9 161 (4.88%) Azure AI
10 138 (4.18%) AWS Lambda
11 104 (3.15%) Amazon S3
12 89 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
13 79 (2.39%) Amazon SQS
14 76 (2.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 64 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
16 60 (1.82%) Anthropic Claude
17 59 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
18 53 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
19 34 (1.03%) Snowflake
20 33 (1.00%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 63 (1.91%) Internet
2 39 (1.18%) Broadband
3 17 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.39%) DNS
5 11 (0.33%) Firewall
5 11 (0.33%) HTTP
6 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
7 5 (0.15%) MQTT
7 5 (0.15%) VoIP
8 3 (0.091%) DHCP
9 2 (0.061%) AMQP
9 2 (0.061%) LAN
9 2 (0.061%) Network Security
9 2 (0.061%) VPN
9 2 (0.061%) WAN
10 1 (0.030%) BGP
10 1 (0.030%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.030%) RTP
10 1 (0.030%) SS7
10 1 (0.030%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 509 (15.41%) MongoDB
2 448 (13.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 223 (6.75%) PostgreSQL
4 190 (5.75%) SQL Server
5 159 (4.82%) Elasticsearch
6 107 (3.24%) NoSQL
7 92 (2.79%) MySQL
7 92 (2.79%) Relational Database
8 69 (2.09%) DynamoDB
9 63 (1.91%) Redis
10 29 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
11 20 (0.61%) Power BI
12 17 (0.51%) Spark SQL
13 13 (0.39%) Geospatial Data
14 11 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
15 10 (0.30%) GIS
15 10 (0.30%) Pinecone
16 9 (0.27%) Chroma
16 9 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
16 9 (0.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 247 (7.48%) Git
2 105 (3.18%) Jenkins
3 95 (2.88%) GitLab
4 61 (1.85%) Cypress.io
4 61 (1.85%) JUnit
5 48 (1.45%) Claude Code
6 41 (1.24%) JIRA
7 38 (1.15%) Maven
8 31 (0.94%) Subversion
9 29 (0.88%) Eclipse
10 24 (0.73%) SonarQube
11 21 (0.64%) Vite
12 16 (0.48%) Mockito
13 15 (0.45%) Selenium
14 14 (0.42%) Spock
14 14 (0.42%) Storybook
15 13 (0.39%) NUnit
16 9 (0.27%) Bitbucket
16 9 (0.27%) Postman
16 9 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 401 (12.14%) Finance
2 311 (9.42%) Social Skills
3 187 (5.66%) Public Sector
4 98 (2.97%) Marketing
5 81 (2.45%) Games
6 76 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
7 69 (2.09%) Advertising
7 69 (2.09%) Retail
8 65 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 64 (1.94%) Banking
10 37 (1.12%) Financial Institution
11 36 (1.09%) Manufacturing
12 32 (0.97%) Law
13 29 (0.88%) Legal
14 24 (0.73%) Tech for Good
15 20 (0.61%) Aerospace
16 18 (0.55%) Automotive
17 15 (0.45%) Investment Banking
18 13 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
19 12 (0.36%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,856 (56.21%) Developer
2 1,031 (31.22%) Full-Stack Developer
3 850 (25.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 666 (20.17%) Senior
5 579 (17.53%) .NET Developer
6 543 (16.44%) Software Engineer
7 428 (12.96%) Lead
8 279 (8.45%) Software Developer
9 278 (8.42%) Senior Developer
10 255 (7.72%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
11 242 (7.33%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 174 (5.27%) Lead Developer
13 164 (4.97%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 161 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
15 149 (4.51%) Java Developer
16 138 (4.18%) Java Engineer
17 110 (3.33%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
18 100 (3.03%) Python Engineer
19 95 (2.88%) Full-Stack Java Developer
20 84 (2.54%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,009 (30.56%) React
2 965 (29.22%) .NET
3 590 (17.87%) Node.js
4 536 (16.23%) ASP.NET
5 533 (16.14%) .NET Core
6 499 (15.11%) ASP.NET Core
7 430 (13.02%) AngularJS
8 412 (12.48%) CSS
9 392 (11.87%) HTML
10 362 (10.96%) RESTful
11 360 (10.90%) Vue
12 227 (6.87%) Entity Framework
12 227 (6.87%) REST
13 212 (6.42%) Blazor
14 208 (6.30%) Spring
15 182 (5.51%) ASP.NET Web API
16 169 (5.12%) Next.js
17 168 (5.09%) Spring Boot
18 163 (4.94%) Terraform
19 149 (4.51%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 305 (9.24%) Cloud Native
2 146 (4.42%) Greenfield Project
3 128 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
4 100 (3.03%) AI Agents
5 89 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
6 77 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 75 (2.27%) Mobile App
8 69 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 45 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
10 37 (1.12%) e-Learning
11 29 (0.88%) Video\Live Streaming
12 28 (0.85%) IoT
12 28 (0.85%) Low-Code
13 24 (0.73%) Onboarding
14 22 (0.67%) Virtual Team
15 19 (0.58%) Digital TV
15 19 (0.58%) Social Media
16 17 (0.51%) BBC
16 17 (0.51%) iPhone
17 15 (0.45%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 60 (1.82%) Linux
2 24 (0.73%) Android
3 15 (0.45%) Windows
4 14 (0.42%) Unix
5 9 (0.27%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.15%) VMS
8 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.091%) AIX
9 3 (0.091%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.030%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 932 (28.23%) Software Engineering
2 911 (27.59%) Agile
3 813 (24.62%) CI/CD
4 755 (22.86%) AI
5 577 (17.47%) Microservices
6 531 (16.08%) DevOps
7 355 (10.75%) Problem-Solving
8 292 (8.84%) Mentoring
9 291 (8.81%) Machine Learning
10 280 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 272 (8.24%) Test Automation
12 201 (6.09%) Scrum
13 198 (6.00%) Clean Code
14 193 (5.84%) Observability
15 186 (5.63%) TDD
16 184 (5.57%) LLM
17 178 (5.39%) Infrastructure as Code
18 177 (5.36%) Front End Development
18 177 (5.36%) Technical Leadership
19 173 (5.24%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 986 (29.86%) JavaScript
2 937 (28.38%) C#
3 906 (27.44%) TypeScript
4 755 (22.86%) SQL
5 590 (17.87%) Python
6 560 (16.96%) Java
7 105 (3.18%) Ruby
8 96 (2.91%) C++
9 88 (2.67%) PHP
10 77 (2.33%) Go
11 72 (2.18%) Kotlin
12 33 (1.00%) Bash
13 30 (0.91%) Groovy
14 26 (0.79%) Perl
15 20 (0.61%) Rust
16 13 (0.39%) Bicep
17 12 (0.36%) PL/SQL
18 7 (0.21%) Shell Script
19 6 (0.18%) Apex Code
19 6 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 239 (7.24%) Security Cleared
2 192 (5.81%) Degree
3 165 (5.00%) SC Cleared
4 128 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (1.03%) DV Cleared
6 24 (0.73%) AWS Certification
7 18 (0.55%) Master's Degree
8 12 (0.36%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
10 9 (0.27%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.21%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.21%) PhD
13 6 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.091%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.091%) ICAEW
15 3 (0.091%) OCP
15 3 (0.091%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (2.79%) QA
2 68 (2.06%) Accessibility
3 35 (1.06%) Data Quality
4 30 (0.91%) WCAG
5 19 (0.58%) GDPR
6 10 (0.30%) NCSC
7 8 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.15%) NIST
8 5 (0.15%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.12%) GRC
10 2 (0.061%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.061%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.061%) Good Clinical Practice
10 2 (0.061%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.030%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.030%) SLA
System Software
1 467 (14.14%) Docker
2 4 (0.12%) Firmware
3 3 (0.091%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.030%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.030%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 361 (10.93%) Kubernetes
2 21 (0.64%) Ansible
2 21 (0.64%) Grafana
3 13 (0.39%) Prometheus
4 12 (0.36%) HP Fortify
5 10 (0.30%) Kibana
6 7 (0.21%) logstash
6 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.18%) Podman
8 4 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.061%) Bugsnag
9 2 (0.061%) Packer
9 2 (0.061%) Puppet
10 1 (0.030%) Consul
10 1 (0.030%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.030%) Graylog
10 1 (0.030%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 596 (18.05%) Microsoft
2 92 (2.79%) Google
3 57 (1.73%) Facebook
4 50 (1.51%) OpenAI
5 39 (1.18%) Oracle
6 25 (0.76%) YouTube
7 23 (0.70%) Splunk
8 21 (0.64%) Salesforce
9 17 (0.51%) AppDynamics
9 17 (0.51%) Apple
9 17 (0.51%) Sony
9 17 (0.51%) Yahoo!
10 16 (0.48%) Foundry
11 14 (0.42%) Adobe
11 14 (0.42%) Mistral
12 13 (0.39%) Red Hat
13 12 (0.36%) Dynatrace
13 12 (0.36%) Palantir
14 11 (0.33%) Databricks
15 10 (0.30%) OneLogin