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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 109 45
Rank change year-on-year +59 -64 +27
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,290 1,364 3,287
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.79% 2.76% 4.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.81% 3.10% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,601 811 1,841
10th Percentile £43,930 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £48,750
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 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £100,000
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 86,418 43,977 59,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.19% 88.96% 82.26%
Number of salaries quoted 59,113 24,503 32,039
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
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 10 October 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 10 October 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 +68 2,999 £65,000 -7.14% 2,459
UK excluding London +83 2,265 £60,000 - 1,102
Work from Home +36 1,304 £60,000 -7.69% 1,088
London +9 881 £85,000 +3.03% 1,513
North of England +67 761 £65,000 +8.33% 342
South East +97 541 £60,000 -4.00% 198
North West +54 448 £70,000 - 208
South West +67 353 £65,000 +8.33% 105
Midlands +37 290 £55,000 -10.20% 127
Yorkshire +77 204 £70,000 +16.67% 100
West Midlands +18 160 £60,000 -4.00% 80
East of England +39 155 £60,000 +20.00% 99
East Midlands +23 130 £55,000 +4.76% 47
North East 0 109 £50,000 +5.26% 37
Scotland -7 98 £60,000 -9.43% 146
Wales -43 57 £70,000 +16.67% 16
Northern Ireland -70 12 £90,000 +50.00% 74
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 30 (0.91%) CMS
1 30 (0.91%) Confluence
2 18 (0.55%) WordPress
3 10 (0.30%) Apache
3 10 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
4 9 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 9 (0.27%) IIS
5 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.15%) nginx
9 4 (0.12%) ColdFusion
9 4 (0.12%) Kentico
9 4 (0.12%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.091%) DNN
10 3 (0.091%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.091%) Immediacy CMS
10 3 (0.091%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.091%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 12 (0.36%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.061%) Elementor
2 2 (0.061%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.061%) Revit
3 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (0.21%) Shopify
2 6 (0.18%) Aladdin
3 2 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.030%) Magento
4 1 (0.030%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.030%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.030%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 895 (27.20%) Azure
2 883 (26.84%) AWS
3 319 (9.70%) GitHub
4 236 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
5 226 (6.87%) SaaS
6 195 (5.93%) Serverless
7 183 (5.56%) GitHub Copilot
8 180 (5.47%) GCP
9 160 (4.86%) Azure AI
10 125 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
11 97 (2.95%) Amazon S3
12 84 (2.55%) Amazon ECS
13 72 (2.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 71 (2.16%) Amazon SQS
15 66 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
16 56 (1.70%) Amazon EC2
17 54 (1.64%) Anthropic Claude
18 47 (1.43%) AWS CloudFormation
19 40 (1.22%) Snowflake
20 34 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (1.95%) Internet
2 35 (1.06%) Broadband
3 20 (0.61%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.40%) HTTP
5 12 (0.36%) DNS
6 11 (0.33%) Firewall
7 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
8 5 (0.15%) MQTT
8 5 (0.15%) VoIP
9 3 (0.091%) DHCP
10 2 (0.061%) AMQP
10 2 (0.061%) LAN
10 2 (0.061%) Network Security
10 2 (0.061%) VPN
10 2 (0.061%) WAN
11 1 (0.030%) Diameter Protocol
11 1 (0.030%) Multicast
11 1 (0.030%) SCTP
11 1 (0.030%) Software-Defined Radio
11 1 (0.030%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 507 (15.41%) MongoDB
2 444 (13.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 223 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
4 199 (6.05%) SQL Server
5 157 (4.77%) Elasticsearch
6 101 (3.07%) Relational Database
7 92 (2.80%) NoSQL
8 86 (2.61%) MySQL
9 72 (2.19%) Redis
10 56 (1.70%) DynamoDB
11 31 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
12 19 (0.58%) Power BI
13 17 (0.52%) Spark SQL
14 12 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.30%) Pinecone
17 9 (0.27%) Chroma
17 9 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
17 9 (0.27%) GIS
18 8 (0.24%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 244 (7.42%) Git
2 103 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 97 (2.95%) GitLab
4 64 (1.95%) JUnit
5 56 (1.70%) Cypress.io
6 43 (1.31%) Claude Code
7 40 (1.22%) JIRA
8 36 (1.09%) Maven
9 30 (0.91%) Subversion
10 29 (0.88%) Eclipse
11 25 (0.76%) Vite
12 22 (0.67%) SonarQube
13 19 (0.58%) Mockito
14 15 (0.46%) Selenium
14 15 (0.46%) Storybook
15 14 (0.43%) Spock
16 12 (0.36%) NUnit
17 10 (0.30%) TeamCity
17 10 (0.30%) Visual Studio
18 9 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 431 (13.10%) Finance
2 299 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 192 (5.84%) Public Sector
4 94 (2.86%) Marketing
5 83 (2.52%) Games
6 79 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
7 67 (2.04%) Retail
8 64 (1.95%) Advertising
8 64 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 60 (1.82%) Banking
10 42 (1.28%) Financial Institution
11 37 (1.12%) Manufacturing
12 29 (0.88%) Law
13 27 (0.82%) Tech for Good
14 26 (0.79%) Legal
15 22 (0.67%) Automotive
16 19 (0.58%) Aerospace
17 13 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
17 13 (0.40%) Front Office
18 11 (0.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,752 (53.25%) Developer
2 970 (29.48%) Full-Stack Developer
3 905 (27.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 720 (21.88%) Senior
5 562 (17.08%) .NET Developer
6 548 (16.66%) Software Engineer
7 403 (12.25%) Lead
8 291 (8.84%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
9 278 (8.45%) Senior Developer
10 252 (7.66%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 247 (7.51%) Software Developer
12 171 (5.20%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 170 (5.17%) Senior Software Engineer
14 155 (4.71%) Java Engineer
15 145 (4.41%) Java Developer
16 143 (4.35%) Lead Developer
17 98 (2.98%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
18 95 (2.89%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 91 (2.77%) Python Engineer
20 81 (2.46%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 959 (29.15%) React
2 943 (28.66%) .NET
3 564 (17.14%) Node.js
4 535 (16.26%) ASP.NET
5 524 (15.93%) .NET Core
6 497 (15.11%) ASP.NET Core
7 424 (12.89%) AngularJS
8 383 (11.64%) CSS
9 364 (11.06%) HTML
10 354 (10.76%) RESTful
11 337 (10.24%) Vue
12 237 (7.20%) REST
13 223 (6.78%) Entity Framework
14 208 (6.32%) Blazor
15 205 (6.23%) Spring
16 180 (5.47%) ASP.NET Web API
17 168 (5.11%) Spring Boot
18 165 (5.02%) Next.js
19 155 (4.71%) Terraform
20 148 (4.50%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 303 (9.21%) Cloud Native
2 135 (4.10%) Greenfield Project
3 134 (4.07%) Distributed Systems
4 104 (3.16%) AI Agents
5 91 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
6 74 (2.25%) Product Ownership
7 71 (2.16%) Mobile App
8 65 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
9 45 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
10 34 (1.03%) e-Learning
11 29 (0.88%) IoT
12 28 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
13 27 (0.82%) Low-Code
14 22 (0.67%) Onboarding
15 20 (0.61%) Virtual Team
16 19 (0.58%) Digital TV
17 17 (0.52%) iPhone
17 17 (0.52%) Social Media
18 16 (0.49%) BBC
18 16 (0.49%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (1.85%) Linux
2 27 (0.82%) Android
3 15 (0.46%) Windows
4 14 (0.43%) Unix
5 9 (0.27%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.12%) VMS
7 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.091%) AIX
8 3 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.061%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.030%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 955 (29.03%) Software Engineering
2 891 (27.08%) Agile
3 802 (24.38%) CI/CD
4 753 (22.89%) AI
5 564 (17.14%) Microservices
6 498 (15.14%) DevOps
7 339 (10.30%) Problem-Solving
8 282 (8.57%) Mentoring
9 280 (8.51%) Machine Learning
10 256 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 255 (7.75%) Test Automation
12 194 (5.90%) Clean Code
13 187 (5.68%) LLM
14 185 (5.62%) Observability
14 185 (5.62%) Scrum
15 182 (5.53%) Front End Development
16 174 (5.29%) TDD
17 171 (5.20%) Multithreading
17 171 (5.20%) Technical Leadership
18 167 (5.08%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 923 (28.05%) JavaScript
2 921 (27.99%) C#
3 859 (26.11%) TypeScript
4 733 (22.28%) SQL
5 607 (18.45%) Java
6 540 (16.41%) Python
7 103 (3.13%) Ruby
8 102 (3.10%) Kotlin
9 97 (2.95%) C++
10 83 (2.52%) PHP
11 72 (2.19%) Go
12 31 (0.94%) Bash
13 28 (0.85%) Groovy
14 27 (0.82%) Rust
15 26 (0.79%) Perl
16 11 (0.33%) PL/SQL
17 10 (0.30%) Bicep
18 7 (0.21%) Shell Script
19 6 (0.18%) Apex Code
19 6 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 222 (6.75%) Security Cleared
2 191 (5.81%) Degree
3 148 (4.50%) SC Cleared
4 129 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (1.09%) DV Cleared
6 21 (0.64%) AWS Certification
7 14 (0.43%) Master's Degree
8 10 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 7 (0.21%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.18%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 6 (0.18%) PhD
13 4 (0.12%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.091%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.091%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.091%) OCP
14 3 (0.091%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (2.19%) QA
2 69 (2.10%) Accessibility
3 36 (1.09%) Data Quality
4 31 (0.94%) WCAG
5 18 (0.55%) GDPR
6 10 (0.30%) NCSC
7 8 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.18%) NIST
9 4 (0.12%) SOC 2
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%) GRC
11 1 (0.030%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.030%) SLA
System Software
1 470 (14.29%) Docker
2 3 (0.091%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.091%) Firmware
3 1 (0.030%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.030%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 371 (11.28%) Kubernetes
2 21 (0.64%) Ansible
3 18 (0.55%) Grafana
4 10 (0.30%) HP Fortify
4 10 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.27%) Kibana
6 6 (0.18%) logstash
6 6 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.15%) Argo
8 4 (0.12%) Podman
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
1 584 (17.75%) Microsoft
2 100 (3.04%) Google
3 56 (1.70%) Facebook
4 53 (1.61%) OpenAI
5 43 (1.31%) Oracle
6 25 (0.76%) YouTube
7 23 (0.70%) Splunk
8 21 (0.64%) Salesforce
9 17 (0.52%) Red Hat
10 16 (0.49%) Apple
10 16 (0.49%) Foundry
10 16 (0.49%) Sony
10 16 (0.49%) Yahoo!
11 14 (0.43%) AppDynamics
11 14 (0.43%) Mistral
12 13 (0.40%) Adobe
13 12 (0.36%) Databricks
13 12 (0.36%) Palantir
14 11 (0.33%) Dynatrace
14 11 (0.33%) OutSystems