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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 94 42
Rank change year-on-year +30 -52 +23
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 2,618 1,467 5,022
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.90% 3.35% 5.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.92% 3.59% 6.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,140 980 3,966
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
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 66,794 40,810 82,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 93.32% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 42,940 22,598 59,746
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Development in the UK

Full-Stack Development
Top 19 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 12 May 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 +30 2,371 £70,000 +6.87% 836
UK excluding London +28 1,625 £60,000 - 625
Work from Home +27 1,050 £65,000 - 414
London +42 814 £85,000 +6.25% 316
North of England +34 498 £67,500 +14.41% 186
South East +49 416 £60,000 - 176
North West +17 262 £65,000 +1.96% 97
Midlands +6 259 £55,000 +4.76% 79
South West +18 224 £60,000 -4.00% 68
Yorkshire +40 163 £75,000 +36.36% 57
East of England +44 138 £61,250 +16.67% 69
West Midlands +8 135 £60,000 - 31
East Midlands +2 123 £55,000 +15.79% 47
North East +10 73 £60,000 +9.09% 32
Scotland -42 47 £60,000 -4.00% 31
Northern Ireland - 26 £70,000 - 9
Wales -30 24 £52,500 -25.00% 15
Isle of Man - 2 £35,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 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 22 (0.84%) CMS
2 18 (0.69%) Confluence
3 14 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.46%) WordPress
5 11 (0.42%) ColdFusion
6 9 (0.34%) Apache
6 9 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 8 (0.31%) SharePoint
8 7 (0.27%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.15%) Appian
10 4 (0.15%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.15%) IIS
10 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.11%) Liferay
11 3 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.076%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.076%) CICS
12 2 (0.076%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.11%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.076%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.15%) Shopify
2 1 (0.038%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.038%) Magento
2 1 (0.038%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.038%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 755 (28.84%) AWS
2 571 (21.81%) Azure
3 234 (8.94%) SaaS
4 186 (7.10%) Serverless
5 168 (6.42%) GitHub
6 164 (6.26%) GCP
7 133 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
8 113 (4.32%) AWS Lambda
9 97 (3.71%) Amazon S3
10 66 (2.52%) Amazon ECS
11 59 (2.25%) Amazon SQS
12 55 (2.10%) GitHub Copilot
13 54 (2.06%) Azure AI
14 50 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
15 43 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
15 43 (1.64%) Figma
16 40 (1.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 30 (1.15%) Power Platform
18 26 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
19 23 (0.88%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 60 (2.29%) Broadband
2 19 (0.73%) Internet
3 9 (0.34%) HTTP
4 6 (0.23%) DNS
4 6 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.19%) Firewall
6 3 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.076%) DHCP
7 2 (0.076%) LAN
7 2 (0.076%) VLAN
7 2 (0.076%) VPN
7 2 (0.076%) WAN
8 1 (0.038%) AMQP
8 1 (0.038%) Multicast
8 1 (0.038%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.038%) SSL
8 1 (0.038%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.038%) VSAN
8 1 (0.038%) WebEx
8 1 (0.038%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 249 (9.51%) MongoDB
2 180 (6.88%) PostgreSQL
3 148 (5.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 132 (5.04%) SQL Server
5 117 (4.47%) NoSQL
6 70 (2.67%) MySQL
7 58 (2.22%) Relational Database
8 51 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
9 50 (1.91%) DynamoDB
10 23 (0.88%) Redis
11 22 (0.84%) Power BI
12 14 (0.53%) Pinecone
13 12 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (0.38%) GIS
15 8 (0.31%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.31%) DB2
16 6 (0.23%) MariaDB
17 4 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.15%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 189 (7.22%) Git
2 101 (3.86%) Jenkins
3 64 (2.44%) Cypress.io
4 52 (1.99%) GitLab
5 39 (1.49%) JIRA
6 31 (1.18%) Maven
7 23 (0.88%) SonarQube
8 22 (0.84%) JUnit
9 19 (0.73%) CircleCI
9 19 (0.73%) Vite
10 16 (0.61%) Claude Code
11 14 (0.53%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.53%) TeamCity
12 13 (0.50%) Mockito
13 11 (0.42%) Cucumber
14 9 (0.34%) Selenium
15 7 (0.27%) ESLint
15 7 (0.27%) NUnit
16 6 (0.23%) webpack
17 4 (0.15%) IntelliJ
General
1 286 (10.92%) Social Skills
2 279 (10.66%) Finance
3 75 (2.86%) Public Sector
4 72 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (2.22%) Games
6 54 (2.06%) Banking
7 51 (1.95%) Retail
8 48 (1.83%) Marketing
9 47 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 39 (1.49%) Law
11 38 (1.45%) Front Office
12 34 (1.30%) Tech for Good
13 28 (1.07%) Aviation
14 27 (1.03%) Manufacturing
15 26 (0.99%) Advertising
16 22 (0.84%) Legal
17 21 (0.80%) Health Technology
17 21 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (0.61%) Investment Banking
19 13 (0.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,545 (59.01%) Developer
2 998 (38.12%) Full-Stack Developer
3 624 (23.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 575 (21.96%) Senior
5 465 (17.76%) Software Engineer
6 376 (14.36%) Lead
7 293 (11.19%) .NET Developer
8 284 (10.85%) Senior Developer
9 207 (7.91%) Software Developer
10 204 (7.79%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 199 (7.60%) Lead Developer
12 192 (7.33%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 162 (6.19%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
14 151 (5.77%) Java Developer
15 144 (5.50%) React Developer
16 126 (4.81%) Senior Software Engineer
17 111 (4.24%) Python Developer
18 95 (3.63%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 90 (3.44%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
20 87 (3.32%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 896 (34.22%) React
2 615 (23.49%) .NET
3 507 (19.37%) Node.js
4 296 (11.31%) CSS
5 293 (11.19%) AngularJS
6 290 (11.08%) HTML
7 260 (9.93%) .NET Core
8 253 (9.66%) Vue
9 218 (8.33%) RESTful
10 205 (7.83%) ASP.NET
11 175 (6.68%) Spring
12 168 (6.42%) ASP.NET Core
13 146 (5.58%) REST
14 144 (5.50%) Spring Boot
15 130 (4.97%) Next.js
16 106 (4.05%) Entity Framework
17 80 (3.06%) Blazor
18 75 (2.86%) GraphQL
19 71 (2.71%) .NET Framework
19 71 (2.71%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 192 (7.33%) Cloud Native
2 123 (4.70%) Greenfield Project
3 78 (2.98%) Mobile App
4 76 (2.90%) Product Ownership
5 73 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
6 49 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (1.38%) AI Agents
7 36 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
8 34 (1.30%) Fixed Income
9 32 (1.22%) Low-Code
10 29 (1.11%) IoT
11 22 (0.84%) e-Learning
11 22 (0.84%) Video\Live Streaming
12 20 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
12 20 (0.76%) Onboarding
13 17 (0.65%) Smart Energy
13 17 (0.65%) Virtual Team
14 16 (0.61%) Data Structures
14 16 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 13 (0.50%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 34 (1.30%) Linux
2 29 (1.11%) Android
3 20 (0.76%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.23%) Windows
5 5 (0.19%) Unix
6 2 (0.076%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.038%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.038%) VMS
7 1 (0.038%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 802 (30.63%) Software Engineering
2 589 (22.50%) Agile
3 519 (19.82%) CI/CD
4 453 (17.30%) AI
5 418 (15.97%) DevOps
6 377 (14.40%) Microservices
7 321 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
8 257 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 257 (9.82%) Mentoring
9 214 (8.17%) Test Automation
10 167 (6.38%) User Experience
11 163 (6.23%) Machine Learning
12 157 (6.00%) Containerisation
12 157 (6.00%) Scrum
13 150 (5.73%) Clean Code
14 143 (5.46%) Web Development
15 139 (5.31%) Infrastructure as Code
16 128 (4.89%) Technical Leadership
17 124 (4.74%) Computer Science
18 120 (4.58%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 743 (28.38%) JavaScript
1 743 (28.38%) TypeScript
2 556 (21.24%) C#
3 512 (19.56%) Python
4 464 (17.72%) Java
5 421 (16.08%) SQL
6 102 (3.90%) PHP
7 72 (2.75%) Go
8 56 (2.14%) Ruby
9 32 (1.22%) Bash
10 27 (1.03%) C++
11 20 (0.76%) Groovy
12 16 (0.61%) Kotlin
13 15 (0.57%) C
14 14 (0.53%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.46%) Bicep
16 8 (0.31%) Rust
17 6 (0.23%) R
17 6 (0.23%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 178 (6.80%) Security Cleared
2 129 (4.93%) Degree
2 129 (4.93%) SC Cleared
3 86 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 38 (1.45%) DV Cleared
5 17 (0.65%) Master's Degree
6 16 (0.61%) DBS Check
7 11 (0.42%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
9 6 (0.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.19%) PhD
11 2 (0.076%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.038%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 1 (0.038%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.038%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.038%) MBA
12 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (3.86%) QA
2 44 (1.68%) Accessibility
3 10 (0.38%) Data Quality
3 10 (0.38%) GDPR
4 7 (0.27%) GRC
4 7 (0.27%) WCAG
5 6 (0.23%) SLA
6 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.15%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.076%) HL7
7 2 (0.076%) ITGC
7 2 (0.076%) NCSC
7 2 (0.076%) NIST
8 1 (0.038%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.038%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.038%) SOC 2
System Software
1 293 (11.19%) Docker
2 7 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.11%) Firmware
5 2 (0.076%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.076%) vSphere
6 1 (0.038%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.038%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 203 (7.75%) Kubernetes
2 121 (4.62%) Terraform
3 32 (1.22%) Grafana
4 30 (1.15%) Ansible
5 19 (0.73%) Prometheus
6 14 (0.53%) HP Fortify
7 13 (0.50%) Podman
8 10 (0.38%) Argo
9 7 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.23%) Kibana
11 4 (0.15%) logstash
12 3 (0.11%) Nagios
13 1 (0.038%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.038%) Graylog
13 1 (0.038%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 259 (9.89%) Microsoft
2 46 (1.76%) Google
3 36 (1.38%) OpenAI
4 32 (1.22%) Adobe
5 27 (1.03%) Oracle
6 16 (0.61%) Facebook
7 13 (0.50%) Salesforce
8 12 (0.46%) Foundry
8 12 (0.46%) Palantir
9 8 (0.31%) Apple
10 7 (0.27%) Peregrine
10 7 (0.27%) Splunk
11 6 (0.23%) AppDynamics
11 6 (0.23%) Dynatrace
11 6 (0.23%) Pega
11 6 (0.23%) Sony
11 6 (0.23%) Yahoo!
11 6 (0.23%) YouTube
12 5 (0.19%) Databricks
12 5 (0.19%) WooCommerce