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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 102 44
Rank change year-on-year +52 -58 +34
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,254 1,391 3,610
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.87% 2.80% 4.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 3.16% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,684 827 2,199
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
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 £80,125
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 82,683 43,966 63,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.91% 88.62% 80.92%
Number of salaries quoted 57,515 24,838 36,851
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,500 £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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,375 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.37%

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 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 12 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 +64 2,956 £65,000 -7.14% 1,736
UK excluding London +78 2,270 £60,000 - 897
Work from Home +43 1,348 £60,000 -7.69% 2,652
London +10 831 £85,000 +3.03% 1,028
North of England +67 756 £65,000 +8.33% 253
South East +113 557 £60,000 - 190
North West +41 420 £65,000 -3.70% 140
South West +56 323 £60,000 - 119
Midlands +45 297 £55,000 -8.33% 111
Yorkshire +68 212 £70,000 +16.67% 80
East of England +49 174 £60,000 +33.33% 92
West Midlands +27 167 £60,000 -4.00% 53
East Midlands +17 130 £55,000 +15.79% 58
North East +17 124 £52,000 +19.88% 36
Scotland -10 101 £60,000 -7.69% 88
Wales -32 60 £60,000 - 20
Northern Ireland -72 7 £90,000 +50.00% 33
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 26 (0.80%) CMS
2 24 (0.74%) Confluence
3 17 (0.52%) WordPress
4 10 (0.31%) Apache
4 10 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
5 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.28%) IIS
6 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.22%) ColdFusion
7 7 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.18%) SharePoint
9 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.092%) DNN
10 3 (0.092%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.092%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.092%) Immediacy CMS
10 3 (0.092%) Kentico
10 3 (0.092%) nginx
10 3 (0.092%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.092%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 12 (0.37%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.061%) Elementor
3 1 (0.031%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.18%) Shopify
2 2 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.031%) Magento
3 1 (0.031%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.031%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.031%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 914 (28.09%) AWS
2 913 (28.06%) Azure
3 310 (9.53%) GitHub
4 243 (7.47%) Azure DevOps
5 231 (7.10%) SaaS
6 203 (6.24%) Serverless
7 186 (5.72%) GCP
8 180 (5.53%) GitHub Copilot
9 159 (4.89%) Azure AI
10 139 (4.27%) AWS Lambda
11 104 (3.20%) Amazon S3
12 89 (2.74%) Amazon ECS
13 78 (2.40%) Amazon SQS
14 75 (2.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 65 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
16 58 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
17 57 (1.75%) Anthropic Claude
18 54 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
19 34 (1.04%) AWS Step Functions
20 33 (1.01%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.91%) Internet
2 49 (1.51%) Broadband
3 17 (0.52%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.40%) DNS
5 11 (0.34%) Firewall
5 11 (0.34%) HTTP
6 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
7 5 (0.15%) MQTT
7 5 (0.15%) VoIP
8 3 (0.092%) 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 (0.031%) Diameter Protocol
10 1 (0.031%) Multicast
10 1 (0.031%) SCTP
10 1 (0.031%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.031%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 516 (15.86%) MongoDB
2 450 (13.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 224 (6.88%) PostgreSQL
4 182 (5.59%) SQL Server
5 156 (4.79%) Elasticsearch
6 106 (3.26%) NoSQL
7 92 (2.83%) MySQL
8 83 (2.55%) Relational Database
9 71 (2.18%) DynamoDB
10 59 (1.81%) Redis
11 28 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
12 20 (0.61%) Power BI
13 17 (0.52%) Spark SQL
14 12 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.31%) GIS
17 9 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
17 9 (0.28%) Pinecone
17 9 (0.28%) RDBMS
18 8 (0.25%) Chroma
Development Applications
1 240 (7.38%) Git
2 104 (3.20%) Jenkins
3 91 (2.80%) GitLab
4 65 (2.00%) Cypress.io
5 61 (1.87%) JUnit
6 45 (1.38%) Claude Code
7 39 (1.20%) JIRA
7 39 (1.20%) Maven
8 31 (0.95%) Subversion
9 29 (0.89%) Eclipse
10 24 (0.74%) SonarQube
11 17 (0.52%) Vite
12 16 (0.49%) Mockito
13 15 (0.46%) Selenium
14 14 (0.43%) Spock
15 13 (0.40%) Storybook
16 11 (0.34%) CircleCI
16 11 (0.34%) NUnit
17 9 (0.28%) Bitbucket
17 9 (0.28%) Postman
General
1 389 (11.95%) Finance
2 306 (9.40%) Social Skills
3 177 (5.44%) Public Sector
4 97 (2.98%) Marketing
5 86 (2.64%) Games
6 74 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
7 69 (2.12%) Advertising
7 69 (2.12%) Retail
8 65 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 62 (1.91%) Banking
10 35 (1.08%) Manufacturing
11 34 (1.04%) Financial Institution
11 34 (1.04%) Law
12 30 (0.92%) Legal
13 23 (0.71%) Tech for Good
14 19 (0.58%) Aerospace
15 17 (0.52%) Automotive
16 15 (0.46%) Investment Banking
17 13 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
17 13 (0.40%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 1,859 (57.13%) Developer
2 1,026 (31.53%) Full-Stack Developer
3 820 (25.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 649 (19.94%) Senior
5 579 (17.79%) .NET Developer
6 528 (16.23%) Software Engineer
7 422 (12.97%) Lead
8 281 (8.64%) Software Developer
9 272 (8.36%) Senior Developer
10 249 (7.65%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
11 237 (7.28%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 178 (5.47%) Lead Developer
13 160 (4.92%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 157 (4.82%) Senior Software Engineer
15 151 (4.64%) Java Developer
16 128 (3.93%) Java Engineer
17 108 (3.32%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
18 99 (3.04%) Python Engineer
19 95 (2.92%) Full-Stack Java Developer
20 88 (2.70%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,002 (30.79%) React
2 964 (29.63%) .NET
3 594 (18.25%) Node.js
4 539 (16.56%) ASP.NET
5 536 (16.47%) .NET Core
6 501 (15.40%) ASP.NET Core
7 426 (13.09%) AngularJS
8 411 (12.63%) CSS
9 391 (12.02%) HTML
10 363 (11.16%) Vue
11 359 (11.03%) RESTful
12 227 (6.98%) Entity Framework
13 224 (6.88%) REST
14 211 (6.48%) Blazor
15 204 (6.27%) Spring
16 182 (5.59%) ASP.NET Web API
17 165 (5.07%) Spring Boot
18 163 (5.01%) Next.js
19 157 (4.82%) Terraform
20 150 (4.61%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 306 (9.40%) Cloud Native
2 148 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
3 124 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
4 90 (2.77%) AI Agents
5 83 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
6 81 (2.49%) Product Ownership
7 76 (2.34%) Mobile App
8 71 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
9 48 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
10 36 (1.11%) e-Learning
11 34 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
12 33 (1.01%) Low-Code
13 26 (0.80%) IoT
13 26 (0.80%) Onboarding
14 22 (0.68%) Virtual Team
15 20 (0.61%) Digital TV
16 19 (0.58%) Social Media
17 18 (0.55%) Algorithms
18 17 (0.52%) BBC
18 17 (0.52%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 59 (1.81%) Linux
2 23 (0.71%) Android
3 15 (0.46%) Windows
4 13 (0.40%) Unix
5 9 (0.28%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.22%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.15%) VMS
8 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.092%) AIX
9 3 (0.092%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.031%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 913 (28.06%) Software Engineering
2 902 (27.72%) Agile
3 801 (24.62%) CI/CD
4 741 (22.77%) AI
5 573 (17.61%) Microservices
6 530 (16.29%) DevOps
7 347 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
8 299 (9.19%) Machine Learning
9 290 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 288 (8.85%) Mentoring
11 276 (8.48%) Test Automation
12 205 (6.30%) Scrum
13 199 (6.12%) Clean Code
14 188 (5.78%) Observability
15 186 (5.72%) TDD
16 181 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
17 175 (5.38%) LLM
18 174 (5.35%) Multithreading
19 173 (5.32%) Technical Leadership
20 166 (5.10%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 990 (30.42%) JavaScript
2 932 (28.64%) C#
3 903 (27.75%) TypeScript
4 753 (23.14%) SQL
5 593 (18.22%) Python
6 538 (16.53%) Java
7 104 (3.20%) Ruby
8 94 (2.89%) C++
9 87 (2.67%) PHP
10 81 (2.49%) Go
11 68 (2.09%) Kotlin
12 32 (0.98%) Bash
13 30 (0.92%) Groovy
14 26 (0.80%) Perl
15 19 (0.58%) Rust
16 12 (0.37%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.34%) Bicep
18 7 (0.22%) Apex Code
18 7 (0.22%) Shell Script
19 6 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 231 (7.10%) Security Cleared
2 186 (5.72%) Degree
3 159 (4.89%) SC Cleared
4 126 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (1.01%) DV Cleared
6 24 (0.74%) AWS Certification
7 18 (0.55%) Master's Degree
8 12 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
9 10 (0.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (0.28%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.18%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.18%) PhD
13 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.092%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.092%) OCP
14 3 (0.092%) Oracle Certification
15 2 (0.061%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (3.01%) QA
2 70 (2.15%) Accessibility
3 35 (1.08%) Data Quality
4 30 (0.92%) WCAG
5 20 (0.61%) GDPR
6 9 (0.28%) NCSC
7 7 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.18%) GRC
9 5 (0.15%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.12%) NIST
11 2 (0.061%) Good Clinical Practice
12 1 (0.031%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.031%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.031%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.031%) ITGC
12 1 (0.031%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.031%) SLA
System Software
1 459 (14.11%) Docker
2 4 (0.12%) Firmware
3 3 (0.092%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.061%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.031%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 352 (10.82%) Kubernetes
2 21 (0.65%) Ansible
2 21 (0.65%) Grafana
3 12 (0.37%) HP Fortify
3 12 (0.37%) Prometheus
4 11 (0.34%) Podman
5 10 (0.31%) Kibana
6 7 (0.22%) logstash
6 7 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.092%) Argo
8 2 (0.061%) Bugsnag
8 2 (0.061%) Packer
8 2 (0.061%) Puppet
9 1 (0.031%) Consul
9 1 (0.031%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.031%) Graylog
9 1 (0.031%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 594 (18.25%) Microsoft
2 93 (2.86%) Google
3 57 (1.75%) Facebook
4 48 (1.48%) OpenAI
5 37 (1.14%) Oracle
6 25 (0.77%) YouTube
7 23 (0.71%) Salesforce
8 22 (0.68%) Splunk
9 17 (0.52%) AppDynamics
9 17 (0.52%) Apple
9 17 (0.52%) Sony
9 17 (0.52%) Yahoo!
10 14 (0.43%) Adobe
11 13 (0.40%) Foundry
11 13 (0.40%) Mistral
12 12 (0.37%) Palantir
12 12 (0.37%) Red Hat
13 11 (0.34%) Dynatrace
14 10 (0.31%) Databricks
14 10 (0.31%) Sitecore