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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 44 68
Rank change year-on-year -77 +24 -14
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 1,193 3,011 2,238
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.33% 4.45% 4.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 5.39% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 854 1,613 2,012
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,250 £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 £86,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £98,750 £113,750
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 44,303 55,889 50,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.67% 82.62% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 26,710 29,381 38,581
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.43% +2.86% -

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 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Development in the UK

Full-Stack Development
Top 17 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 November 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 -70 1,059 £70,000 +7.69% 2,661
UK excluding London -92 635 £60,000 +9.09% 2,047
London -23 515 £90,000 +5.88% 1,241
Work from Home -62 485 £67,500 +12.50% 1,557
North of England -67 205 £60,000 +4.35% 370
South East -96 143 £60,000 - 1,090
North West -37 125 £65,000 +8.33% 264
Midlands -81 84 £60,000 +20.00% 181
Scotland -30 70 £67,500 +12.50% 51
South West -58 67 £60,000 +9.09% 136
West Midlands -37 59 £60,000 +9.09% 93
Yorkshire -59 54 £61,250 +11.36% 78
East of England -75 45 £45,000 -30.77% 117
North East -18 26 £48,750 -18.75% 32
East Midlands -75 25 £47,500 +8.57% 86
Wales -32 19 £60,000 +9.09% 52
Northern Ireland -25 4 £60,000 -7.69% 13

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 20 (1.68%) IIS
2 17 (1.42%) CMS
3 12 (1.01%) Confluence
4 11 (0.92%) SharePoint
5 9 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.75%) Headless CMS
6 8 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.50%) nginx
7 6 (0.50%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.42%) Apache
8 5 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (0.34%) Camunda
9 4 (0.34%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.17%) Drupal
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.17%) WordPress
11 1 (0.084%) ColdFusion
11 1 (0.084%) Kentico
11 1 (0.084%) TPMS
Applications
1 3 (0.25%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.25%) S-PLUS
2 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (1.09%) Shopify
2 4 (0.34%) Magento
3 3 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 522 (43.76%) AWS
2 453 (37.97%) Azure
3 121 (10.14%) Serverless
4 118 (9.89%) SaaS
5 115 (9.64%) GitHub
6 99 (8.30%) GCP
7 61 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
8 53 (4.44%) Amazon ECS
9 45 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
10 43 (3.60%) Amazon EKS
10 43 (3.60%) Amazon S3
11 42 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
12 33 (2.77%) Amazon EC2
13 26 (2.18%) Azure Service Bus
13 26 (2.18%) PaaS
14 25 (2.10%) Amazon SQS
15 23 (1.93%) Power Platform
16 22 (1.84%) Azure App Service
16 22 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 20 (1.68%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.50%) Firewall
2 4 (0.34%) Broadband
2 4 (0.34%) HTTP
2 4 (0.34%) VPN
3 3 (0.25%) DNS
3 3 (0.25%) MQTT
3 3 (0.25%) SMS
3 3 (0.25%) WAN
4 2 (0.17%) Internet
4 2 (0.17%) LAN
4 2 (0.17%) NAS
4 2 (0.17%) Network Security
4 2 (0.17%) SAN
4 2 (0.17%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.17%) SNMP
4 2 (0.17%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.17%) VLAN
4 2 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.17%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.084%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (15.93%) SQL Server
2 122 (10.23%) PostgreSQL
3 104 (8.72%) MongoDB
4 96 (8.05%) NoSQL
5 85 (7.12%) Relational Database
6 81 (6.79%) MySQL
7 51 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 36 (3.02%) RDBMS
9 31 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
10 25 (2.10%) Redis
11 18 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
11 18 (1.51%) DynamoDB
12 14 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.09%) Big Data
14 10 (0.84%) Power BI
15 9 (0.75%) Oracle Database
16 8 (0.67%) Data Hub
16 8 (0.67%) DB2
16 8 (0.67%) NonStop SQL
16 8 (0.67%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 170 (14.25%) Git
2 88 (7.38%) JIRA
3 58 (4.86%) GitLab
4 51 (4.27%) Jenkins
5 48 (4.02%) Maven
6 47 (3.94%) Bitbucket
7 45 (3.77%) Selenium
8 44 (3.69%) Cucumber
9 41 (3.44%) SonarQube
9 41 (3.44%) Sonatype Nexus
10 37 (3.10%) Cypress.io
11 35 (2.93%) JUnit
12 25 (2.10%) Mockito
13 24 (2.01%) JMeter
14 19 (1.59%) Visual Studio
15 17 (1.42%) webpack
16 16 (1.34%) TeamCity
16 16 (1.34%) Vite
17 10 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
18 9 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 293 (24.56%) Finance
2 273 (22.88%) Social Skills
3 148 (12.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 133 (11.15%) Law
5 107 (8.97%) Banking
6 78 (6.54%) Public Sector
7 73 (6.12%) Investment Banking
8 66 (5.53%) Marketing
9 62 (5.20%) Retail
10 52 (4.36%) Front Office
11 46 (3.86%) Analytical Skills
12 36 (3.02%) Corporate Banking
13 33 (2.77%) Legal
14 21 (1.76%) Games
15 19 (1.59%) Back Office
16 18 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
17 17 (1.42%) Health Technology
18 16 (1.34%) Financial Institution
19 14 (1.17%) Advertising
20 9 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 661 (55.41%) Developer
2 446 (37.38%) Full-Stack Developer
3 304 (25.48%) Software Engineer
4 267 (22.38%) Senior
5 227 (19.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 162 (13.58%) Lead
7 148 (12.41%) Senior Developer
8 121 (10.14%) .NET Developer
9 115 (9.64%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 105 (8.80%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 97 (8.13%) Software Developer
12 96 (8.05%) Java Developer
13 72 (6.04%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 72 (6.04%) Java Engineer
14 66 (5.53%) Lead Developer
15 62 (5.20%) React Developer
16 61 (5.11%) Senior Software Engineer
17 57 (4.78%) Java Software Engineer
18 56 (4.69%) C# Developer
18 56 (4.69%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 624 (52.31%) React
2 387 (32.44%) .NET
3 300 (25.15%) HTML
4 281 (23.55%) AngularJS
5 268 (22.46%) CSS
6 221 (18.52%) RESTful
7 220 (18.44%) Node.js
8 195 (16.35%) Spring
9 170 (14.25%) REST
10 168 (14.08%) Vue
11 150 (12.57%) Spring Boot
12 146 (12.24%) .NET Core
13 134 (11.23%) Kafka
14 126 (10.56%) ASP.NET
15 119 (9.97%) .NET Framework
16 115 (9.64%) HTML5
17 108 (9.05%) GraphQL
18 100 (8.38%) CSS3
19 91 (7.63%) Redux
20 86 (7.21%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 147 (12.32%) Cloud Native
2 80 (6.71%) Product Ownership
3 75 (6.29%) Distributed Systems
4 52 (4.36%) Enterprise Software
5 43 (3.60%) Algorithms
6 38 (3.19%) Mobile App
7 35 (2.93%) Fixed Income
8 30 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
10 25 (2.10%) Onboarding
11 21 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
12 20 (1.68%) Data Structures
13 19 (1.59%) Private Cloud
14 17 (1.42%) Hedge funds
14 17 (1.42%) Reference Data
15 15 (1.26%) AI Agents
16 14 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
16 14 (1.17%) Virtual Team
17 13 (1.09%) e-Learning
17 13 (1.09%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.93%) Linux
2 19 (1.59%) Windows
3 15 (1.26%) Android
3 15 (1.26%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.01%) Unix
5 10 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 602 (50.46%) Agile
2 447 (37.47%) CI/CD
3 445 (37.30%) Software Engineering
4 296 (24.81%) DevOps
5 265 (22.21%) Microservices
6 253 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
7 245 (20.54%) User Experience
8 234 (19.61%) AI
9 226 (18.94%) Mentoring
10 198 (16.60%) SDLC
11 189 (15.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 159 (13.33%) Test Automation
13 143 (11.99%) TDD
14 140 (11.74%) Clean Code
14 140 (11.74%) Containerisation
15 133 (11.15%) Front End Development
16 117 (9.81%) MVC
17 109 (9.14%) Code Quality
17 109 (9.14%) Computer Science
18 106 (8.89%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 524 (43.92%) JavaScript
2 447 (37.47%) TypeScript
3 386 (32.36%) C#
4 343 (28.75%) Java
5 330 (27.66%) SQL
6 234 (19.61%) Python
7 48 (4.02%) PHP
8 45 (3.77%) Go
9 39 (3.27%) Rust
10 21 (1.76%) Shell Script
11 18 (1.51%) Ruby
12 17 (1.42%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.34%) C++
13 16 (1.34%) PowerShell
14 12 (1.01%) Bicep
15 11 (0.92%) Bash
15 11 (0.92%) VB.NET
16 8 (0.67%) C
16 8 (0.67%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.50%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 107 (8.97%) Degree
2 100 (8.38%) Security Cleared
3 62 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 56 (4.69%) SC Cleared
5 33 (2.77%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.09%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (0.92%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.84%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (0.67%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.34%) MCP
12 3 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.17%) CISSP
13 2 (0.17%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.084%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (9.64%) QA
2 102 (8.55%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.26%) GDPR
4 12 (1.01%) WCAG
5 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.34%) PERC
6 2 (0.17%) ECSS
6 2 (0.17%) NIST
6 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.084%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.084%) GRC
7 1 (0.084%) MiFID
System Software
1 223 (18.69%) Docker
2 14 (1.17%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.42%) HDFS
4 5 (0.42%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.084%) Firmware
5 1 (0.084%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 215 (18.02%) Kubernetes
2 87 (7.29%) Terraform
3 24 (2.01%) Kibana
4 14 (1.17%) Grafana
5 11 (0.92%) Ansible
6 10 (0.84%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.25%) Argo
7 3 (0.25%) Istio
8 2 (0.17%) HAProxy
8 2 (0.17%) Kustomize
8 2 (0.17%) linkerd
8 2 (0.17%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.084%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.084%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.084%) Nagios
Vendors
1 183 (15.34%) Microsoft
2 38 (3.19%) Oracle
3 36 (3.02%) Solace
4 31 (2.60%) Splunk
5 28 (2.35%) Dynatrace
6 19 (1.59%) Google
7 15 (1.26%) VMware
8 13 (1.09%) IBM
9 12 (1.01%) Databricks
9 12 (1.01%) DevExpress
10 11 (0.92%) Foundry
10 11 (0.92%) Palantir
11 9 (0.75%) Apple
11 9 (0.75%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.59%) Facebook
12 7 (0.59%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.59%) Rollbar
12 7 (0.59%) YouTube
13 6 (0.50%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (0.50%) Fortinet