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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 103 45
Rank change year-on-year +54 -58 +30
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,254 1,472 3,841
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.07% 2.96% 4.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.18% 3.31% 5.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,672 899 2,617
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £49,383
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £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 77,915 44,448 67,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.48% 89.27% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 53,724 25,250 43,771
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -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 August 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 August 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 +59 2,949 £65,000 -7.14% 1,934
UK excluding London +74 2,240 £60,000 - 919
Work from Home +49 1,411 £60,000 -9.43% 861
London +9 852 £85,000 +3.03% 1,182
North of England +64 730 £65,000 +8.33% 266
South East +103 545 £60,000 - 204
North West +49 403 £65,000 - 153
South West +68 317 £60,000 - 116
Midlands +52 311 £55,000 -8.33% 108
Yorkshire +75 207 £70,000 +16.67% 76
East of England +49 182 £60,000 +33.33% 85
West Midlands +34 172 £60,000 -7.69% 63
East Midlands +25 138 £55,000 +15.79% 45
North East +21 120 £52,000 +19.54% 39
Scotland -11 92 £55,000 -18.52% 88
Wales -28 55 £60,000 - 18
Northern Ireland -60 13 £70,000 +16.67% 39
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 25 (0.77%) CMS
1 25 (0.77%) Confluence
2 15 (0.46%) WordPress
3 10 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
4 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 9 (0.28%) Apache
4 9 (0.28%) ColdFusion
4 9 (0.28%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.25%) IIS
5 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.092%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.092%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.092%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.092%) Kentico
10 3 (0.092%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.092%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 11 (0.34%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.061%) Elementor
3 1 (0.031%) Microsoft Excel
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
1 955 (29.35%) Azure
2 949 (29.16%) AWS
3 323 (9.93%) GitHub
4 251 (7.71%) Azure DevOps
5 245 (7.53%) SaaS
6 206 (6.33%) Serverless
7 190 (5.84%) GCP
8 185 (5.69%) GitHub Copilot
9 168 (5.16%) Azure AI
10 127 (3.90%) AWS Lambda
11 106 (3.26%) Amazon S3
12 87 (2.67%) Amazon ECS
13 82 (2.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 77 (2.37%) Amazon SQS
15 70 (2.15%) GitHub Actions
16 59 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
17 53 (1.63%) Anthropic Claude
18 42 (1.29%) Amazon EC2
19 37 (1.14%) Power Platform
20 32 (0.98%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 59 (1.81%) Internet
2 51 (1.57%) Broadband
3 16 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.40%) DNS
5 11 (0.34%) Firewall
5 11 (0.34%) HTTP
6 7 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
7 5 (0.15%) MQTT
8 4 (0.12%) VoIP
9 3 (0.092%) DHCP
9 3 (0.092%) LAN
9 3 (0.092%) WAN
10 2 (0.061%) AMQP
10 2 (0.061%) Network Security
10 2 (0.061%) VPN
11 1 (0.031%) BGP
11 1 (0.031%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.031%) RTP
11 1 (0.031%) SCTP
11 1 (0.031%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 534 (16.41%) MongoDB
2 463 (14.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 232 (7.13%) PostgreSQL
4 183 (5.62%) SQL Server
5 158 (4.86%) Elasticsearch
6 113 (3.47%) NoSQL
7 97 (2.98%) MySQL
8 84 (2.58%) Relational Database
9 71 (2.18%) DynamoDB
10 57 (1.75%) Redis
11 28 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
12 22 (0.68%) Power BI
13 14 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
14 12 (0.37%) GIS
15 11 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
16 9 (0.28%) Pinecone
16 9 (0.28%) RDBMS
17 8 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
18 6 (0.18%) MariaDB
18 6 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 250 (7.68%) Git
2 108 (3.32%) Jenkins
3 79 (2.43%) GitLab
4 61 (1.87%) Cypress.io
5 60 (1.84%) JUnit
6 46 (1.41%) Claude Code
6 46 (1.41%) JIRA
7 35 (1.08%) Maven
8 29 (0.89%) Eclipse
9 28 (0.86%) Subversion
10 22 (0.68%) SonarQube
11 17 (0.52%) Mockito
11 17 (0.52%) Vite
12 14 (0.43%) Selenium
13 13 (0.40%) CircleCI
14 12 (0.37%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.37%) NUnit
14 12 (0.37%) Spock
15 11 (0.34%) Storybook
16 9 (0.28%) Postman
General
1 403 (12.38%) Finance
2 319 (9.80%) Social Skills
3 140 (4.30%) Public Sector
4 106 (3.26%) Marketing
5 88 (2.70%) Games
6 74 (2.27%) Retail
7 73 (2.24%) Advertising
8 72 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 68 (2.09%) Analytical Skills
10 63 (1.94%) Banking
11 45 (1.38%) Law
12 38 (1.17%) Legal
13 36 (1.11%) Manufacturing
14 32 (0.98%) Front Office
15 28 (0.86%) Tech for Good
16 27 (0.83%) Financial Institution
17 17 (0.52%) Aerospace
17 17 (0.52%) Legal Technology
18 16 (0.49%) Automotive
19 14 (0.43%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,951 (59.96%) Developer
2 1,052 (32.33%) Full-Stack Developer
3 764 (23.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 644 (19.79%) Senior
5 606 (18.62%) .NET Developer
6 551 (16.93%) Software Engineer
7 422 (12.97%) Lead
8 285 (8.76%) Senior Developer
9 276 (8.48%) Software Developer
10 246 (7.56%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 213 (6.55%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
12 195 (5.99%) Lead Developer
13 170 (5.22%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 165 (5.07%) Java Developer
15 158 (4.86%) Senior Software Engineer
16 121 (3.72%) Java Engineer
17 99 (3.04%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 96 (2.95%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
19 95 (2.92%) Python Developer
20 94 (2.89%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,060 (32.58%) React
2 981 (30.15%) .NET
3 633 (19.45%) Node.js
4 556 (17.09%) .NET Core
5 554 (17.03%) ASP.NET
6 511 (15.70%) ASP.NET Core
7 444 (13.64%) AngularJS
8 425 (13.06%) CSS
9 407 (12.51%) HTML
10 384 (11.80%) Vue
11 368 (11.31%) RESTful
12 236 (7.25%) Entity Framework
13 220 (6.76%) Blazor
14 213 (6.55%) REST
15 211 (6.48%) Spring
16 186 (5.72%) ASP.NET Web API
17 169 (5.19%) Next.js
17 169 (5.19%) Spring Boot
18 156 (4.79%) ML.NET
19 139 (4.27%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 316 (9.71%) Cloud Native
2 162 (4.98%) Greenfield Project
3 113 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
4 87 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
5 81 (2.49%) Product Ownership
6 74 (2.27%) Mobile App
6 74 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
7 73 (2.24%) AI Agents
8 50 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
9 36 (1.11%) Low-Code
10 35 (1.08%) Video\Live Streaming
11 32 (0.98%) e-Learning
11 32 (0.98%) Onboarding
12 30 (0.92%) Fixed Income
13 28 (0.86%) IoT
14 25 (0.77%) Virtual Team
15 21 (0.65%) Social Media
16 20 (0.61%) Digital TV
17 19 (0.58%) Algorithms
18 17 (0.52%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 60 (1.84%) Linux
2 25 (0.77%) Android
3 16 (0.49%) Windows
4 11 (0.34%) Unix
5 9 (0.28%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.18%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.092%) AIX
8 3 (0.092%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.092%) VMS
9 1 (0.031%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 951 (29.23%) Software Engineering
2 930 (28.58%) Agile
3 794 (24.40%) CI/CD
4 732 (22.50%) AI
5 584 (17.95%) Microservices
6 568 (17.46%) DevOps
7 336 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
8 310 (9.53%) Machine Learning
9 305 (9.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 280 (8.60%) Mentoring
11 275 (8.45%) Test Automation
12 223 (6.85%) Scrum
13 200 (6.15%) Clean Code
14 196 (6.02%) TDD
15 191 (5.87%) Observability
16 189 (5.81%) Infrastructure as Code
17 178 (5.47%) Multithreading
18 175 (5.38%) Containerisation
18 175 (5.38%) Technical Leadership
19 165 (5.07%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 996 (30.61%) JavaScript
2 936 (28.76%) C#
3 934 (28.70%) TypeScript
4 766 (23.54%) SQL
5 621 (19.08%) Python
6 520 (15.98%) Java
7 98 (3.01%) PHP
8 96 (2.95%) Go
9 94 (2.89%) Ruby
10 73 (2.24%) C++
11 35 (1.08%) Kotlin
12 31 (0.95%) Bash
13 26 (0.80%) Groovy
14 23 (0.71%) Perl
15 18 (0.55%) Rust
16 15 (0.46%) Bicep
17 14 (0.43%) PL/SQL
18 8 (0.25%) Apex Code
19 6 (0.18%) C
19 6 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 228 (7.01%) Security Cleared
2 183 (5.62%) Degree
3 165 (5.07%) SC Cleared
4 130 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (1.17%) DV Cleared
6 23 (0.71%) AWS Certification
7 15 (0.46%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
9 10 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (0.28%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.15%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.092%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.092%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.092%) OCP
14 3 (0.092%) Oracle Certification
14 3 (0.092%) PhD
15 1 (0.031%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (3.13%) QA
2 71 (2.18%) Accessibility
3 31 (0.95%) WCAG
4 19 (0.58%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.58%) GDPR
5 8 (0.25%) NCSC
6 7 (0.22%) GRC
7 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.092%) NIST
8 3 (0.092%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.061%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.031%) HL7
10 1 (0.031%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.031%) ITGC
10 1 (0.031%) SLA
10 1 (0.031%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 467 (14.35%) Docker
2 5 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.12%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.12%) Firmware
4 2 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.061%) vSphere
5 1 (0.031%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 357 (10.97%) Kubernetes
2 158 (4.86%) Terraform
3 27 (0.83%) Grafana
4 21 (0.65%) Ansible
5 18 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.37%) Podman
7 10 (0.31%) HP Fortify
7 10 (0.31%) Kibana
8 6 (0.18%) logstash
8 6 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.092%) Argo
10 2 (0.061%) Bugsnag
10 2 (0.061%) Packer
11 1 (0.031%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.031%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.031%) Graylog
11 1 (0.031%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.031%) Nagios
11 1 (0.031%) Puppet
11 1 (0.031%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 623 (19.15%) Microsoft
2 84 (2.58%) Google
3 59 (1.81%) Facebook
4 45 (1.38%) OpenAI
5 32 (0.98%) Oracle
6 27 (0.83%) Salesforce
7 24 (0.74%) YouTube
8 19 (0.58%) Splunk
9 18 (0.55%) Apple
10 17 (0.52%) Foundry
10 17 (0.52%) Palantir
10 17 (0.52%) Sony
10 17 (0.52%) Yahoo!
11 15 (0.46%) Adobe
11 15 (0.46%) AppDynamics
12 12 (0.37%) Databricks
13 10 (0.31%) Dynatrace
13 10 (0.31%) OneLogin
13 10 (0.31%) Sitecore
14 8 (0.25%) Red Hat