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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 103 47
Rank change year-on-year +54 -56 +24
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,232 1,510 3,773
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.12% 3.04% 4.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 3.39% 5.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,662 933 2,637
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £40,000
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 £80,000 £90,000 £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 76,352 44,509 67,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.49% 81.05%
Number of salaries quoted 52,648 25,381 44,449
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,500 £31,210
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 3 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 3 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 +55 2,931 £65,000 -7.14% 1,019
UK excluding London +67 2,216 £60,000 - 625
Work from Home +45 1,421 £60,000 -11.11% 523
London +9 856 £85,000 - 507
North of England +66 730 £65,000 +8.33% 176
South East +98 544 £60,000 - 165
North West +45 399 £65,000 - 105
South West +53 304 £60,000 - 74
Midlands +40 302 £55,000 -8.33% 85
Yorkshire +68 213 £70,000 +16.67% 52
East of England +49 182 £60,000 +26.32% 60
West Midlands +29 165 £60,000 -4.00% 46
East Midlands +27 136 £55,000 +15.79% 39
North East +21 118 £52,000 +19.54% 20
Scotland -17 86 £55,000 -18.52% 35
Wales -35 54 £60,000 - 14
Northern Ireland -62 19 £70,000 +16.67% 20
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 27 (0.84%) CMS
2 25 (0.77%) Confluence
3 15 (0.46%) WordPress
4 10 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
5 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.28%) Apache
5 9 (0.28%) ColdFusion
5 9 (0.28%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.25%) IIS
6 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
8 5 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.15%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.093%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.093%) Kentico
10 3 (0.093%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.093%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 10 (0.31%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.062%) Elementor
3 1 (0.031%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.19%) Shopify
2 2 (0.062%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.062%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.031%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.031%) Magento
3 1 (0.031%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.031%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.031%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.031%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 950 (29.39%) Azure
2 941 (29.12%) AWS
3 312 (9.65%) GitHub
4 250 (7.74%) Azure DevOps
5 244 (7.55%) SaaS
6 207 (6.40%) Serverless
7 188 (5.82%) GCP
8 181 (5.60%) GitHub Copilot
9 163 (5.04%) Azure AI
10 125 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
11 105 (3.25%) Amazon S3
12 85 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
13 82 (2.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 77 (2.38%) Amazon SQS
15 65 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
16 57 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
17 51 (1.58%) Anthropic Claude
18 40 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
19 36 (1.11%) Power Platform
20 33 (1.02%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 58 (1.79%) Internet
2 52 (1.61%) Broadband
3 12 (0.37%) TCP/IP
4 11 (0.34%) Firewall
5 9 (0.28%) DNS
6 7 (0.22%) HTTP
6 7 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
7 5 (0.15%) MQTT
8 3 (0.093%) DHCP
8 3 (0.093%) LAN
8 3 (0.093%) VoIP
8 3 (0.093%) WAN
9 2 (0.062%) AMQP
9 2 (0.062%) Network Security
9 2 (0.062%) VPN
10 1 (0.031%) Multicast
10 1 (0.031%) SCTP
10 1 (0.031%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.031%) VoLTE
10 1 (0.031%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 535 (16.55%) MongoDB
2 462 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 229 (7.09%) PostgreSQL
4 173 (5.35%) SQL Server
5 158 (4.89%) Elasticsearch
6 110 (3.40%) NoSQL
7 98 (3.03%) MySQL
8 86 (2.66%) Relational Database
9 69 (2.13%) DynamoDB
10 54 (1.67%) Redis
11 27 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
12 22 (0.68%) Power BI
13 15 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
14 13 (0.40%) 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 (0.19%) MariaDB
18 6 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 249 (7.70%) Git
2 108 (3.34%) Jenkins
3 79 (2.44%) GitLab
4 58 (1.79%) Cypress.io
5 57 (1.76%) JUnit
6 48 (1.49%) JIRA
7 46 (1.42%) Claude Code
8 35 (1.08%) Maven
9 27 (0.84%) Eclipse
10 26 (0.80%) Subversion
11 23 (0.71%) SonarQube
12 17 (0.53%) Vite
13 16 (0.50%) Mockito
14 14 (0.43%) Selenium
15 13 (0.40%) CircleCI
16 12 (0.37%) Bitbucket
16 12 (0.37%) Spock
17 10 (0.31%) NUnit
17 10 (0.31%) Storybook
18 8 (0.25%) Postman
General
1 403 (12.47%) Finance
2 312 (9.65%) Social Skills
3 123 (3.81%) Public Sector
4 105 (3.25%) Marketing
5 91 (2.82%) Games
6 74 (2.29%) Advertising
7 72 (2.23%) Retail
8 71 (2.20%) Analytical Skills
9 68 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 64 (1.98%) Banking
11 44 (1.36%) Law
12 40 (1.24%) Front Office
13 35 (1.08%) Legal
13 35 (1.08%) Manufacturing
14 27 (0.84%) Tech for Good
15 25 (0.77%) Financial Institution
16 17 (0.53%) Aerospace
16 17 (0.53%) Automotive
17 16 (0.50%) Legal Technology
18 14 (0.43%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,938 (59.96%) Developer
2 1,034 (31.99%) Full-Stack Developer
3 770 (23.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 640 (19.80%) Senior
5 610 (18.87%) .NET Developer
6 559 (17.30%) Software Engineer
7 417 (12.90%) Lead
8 281 (8.69%) Senior Developer
9 274 (8.48%) Software Developer
10 253 (7.83%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 211 (6.53%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
12 198 (6.13%) Lead Developer
13 167 (5.17%) Java Developer
14 166 (5.14%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 159 (4.92%) Senior Software Engineer
16 123 (3.81%) Java Engineer
17 100 (3.09%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 96 (2.97%) Python Developer
19 94 (2.91%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
19 94 (2.91%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,055 (32.64%) React
2 977 (30.23%) .NET
3 629 (19.46%) Node.js
4 552 (17.08%) .NET Core
4 552 (17.08%) ASP.NET
5 510 (15.78%) ASP.NET Core
6 447 (13.83%) AngularJS
7 425 (13.15%) CSS
8 407 (12.59%) HTML
9 383 (11.85%) Vue
10 358 (11.08%) RESTful
11 233 (7.21%) Entity Framework
12 220 (6.81%) Blazor
13 211 (6.53%) REST
14 210 (6.50%) Spring
15 186 (5.75%) ASP.NET Web API
16 168 (5.20%) Spring Boot
17 163 (5.04%) Next.js
18 156 (4.83%) ML.NET
19 137 (4.24%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 309 (9.56%) Cloud Native
2 168 (5.20%) Greenfield Project
3 114 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
4 85 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 79 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 74 (2.29%) Mobile App
7 71 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
8 66 (2.04%) AI Agents
9 54 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
10 37 (1.14%) Fixed Income
11 36 (1.11%) Low-Code
12 34 (1.05%) Video\Live Streaming
13 33 (1.02%) Onboarding
14 30 (0.93%) e-Learning
15 28 (0.87%) IoT
16 26 (0.80%) Virtual Team
17 22 (0.68%) Social Media
18 20 (0.62%) Digital TV
19 19 (0.59%) Algorithms
20 17 (0.53%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 59 (1.83%) Linux
2 24 (0.74%) Android
3 16 (0.50%) Windows
4 10 (0.31%) Unix
5 8 (0.25%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.093%) AIX
8 3 (0.093%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.093%) VMS
9 2 (0.062%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.031%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 956 (29.58%) Software Engineering
2 937 (28.99%) Agile
3 781 (24.16%) CI/CD
4 716 (22.15%) AI
5 577 (17.85%) Microservices
6 569 (17.61%) DevOps
7 340 (10.52%) Problem-Solving
8 305 (9.44%) Machine Learning
9 304 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 279 (8.63%) Mentoring
11 274 (8.48%) Test Automation
12 224 (6.93%) Scrum
13 198 (6.13%) TDD
14 195 (6.03%) Clean Code
15 188 (5.82%) Infrastructure as Code
16 187 (5.79%) Observability
17 179 (5.54%) Containerisation
18 178 (5.51%) Multithreading
19 168 (5.20%) Technical Leadership
20 159 (4.92%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 994 (30.75%) JavaScript
2 931 (28.81%) TypeScript
3 923 (28.56%) C#
4 761 (23.55%) SQL
5 624 (19.31%) Python
6 530 (16.40%) Java
7 99 (3.06%) Go
8 98 (3.03%) PHP
9 84 (2.60%) Ruby
10 72 (2.23%) C++
11 32 (0.99%) Bash
12 27 (0.84%) Groovy
13 21 (0.65%) Perl
14 20 (0.62%) Kotlin
15 17 (0.53%) Rust
16 15 (0.46%) Bicep
17 14 (0.43%) PL/SQL
18 7 (0.22%) Apex Code
19 6 (0.19%) C
20 5 (0.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 224 (6.93%) Security Cleared
2 178 (5.51%) Degree
3 164 (5.07%) SC Cleared
4 126 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (1.14%) DV Cleared
6 24 (0.74%) AWS Certification
7 16 (0.50%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
8 11 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (0.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (0.28%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.12%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.12%) PhD
14 3 (0.093%) OCP
14 3 (0.093%) Oracle Certification
15 2 (0.062%) ICAEW
15 2 (0.062%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 1 (0.031%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (3.19%) QA
2 68 (2.10%) Accessibility
3 30 (0.93%) WCAG
4 22 (0.68%) Data Quality
5 20 (0.62%) GDPR
6 8 (0.25%) NCSC
7 7 (0.22%) GRC
8 4 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.093%) NIST
9 3 (0.093%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.093%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.062%) Good Clinical Practice
11 1 (0.031%) HL7
11 1 (0.031%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.031%) ITGC
11 1 (0.031%) SLA
11 1 (0.031%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 470 (14.54%) Docker
2 5 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.12%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.12%) Firmware
4 2 (0.062%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.062%) vSphere
5 1 (0.031%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 362 (11.20%) Kubernetes
2 156 (4.83%) Terraform
3 31 (0.96%) Grafana
4 21 (0.65%) Prometheus
5 20 (0.62%) Ansible
6 13 (0.40%) Podman
7 11 (0.34%) HP Fortify
8 10 (0.31%) Kibana
9 6 (0.19%) logstash
10 5 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.062%) Argo
12 1 (0.031%) Bugsnag
12 1 (0.031%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.031%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.031%) Graylog
12 1 (0.031%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.031%) Nagios
12 1 (0.031%) Packer
12 1 (0.031%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 621 (19.21%) Microsoft
2 84 (2.60%) Google
3 59 (1.83%) Facebook
4 38 (1.18%) OpenAI
5 30 (0.93%) Oracle
6 26 (0.80%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.71%) YouTube
8 19 (0.59%) Splunk
9 18 (0.56%) Apple
10 17 (0.53%) Palantir
10 17 (0.53%) Sony
10 17 (0.53%) Yahoo!
11 15 (0.46%) Adobe
11 15 (0.46%) AppDynamics
11 15 (0.46%) Foundry
12 13 (0.40%) Databricks
13 10 (0.31%) Dynatrace
13 10 (0.31%) Sitecore
14 9 (0.28%) OneLogin
15 6 (0.19%) Palo Alto