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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 91 38
Rank change year-on-year +42 -53 +32
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 2,823 1,456 5,396
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.06% 3.29% 5.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.19% 3.55% 6.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,320 902 4,215
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £82,313 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 67,331 40,980 87,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.88% 92.69% 82.42%
Number of salaries quoted 46,057 21,831 62,274
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +50 2,567 £65,000 -3.70% 527
UK excluding London +44 1,835 £60,000 - 459
Work from Home +40 1,178 £60,000 -7.69% 359
London +27 827 £85,000 +6.25% 176
North of England +61 620 £65,000 - 136
South East +66 448 £60,000 - 143
North West +44 331 £65,000 - 75
Midlands +35 277 £55,000 - 48
South West +38 235 £60,000 -4.00% 45
Yorkshire +72 193 £70,000 +16.67% 40
East of England +40 144 £60,000 +20.00% 39
West Midlands +28 143 £55,000 -12.00% 17
East Midlands +17 133 £55,000 +15.79% 31
North East +14 96 £55,000 +15.79% 21
Scotland -37 55 £60,000 -11.11% 31
Wales -34 36 £60,000 -14.29% 15
Northern Ireland - 25 £70,000 - 7
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 (0.89%) CMS
2 19 (0.67%) Confluence
3 14 (0.50%) WordPress
4 10 (0.35%) ColdFusion
4 10 (0.35%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (0.28%) Apache
5 8 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
5 8 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
5 8 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
6 7 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.18%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.18%) IIS
9 4 (0.14%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.14%) nginx
9 4 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.11%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.071%) Liferay
Applications
1 6 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (0.14%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.035%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.035%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.035%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.18%) Shopify
2 2 (0.071%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.035%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.035%) Magento
3 1 (0.035%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.035%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.035%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 823 (29.15%) AWS
2 680 (24.09%) Azure
3 224 (7.93%) SaaS
4 201 (7.12%) Serverless
5 189 (6.70%) GitHub
6 169 (5.99%) Azure DevOps
7 157 (5.56%) GCP
8 124 (4.39%) AWS Lambda
9 102 (3.61%) Amazon S3
10 83 (2.94%) Azure AI
10 83 (2.94%) GitHub Copilot
11 74 (2.62%) Amazon ECS
12 66 (2.34%) Amazon SQS
13 59 (2.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 47 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
15 43 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
16 41 (1.45%) Figma
17 39 (1.38%) Power Platform
18 32 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
19 24 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 73 (2.59%) Broadband
2 32 (1.13%) Internet
3 6 (0.21%) Firewall
3 6 (0.21%) HTTP
4 5 (0.18%) DNS
4 5 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.18%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.14%) MQTT
6 3 (0.11%) VPN
7 1 (0.035%) DHCP
7 1 (0.035%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (0.035%) FTP
7 1 (0.035%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.035%) LAN
7 1 (0.035%) RTP
7 1 (0.035%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.035%) SS7
7 1 (0.035%) VoIP
7 1 (0.035%) WAN
7 1 (0.035%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 337 (11.94%) MongoDB
2 241 (8.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 189 (6.70%) PostgreSQL
4 139 (4.92%) SQL Server
5 109 (3.86%) NoSQL
6 82 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
7 77 (2.73%) MySQL
8 66 (2.34%) Relational Database
9 55 (1.95%) DynamoDB
10 24 (0.85%) Redis
11 23 (0.81%) Power BI
12 15 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.43%) Pinecone
14 11 (0.39%) GIS
15 7 (0.25%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.21%) MariaDB
16 6 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 5 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
17 5 (0.18%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 202 (7.16%) Git
2 88 (3.12%) Jenkins
3 57 (2.02%) Cypress.io
4 56 (1.98%) GitLab
5 39 (1.38%) JIRA
6 32 (1.13%) JUnit
6 32 (1.13%) Maven
7 26 (0.92%) Claude Code
8 20 (0.71%) Vite
9 18 (0.64%) SonarQube
10 17 (0.60%) Mockito
11 15 (0.53%) CircleCI
12 13 (0.46%) Eclipse
13 12 (0.43%) Subversion
14 10 (0.35%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.35%) TeamCity
15 8 (0.28%) Selenium
16 7 (0.25%) Cucumber
16 7 (0.25%) ESLint
17 6 (0.21%) Storybook
General
1 321 (11.37%) Finance
2 290 (10.27%) Social Skills
3 87 (3.08%) Public Sector
4 75 (2.66%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (2.59%) Games
6 69 (2.44%) Marketing
7 58 (2.05%) Banking
8 57 (2.02%) Retail
9 50 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 44 (1.56%) Advertising
11 39 (1.38%) Front Office
12 38 (1.35%) Manufacturing
13 37 (1.31%) Law
14 33 (1.17%) Tech for Good
15 30 (1.06%) Legal
16 21 (0.74%) Aviation
16 21 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
17 19 (0.67%) Health Technology
18 15 (0.53%) Automotive
18 15 (0.53%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1,651 (58.48%) Developer
2 979 (34.68%) Full-Stack Developer
3 680 (24.09%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 607 (21.50%) Senior
5 522 (18.49%) Software Engineer
6 391 (13.85%) .NET Developer
7 377 (13.35%) Lead
8 283 (10.02%) Senior Developer
9 237 (8.40%) Software Developer
10 229 (8.11%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 200 (7.08%) Lead Developer
12 184 (6.52%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 180 (6.38%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
14 173 (6.13%) Java Developer
15 146 (5.17%) Senior Software Engineer
16 130 (4.61%) React Developer
17 117 (4.14%) Java Engineer
18 105 (3.72%) Python Developer
19 98 (3.47%) Full-Stack Java Developer
20 90 (3.19%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 922 (32.66%) React
2 735 (26.04%) .NET
3 515 (18.24%) Node.js
4 341 (12.08%) .NET Core
5 339 (12.01%) AngularJS
6 326 (11.55%) CSS
7 317 (11.23%) HTML
8 298 (10.56%) Vue
9 289 (10.24%) ASP.NET
10 261 (9.25%) ASP.NET Core
11 251 (8.89%) RESTful
12 189 (6.70%) Spring
13 160 (5.67%) REST
14 146 (5.17%) Spring Boot
15 141 (4.99%) Entity Framework
16 137 (4.85%) Next.js
17 117 (4.14%) Blazor
18 97 (3.44%) ASP.NET Web API
19 80 (2.83%) .NET Framework
20 77 (2.73%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 230 (8.15%) Cloud Native
2 133 (4.71%) Greenfield Project
3 86 (3.05%) Mobile App
4 77 (2.73%) Product Ownership
5 76 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
6 50 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
7 48 (1.70%) AI Agents
8 45 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (1.35%) Low-Code
10 37 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
11 35 (1.24%) Fixed Income
12 33 (1.17%) e-Learning
13 32 (1.13%) Video\Live Streaming
14 30 (1.06%) IoT
15 26 (0.92%) Onboarding
16 19 (0.67%) Virtual Team
17 16 (0.57%) Data Structures
17 16 (0.57%) Management Information System
18 14 (0.50%) Algorithms
18 14 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 48 (1.70%) Linux
2 26 (0.92%) Android
3 14 (0.50%) Apple iOS
4 8 (0.28%) Unix
5 7 (0.25%) Windows
6 2 (0.071%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.035%) AIX
7 1 (0.035%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.035%) VMS
7 1 (0.035%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 873 (30.92%) Software Engineering
2 671 (23.77%) Agile
3 572 (20.26%) CI/CD
4 537 (19.02%) AI
5 458 (16.22%) DevOps
6 414 (14.67%) Microservices
7 343 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
8 288 (10.20%) Mentoring
9 275 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 228 (8.08%) Test Automation
11 209 (7.40%) Machine Learning
12 170 (6.02%) Containerisation
13 163 (5.77%) Scrum
14 160 (5.67%) Clean Code
15 159 (5.63%) Infrastructure as Code
16 155 (5.49%) User Experience
17 149 (5.28%) TDD
18 138 (4.89%) Web Development
19 135 (4.78%) Computer Science
20 134 (4.75%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 798 (28.27%) JavaScript
2 777 (27.52%) TypeScript
3 674 (23.88%) C#
4 549 (19.45%) Python
5 528 (18.70%) SQL
6 507 (17.96%) Java
7 100 (3.54%) PHP
8 85 (3.01%) Go
9 59 (2.09%) Ruby
10 55 (1.95%) C++
11 31 (1.10%) Bash
12 21 (0.74%) Groovy
13 16 (0.57%) Kotlin
14 15 (0.53%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.43%) Rust
16 11 (0.39%) Bicep
17 10 (0.35%) C
18 9 (0.32%) Perl
19 7 (0.25%) T-SQL
20 6 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 188 (6.66%) Security Cleared
2 147 (5.21%) Degree
3 139 (4.92%) SC Cleared
4 100 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (1.20%) DV Cleared
6 18 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 15 (0.53%) DBS Check
8 14 (0.50%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (0.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.18%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.18%) PhD
12 2 (0.071%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.071%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.035%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.035%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (3.47%) QA
2 45 (1.59%) Accessibility
3 14 (0.50%) GDPR
3 14 (0.50%) WCAG
4 11 (0.39%) Data Quality
5 7 (0.25%) GRC
6 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.11%) NCSC
7 3 (0.11%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.11%) SLA
8 2 (0.071%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.071%) ITGC
8 2 (0.071%) NIST
9 1 (0.035%) HL7
9 1 (0.035%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.035%) SOC 2
System Software
1 320 (11.34%) Docker
2 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.11%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.11%) Firmware
4 2 (0.071%) vSphere
5 1 (0.035%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.035%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 232 (8.22%) Kubernetes
2 123 (4.36%) Terraform
3 32 (1.13%) Grafana
4 21 (0.74%) Ansible
5 20 (0.71%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.46%) Podman
7 9 (0.32%) HP Fortify
8 8 (0.28%) Kibana
9 6 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.14%) logstash
11 3 (0.11%) Argo
12 2 (0.071%) Nagios
13 1 (0.035%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.035%) Graylog
13 1 (0.035%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.035%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 359 (12.72%) Microsoft
2 53 (1.88%) Google
3 35 (1.24%) Adobe
3 35 (1.24%) OpenAI
4 30 (1.06%) Oracle
5 28 (0.99%) Facebook
6 23 (0.81%) Salesforce
7 19 (0.67%) Foundry
8 17 (0.60%) Palantir
9 11 (0.39%) YouTube
10 10 (0.35%) Dynatrace
10 10 (0.35%) Splunk
11 9 (0.32%) Apple
12 8 (0.28%) Sitecore
12 8 (0.28%) Sony
12 8 (0.28%) Yahoo!
13 7 (0.25%) AppDynamics
14 6 (0.21%) Databricks
14 6 (0.21%) Pega
15 5 (0.18%) WooCommerce