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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 107 44
Rank change year-on-year +57 -63 +31
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,325 1,380 3,436
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.84% 2.79% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.88% 3.15% 5.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,709 823 2,049
10th Percentile £45,000 £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 £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
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 85,591 43,838 62,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.02% 88.74% 81.52%
Number of salaries quoted 59,105 24,621 34,654
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -4.07%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 25 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 25 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 +65 3,033 £65,000 -7.14% 2,657
UK excluding London +82 2,294 £60,000 - 1,385
Work from Home +43 1,336 £60,000 -7.69% 1,218
London +12 885 £85,000 +1.49% 1,483
North of England +64 771 £65,000 +8.33% 431
South East +95 550 £60,000 - 272
North West +48 440 £67,500 +3.85% 271
South West +63 340 £62,500 +4.17% 173
Midlands +47 302 £55,000 -8.33% 168
Yorkshire +75 214 £70,000 +16.67% 119
West Midlands +25 170 £60,000 -4.00% 96
East of England +51 168 £60,000 +26.32% 121
East Midlands +19 132 £55,000 +15.79% 72
North East +6 117 £52,000 +9.47% 44
Scotland -6 99 £60,000 -9.43% 125
Wales -31 59 £67,500 +12.50% 21
Northern Ireland -83 10 £90,000 +50.00% 80
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 - 2

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 29 (0.87%) CMS
2 27 (0.81%) Confluence
3 17 (0.51%) WordPress
4 11 (0.33%) Apache
5 10 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
6 9 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 9 (0.27%) IIS
7 8 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.18%) ColdFusion
9 6 (0.18%) Headless CMS
9 6 (0.18%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.15%) nginx
10 5 (0.15%) SharePoint
11 4 (0.12%) Kentico
11 4 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.090%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.090%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
12 3 (0.090%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 12 (0.36%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.060%) Elementor
2 2 (0.060%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.030%) Revit
Business Applications
1 6 (0.18%) Shopify
2 2 (0.060%) Aladdin
2 2 (0.060%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.060%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.030%) Magento
3 1 (0.030%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.030%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.030%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.030%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 916 (27.55%) AWS
2 912 (27.43%) Azure
3 311 (9.35%) GitHub
4 241 (7.25%) Azure DevOps
5 236 (7.10%) SaaS
6 210 (6.32%) Serverless
7 183 (5.50%) GitHub Copilot
8 182 (5.47%) GCP
9 160 (4.81%) Azure AI
10 139 (4.18%) AWS Lambda
11 106 (3.19%) Amazon S3
12 90 (2.71%) Amazon ECS
13 81 (2.44%) Amazon SQS
14 74 (2.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 64 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
16 58 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
16 58 (1.74%) Anthropic Claude
17 51 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
18 36 (1.08%) Snowflake
19 33 (0.99%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 64 (1.92%) Internet
2 38 (1.14%) Broadband
3 18 (0.54%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.39%) DNS
5 12 (0.36%) HTTP
6 11 (0.33%) Firewall
7 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
8 5 (0.15%) MQTT
8 5 (0.15%) VoIP
9 3 (0.090%) DHCP
10 2 (0.060%) AMQP
10 2 (0.060%) LAN
10 2 (0.060%) Network Security
10 2 (0.060%) VPN
10 2 (0.060%) WAN
11 1 (0.030%) Diameter Protocol
11 1 (0.030%) Multicast
11 1 (0.030%) SCTP
11 1 (0.030%) Software-Defined Radio
11 1 (0.030%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 508 (15.28%) MongoDB
2 445 (13.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 226 (6.80%) PostgreSQL
4 194 (5.83%) SQL Server
5 158 (4.75%) Elasticsearch
6 101 (3.04%) NoSQL
7 97 (2.92%) Relational Database
8 91 (2.74%) MySQL
9 69 (2.08%) DynamoDB
10 64 (1.92%) Redis
11 30 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
12 21 (0.63%) Power BI
13 17 (0.51%) Spark SQL
14 12 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.30%) Pinecone
17 9 (0.27%) Chroma
17 9 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
17 9 (0.27%) GIS
17 9 (0.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 248 (7.46%) Git
2 104 (3.13%) Jenkins
3 96 (2.89%) GitLab
4 62 (1.86%) JUnit
5 60 (1.80%) Cypress.io
6 47 (1.41%) Claude Code
7 39 (1.17%) JIRA
8 37 (1.11%) Maven
9 31 (0.93%) Subversion
10 29 (0.87%) Eclipse
11 23 (0.69%) SonarQube
12 22 (0.66%) Vite
13 17 (0.51%) Mockito
14 15 (0.45%) Selenium
14 15 (0.45%) Storybook
15 14 (0.42%) Spock
16 13 (0.39%) NUnit
17 9 (0.27%) Cucumber
17 9 (0.27%) Postman
17 9 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 413 (12.42%) Finance
2 309 (9.29%) Social Skills
3 191 (5.74%) Public Sector
4 97 (2.92%) Marketing
5 79 (2.38%) Games
6 77 (2.32%) Analytical Skills
7 68 (2.05%) Retail
8 67 (2.02%) Advertising
9 66 (1.98%) Banking
9 66 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 38 (1.14%) Financial Institution
11 35 (1.05%) Manufacturing
12 30 (0.90%) Law
13 27 (0.81%) Legal
14 26 (0.78%) Tech for Good
15 21 (0.63%) Automotive
16 20 (0.60%) Aerospace
17 15 (0.45%) Investment Banking
18 13 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
19 12 (0.36%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 1,842 (55.40%) Developer
2 1,020 (30.68%) Full-Stack Developer
3 873 (26.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 690 (20.75%) Senior
5 572 (17.20%) .NET Developer
6 548 (16.48%) Software Engineer
7 426 (12.81%) Lead
8 283 (8.51%) Senior Developer
9 276 (8.30%) Software Developer
10 267 (8.03%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
11 244 (7.34%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 167 (5.02%) Lead Developer
12 167 (5.02%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 166 (4.99%) Senior Software Engineer
14 149 (4.48%) Java Developer
15 147 (4.42%) Java Engineer
16 106 (3.19%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
17 99 (2.98%) Python Engineer
18 96 (2.89%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 80 (2.41%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,006 (30.26%) React
2 962 (28.93%) .NET
3 585 (17.59%) Node.js
4 535 (16.09%) ASP.NET
5 532 (16.00%) .NET Core
6 496 (14.92%) ASP.NET Core
7 432 (12.99%) AngularJS
8 399 (12.00%) CSS
9 380 (11.43%) HTML
10 360 (10.83%) RESTful
11 352 (10.59%) Vue
12 232 (6.98%) REST
13 226 (6.80%) Entity Framework
14 212 (6.38%) Spring
15 210 (6.32%) Blazor
16 181 (5.44%) ASP.NET Web API
17 172 (5.17%) Spring Boot
18 171 (5.14%) Next.js
19 161 (4.84%) Terraform
20 148 (4.45%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 305 (9.17%) Cloud Native
2 146 (4.39%) Greenfield Project
3 131 (3.94%) Distributed Systems
4 101 (3.04%) AI Agents
5 90 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
6 76 (2.29%) Product Ownership
7 73 (2.20%) Mobile App
8 67 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
9 45 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
10 38 (1.14%) e-Learning
11 28 (0.84%) Video\Live Streaming
12 27 (0.81%) IoT
12 27 (0.81%) Low-Code
13 22 (0.66%) Onboarding
13 22 (0.66%) Virtual Team
14 19 (0.57%) Digital TV
15 18 (0.54%) Social Media
16 17 (0.51%) iPhone
17 16 (0.48%) BBC
17 16 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (1.80%) Linux
2 25 (0.75%) Android
3 15 (0.45%) Windows
4 14 (0.42%) Unix
5 9 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.27%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.15%) VMS
7 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.090%) AIX
8 3 (0.090%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.090%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.030%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 943 (28.36%) Software Engineering
2 911 (27.40%) Agile
3 810 (24.36%) CI/CD
4 762 (22.92%) AI
5 579 (17.41%) Microservices
6 527 (15.85%) DevOps
7 353 (10.62%) Problem-Solving
8 292 (8.78%) Mentoring
9 288 (8.66%) Machine Learning
10 270 (8.12%) Continuous Improvement
11 265 (7.97%) Test Automation
12 199 (5.98%) Clean Code
13 197 (5.92%) Scrum
14 193 (5.80%) Observability
15 186 (5.59%) LLM
16 182 (5.47%) TDD
17 178 (5.35%) Front End Development
17 178 (5.35%) Technical Leadership
18 173 (5.20%) Infrastructure as Code
19 171 (5.14%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 973 (29.26%) JavaScript
2 937 (28.18%) C#
3 901 (27.10%) TypeScript
4 749 (22.53%) SQL
5 583 (17.53%) Java
6 580 (17.44%) Python
7 104 (3.13%) Ruby
8 97 (2.92%) C++
9 86 (2.59%) PHP
10 82 (2.47%) Kotlin
11 77 (2.32%) Go
12 32 (0.96%) Bash
13 29 (0.87%) Groovy
14 26 (0.78%) Perl
15 23 (0.69%) Rust
16 13 (0.39%) Bicep
17 12 (0.36%) PL/SQL
18 7 (0.21%) Shell Script
19 6 (0.18%) Apex Code
19 6 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 244 (7.34%) Security Cleared
2 193 (5.80%) Degree
3 168 (5.05%) SC Cleared
4 127 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (1.05%) DV Cleared
6 23 (0.69%) AWS Certification
7 16 (0.48%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (0.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (0.27%) DBS Check
10 8 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
10 8 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.21%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.18%) PhD
13 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 3 (0.090%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.090%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.090%) OCP
14 3 (0.090%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (2.68%) QA
2 67 (2.02%) Accessibility
3 34 (1.02%) Data Quality
4 31 (0.93%) WCAG
5 19 (0.57%) GDPR
6 10 (0.30%) NCSC
7 8 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.15%) NIST
8 5 (0.15%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.060%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.060%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.060%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.060%) GRC
9 2 (0.060%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.030%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.030%) SLA
System Software
1 470 (14.14%) Docker
2 4 (0.12%) Firmware
3 3 (0.090%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.060%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.030%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 367 (11.04%) Kubernetes
2 21 (0.63%) Ansible
2 21 (0.63%) Grafana
3 13 (0.39%) Prometheus
4 11 (0.33%) HP Fortify
5 10 (0.30%) Kibana
6 7 (0.21%) logstash
6 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.18%) Podman
8 4 (0.12%) Argo
9 2 (0.060%) Bugsnag
9 2 (0.060%) Packer
9 2 (0.060%) Puppet
10 1 (0.030%) Consul
10 1 (0.030%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.030%) Graylog
10 1 (0.030%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 597 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 93 (2.80%) Google
3 56 (1.68%) Facebook
4 50 (1.50%) OpenAI
5 41 (1.23%) Oracle
6 25 (0.75%) YouTube
7 23 (0.69%) Splunk
8 21 (0.63%) Salesforce
9 17 (0.51%) AppDynamics
10 16 (0.48%) Apple
10 16 (0.48%) Foundry
10 16 (0.48%) Sony
10 16 (0.48%) Yahoo!
11 15 (0.45%) Red Hat
12 14 (0.42%) Adobe
12 14 (0.42%) Mistral
13 13 (0.39%) Dynatrace
14 12 (0.36%) Databricks
14 12 (0.36%) Palantir
15 10 (0.30%) Sitecore