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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 89 37
Rank change year-on-year +42 -52 +32
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 2,854 1,457 5,425
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.08% 3.29% 5.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 3.55% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,352 901 4,223
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 £81,250 £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 67,454 41,012 87,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.86% 92.64% 82.31%
Number of salaries quoted 46,240 21,844 62,402
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% -9.69%
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 12 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 12 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 +53 2,595 £65,000 -3.70% 484
UK excluding London +49 1,861 £60,000 - 425
Work from Home +39 1,200 £60,000 -7.69% 282
London +28 833 £85,000 +6.25% 166
North of England +63 622 £65,000 - 120
South East +64 456 £60,000 - 141
North West +46 332 £65,000 - 64
Midlands +37 281 £55,000 -2.22% 43
South West +33 238 £60,000 -4.00% 43
Yorkshire +78 195 £70,000 +16.67% 37
East of England +42 149 £60,000 +20.00% 37
West Midlands +22 144 £55,000 -12.00% 16
East Midlands +15 136 £55,000 +15.79% 27
North East +18 95 £55,000 +15.79% 19
Scotland -41 57 £60,000 -11.11% 26
Wales -30 38 £60,000 -14.29% 14
Northern Ireland - 25 £70,000 - 6
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 (0.88%) CMS
2 19 (0.67%) Confluence
3 14 (0.49%) WordPress
4 11 (0.39%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.35%) ColdFusion
6 8 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.28%) Apache
6 8 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
6 8 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
6 8 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
7 7 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.18%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.18%) IIS
10 4 (0.14%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.14%) nginx
10 4 (0.14%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.070%) CICS
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 (0.070%) 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
1 831 (29.12%) AWS
2 700 (24.53%) Azure
3 227 (7.95%) SaaS
4 204 (7.15%) Serverless
5 194 (6.80%) GitHub
6 174 (6.10%) Azure DevOps
7 157 (5.50%) GCP
8 127 (4.45%) AWS Lambda
9 104 (3.64%) Amazon S3
10 87 (3.05%) Azure AI
10 87 (3.05%) GitHub Copilot
11 76 (2.66%) Amazon ECS
12 69 (2.42%) Amazon SQS
13 62 (2.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 48 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
15 45 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
16 42 (1.47%) Figma
17 40 (1.40%) Power Platform
18 32 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
19 26 (0.91%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 73 (2.56%) Broadband
2 33 (1.16%) 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%) VoIP
7 1 (0.035%) VSAN
7 1 (0.035%) WAN
7 1 (0.035%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 350 (12.26%) MongoDB
2 257 (9.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 191 (6.69%) PostgreSQL
4 139 (4.87%) SQL Server
5 109 (3.82%) NoSQL
6 88 (3.08%) Elasticsearch
7 77 (2.70%) MySQL
8 66 (2.31%) Relational Database
9 56 (1.96%) DynamoDB
10 24 (0.84%) Redis
11 23 (0.81%) Power BI
12 16 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (0.42%) 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 (7.08%) Git
2 90 (3.15%) Jenkins
3 58 (2.03%) Cypress.io
4 57 (2.00%) GitLab
5 39 (1.37%) JIRA
6 33 (1.16%) Maven
7 32 (1.12%) JUnit
8 27 (0.95%) Claude Code
9 20 (0.70%) Vite
10 19 (0.67%) SonarQube
11 17 (0.60%) Mockito
12 15 (0.53%) CircleCI
13 13 (0.46%) Eclipse
14 12 (0.42%) Subversion
15 10 (0.35%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.35%) TeamCity
16 8 (0.28%) Selenium
17 7 (0.25%) Cucumber
17 7 (0.25%) ESLint
18 6 (0.21%) Storybook
General
1 325 (11.39%) Finance
2 294 (10.30%) Social Skills
3 88 (3.08%) Public Sector
4 76 (2.66%) Analytical Skills
5 75 (2.63%) Games
6 70 (2.45%) Marketing
7 58 (2.03%) Retail
8 57 (2.00%) Banking
9 49 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 44 (1.54%) Advertising
11 39 (1.37%) Front Office
12 38 (1.33%) Manufacturing
13 37 (1.30%) Law
14 34 (1.19%) Tech for Good
15 30 (1.05%) 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%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,674 (58.65%) Developer
2 985 (34.51%) Full-Stack Developer
3 684 (23.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 613 (21.48%) Senior
5 526 (18.43%) Software Engineer
6 407 (14.26%) .NET Developer
7 381 (13.35%) Lead
8 284 (9.95%) Senior Developer
9 238 (8.34%) Software Developer
10 230 (8.06%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 201 (7.04%) Lead Developer
12 185 (6.48%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 181 (6.34%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
14 173 (6.06%) Java Developer
15 149 (5.22%) Senior Software Engineer
16 132 (4.63%) React Developer
17 118 (4.13%) Java Engineer
18 105 (3.68%) Python Developer
19 98 (3.43%) Full-Stack Java Developer
20 91 (3.19%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 936 (32.80%) React
2 754 (26.42%) .NET
3 526 (18.43%) Node.js
4 357 (12.51%) .NET Core
5 349 (12.23%) AngularJS
6 331 (11.60%) CSS
7 321 (11.25%) HTML
8 306 (10.72%) ASP.NET
9 305 (10.69%) Vue
10 277 (9.71%) ASP.NET Core
11 262 (9.18%) RESTful
12 191 (6.69%) Spring
13 159 (5.57%) REST
14 149 (5.22%) Spring Boot
15 147 (5.15%) Entity Framework
16 140 (4.91%) Next.js
17 124 (4.34%) Blazor
18 105 (3.68%) ASP.NET Web API
19 82 (2.87%) .NET Framework
20 81 (2.84%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 235 (8.23%) Cloud Native
2 135 (4.73%) Greenfield Project
3 87 (3.05%) Mobile App
4 78 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
5 77 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 52 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
7 49 (1.72%) AI Agents
8 46 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 38 (1.33%) Low-Code
10 35 (1.23%) Fixed Income
11 32 (1.12%) e-Learning
11 32 (1.12%) Video\Live Streaming
12 30 (1.05%) IoT
13 26 (0.91%) Onboarding
14 19 (0.67%) Virtual Team
15 16 (0.56%) Data Structures
15 16 (0.56%) Management Information System
16 15 (0.53%) Algorithms
16 15 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.65%) Linux
2 26 (0.91%) Android
3 14 (0.49%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.25%) Unix
4 7 (0.25%) Windows
5 2 (0.070%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.035%) AIX
6 1 (0.035%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.035%) VMS
6 1 (0.035%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 880 (30.83%) Software Engineering
2 690 (24.18%) Agile
3 578 (20.25%) CI/CD
4 545 (19.10%) AI
5 466 (16.33%) DevOps
6 427 (14.96%) Microservices
7 345 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
8 289 (10.13%) Mentoring
9 280 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 231 (8.09%) Test Automation
11 216 (7.57%) Machine Learning
12 170 (5.96%) Containerisation
13 167 (5.85%) Scrum
14 162 (5.68%) Clean Code
15 161 (5.64%) Infrastructure as Code
16 158 (5.54%) User Experience
17 151 (5.29%) TDD
18 138 (4.84%) Web Development
19 136 (4.77%) Computer Science
19 136 (4.77%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 807 (28.28%) JavaScript
2 793 (27.79%) TypeScript
3 691 (24.21%) C#
4 549 (19.24%) Python
5 546 (19.13%) SQL
6 509 (17.83%) Java
7 99 (3.47%) PHP
8 85 (2.98%) Go
9 60 (2.10%) Ruby
10 54 (1.89%) C++
11 32 (1.12%) Bash
12 22 (0.77%) Groovy
13 16 (0.56%) Kotlin
14 15 (0.53%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.42%) 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 (6.59%) Security Cleared
2 149 (5.22%) Degree
3 139 (4.87%) SC Cleared
4 101 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (1.19%) DV Cleared
6 18 (0.63%) Master's Degree
7 15 (0.53%) AWS Certification
7 15 (0.53%) DBS Check
8 7 (0.25%) AWS Certified Developer
8 7 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 7 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.18%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.18%) PhD
10 2 (0.070%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.070%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.035%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.035%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (3.40%) QA
2 46 (1.61%) Accessibility
3 15 (0.53%) GDPR
3 15 (0.53%) 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 (0.070%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.070%) ITGC
8 2 (0.070%) NIST
9 1 (0.035%) HL7
9 1 (0.035%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.035%) SOC 2
System Software
1 324 (11.35%) Docker
2 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.14%) Firmware
4 3 (0.11%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.070%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.070%) vSphere
6 1 (0.035%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 235 (8.23%) Kubernetes
2 125 (4.38%) Terraform
3 32 (1.12%) Grafana
4 21 (0.74%) Ansible
5 20 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.46%) Podman
7 10 (0.35%) 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 (0.070%) Nagios
13 1 (0.035%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.035%) Graylog
13 1 (0.035%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.035%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 375 (13.14%) Microsoft
2 55 (1.93%) Google
3 36 (1.26%) OpenAI
4 35 (1.23%) Adobe
5 30 (1.05%) Facebook
5 30 (1.05%) Oracle
6 23 (0.81%) Salesforce
7 20 (0.70%) Foundry
8 17 (0.60%) Palantir
9 11 (0.39%) Apple
9 11 (0.39%) YouTube
10 10 (0.35%) Dynatrace
10 10 (0.35%) Sony
10 10 (0.35%) Splunk
10 10 (0.35%) Yahoo!
11 8 (0.28%) Sitecore
12 7 (0.25%) AppDynamics
13 6 (0.21%) Databricks
13 6 (0.21%) Pega
14 5 (0.18%) WooCommerce