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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 92 42
Rank change year-on-year +28 -50 +24
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 2,486 1,438 5,001
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.72% 3.29% 5.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.65% 3.54% 6.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,013 998 3,941
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,046
% change year-on-year +8.33% +5.18% -0.79%

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 68,096 40,631 82,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.48% 93.01% 85.54%
Number of salaries quoted 42,564 22,679 59,766
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.95% +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 7 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Development in the UK

Full-Stack Development
Top 19 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 7 May 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 +32 2,249 £70,000 +7.69% 891
UK excluding London +22 1,500 £65,000 +8.33% 681
Work from Home +23 949 £70,000 +7.69% 480
London +37 805 £85,000 +6.25% 329
North of England +31 459 £70,000 +20.17% 195
South East +31 376 £60,000 - 190
Midlands +10 250 £57,500 +9.52% 80
North West +16 237 £67,500 +8.00% 108
South West +12 217 £60,000 -4.00% 72
Yorkshire +35 160 £75,000 +36.36% 53
West Midlands +12 133 £60,000 +4.35% 30
East of England +34 120 £62,500 +13.64% 82
East Midlands -12 116 £55,000 +15.79% 50
North East +10 62 £60,000 +9.09% 34
Scotland -62 40 £60,000 -6.98% 39
Northern Ireland - 26 £70,000 - 8
Wales -36 20 £52,500 -25.00% 19
Isle of Man - 1 £35,000 - 1
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

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 18 (0.72%) CMS
2 17 (0.68%) Confluence
3 14 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.44%) ColdFusion
5 10 (0.40%) WordPress
6 9 (0.36%) Apache
6 9 (0.36%) OpenStack
7 8 (0.32%) SharePoint
8 7 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 7 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.16%) Appian
10 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.16%) IIS
11 3 (0.12%) Liferay
11 3 (0.12%) nginx
12 2 (0.080%) CICS
12 2 (0.080%) Drupal
12 2 (0.080%) NServiceBus
12 2 (0.080%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (0.20%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.12%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.080%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.20%) Shopify
2 1 (0.040%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.040%) Magento
2 1 (0.040%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.040%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 717 (28.84%) AWS
2 483 (19.43%) Azure
3 230 (9.25%) SaaS
4 189 (7.60%) Serverless
5 162 (6.52%) GCP
6 142 (5.71%) GitHub
7 114 (4.59%) AWS Lambda
8 98 (3.94%) Amazon S3
9 96 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
10 65 (2.61%) Amazon ECS
11 60 (2.41%) Amazon SQS
12 48 (1.93%) GitHub Actions
13 44 (1.77%) Figma
14 43 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
15 33 (1.33%) GitHub Copilot
16 28 (1.13%) Azure AI
17 27 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
18 26 (1.05%) Power Platform
19 25 (1.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 23 (0.93%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 55 (2.21%) Broadband
2 10 (0.40%) HTTP
3 7 (0.28%) Internet
4 6 (0.24%) DNS
5 5 (0.20%) Firewall
5 5 (0.20%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.080%) DHCP
6 2 (0.080%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.080%) LAN
6 2 (0.080%) VLAN
6 2 (0.080%) VPN
6 2 (0.080%) WAN
7 1 (0.040%) AMQP
7 1 (0.040%) MQTT
7 1 (0.040%) Multicast
7 1 (0.040%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.040%) SSL
7 1 (0.040%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.040%) VSAN
7 1 (0.040%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (7.24%) MongoDB
2 173 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
3 121 (4.87%) SQL Server
4 116 (4.67%) NoSQL
5 75 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 66 (2.65%) MySQL
7 52 (2.09%) Relational Database
8 50 (2.01%) DynamoDB
9 30 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (0.84%) Redis
11 18 (0.72%) Power BI
12 14 (0.56%) Pinecone
13 12 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (0.32%) BigQuery
15 8 (0.32%) DB2
15 8 (0.32%) GIS
16 6 (0.24%) MariaDB
17 4 (0.16%) Big Data
17 4 (0.16%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 181 (7.28%) Git
2 98 (3.94%) Jenkins
3 66 (2.65%) Cypress.io
4 46 (1.85%) GitLab
5 39 (1.57%) JIRA
6 28 (1.13%) Maven
7 23 (0.93%) SonarQube
8 19 (0.76%) CircleCI
8 19 (0.76%) JUnit
8 19 (0.76%) Vite
9 15 (0.60%) Claude Code
10 14 (0.56%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.56%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.48%) Mockito
12 11 (0.44%) Cucumber
13 9 (0.36%) Selenium
14 7 (0.28%) ESLint
14 7 (0.28%) NUnit
15 6 (0.24%) webpack
16 4 (0.16%) Storybook
General
1 276 (11.10%) Social Skills
2 263 (10.58%) Finance
3 72 (2.90%) Public Sector
4 70 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (2.21%) Banking
6 51 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 46 (1.85%) Retail
8 44 (1.77%) Games
9 40 (1.61%) Marketing
10 39 (1.57%) Front Office
11 38 (1.53%) Law
12 35 (1.41%) Tech for Good
13 28 (1.13%) Aviation
14 25 (1.01%) Manufacturing
15 21 (0.84%) Advertising
15 21 (0.84%) Health Technology
15 21 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (0.76%) Legal
17 18 (0.72%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.48%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,445 (58.13%) Developer
2 989 (39.78%) Full-Stack Developer
3 603 (24.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 564 (22.69%) Senior
5 449 (18.06%) Software Engineer
6 365 (14.68%) Lead
7 276 (11.10%) Senior Developer
8 214 (8.61%) .NET Developer
9 200 (8.05%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 196 (7.88%) Lead Developer
11 194 (7.80%) Software Developer
12 190 (7.64%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 159 (6.40%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
14 146 (5.87%) Java Developer
15 145 (5.83%) React Developer
16 125 (5.03%) Senior Software Engineer
17 110 (4.42%) Python Developer
18 92 (3.70%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 87 (3.50%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
20 86 (3.46%) Full-Stack Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 857 (34.47%) React
2 517 (20.80%) .NET
3 481 (19.35%) Node.js
4 258 (10.38%) AngularJS
5 254 (10.22%) CSS
6 253 (10.18%) HTML
7 212 (8.53%) Vue
8 185 (7.44%) .NET Core
8 185 (7.44%) RESTful
9 168 (6.76%) Spring
10 141 (5.67%) REST
11 140 (5.63%) Spring Boot
12 126 (5.07%) Next.js
13 124 (4.99%) ASP.NET
14 83 (3.34%) ASP.NET Core
15 77 (3.10%) GraphQL
16 74 (2.98%) Entity Framework
17 70 (2.82%) .NET Framework
18 68 (2.74%) Laravel
19 66 (2.65%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 180 (7.24%) Cloud Native
2 107 (4.30%) Greenfield Project
3 74 (2.98%) Product Ownership
4 69 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
5 67 (2.70%) Mobile App
6 47 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (1.45%) AI Agents
8 35 (1.41%) Fixed Income
9 32 (1.29%) IoT
10 30 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
11 28 (1.13%) Low-Code
12 23 (0.93%) e-Learning
13 19 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
13 19 (0.76%) Smart Energy
14 18 (0.72%) Onboarding
14 18 (0.72%) Video\Live Streaming
15 16 (0.64%) Data Structures
15 16 (0.64%) Virtual Team
16 15 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 13 (0.52%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 33 (1.33%) Linux
2 24 (0.97%) Android
3 20 (0.80%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.24%) Windows
5 5 (0.20%) Unix
6 2 (0.080%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.040%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.040%) VMS
7 1 (0.040%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 771 (31.01%) Software Engineering
2 529 (21.28%) Agile
3 469 (18.87%) CI/CD
4 399 (16.05%) AI
5 373 (15.00%) DevOps
6 346 (13.92%) Microservices
7 312 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
8 249 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 246 (9.90%) Mentoring
10 204 (8.21%) Test Automation
11 168 (6.76%) User Experience
12 154 (6.19%) Containerisation
13 146 (5.87%) Scrum
14 142 (5.71%) Web Development
15 141 (5.67%) Clean Code
16 128 (5.15%) Infrastructure as Code
16 128 (5.15%) Machine Learning
17 121 (4.87%) Technical Leadership
18 117 (4.71%) Computer Science
19 114 (4.59%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 711 (28.60%) TypeScript
2 705 (28.36%) JavaScript
3 499 (20.07%) Python
4 464 (18.66%) C#
5 454 (18.26%) Java
6 345 (13.88%) SQL
7 100 (4.02%) PHP
8 68 (2.74%) Go
9 53 (2.13%) Ruby
10 32 (1.29%) Bash
11 25 (1.01%) C++
12 18 (0.72%) Groovy
13 16 (0.64%) C
13 16 (0.64%) Kotlin
14 13 (0.52%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.48%) Bicep
16 7 (0.28%) Rust
17 6 (0.24%) R
17 6 (0.24%) T-SQL
18 4 (0.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 171 (6.88%) Security Cleared
2 124 (4.99%) SC Cleared
3 122 (4.91%) Degree
4 80 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (1.49%) DV Cleared
6 18 (0.72%) Master's Degree
7 17 (0.68%) DBS Check
8 11 (0.44%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (0.24%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.20%) PhD
12 2 (0.080%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.040%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.040%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.040%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.040%) MBA
13 1 (0.040%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (4.14%) QA
2 45 (1.81%) Accessibility
3 10 (0.40%) Data Quality
3 10 (0.40%) GDPR
4 7 (0.28%) GRC
5 6 (0.24%) SLA
5 6 (0.24%) WCAG
6 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.080%) HL7
7 2 (0.080%) ITGC
7 2 (0.080%) NCSC
7 2 (0.080%) NIST
8 1 (0.040%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.040%) PERC
8 1 (0.040%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.040%) SOC 2
System Software
1 258 (10.38%) Docker
2 8 (0.32%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.12%) Firmware
5 2 (0.080%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.080%) vSphere
6 1 (0.040%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 177 (7.12%) Kubernetes
2 118 (4.75%) Terraform
3 33 (1.33%) Grafana
4 29 (1.17%) Ansible
5 20 (0.80%) Prometheus
6 14 (0.56%) HP Fortify
7 13 (0.52%) Podman
8 10 (0.40%) Argo
9 7 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.24%) Kibana
11 4 (0.16%) logstash
12 3 (0.12%) Nagios
13 1 (0.040%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.040%) Graylog
13 1 (0.040%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 185 (7.44%) Microsoft
2 36 (1.45%) Google
3 34 (1.37%) OpenAI
4 32 (1.29%) Adobe
5 27 (1.09%) Oracle
6 12 (0.48%) Foundry
7 11 (0.44%) Palantir
8 10 (0.40%) Facebook
8 10 (0.40%) Salesforce
9 8 (0.32%) Peregrine
10 6 (0.24%) Databricks
10 6 (0.24%) Dynatrace
10 6 (0.24%) Pega
11 5 (0.20%) Apple
11 5 (0.20%) Fortinet
11 5 (0.20%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.20%) Splunk
11 5 (0.20%) WooCommerce
12 4 (0.16%) DevExpress
12 4 (0.16%) ServiceNow