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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 93 40
Rank change year-on-year +32 -53 +27
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 2,666 1,445 5,070
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.89% 3.28% 5.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.92% 3.51% 6.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,183 954 3,989
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,100 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.90% +10.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 67,959 41,142 82,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.66% 93.29% 84.82%
Number of salaries quoted 43,928 22,326 59,700
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,269 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -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 20 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 20 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 +38 2,417 £69,305 +4.85% 879
UK excluding London +31 1,676 £60,000 - 650
Work from Home +34 1,054 £65,000 - 553
London +35 819 £85,000 +6.25% 342
North of England +43 542 £67,500 +12.50% 211
South East +57 426 £60,000 - 163
North West +37 287 £65,000 - 117
Midlands +14 259 £55,000 +4.76% 75
South West +15 218 £60,000 -4.00% 73
Yorkshire +56 178 £73,750 +28.26% 66
West Midlands +9 139 £60,000 - 28
East of England +44 137 £60,000 +20.00% 64
East Midlands +1 119 £55,000 +15.79% 47
North East +9 77 £60,000 +14.29% 28
Scotland -34 50 £60,000 -6.98% 38
Northern Ireland - 27 £70,000 - 10
Wales -29 24 £56,250 -19.64% 24
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -
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 24 (0.90%) CMS
2 19 (0.71%) Confluence
3 13 (0.49%) WordPress
4 11 (0.41%) ColdFusion
5 10 (0.38%) OpenStack
6 9 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.30%) Apache
7 8 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
7 8 (0.30%) SharePoint
8 7 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.23%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 4 (0.15%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.15%) IIS
12 3 (0.11%) Liferay
12 3 (0.11%) nginx
13 2 (0.075%) CICS
13 2 (0.075%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.11%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.075%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.19%) Shopify
2 1 (0.038%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.038%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.038%) Magento
2 1 (0.038%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.038%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 759 (28.47%) AWS
2 569 (21.34%) Azure
3 230 (8.63%) SaaS
4 192 (7.20%) Serverless
5 161 (6.04%) GitHub
6 156 (5.85%) GCP
7 137 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
8 115 (4.31%) AWS Lambda
9 101 (3.79%) Amazon S3
10 74 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
11 62 (2.33%) Amazon SQS
12 55 (2.06%) GitHub Copilot
13 54 (2.03%) Azure AI
14 49 (1.84%) GitHub Actions
15 48 (1.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 44 (1.65%) Figma
17 43 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
18 29 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
18 29 (1.09%) Power Platform
19 26 (0.98%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (2.29%) Broadband
2 19 (0.71%) Internet
3 9 (0.34%) HTTP
4 6 (0.23%) DNS
4 6 (0.23%) Firewall
4 6 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
5 3 (0.11%) VPN
6 2 (0.075%) DHCP
6 2 (0.075%) LAN
6 2 (0.075%) VLAN
6 2 (0.075%) WAN
7 1 (0.038%) AMQP
7 1 (0.038%) Multicast
7 1 (0.038%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.038%) TCAP
7 1 (0.038%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.038%) VSAN
7 1 (0.038%) WebEx
7 1 (0.038%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 247 (9.26%) MongoDB
2 178 (6.68%) PostgreSQL
3 156 (5.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 129 (4.84%) SQL Server
5 112 (4.20%) NoSQL
6 71 (2.66%) MySQL
7 58 (2.18%) Relational Database
8 53 (1.99%) DynamoDB
9 51 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (0.79%) Power BI
11 19 (0.71%) Redis
12 14 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (0.38%) Pinecone
15 9 (0.34%) GIS
16 8 (0.30%) DB2
17 6 (0.23%) BigQuery
17 6 (0.23%) MariaDB
18 4 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
18 4 (0.15%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 194 (7.28%) Git
2 102 (3.83%) Jenkins
3 65 (2.44%) Cypress.io
4 53 (1.99%) GitLab
5 38 (1.43%) JIRA
6 33 (1.24%) Maven
7 26 (0.98%) JUnit
8 23 (0.86%) SonarQube
9 18 (0.68%) Claude Code
10 17 (0.64%) CircleCI
10 17 (0.64%) Vite
11 15 (0.56%) Mockito
12 14 (0.53%) Bitbucket
12 14 (0.53%) TeamCity
13 11 (0.41%) Cucumber
14 9 (0.34%) Selenium
15 7 (0.26%) ESLint
15 7 (0.26%) NUnit
16 6 (0.23%) webpack
17 5 (0.19%) Eclipse
General
1 296 (11.10%) Finance
2 280 (10.50%) Social Skills
3 86 (3.23%) Public Sector
4 72 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (2.18%) Games
6 54 (2.03%) Banking
7 52 (1.95%) Retail
8 50 (1.88%) Marketing
9 46 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 38 (1.43%) Front Office
11 35 (1.31%) Law
12 31 (1.16%) Tech for Good
13 28 (1.05%) Manufacturing
14 26 (0.98%) Advertising
14 26 (0.98%) Aviation
15 25 (0.94%) Legal
16 21 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
17 20 (0.75%) Health Technology
18 15 (0.56%) Investment Banking
19 13 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,549 (58.10%) Developer
2 1,001 (37.55%) Full-Stack Developer
3 653 (24.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 586 (21.98%) Senior
5 491 (18.42%) Software Engineer
6 384 (14.40%) Lead
7 301 (11.29%) .NET Developer
8 274 (10.28%) Senior Developer
9 218 (8.18%) Software Developer
10 214 (8.03%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 199 (7.46%) Lead Developer
12 185 (6.94%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 177 (6.64%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
14 156 (5.85%) Java Developer
15 137 (5.14%) Senior Software Engineer
16 136 (5.10%) React Developer
17 109 (4.09%) Python Developer
18 96 (3.60%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 90 (3.38%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
20 89 (3.34%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 875 (32.82%) React
2 635 (23.82%) .NET
3 489 (18.34%) Node.js
4 297 (11.14%) AngularJS
5 293 (10.99%) CSS
6 288 (10.80%) HTML
7 258 (9.68%) .NET Core
7 258 (9.68%) Vue
8 217 (8.14%) RESTful
9 200 (7.50%) ASP.NET
10 184 (6.90%) Spring
11 169 (6.34%) ASP.NET Core
12 150 (5.63%) Spring Boot
13 146 (5.48%) REST
14 131 (4.91%) Next.js
15 105 (3.94%) Entity Framework
16 81 (3.04%) Blazor
17 75 (2.81%) GraphQL
18 72 (2.70%) React Native
19 68 (2.55%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 194 (7.28%) Cloud Native
2 125 (4.69%) Greenfield Project
3 81 (3.04%) Mobile App
4 79 (2.96%) Product Ownership
5 73 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
6 50 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
7 37 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 36 (1.35%) AI Agents
9 34 (1.28%) Fixed Income
10 32 (1.20%) Low-Code
11 30 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
12 29 (1.09%) IoT
13 25 (0.94%) e-Learning
14 22 (0.83%) Onboarding
14 22 (0.83%) Video\Live Streaming
15 18 (0.68%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.64%) Data Structures
16 17 (0.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 15 (0.56%) Smart Energy
18 13 (0.49%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.31%) Linux
2 27 (1.01%) Android
3 18 (0.68%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.23%) Windows
5 5 (0.19%) Unix
6 2 (0.075%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.038%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.038%) VMS
7 1 (0.038%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 834 (31.28%) Software Engineering
2 590 (22.13%) Agile
3 514 (19.28%) CI/CD
4 461 (17.29%) AI
5 420 (15.75%) DevOps
6 378 (14.18%) Microservices
7 326 (12.23%) Problem-Solving
8 273 (10.24%) Mentoring
9 265 (9.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 218 (8.18%) Test Automation
11 167 (6.26%) Machine Learning
12 161 (6.04%) User Experience
13 160 (6.00%) Scrum
14 154 (5.78%) Clean Code
14 154 (5.78%) Containerisation
15 141 (5.29%) Web Development
16 138 (5.18%) Infrastructure as Code
17 130 (4.88%) Technical Leadership
18 128 (4.80%) TDD
19 121 (4.54%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 745 (27.94%) JavaScript
2 736 (27.61%) TypeScript
3 570 (21.38%) C#
4 514 (19.28%) Python
5 479 (17.97%) Java
6 429 (16.09%) SQL
7 102 (3.83%) PHP
8 67 (2.51%) Go
9 56 (2.10%) Ruby
10 39 (1.46%) C++
11 32 (1.20%) Bash
12 23 (0.86%) Groovy
13 16 (0.60%) Kotlin
14 15 (0.56%) C
15 14 (0.53%) PL/SQL
16 12 (0.45%) Bicep
17 8 (0.30%) Rust
18 6 (0.23%) R
18 6 (0.23%) T-SQL
19 5 (0.19%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 180 (6.75%) Security Cleared
2 129 (4.84%) SC Cleared
3 128 (4.80%) Degree
4 85 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (1.39%) DV Cleared
6 16 (0.60%) Master's Degree
7 15 (0.56%) DBS Check
8 12 (0.45%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (0.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.19%) PhD
12 3 (0.11%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.038%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.038%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.038%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.038%) MBA
13 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.038%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (3.68%) QA
2 39 (1.46%) Accessibility
3 11 (0.41%) GDPR
4 9 (0.34%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.30%) WCAG
6 7 (0.26%) GRC
7 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.15%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.15%) SLA
8 2 (0.075%) ITGC
8 2 (0.075%) NCSC
8 2 (0.075%) NIST
9 1 (0.038%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.038%) HL7
9 1 (0.038%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.038%) SOC 2
System Software
1 291 (10.92%) Docker
2 6 (0.23%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.11%) Firmware
5 2 (0.075%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.075%) vSphere
6 1 (0.038%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.038%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 200 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 116 (4.35%) Terraform
3 33 (1.24%) Grafana
4 25 (0.94%) Ansible
5 20 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 14 (0.53%) HP Fortify
7 13 (0.49%) Podman
8 8 (0.30%) Kibana
9 7 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.23%) Argo
11 4 (0.15%) logstash
12 3 (0.11%) Nagios
13 1 (0.038%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.038%) Graylog
13 1 (0.038%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 258 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 47 (1.76%) Google
3 34 (1.28%) Adobe
4 33 (1.24%) OpenAI
5 29 (1.09%) Oracle
6 19 (0.71%) Foundry
7 16 (0.60%) Facebook
7 16 (0.60%) Salesforce
8 13 (0.49%) Palantir
9 10 (0.38%) Splunk
10 8 (0.30%) Apple
10 8 (0.30%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.26%) AppDynamics
12 6 (0.23%) Pega
12 6 (0.23%) Peregrine
12 6 (0.23%) Sony
12 6 (0.23%) WooCommerce
12 6 (0.23%) Yahoo!
12 6 (0.23%) YouTube
13 5 (0.19%) Fortinet