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

6 months to
21 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 2,672 1,437 5,077
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.90% 3.27% 5.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.93% 3.51% 6.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,186 947 3,993
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 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,500 £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 67,989 40,970 82,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 93.29% 84.80%
Number of salaries quoted 43,964 22,120 59,644
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -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 £51,887 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.18% +3.77% -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 21 May 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 21 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 +40 2,424 £69,305 +4.85% 779
UK excluding London +34 1,681 £60,000 - 589
Work from Home +34 1,055 £65,000 - 450
London +35 820 £85,000 +6.25% 299
North of England +45 547 £67,500 +12.50% 183
South East +53 425 £60,000 - 162
North West +39 288 £65,000 - 100
Midlands +19 261 £55,000 +4.76% 67
South West +16 218 £60,000 -4.00% 65
Yorkshire +55 179 £72,500 +26.09% 58
West Midlands -4 141 £60,000 +2.13% 26
East of England +46 138 £61,250 +22.50% 58
East Midlands +5 119 £55,000 +15.79% 41
North East +9 80 £60,000 +14.29% 25
Scotland -38 50 £60,000 -6.98% 31
Northern Ireland - 27 £70,000 - 11
Wales -33 23 £57,500 -17.86% 21
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 24 (0.90%) CMS
2 19 (0.71%) Confluence
3 13 (0.49%) WordPress
4 10 (0.37%) ColdFusion
4 10 (0.37%) OpenStack
5 9 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.30%) Apache
6 8 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
6 8 (0.30%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.15%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.15%) IIS
10 3 (0.11%) Liferay
10 3 (0.11%) nginx
11 2 (0.075%) CICS
11 2 (0.075%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.037%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.037%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.19%) Shopify
2 1 (0.037%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.037%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.037%) Magento
2 1 (0.037%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.037%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 762 (28.52%) AWS
2 571 (21.37%) Azure
3 227 (8.50%) SaaS
4 193 (7.22%) Serverless
5 160 (5.99%) GitHub
6 157 (5.88%) GCP
7 138 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
8 116 (4.34%) AWS Lambda
9 101 (3.78%) Amazon S3
10 75 (2.81%) Amazon ECS
11 62 (2.32%) Amazon SQS
12 55 (2.06%) GitHub Copilot
13 54 (2.02%) Azure AI
14 50 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
15 49 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 43 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
16 43 (1.61%) Figma
17 30 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
18 29 (1.09%) Power Platform
19 26 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (2.28%) Broadband
2 19 (0.71%) Internet
3 9 (0.34%) HTTP
4 6 (0.22%) Firewall
5 5 (0.19%) DNS
5 5 (0.19%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.11%) Hyperconnected
6 3 (0.11%) VPN
7 1 (0.037%) AMQP
7 1 (0.037%) DHCP
7 1 (0.037%) LAN
7 1 (0.037%) Multicast
7 1 (0.037%) TCAP
7 1 (0.037%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.037%) VLAN
7 1 (0.037%) VSAN
7 1 (0.037%) WAN
7 1 (0.037%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 245 (9.17%) MongoDB
2 181 (6.77%) PostgreSQL
3 157 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 128 (4.79%) SQL Server
5 111 (4.15%) NoSQL
6 71 (2.66%) MySQL
7 58 (2.17%) Relational Database
8 53 (1.98%) DynamoDB
9 51 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (0.79%) Power BI
11 18 (0.67%) Redis
12 14 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (0.41%) GIS
15 10 (0.37%) Pinecone
16 8 (0.30%) DB2
17 6 (0.22%) BigQuery
17 6 (0.22%) MariaDB
18 4 (0.15%) Geospatial Data
18 4 (0.15%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 194 (7.26%) Git
2 101 (3.78%) Jenkins
3 65 (2.43%) Cypress.io
4 53 (1.98%) GitLab
5 38 (1.42%) JIRA
6 35 (1.31%) Maven
7 28 (1.05%) JUnit
8 23 (0.86%) SonarQube
9 19 (0.71%) Claude Code
10 17 (0.64%) CircleCI
10 17 (0.64%) Mockito
10 17 (0.64%) Vite
11 14 (0.52%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.52%) TeamCity
12 11 (0.41%) Cucumber
13 9 (0.34%) Selenium
14 7 (0.26%) ESLint
14 7 (0.26%) NUnit
15 6 (0.22%) webpack
16 5 (0.19%) Storybook
General
1 299 (11.19%) Finance
2 282 (10.55%) Social Skills
3 87 (3.26%) Public Sector
4 72 (2.69%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (2.17%) Games
6 54 (2.02%) Banking
7 51 (1.91%) Retail
8 50 (1.87%) Marketing
9 46 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 38 (1.42%) Front Office
11 35 (1.31%) Law
12 32 (1.20%) Tech for Good
13 30 (1.12%) Manufacturing
14 26 (0.97%) Advertising
15 25 (0.94%) 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 14 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,548 (57.93%) Developer
2 1,001 (37.46%) Full-Stack Developer
3 657 (24.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 588 (22.01%) Senior
5 495 (18.53%) Software Engineer
6 384 (14.37%) Lead
7 301 (11.26%) .NET Developer
8 274 (10.25%) Senior Developer
9 219 (8.20%) Software Developer
10 214 (8.01%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 200 (7.49%) Lead Developer
12 185 (6.92%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 178 (6.66%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
14 159 (5.95%) Java Developer
15 138 (5.16%) React Developer
15 138 (5.16%) Senior Software Engineer
16 110 (4.12%) Python Developer
17 99 (3.71%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 91 (3.41%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
19 89 (3.33%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 880 (32.93%) React
2 633 (23.69%) .NET
3 491 (18.38%) Node.js
4 299 (11.19%) AngularJS
5 295 (11.04%) CSS
6 289 (10.82%) HTML
7 260 (9.73%) Vue
8 257 (9.62%) .NET Core
9 215 (8.05%) RESTful
10 199 (7.45%) ASP.NET
11 187 (7.00%) Spring
12 169 (6.32%) ASP.NET Core
13 151 (5.65%) Spring Boot
14 148 (5.54%) REST
15 131 (4.90%) Next.js
16 104 (3.89%) Entity Framework
17 81 (3.03%) Blazor
18 73 (2.73%) GraphQL
18 73 (2.73%) React Native
19 68 (2.54%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 194 (7.26%) Cloud Native
2 123 (4.60%) Greenfield Project
3 83 (3.11%) Mobile App
4 77 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 72 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
6 51 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
7 38 (1.42%) AI Agents
8 36 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
9 34 (1.27%) Fixed Income
10 32 (1.20%) Low-Code
11 30 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
12 28 (1.05%) IoT
13 26 (0.97%) e-Learning
14 22 (0.82%) Onboarding
14 22 (0.82%) Video\Live Streaming
15 17 (0.64%) Data Structures
15 17 (0.64%) Virtual Team
16 16 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 15 (0.56%) Smart Energy
18 14 (0.52%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 37 (1.38%) Linux
2 27 (1.01%) Android
3 18 (0.67%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.19%) Unix
4 5 (0.19%) Windows
5 1 (0.037%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.037%) VMS
5 1 (0.037%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 837 (31.32%) Software Engineering
2 592 (22.16%) Agile
3 519 (19.42%) CI/CD
4 465 (17.40%) AI
5 420 (15.72%) DevOps
6 377 (14.11%) Microservices
7 329 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
8 276 (10.33%) Mentoring
9 266 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 218 (8.16%) Test Automation
11 170 (6.36%) Machine Learning
12 161 (6.03%) User Experience
13 160 (5.99%) Scrum
14 157 (5.88%) Containerisation
15 154 (5.76%) Clean Code
16 140 (5.24%) Infrastructure as Code
17 139 (5.20%) Web Development
18 130 (4.87%) TDD
18 130 (4.87%) Technical Leadership
19 123 (4.60%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 749 (28.03%) JavaScript
2 740 (27.69%) TypeScript
3 568 (21.26%) C#
4 516 (19.31%) Python
5 484 (18.11%) Java
6 429 (16.06%) SQL
7 102 (3.82%) PHP
8 67 (2.51%) Go
9 56 (2.10%) Ruby
10 40 (1.50%) C++
11 34 (1.27%) Bash
12 23 (0.86%) Groovy
13 16 (0.60%) Kotlin
14 15 (0.56%) C
14 15 (0.56%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.45%) Bicep
16 9 (0.34%) Rust
17 6 (0.22%) R
18 5 (0.19%) PowerShell
18 5 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 182 (6.81%) Security Cleared
2 131 (4.90%) Degree
2 131 (4.90%) SC Cleared
3 87 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (1.38%) DV Cleared
5 17 (0.64%) Master's Degree
6 15 (0.56%) DBS Check
7 13 (0.49%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
9 6 (0.22%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 6 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (0.22%) PhD
10 3 (0.11%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.037%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.037%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.037%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.037%) MBA
11 1 (0.037%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.037%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (3.71%) QA
2 39 (1.46%) Accessibility
3 11 (0.41%) GDPR
4 9 (0.34%) Data Quality
4 9 (0.34%) WCAG
5 7 (0.26%) GRC
6 4 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.15%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.15%) SLA
7 2 (0.075%) ITGC
7 2 (0.075%) NCSC
7 2 (0.075%) NIST
8 1 (0.037%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.037%) HL7
8 1 (0.037%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.037%) SOC 2
System Software
1 294 (11.00%) Docker
2 5 (0.19%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.15%) Firmware
4 2 (0.075%) vSphere
5 1 (0.037%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.037%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 202 (7.56%) Kubernetes
2 116 (4.34%) Terraform
3 34 (1.27%) Grafana
4 25 (0.94%) Ansible
5 21 (0.79%) Prometheus
6 14 (0.52%) HP Fortify
7 13 (0.49%) Podman
8 8 (0.30%) Kibana
9 7 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.22%) Argo
11 4 (0.15%) logstash
12 3 (0.11%) Nagios
13 1 (0.037%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.037%) Graylog
13 1 (0.037%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 257 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 47 (1.76%) Google
3 33 (1.24%) Adobe
3 33 (1.24%) OpenAI
4 31 (1.16%) Oracle
5 19 (0.71%) Foundry
6 17 (0.64%) Salesforce
7 16 (0.60%) Facebook
8 14 (0.52%) Palantir
9 10 (0.37%) Splunk
10 8 (0.30%) Apple
10 8 (0.30%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.26%) AppDynamics
12 6 (0.22%) Pega
12 6 (0.22%) Peregrine
12 6 (0.22%) Sony
12 6 (0.22%) WooCommerce
12 6 (0.22%) Yahoo!
12 6 (0.22%) YouTube
13 5 (0.19%) Fortinet