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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 96 41
Rank change year-on-year +50 -55 +27
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,120 1,555 5,015
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.20% 3.23% 4.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.34% 3.56% 5.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,603 973 3,800
10th Percentile £44,000 £43,509 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +14.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,000 £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 71,935 43,736 84,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 90.86% 82.47%
Number of salaries quoted 49,710 24,302 59,641
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,068 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.14% - -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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +58 2,833 £65,000 -7.14% 814
UK excluding London +57 2,131 £60,000 - 698
Work from Home +42 1,422 £60,000 -9.23% 571
London +17 835 £85,000 - 263
North of England +59 700 £65,000 +4.00% 189
South East +90 523 £60,000 - 186
North West +36 377 £65,000 - 108
Midlands +37 293 £55,000 -8.33% 94
South West +53 287 £60,000 - 63
Yorkshire +79 214 £70,000 +16.67% 51
East of England +48 178 £60,000 +20.00% 73
West Midlands +28 147 £55,000 -12.00% 47
East Midlands +21 145 £55,000 +15.79% 47
North East +22 109 £52,000 +8.33% 31
Scotland -25 76 £55,000 -18.52% 54
Wales -30 55 £60,000 -4.00% 17
Northern Ireland -39 24 £70,000 +16.67% 29
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 30 (0.96%) CMS
2 22 (0.71%) Confluence
3 15 (0.48%) WordPress
4 11 (0.35%) Apache
4 11 (0.35%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.32%) ColdFusion
5 10 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
6 9 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
7 8 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.16%) IIS
9 5 (0.16%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.13%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.13%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.13%) nginx
11 3 (0.096%) DNN
11 3 (0.096%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.096%) Immediacy CMS
Applications
1 7 (0.22%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.064%) Elementor
4 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.13%) Shopify
2 2 (0.064%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.032%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.032%) Magento
3 1 (0.032%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.032%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.032%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 943 (30.22%) Azure
2 934 (29.94%) AWS
3 285 (9.13%) GitHub
4 251 (8.04%) Azure DevOps
5 235 (7.53%) SaaS
6 217 (6.96%) Serverless
7 187 (5.99%) GCP
8 166 (5.32%) Azure AI
9 165 (5.29%) GitHub Copilot
10 131 (4.20%) AWS Lambda
11 105 (3.37%) Amazon S3
12 82 (2.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 80 (2.56%) Amazon ECS
14 72 (2.31%) Amazon SQS
15 58 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
16 52 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
17 40 (1.28%) Power Platform
18 35 (1.12%) Figma
19 34 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
20 33 (1.06%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 66 (2.12%) Broadband
2 58 (1.86%) Internet
3 8 (0.26%) Hyperconnected
4 7 (0.22%) Firewall
4 7 (0.22%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.16%) DNS
5 5 (0.16%) HTTP
5 5 (0.16%) MQTT
6 3 (0.096%) LAN
6 3 (0.096%) VPN
6 3 (0.096%) WAN
7 2 (0.064%) AMQP
7 2 (0.064%) Network Security
7 2 (0.064%) VoIP
8 1 (0.032%) Multicast
8 1 (0.032%) RTSP
8 1 (0.032%) SCTP
8 1 (0.032%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.032%) VoLTE
8 1 (0.032%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 540 (17.31%) MongoDB
2 465 (14.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 202 (6.47%) PostgreSQL
4 159 (5.10%) Elasticsearch
5 154 (4.94%) SQL Server
6 110 (3.53%) NoSQL
7 99 (3.17%) MySQL
8 78 (2.50%) Relational Database
9 65 (2.08%) DynamoDB
10 39 (1.25%) Redis
11 24 (0.77%) Power BI
12 19 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (0.35%) GIS
13 11 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
14 10 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
14 10 (0.32%) Pinecone
15 9 (0.29%) RDBMS
16 7 (0.22%) MariaDB
17 6 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
17 6 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 219 (7.02%) Git
2 103 (3.30%) Jenkins
3 66 (2.12%) GitLab
4 57 (1.83%) Cypress.io
5 45 (1.44%) JIRA
6 39 (1.25%) JUnit
7 37 (1.19%) Claude Code
8 33 (1.06%) Maven
9 22 (0.71%) SonarQube
10 21 (0.67%) Eclipse
11 20 (0.64%) Subversion
12 17 (0.54%) Vite
13 15 (0.48%) CircleCI
14 13 (0.42%) Mockito
15 11 (0.35%) Bitbucket
16 9 (0.29%) Cucumber
17 8 (0.26%) Spock
17 8 (0.26%) Storybook
17 8 (0.26%) TeamCity
18 7 (0.22%) Selenium
General
1 383 (12.28%) Finance
2 300 (9.62%) Social Skills
3 104 (3.33%) Public Sector
4 93 (2.98%) Marketing
5 92 (2.95%) Games
6 78 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
7 75 (2.40%) Advertising
8 72 (2.31%) Retail
9 57 (1.83%) Banking
10 55 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 39 (1.25%) Front Office
12 37 (1.19%) Law
13 34 (1.09%) Manufacturing
14 33 (1.06%) Legal
15 28 (0.90%) Tech for Good
16 19 (0.61%) Automotive
17 17 (0.54%) Financial Institution
18 16 (0.51%) Aerospace
18 16 (0.51%) Aviation
19 15 (0.48%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 1,914 (61.35%) Developer
2 1,009 (32.34%) Full-Stack Developer
3 682 (21.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 614 (19.68%) .NET Developer
5 605 (19.39%) Senior
6 538 (17.24%) Software Engineer
7 409 (13.11%) Lead
8 274 (8.78%) Senior Developer
9 254 (8.14%) Software Developer
10 228 (7.31%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 200 (6.41%) Lead Developer
12 181 (5.80%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
13 172 (5.51%) Java Developer
14 165 (5.29%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 147 (4.71%) Senior Software Engineer
16 117 (3.75%) Java Engineer
17 106 (3.40%) React Developer
18 102 (3.27%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 99 (3.17%) Python Developer
20 87 (2.79%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,047 (33.56%) React
2 961 (30.80%) .NET
3 623 (19.97%) Node.js
4 554 (17.76%) .NET Core
5 539 (17.28%) ASP.NET
6 502 (16.09%) ASP.NET Core
7 438 (14.04%) AngularJS
8 416 (13.33%) CSS
9 402 (12.88%) HTML
10 388 (12.44%) Vue
11 343 (10.99%) RESTful
12 223 (7.15%) Entity Framework
13 215 (6.89%) Blazor
14 199 (6.38%) Spring
15 184 (5.90%) ASP.NET Web API
16 175 (5.61%) REST
17 159 (5.10%) ML.NET
18 158 (5.06%) Spring Boot
19 145 (4.65%) Next.js
20 123 (3.94%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 278 (8.91%) Cloud Native
2 170 (5.45%) Greenfield Project
3 95 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
4 91 (2.92%) Mobile App
5 76 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 72 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
7 61 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
8 53 (1.70%) AI Agents
9 46 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
10 38 (1.22%) Low-Code
11 37 (1.19%) Fixed Income
12 33 (1.06%) e-Learning
13 32 (1.03%) Video\Live Streaming
14 29 (0.93%) IoT
14 29 (0.93%) Onboarding
15 23 (0.74%) Social Media
16 21 (0.67%) Digital TV
17 20 (0.64%) Virtual Team
18 18 (0.58%) Algorithms
18 18 (0.58%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 55 (1.76%) Linux
2 28 (0.90%) Android
3 12 (0.38%) Windows
4 10 (0.32%) Unix
5 8 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.13%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.096%) AIX
7 3 (0.096%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.064%) VMS
8 2 (0.064%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.032%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 916 (29.36%) Software Engineering
2 906 (29.04%) Agile
3 722 (23.14%) CI/CD
4 663 (21.25%) AI
5 566 (18.14%) DevOps
6 542 (17.37%) Microservices
7 359 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
8 303 (9.71%) Machine Learning
9 300 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 290 (9.29%) Mentoring
11 253 (8.11%) Test Automation
12 211 (6.76%) Scrum
13 195 (6.25%) TDD
14 181 (5.80%) Clean Code
15 176 (5.64%) Infrastructure as Code
15 176 (5.64%) Multithreading
16 175 (5.61%) Containerisation
17 155 (4.97%) Observability
17 155 (4.97%) Technical Leadership
18 149 (4.78%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 951 (30.48%) JavaScript
2 908 (29.10%) C#
3 905 (29.01%) TypeScript
4 756 (24.23%) SQL
5 589 (18.88%) Python
6 515 (16.51%) Java
7 105 (3.37%) PHP
8 94 (3.01%) Go
9 69 (2.21%) Ruby
10 67 (2.15%) C++
11 31 (0.99%) Bash
12 27 (0.87%) Groovy
13 18 (0.58%) Rust
14 15 (0.48%) Perl
15 13 (0.42%) Bicep
15 13 (0.42%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.38%) PL/SQL
17 8 (0.26%) C
18 6 (0.19%) PowerShell
18 6 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 208 (6.67%) Security Cleared
2 168 (5.38%) Degree
3 151 (4.84%) SC Cleared
4 120 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (1.15%) DV Cleared
6 20 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 19 (0.61%) AWS Certification
8 13 (0.42%) DBS Check
9 12 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (0.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 7 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (0.16%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.13%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.13%) PhD
14 3 (0.096%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.096%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.032%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 1 (0.032%) CCNA
15 1 (0.032%) CCNP
15 1 (0.032%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (3.21%) QA
2 60 (1.92%) Accessibility
3 27 (0.87%) WCAG
4 17 (0.54%) GDPR
5 16 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.22%) GRC
6 7 (0.22%) NCSC
7 5 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.096%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.096%) SLA
9 2 (0.064%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.064%) ITGC
9 2 (0.064%) NIST
10 1 (0.032%) HL7
10 1 (0.032%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.032%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.032%) SOC 2
System Software
1 435 (13.94%) Docker
2 5 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.13%) Firmware
4 3 (0.096%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.064%) vSphere
6 1 (0.032%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 330 (10.58%) Kubernetes
2 146 (4.68%) Terraform
3 32 (1.03%) Grafana
4 22 (0.71%) Ansible
5 19 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.42%) Podman
7 12 (0.38%) HP Fortify
8 10 (0.32%) Kibana
9 6 (0.19%) logstash
10 5 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.13%) Argo
12 2 (0.064%) Nagios
13 1 (0.032%) Cisco CUCM
13 1 (0.032%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.032%) Graylog
13 1 (0.032%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.032%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 612 (19.62%) Microsoft
2 81 (2.60%) Google
3 59 (1.89%) Facebook
4 33 (1.06%) OpenAI
5 29 (0.93%) Adobe
6 25 (0.80%) Oracle
7 22 (0.71%) Salesforce
8 21 (0.67%) YouTube
9 19 (0.61%) Apple
9 19 (0.61%) Palantir
10 18 (0.58%) Sony
10 18 (0.58%) Yahoo!
11 17 (0.54%) Foundry
12 12 (0.38%) Splunk
13 11 (0.35%) AppDynamics
13 11 (0.35%) Databricks
14 10 (0.32%) Sitecore
15 9 (0.29%) OneLogin
16 8 (0.26%) Dynatrace
17 6 (0.19%) Palo Alto