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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 100 45
Rank change year-on-year +50 -55 +35
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,213 1,461 3,678
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.92% 2.93% 4.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 3.31% 5.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,638 890 2,359
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -4.06%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +2.56%

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 80,408 44,155 65,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.60% 80.85%
Number of salaries quoted 55,868 25,145 40,215
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,075
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.92% -6.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -6.58%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +60 2,920 £65,000 -7.14% 2,052
UK excluding London +75 2,259 £60,000 - 1,028
Work from Home +43 1,376 £60,000 -7.69% 866
London +6 799 £85,000 - 1,268
North of England +69 734 £65,000 +8.33% 282
South East +107 561 £60,000 - 208
North West +38 402 £65,000 - 170
South West +56 326 £60,000 - 139
Midlands +39 303 £55,000 -8.33% 135
Yorkshire +68 208 £70,000 +16.67% 77
East of England +53 179 £60,000 +26.32% 95
West Midlands +30 168 £60,000 -7.69% 73
East Midlands +18 135 £55,000 +15.79% 62
North East +19 124 £50,000 +16.96% 38
Scotland -15 98 £60,000 -9.43% 105
Wales -36 58 £60,000 - 20
Northern Ireland -83 5 £80,000 +33.33% 50
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 (0.78%) CMS
2 24 (0.75%) Confluence
3 16 (0.50%) WordPress
4 10 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
5 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.28%) Apache
5 9 (0.28%) IIS
6 8 (0.25%) ColdFusion
6 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
8 6 (0.19%) SharePoint
9 5 (0.16%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.093%) DNN
10 3 (0.093%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.093%) Immediacy CMS
10 3 (0.093%) Kentico
10 3 (0.093%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.093%) Sitefinity
11 2 (0.062%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (0.40%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.062%) Elementor
3 1 (0.031%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.19%) Shopify
2 2 (0.062%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.062%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.031%) Magento
3 1 (0.031%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.031%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.031%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 937 (29.16%) Azure
2 925 (28.79%) AWS
3 321 (9.99%) GitHub
4 253 (7.87%) Azure DevOps
5 238 (7.41%) SaaS
6 204 (6.35%) Serverless
7 186 (5.79%) GCP
7 186 (5.79%) GitHub Copilot
8 166 (5.17%) Azure AI
9 137 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
10 103 (3.21%) Amazon S3
11 85 (2.65%) Amazon ECS
12 78 (2.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 76 (2.37%) Amazon SQS
14 66 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
15 56 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
16 55 (1.71%) Anthropic Claude
16 55 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
17 35 (1.09%) Power Platform
18 32 (1.00%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 61 (1.90%) Internet
2 51 (1.59%) Broadband
3 17 (0.53%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.40%) DNS
5 11 (0.34%) Firewall
5 11 (0.34%) HTTP
6 7 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
7 5 (0.16%) MQTT
8 4 (0.12%) VoIP
9 3 (0.093%) DHCP
10 2 (0.062%) AMQP
10 2 (0.062%) LAN
10 2 (0.062%) Network Security
10 2 (0.062%) VPN
10 2 (0.062%) WAN
11 1 (0.031%) Multicast
11 1 (0.031%) SCTP
11 1 (0.031%) VoLTE
11 1 (0.031%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.031%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 534 (16.62%) MongoDB
2 463 (14.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 232 (7.22%) PostgreSQL
4 180 (5.60%) SQL Server
5 159 (4.95%) Elasticsearch
6 111 (3.45%) NoSQL
7 97 (3.02%) MySQL
8 85 (2.65%) Relational Database
9 71 (2.21%) DynamoDB
10 57 (1.77%) Redis
11 28 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
12 22 (0.68%) Power BI
13 16 (0.50%) Spark SQL
14 12 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
15 11 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
16 10 (0.31%) GIS
17 9 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
17 9 (0.28%) Pinecone
17 9 (0.28%) RDBMS
18 8 (0.25%) Chroma
Development Applications
1 250 (7.78%) Git
2 105 (3.27%) Jenkins
3 88 (2.74%) GitLab
4 64 (1.99%) Cypress.io
5 62 (1.93%) JUnit
6 46 (1.43%) Claude Code
7 41 (1.28%) JIRA
8 36 (1.12%) Maven
9 32 (1.00%) Eclipse
10 31 (0.96%) Subversion
11 22 (0.68%) SonarQube
12 16 (0.50%) Mockito
13 15 (0.47%) Selenium
13 15 (0.47%) Vite
14 14 (0.44%) Spock
14 14 (0.44%) Storybook
15 12 (0.37%) CircleCI
15 12 (0.37%) NUnit
16 11 (0.34%) Bitbucket
17 10 (0.31%) IntelliJ
General
1 374 (11.64%) Finance
2 315 (9.80%) Social Skills
3 171 (5.32%) Public Sector
4 102 (3.17%) Marketing
5 89 (2.77%) Games
6 76 (2.37%) Analytical Skills
7 72 (2.24%) Advertising
8 71 (2.21%) Retail
9 66 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 58 (1.81%) Banking
11 36 (1.12%) Law
12 33 (1.03%) Manufacturing
13 32 (1.00%) Legal
14 31 (0.96%) Financial Institution
15 25 (0.78%) Tech for Good
16 18 (0.56%) Aerospace
17 15 (0.47%) Automotive
17 15 (0.47%) Investment Banking
17 15 (0.47%) Legal Technology
18 13 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,875 (58.36%) Developer
2 1,018 (31.68%) Full-Stack Developer
3 776 (24.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 632 (19.67%) Senior
5 590 (18.36%) .NET Developer
6 525 (16.34%) Software Engineer
7 410 (12.76%) Lead
8 284 (8.84%) Software Developer
9 269 (8.37%) Senior Developer
10 231 (7.19%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 231 (7.19%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
11 176 (5.48%) Lead Developer
12 159 (4.95%) Senior Software Engineer
13 155 (4.82%) Java Developer
14 153 (4.76%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 120 (3.73%) Java Engineer
16 102 (3.17%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
17 97 (3.02%) Python Engineer
18 95 (2.96%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 90 (2.80%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,022 (31.81%) React
2 977 (30.41%) .NET
3 600 (18.67%) Node.js
4 554 (17.24%) ASP.NET
5 546 (16.99%) .NET Core
6 514 (16.00%) ASP.NET Core
7 430 (13.38%) AngularJS
8 421 (13.10%) CSS
9 400 (12.45%) HTML
10 370 (11.52%) RESTful
11 365 (11.36%) Vue
12 230 (7.16%) Entity Framework
13 227 (7.07%) REST
14 218 (6.78%) Blazor
15 209 (6.50%) Spring
16 186 (5.79%) ASP.NET Web API
17 169 (5.26%) Next.js
18 167 (5.20%) Spring Boot
19 157 (4.89%) Terraform
20 156 (4.86%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 303 (9.43%) Cloud Native
2 154 (4.79%) Greenfield Project
3 121 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
4 86 (2.68%) Product Ownership
5 84 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
6 83 (2.58%) AI Agents
7 77 (2.40%) Mobile App
8 73 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
9 48 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
10 35 (1.09%) e-Learning
10 35 (1.09%) Low-Code
10 35 (1.09%) Video\Live Streaming
11 29 (0.90%) Onboarding
12 26 (0.81%) IoT
13 22 (0.68%) Virtual Team
14 20 (0.62%) Digital TV
15 19 (0.59%) Algorithms
15 19 (0.59%) Social Media
16 17 (0.53%) BBC
16 17 (0.53%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (1.90%) Linux
2 26 (0.81%) Android
3 15 (0.47%) Windows
4 13 (0.40%) Unix
5 9 (0.28%) Ubuntu
6 8 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.16%) VMS
8 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.093%) AIX
9 3 (0.093%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.031%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 921 (28.66%) Agile
2 908 (28.26%) Software Engineering
3 808 (25.15%) CI/CD
4 741 (23.06%) AI
5 579 (18.02%) Microservices
6 543 (16.90%) DevOps
7 345 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
8 307 (9.55%) Machine Learning
9 299 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 292 (9.09%) Mentoring
11 284 (8.84%) Test Automation
12 215 (6.69%) Scrum
13 201 (6.26%) Clean Code
14 192 (5.98%) Observability
14 192 (5.98%) TDD
15 186 (5.79%) Infrastructure as Code
16 178 (5.54%) Multithreading
17 175 (5.45%) Technical Leadership
18 169 (5.26%) LLM
19 167 (5.20%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 998 (31.06%) JavaScript
2 944 (29.38%) C#
3 906 (28.20%) TypeScript
4 776 (24.15%) SQL
5 598 (18.61%) Python
6 530 (16.50%) Java
7 100 (3.11%) Ruby
8 92 (2.86%) C++
9 90 (2.80%) PHP
10 82 (2.55%) Go
11 58 (1.81%) Kotlin
12 29 (0.90%) Bash
13 28 (0.87%) Groovy
14 26 (0.81%) Perl
15 18 (0.56%) Rust
16 15 (0.47%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.40%) Bicep
18 7 (0.22%) Apex Code
19 6 (0.19%) C
19 6 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 227 (7.07%) Security Cleared
2 186 (5.79%) Degree
3 159 (4.95%) SC Cleared
4 128 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (1.09%) DV Cleared
6 23 (0.72%) AWS Certification
7 16 (0.50%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
9 10 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (0.28%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.16%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 4 (0.12%) PhD
15 3 (0.093%) ICAEW
15 3 (0.093%) OCP
15 3 (0.093%) Oracle Certification
16 1 (0.031%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (3.08%) QA
2 74 (2.30%) Accessibility
3 34 (1.06%) Data Quality
4 30 (0.93%) WCAG
5 19 (0.59%) GDPR
6 8 (0.25%) GRC
6 8 (0.25%) NCSC
7 6 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.16%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.093%) NIST
10 2 (0.062%) Good Clinical Practice
11 1 (0.031%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.031%) ITGC
11 1 (0.031%) SLA
System Software
1 471 (14.66%) Docker
2 4 (0.12%) Firmware
2 4 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.093%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.062%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.031%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 359 (11.17%) Kubernetes
2 21 (0.65%) Ansible
2 21 (0.65%) Grafana
3 13 (0.40%) Prometheus
4 12 (0.37%) Podman
5 10 (0.31%) HP Fortify
6 8 (0.25%) Kibana
7 7 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.19%) logstash
9 3 (0.093%) Argo
10 2 (0.062%) Bugsnag
10 2 (0.062%) Packer
10 2 (0.062%) Puppet
11 1 (0.031%) Consul
11 1 (0.031%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.031%) Graylog
11 1 (0.031%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 608 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 86 (2.68%) Google
3 59 (1.84%) Facebook
4 48 (1.49%) OpenAI
5 35 (1.09%) Oracle
6 25 (0.78%) Salesforce
6 25 (0.78%) YouTube
7 21 (0.65%) Splunk
8 17 (0.53%) AppDynamics
8 17 (0.53%) Apple
8 17 (0.53%) Sony
8 17 (0.53%) Yahoo!
9 16 (0.50%) Foundry
10 15 (0.47%) Adobe
10 15 (0.47%) Palantir
11 13 (0.40%) Mistral
12 10 (0.31%) Databricks
12 10 (0.31%) OneLogin
12 10 (0.31%) Sitecore
13 9 (0.28%) Dynatrace