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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 94 45
Rank change year-on-year +47 -49 +25
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,159 1,539 4,372
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.16% 3.13% 4.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 3.47% 5.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,636 961 3,195
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
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 73,631 44,290 76,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.59% 90.03% 81.87%
Number of salaries quoted 50,962 24,903 52,597
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 21 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 21 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 +57 2,868 £65,000 -7.14% 715
UK excluding London +62 2,165 £60,000 - 427
Work from Home +43 1,420 £60,000 -9.23% 269
London +14 836 £85,000 - 377
North of England +72 717 £65,000 +8.33% 113
South East +85 534 £60,000 - 128
North West +44 390 £65,000 - 60
Midlands +36 296 £55,000 -8.33% 60
South West +52 292 £60,000 - 51
Yorkshire +77 213 £70,000 +16.67% 35
East of England +54 176 £60,000 +20.00% 36
West Midlands +29 152 £60,000 -4.00% 34
East Midlands +26 143 £55,000 +15.79% 26
North East +22 114 £52,000 +8.33% 19
Scotland -24 81 £55,000 -18.52% 27
Wales -34 54 £60,000 -4.00% 7
Northern Ireland -50 20 £70,000 +16.67% 10
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 32 (1.01%) CMS
2 23 (0.73%) Confluence
3 15 (0.47%) WordPress
4 11 (0.35%) Apache
4 11 (0.35%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.32%) ColdFusion
5 10 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
6 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.22%) IIS
9 6 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
10 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.13%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.13%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.13%) nginx
12 3 (0.095%) DNN
12 3 (0.095%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.095%) Immediacy CMS
Applications
1 8 (0.25%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.063%) Elementor
3 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.19%) Shopify
2 2 (0.063%) 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
1 937 (29.66%) Azure
2 925 (29.28%) AWS
3 291 (9.21%) GitHub
4 244 (7.72%) Azure DevOps
5 234 (7.41%) SaaS
6 211 (6.68%) Serverless
7 183 (5.79%) GCP
8 169 (5.35%) GitHub Copilot
9 161 (5.10%) Azure AI
10 127 (4.02%) AWS Lambda
11 105 (3.32%) Amazon S3
12 82 (2.60%) Amazon ECS
12 82 (2.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 76 (2.41%) Amazon SQS
14 59 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
15 52 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
16 39 (1.23%) Anthropic Claude
16 39 (1.23%) Power Platform
17 37 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
18 33 (1.04%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 59 (1.87%) Broadband
2 57 (1.80%) Internet
3 8 (0.25%) Firewall
3 8 (0.25%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
5 6 (0.19%) DNS
5 6 (0.19%) HTTP
6 5 (0.16%) MQTT
7 3 (0.095%) LAN
7 3 (0.095%) WAN
8 2 (0.063%) AMQP
8 2 (0.063%) DHCP
8 2 (0.063%) Network Security
8 2 (0.063%) VoIP
8 2 (0.063%) VPN
9 1 (0.032%) Multicast
9 1 (0.032%) SCTP
9 1 (0.032%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.032%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.032%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 536 (16.97%) MongoDB
2 460 (14.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 210 (6.65%) PostgreSQL
4 168 (5.32%) SQL Server
5 158 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
6 114 (3.61%) NoSQL
7 102 (3.23%) MySQL
8 81 (2.56%) Relational Database
9 65 (2.06%) DynamoDB
10 49 (1.55%) Redis
11 23 (0.73%) Power BI
12 22 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
14 11 (0.35%) GIS
14 11 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
15 9 (0.28%) Pinecone
15 9 (0.28%) RDBMS
16 7 (0.22%) MariaDB
17 6 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 5 (0.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 232 (7.34%) Git
2 103 (3.26%) Jenkins
3 68 (2.15%) GitLab
4 54 (1.71%) Cypress.io
5 46 (1.46%) JIRA
6 42 (1.33%) JUnit
7 40 (1.27%) Claude Code
8 32 (1.01%) Maven
9 23 (0.73%) Eclipse
10 22 (0.70%) Subversion
11 21 (0.66%) SonarQube
12 17 (0.54%) Vite
13 13 (0.41%) CircleCI
13 13 (0.41%) Mockito
14 12 (0.38%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.28%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.28%) Selenium
15 9 (0.28%) Spock
16 8 (0.25%) Storybook
17 7 (0.22%) IntelliJ
General
1 384 (12.16%) Finance
2 298 (9.43%) Social Skills
3 107 (3.39%) Public Sector
4 97 (3.07%) Marketing
5 91 (2.88%) Games
6 76 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
7 73 (2.31%) Advertising
8 72 (2.28%) Retail
9 56 (1.77%) Banking
10 53 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 41 (1.30%) Front Office
12 36 (1.14%) Law
13 32 (1.01%) Legal
14 31 (0.98%) Manufacturing
15 27 (0.85%) Tech for Good
16 20 (0.63%) Automotive
17 19 (0.60%) Financial Institution
18 16 (0.51%) Aerospace
19 15 (0.47%) Legal Technology
20 13 (0.41%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,933 (61.19%) Developer
2 1,029 (32.57%) Full-Stack Developer
3 723 (22.89%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 619 (19.59%) .NET Developer
5 616 (19.50%) Senior
6 540 (17.09%) Software Engineer
7 410 (12.98%) Lead
8 279 (8.83%) Senior Developer
9 262 (8.29%) Software Developer
10 243 (7.69%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 194 (6.14%) Lead Developer
12 193 (6.11%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
13 168 (5.32%) Java Developer
14 165 (5.22%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 149 (4.72%) Senior Software Engineer
16 121 (3.83%) Java Engineer
17 102 (3.23%) React Developer
18 101 (3.20%) Full-Stack Java Developer
18 101 (3.20%) Python Developer
19 92 (2.91%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,041 (32.95%) React
2 971 (30.74%) .NET
3 625 (19.78%) Node.js
4 544 (17.22%) ASP.NET
5 543 (17.19%) .NET Core
6 504 (15.95%) ASP.NET Core
7 432 (13.68%) AngularJS
8 423 (13.39%) CSS
9 410 (12.98%) HTML
10 386 (12.22%) Vue
11 345 (10.92%) RESTful
12 231 (7.31%) Entity Framework
13 213 (6.74%) Blazor
14 199 (6.30%) Spring
15 186 (5.89%) ASP.NET Web API
16 183 (5.79%) REST
17 159 (5.03%) Spring Boot
18 154 (4.87%) ML.NET
19 147 (4.65%) Next.js
20 134 (4.24%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 285 (9.02%) Cloud Native
2 173 (5.48%) Greenfield Project
3 107 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
4 80 (2.53%) Mobile App
5 74 (2.34%) Product Ownership
6 73 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
7 64 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
8 56 (1.77%) AI Agents
9 47 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
10 38 (1.20%) Fixed Income
10 38 (1.20%) Low-Code
11 33 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
12 31 (0.98%) IoT
12 31 (0.98%) Onboarding
13 29 (0.92%) e-Learning
14 22 (0.70%) Social Media
14 22 (0.70%) Virtual Team
15 20 (0.63%) Digital TV
16 18 (0.57%) Algorithms
17 17 (0.54%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 56 (1.77%) Linux
2 23 (0.73%) Android
3 13 (0.41%) Windows
4 8 (0.25%) Unix
5 6 (0.19%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.095%) AIX
7 3 (0.095%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.095%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.063%) VMS
9 1 (0.032%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 921 (29.15%) Software Engineering
2 902 (28.55%) Agile
3 731 (23.14%) CI/CD
4 674 (21.34%) AI
5 556 (17.60%) Microservices
6 555 (17.57%) DevOps
7 349 (11.05%) Problem-Solving
8 297 (9.40%) Machine Learning
9 291 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 280 (8.86%) Mentoring
11 254 (8.04%) Test Automation
12 215 (6.81%) Scrum
13 195 (6.17%) TDD
14 184 (5.82%) Clean Code
15 176 (5.57%) Infrastructure as Code
16 172 (5.44%) Multithreading
17 168 (5.32%) Containerisation
17 168 (5.32%) Observability
18 157 (4.97%) Technical Leadership
19 148 (4.69%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 968 (30.64%) JavaScript
2 914 (28.93%) C#
3 907 (28.71%) TypeScript
4 752 (23.81%) SQL
5 601 (19.03%) Python
6 515 (16.30%) Java
7 106 (3.36%) PHP
8 94 (2.98%) Go
9 75 (2.37%) Ruby
10 66 (2.09%) C++
11 30 (0.95%) Bash
12 26 (0.82%) Groovy
13 19 (0.60%) Rust
14 17 (0.54%) Perl
15 14 (0.44%) Bicep
15 14 (0.44%) Kotlin
16 12 (0.38%) PL/SQL
17 7 (0.22%) C
18 6 (0.19%) PowerShell
19 5 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 207 (6.55%) Security Cleared
2 165 (5.22%) Degree
3 150 (4.75%) SC Cleared
4 117 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (1.11%) DV Cleared
6 21 (0.66%) AWS Certification
7 18 (0.57%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
9 10 (0.32%) 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 4 (0.13%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.13%) PhD
14 3 (0.095%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 1 (0.032%) CCNA
15 1 (0.032%) CCNP
15 1 (0.032%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.032%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (3.10%) QA
2 62 (1.96%) Accessibility
3 29 (0.92%) WCAG
4 19 (0.60%) Data Quality
5 18 (0.57%) GDPR
6 7 (0.22%) GRC
6 7 (0.22%) NCSC
7 4 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.095%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.063%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.063%) ITGC
9 2 (0.063%) SLA
10 1 (0.032%) HL7
10 1 (0.032%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.032%) NIST
10 1 (0.032%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.032%) SOC 2
System Software
1 439 (13.90%) Docker
2 5 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.13%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.13%) Firmware
4 2 (0.063%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.063%) vSphere
5 1 (0.032%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 339 (10.73%) Kubernetes
2 143 (4.53%) Terraform
3 31 (0.98%) Grafana
4 20 (0.63%) Ansible
4 20 (0.63%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.41%) Podman
6 11 (0.35%) HP Fortify
7 10 (0.32%) Kibana
8 6 (0.19%) logstash
9 5 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.063%) Argo
10 2 (0.063%) Nagios
11 1 (0.032%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.032%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.032%) Graylog
11 1 (0.032%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.032%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 616 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 84 (2.66%) Google
3 58 (1.84%) Facebook
4 33 (1.04%) OpenAI
5 24 (0.76%) Oracle
6 22 (0.70%) Adobe
6 22 (0.70%) Salesforce
7 21 (0.66%) YouTube
8 18 (0.57%) Apple
9 17 (0.54%) Palantir
9 17 (0.54%) Sony
9 17 (0.54%) Yahoo!
10 15 (0.47%) Foundry
11 14 (0.44%) Splunk
12 12 (0.38%) AppDynamics
12 12 (0.38%) Databricks
13 10 (0.32%) Sitecore
14 9 (0.28%) OneLogin
15 8 (0.25%) Dynatrace
16 6 (0.19%) Palo Alto