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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 97 44
Rank change year-on-year +51 -53 +26
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,131 1,551 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.17% 3.16% 4.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.30% 3.50% 5.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,605 967 3,561
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £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 72,823 44,302 82,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.72% 90.16% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,276 24,855 57,929
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
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 16 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 16 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 +56 2,844 £65,000 -7.14% 785
UK excluding London +63 2,143 £60,000 - 672
Work from Home +41 1,414 £60,000 -9.23% 556
London +13 833 £85,000 - 266
North of England +71 711 £65,000 +8.33% 177
South East +91 527 £60,000 - 183
North West +39 383 £65,000 - 101
Midlands +39 291 £55,000 -8.33% 92
South West +47 290 £60,000 - 61
Yorkshire +76 215 £70,000 +16.67% 50
East of England +53 174 £60,000 +20.00% 68
West Midlands +19 147 £60,000 -2.04% 50
East Midlands +19 143 £55,000 +15.79% 42
North East +16 113 £52,000 +8.33% 27
Scotland -22 79 £55,000 -18.52% 51
Wales -29 54 £60,000 -4.00% 21
Northern Ireland -41 22 £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 32 (1.02%) CMS
2 23 (0.73%) Confluence
3 16 (0.51%) 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
8 7 (0.22%) IIS
9 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
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%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.096%) Kentico
11 3 (0.096%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 8 (0.26%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.064%) Elementor
3 1 (0.032%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.032%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.19%) 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
1 931 (29.73%) Azure
2 915 (29.22%) AWS
3 288 (9.20%) GitHub
4 245 (7.82%) Azure DevOps
5 234 (7.47%) SaaS
6 211 (6.74%) Serverless
7 181 (5.78%) GCP
8 168 (5.37%) GitHub Copilot
9 161 (5.14%) Azure AI
10 127 (4.06%) AWS Lambda
11 104 (3.32%) Amazon S3
12 82 (2.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 81 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
14 73 (2.33%) Amazon SQS
15 58 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
16 53 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
17 40 (1.28%) Power Platform
18 36 (1.15%) Figma
19 35 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
19 35 (1.12%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 66 (2.11%) Broadband
2 57 (1.82%) Internet
3 7 (0.22%) Firewall
3 7 (0.22%) Hyperconnected
3 7 (0.22%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.19%) DNS
5 5 (0.16%) HTTP
5 5 (0.16%) MQTT
6 3 (0.096%) LAN
6 3 (0.096%) WAN
7 2 (0.064%) AMQP
7 2 (0.064%) DHCP
7 2 (0.064%) Network Security
7 2 (0.064%) VoIP
7 2 (0.064%) VPN
8 1 (0.032%) Multicast
8 1 (0.032%) SCTP
8 1 (0.032%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.032%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.032%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 535 (17.09%) MongoDB
2 459 (14.66%) Azure SQL Database
3 205 (6.55%) PostgreSQL
4 164 (5.24%) SQL Server
5 157 (5.01%) Elasticsearch
6 112 (3.58%) NoSQL
7 101 (3.23%) MySQL
8 81 (2.59%) Relational Database
9 65 (2.08%) DynamoDB
10 48 (1.53%) Redis
11 24 (0.77%) Power BI
12 21 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
14 11 (0.35%) GIS
14 11 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
15 9 (0.29%) Pinecone
15 9 (0.29%) RDBMS
16 7 (0.22%) MariaDB
17 6 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 5 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 227 (7.25%) Git
2 103 (3.29%) Jenkins
3 68 (2.17%) GitLab
4 55 (1.76%) Cypress.io
5 45 (1.44%) JIRA
6 41 (1.31%) JUnit
7 40 (1.28%) Claude Code
8 32 (1.02%) Maven
9 23 (0.73%) Eclipse
10 22 (0.70%) SonarQube
10 22 (0.70%) Subversion
11 16 (0.51%) Vite
12 13 (0.42%) CircleCI
13 12 (0.38%) Mockito
14 11 (0.35%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.29%) Cucumber
15 9 (0.29%) Spock
16 8 (0.26%) Storybook
17 7 (0.22%) Selenium
17 7 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 379 (12.10%) Finance
2 296 (9.45%) Social Skills
3 108 (3.45%) Public Sector
4 97 (3.10%) Marketing
5 92 (2.94%) Games
6 77 (2.46%) Analytical Skills
7 74 (2.36%) Advertising
8 71 (2.27%) Retail
9 55 (1.76%) Banking
10 53 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 40 (1.28%) Front Office
12 36 (1.15%) Law
13 33 (1.05%) Legal
14 31 (0.99%) Manufacturing
15 27 (0.86%) Tech for Good
16 20 (0.64%) Automotive
17 18 (0.57%) Financial Institution
18 16 (0.51%) Aerospace
19 15 (0.48%) Legal Technology
20 14 (0.45%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1,917 (61.23%) Developer
2 1,019 (32.55%) Full-Stack Developer
3 700 (22.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 614 (19.61%) .NET Developer
5 606 (19.35%) Senior
6 535 (17.09%) Software Engineer
7 411 (13.13%) Lead
8 272 (8.69%) Senior Developer
9 256 (8.18%) Software Developer
10 235 (7.51%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 195 (6.23%) Lead Developer
12 187 (5.97%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
13 169 (5.40%) Java Developer
14 162 (5.17%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 148 (4.73%) Senior Software Engineer
16 117 (3.74%) Java Engineer
17 104 (3.32%) React Developer
18 102 (3.26%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 100 (3.19%) Python Developer
20 88 (2.81%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,033 (32.99%) React
2 957 (30.57%) .NET
3 625 (19.96%) Node.js
4 541 (17.28%) .NET Core
4 541 (17.28%) ASP.NET
5 501 (16.00%) ASP.NET Core
6 433 (13.83%) AngularJS
7 419 (13.38%) CSS
8 406 (12.97%) HTML
9 389 (12.42%) Vue
10 339 (10.83%) RESTful
11 229 (7.31%) Entity Framework
12 211 (6.74%) Blazor
13 196 (6.26%) Spring
14 185 (5.91%) ASP.NET Web API
15 178 (5.69%) REST
16 157 (5.01%) Spring Boot
17 154 (4.92%) ML.NET
18 147 (4.69%) Next.js
19 131 (4.18%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 281 (8.97%) Cloud Native
2 170 (5.43%) Greenfield Project
3 102 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
4 88 (2.81%) Mobile App
5 74 (2.36%) Product Ownership
6 72 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 61 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 53 (1.69%) AI Agents
9 47 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 38 (1.21%) Low-Code
11 37 (1.18%) Fixed Income
12 32 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
13 31 (0.99%) Onboarding
14 29 (0.93%) e-Learning
15 28 (0.89%) IoT
16 22 (0.70%) Social Media
17 20 (0.64%) Digital TV
17 20 (0.64%) Virtual Team
18 18 (0.57%) Algorithms
19 17 (0.54%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 54 (1.72%) Linux
2 23 (0.73%) Android
3 14 (0.45%) Windows
4 8 (0.26%) Unix
5 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.096%) AIX
7 3 (0.096%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.096%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.064%) VMS
9 1 (0.032%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 922 (29.45%) Software Engineering
2 895 (28.59%) Agile
3 723 (23.09%) CI/CD
4 668 (21.34%) AI
5 554 (17.69%) DevOps
6 545 (17.41%) Microservices
7 353 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
8 296 (9.45%) Machine Learning
9 295 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 287 (9.17%) Mentoring
11 252 (8.05%) Test Automation
12 210 (6.71%) Scrum
13 192 (6.13%) TDD
14 179 (5.72%) Clean Code
15 174 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
16 172 (5.49%) Multithreading
17 164 (5.24%) Containerisation
18 163 (5.21%) Observability
19 156 (4.98%) Technical Leadership
20 148 (4.73%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 953 (30.44%) JavaScript
2 903 (28.84%) C#
2 903 (28.84%) TypeScript
3 749 (23.92%) SQL
4 593 (18.94%) Python
5 506 (16.16%) Java
6 106 (3.39%) PHP
7 93 (2.97%) Go
8 71 (2.27%) Ruby
9 65 (2.08%) C++
10 30 (0.96%) Bash
11 27 (0.86%) Groovy
12 19 (0.61%) Rust
13 17 (0.54%) Perl
14 14 (0.45%) Bicep
14 14 (0.45%) Kotlin
15 11 (0.35%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.22%) C
17 6 (0.19%) PowerShell
18 5 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 208 (6.64%) Security Cleared
2 164 (5.24%) Degree
3 150 (4.79%) SC Cleared
4 117 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (1.15%) DV Cleared
6 21 (0.67%) AWS Certification
7 19 (0.61%) Master's Degree
8 12 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (0.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 10 (0.32%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.29%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.13%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.13%) PhD
15 3 (0.096%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 1 (0.032%) CCNA
16 1 (0.032%) CCNP
16 1 (0.032%) Cisco Certification
16 1 (0.032%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (3.16%) QA
2 64 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 29 (0.93%) WCAG
4 19 (0.61%) Data Quality
5 17 (0.54%) GDPR
6 8 (0.26%) NCSC
7 7 (0.22%) GRC
8 5 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.096%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.096%) SLA
10 2 (0.064%) Good Clinical Practice
10 2 (0.064%) ITGC
10 2 (0.064%) NIST
11 1 (0.032%) HL7
11 1 (0.032%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.032%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.032%) SOC 2
System Software
1 434 (13.86%) Docker
2 5 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.13%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.13%) Firmware
4 2 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.064%) vSphere
5 1 (0.032%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 327 (10.44%) Kubernetes
2 141 (4.50%) Terraform
3 31 (0.99%) Grafana
4 20 (0.64%) 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 2 (0.064%) Argo
11 2 (0.064%) Nagios
12 1 (0.032%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.032%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.032%) Graylog
12 1 (0.032%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.032%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 614 (19.61%) Microsoft
2 83 (2.65%) Google
3 58 (1.85%) Facebook
4 32 (1.02%) OpenAI
5 29 (0.93%) Adobe
6 23 (0.73%) Oracle
7 22 (0.70%) Salesforce
8 21 (0.67%) YouTube
9 19 (0.61%) Palantir
10 18 (0.57%) Apple
11 17 (0.54%) Foundry
11 17 (0.54%) Sony
11 17 (0.54%) Yahoo!
12 13 (0.42%) Splunk
13 12 (0.38%) AppDynamics
13 12 (0.38%) Databricks
14 10 (0.32%) Sitecore
15 9 (0.29%) OneLogin
16 8 (0.26%) Dynatrace
17 6 (0.19%) Palo Alto