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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 102 44
Rank change year-on-year +53 -58 +33
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 3,259 1,390 3,602
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.87% 2.80% 4.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.94% 3.16% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,686 828 2,189
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 82,691 43,965 63,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.84% 88.66% 80.94%
Number of salaries quoted 57,506 24,819 36,681
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.23%

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 13 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 13 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 +64 2,962 £65,000 -7.14% 1,790
UK excluding London +85 2,270 £60,000 - 895
Work from Home +43 1,348 £60,000 -7.69% 2,657
London +11 838 £85,000 +1.49% 1,083
North of England +68 755 £65,000 +8.33% 257
South East +111 557 £60,000 - 187
North West +43 422 £65,000 -3.70% 148
South West +66 322 £60,000 - 119
Midlands +36 300 £55,000 -8.33% 106
Yorkshire +67 211 £70,000 +16.67% 79
East of England +48 173 £60,000 +33.33% 90
West Midlands +32 168 £60,000 -4.00% 51
East Midlands +21 132 £55,000 +15.79% 55
North East +17 122 £51,000 +17.58% 33
Scotland -11 101 £60,000 -7.69% 90
Wales -38 59 £60,000 - 18
Northern Ireland -74 8 £90,000 +50.00% 33
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 (0.77%) CMS
2 24 (0.74%) Confluence
3 17 (0.52%) WordPress
4 10 (0.31%) Apache
4 10 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
5 9 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 9 (0.28%) IIS
6 8 (0.25%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.21%) ColdFusion
7 7 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.15%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.12%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.092%) DNN
10 3 (0.092%) EPiServer
10 3 (0.092%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.092%) Immediacy CMS
10 3 (0.092%) Kentico
10 3 (0.092%) nginx
10 3 (0.092%) Palantir Foundry
10 3 (0.092%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 12 (0.37%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.061%) Elementor
2 2 (0.061%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (0.18%) Shopify
2 2 (0.061%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.061%) 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
1 914 (28.05%) AWS
2 909 (27.89%) Azure
3 308 (9.45%) GitHub
4 241 (7.39%) Azure DevOps
5 235 (7.21%) SaaS
6 201 (6.17%) Serverless
7 186 (5.71%) GCP
8 179 (5.49%) GitHub Copilot
9 158 (4.85%) Azure AI
10 138 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
11 103 (3.16%) Amazon S3
12 88 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
13 78 (2.39%) Amazon SQS
14 75 (2.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 64 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
16 58 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
17 57 (1.75%) Anthropic Claude
18 54 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
19 33 (1.01%) AWS Step Functions
20 32 (0.98%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 62 (1.90%) Internet
2 49 (1.50%) Broadband
3 17 (0.52%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.40%) DNS
5 11 (0.34%) Firewall
5 11 (0.34%) HTTP
6 6 (0.18%) Hyperconnected
7 5 (0.15%) MQTT
7 5 (0.15%) VoIP
8 3 (0.092%) DHCP
9 2 (0.061%) AMQP
9 2 (0.061%) LAN
9 2 (0.061%) Network Security
9 2 (0.061%) VPN
9 2 (0.061%) WAN
10 1 (0.031%) Diameter Protocol
10 1 (0.031%) Multicast
10 1 (0.031%) SCTP
10 1 (0.031%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.031%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 513 (15.74%) MongoDB
2 448 (13.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 222 (6.81%) PostgreSQL
4 180 (5.52%) SQL Server
5 156 (4.79%) Elasticsearch
6 105 (3.22%) NoSQL
7 90 (2.76%) MySQL
8 83 (2.55%) Relational Database
9 70 (2.15%) DynamoDB
10 59 (1.81%) Redis
11 28 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
12 20 (0.61%) Power BI
13 17 (0.52%) 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
1 239 (7.33%) Git
2 103 (3.16%) Jenkins
3 91 (2.79%) GitLab
4 65 (1.99%) Cypress.io
5 61 (1.87%) JUnit
6 45 (1.38%) Claude Code
7 39 (1.20%) JIRA
8 38 (1.17%) Maven
9 31 (0.95%) Subversion
10 29 (0.89%) Eclipse
11 24 (0.74%) SonarQube
12 17 (0.52%) Vite
13 16 (0.49%) Mockito
14 15 (0.46%) Selenium
15 14 (0.43%) Spock
16 13 (0.40%) Storybook
17 11 (0.34%) CircleCI
17 11 (0.34%) NUnit
18 9 (0.28%) Cucumber
18 9 (0.28%) Postman
General
1 391 (12.00%) Finance
2 304 (9.33%) Social Skills
3 179 (5.49%) Public Sector
4 97 (2.98%) Marketing
5 86 (2.64%) Games
6 73 (2.24%) Analytical Skills
7 69 (2.12%) Advertising
8 68 (2.09%) Retail
9 64 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 62 (1.90%) Banking
11 35 (1.07%) Manufacturing
12 34 (1.04%) Financial Institution
13 33 (1.01%) Law
14 29 (0.89%) Legal
15 24 (0.74%) Tech for Good
16 20 (0.61%) Aerospace
17 17 (0.52%) Automotive
18 15 (0.46%) Investment Banking
19 13 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
20 12 (0.37%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 1,858 (57.01%) Developer
2 1,029 (31.57%) Full-Stack Developer
3 827 (25.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 651 (19.98%) Senior
5 577 (17.70%) .NET Developer
6 527 (16.17%) Software Engineer
7 425 (13.04%) Lead
8 283 (8.68%) Software Developer
9 271 (8.32%) Senior Developer
10 252 (7.73%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
11 237 (7.27%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 180 (5.52%) Lead Developer
13 159 (4.88%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 157 (4.82%) Senior Software Engineer
15 150 (4.60%) Java Developer
16 130 (3.99%) Java Engineer
17 111 (3.41%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
18 100 (3.07%) Python Engineer
19 95 (2.92%) Full-Stack Java Developer
20 87 (2.67%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 999 (30.65%) React
2 958 (29.40%) .NET
3 596 (18.29%) Node.js
4 537 (16.48%) ASP.NET
5 533 (16.35%) .NET Core
6 499 (15.31%) ASP.NET Core
7 424 (13.01%) AngularJS
8 406 (12.46%) CSS
9 387 (11.87%) HTML
10 360 (11.05%) Vue
11 354 (10.86%) RESTful
12 226 (6.93%) Entity Framework
13 222 (6.81%) REST
14 211 (6.47%) Blazor
15 202 (6.20%) Spring
16 181 (5.55%) ASP.NET Web API
17 163 (5.00%) Next.js
17 163 (5.00%) Spring Boot
18 157 (4.82%) Terraform
19 149 (4.57%) ML.NET
Miscellaneous
1 303 (9.30%) Cloud Native
2 145 (4.45%) Greenfield Project
3 122 (3.74%) Distributed Systems
4 90 (2.76%) AI Agents
5 82 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
6 81 (2.49%) Product Ownership
7 75 (2.30%) Mobile App
8 71 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
9 48 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
10 36 (1.10%) e-Learning
11 34 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
12 33 (1.01%) Low-Code
13 26 (0.80%) IoT
14 25 (0.77%) Onboarding
15 22 (0.68%) Virtual Team
16 19 (0.58%) Digital TV
16 19 (0.58%) Social Media
17 18 (0.55%) Algorithms
18 17 (0.52%) BBC
18 17 (0.52%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 59 (1.81%) Linux
2 23 (0.71%) Android
3 15 (0.46%) Windows
4 13 (0.40%) Unix
5 9 (0.28%) Ubuntu
6 7 (0.21%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.15%) VMS
8 4 (0.12%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.092%) AIX
9 3 (0.092%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.031%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 909 (27.89%) Software Engineering
2 900 (27.62%) Agile
3 796 (24.42%) CI/CD
4 741 (22.74%) AI
5 569 (17.46%) Microservices
6 526 (16.14%) DevOps
7 347 (10.65%) Problem-Solving
8 298 (9.14%) Machine Learning
9 289 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 286 (8.78%) Mentoring
11 274 (8.41%) Test Automation
12 203 (6.23%) Scrum
13 196 (6.01%) Clean Code
14 186 (5.71%) Observability
14 186 (5.71%) TDD
15 180 (5.52%) Infrastructure as Code
16 175 (5.37%) LLM
17 173 (5.31%) Multithreading
18 171 (5.25%) Technical Leadership
19 165 (5.06%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 989 (30.35%) JavaScript
2 928 (28.47%) C#
3 903 (27.71%) TypeScript
4 750 (23.01%) SQL
5 593 (18.20%) Python
6 539 (16.54%) Java
7 104 (3.19%) Ruby
8 94 (2.88%) C++
9 85 (2.61%) PHP
10 81 (2.49%) Go
11 68 (2.09%) Kotlin
12 32 (0.98%) Bash
13 30 (0.92%) Groovy
14 26 (0.80%) Perl
15 19 (0.58%) Rust
16 12 (0.37%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.34%) Bicep
18 7 (0.21%) Apex Code
18 7 (0.21%) Shell Script
19 6 (0.18%) C
Qualifications
1 232 (7.12%) Security Cleared
2 186 (5.71%) Degree
3 160 (4.91%) SC Cleared
4 125 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (1.01%) DV Cleared
6 24 (0.74%) AWS Certification
7 18 (0.55%) Master's Degree
8 12 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (0.31%) AWS Certified Developer
9 10 (0.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 9 (0.28%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.21%) Azure Certification
13 6 (0.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.18%) PhD
14 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.092%) Cisco Certification
15 3 (0.092%) ICAEW
15 3 (0.092%) OCP
15 3 (0.092%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (3.01%) QA
2 69 (2.12%) Accessibility
3 35 (1.07%) Data Quality
4 30 (0.92%) WCAG
5 19 (0.58%) GDPR
6 10 (0.31%) NCSC
7 7 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.15%) GRC
8 5 (0.15%) NIST
8 5 (0.15%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.061%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.061%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.061%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.061%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.031%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.031%) ITGC
10 1 (0.031%) SLA
System Software
1 457 (14.02%) Docker
2 4 (0.12%) Firmware
3 3 (0.092%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.061%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.031%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 350 (10.74%) Kubernetes
2 21 (0.64%) Ansible
2 21 (0.64%) Grafana
3 12 (0.37%) HP Fortify
3 12 (0.37%) Prometheus
4 11 (0.34%) Podman
5 10 (0.31%) Kibana
6 7 (0.21%) logstash
6 7 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.092%) Argo
8 2 (0.061%) Bugsnag
8 2 (0.061%) Packer
8 2 (0.061%) Puppet
9 1 (0.031%) Consul
9 1 (0.031%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.031%) Graylog
9 1 (0.031%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 590 (18.10%) Microsoft
2 94 (2.88%) Google
3 57 (1.75%) Facebook
4 48 (1.47%) OpenAI
5 38 (1.17%) Oracle
6 25 (0.77%) YouTube
7 22 (0.68%) Salesforce
7 22 (0.68%) Splunk
8 17 (0.52%) AppDynamics
8 17 (0.52%) Apple
8 17 (0.52%) Sony
8 17 (0.52%) Yahoo!
9 14 (0.43%) Adobe
10 13 (0.40%) Foundry
10 13 (0.40%) Mistral
11 12 (0.37%) Palantir
11 12 (0.37%) Red Hat
12 11 (0.34%) Dynatrace
13 10 (0.31%) OneLogin
13 10 (0.31%) Sitecore