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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 51 68
Rank change year-on-year -61 +17 -11
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 1,250 2,936 2,142
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.32% 4.39% 4.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 5.16% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 958 1,554 1,919
10th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £98,750 £113,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.65% +2.73%

All Process and 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 45,707 56,896 47,775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.68% 85.15% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27,910 29,661 36,781
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,001 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.75% +3.69% -0.94%

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 -59 1,108 £70,000 +7.69% 915
UK excluding London -88 657 £60,000 +9.09% 821
London -17 532 £88,750 +4.41% 310
Work from Home -45 486 £65,000 +4.00% 437
North of England -52 175 £60,000 +4.35% 157
South East -78 169 £60,000 - 298
Midlands -54 101 £60,000 +20.00% 127
North West -25 93 £65,000 +13.04% 76
South West -58 80 £60,000 +9.09% 100
West Midlands -25 59 £60,000 +9.09% 74
Yorkshire -46 58 £63,750 +15.91% 60
Scotland -27 56 £67,500 +22.73% 28
East of England -71 47 £55,000 -15.38% 80
East Midlands -54 42 £62,500 +47.06% 52
North East -11 24 £50,000 -14.89% 23
Wales -26 24 £60,000 +9.09% 28
Northern Ireland -19 6 £72,500 +16.00% 8
Channel Islands +5 1 £90,000 -

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 19 (1.52%) CMS
2 12 (0.96%) IIS
3 11 (0.88%) SharePoint
4 10 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.72%) Headless CMS
6 8 (0.64%) Confluence
7 7 (0.56%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.48%) nginx
9 5 (0.40%) Apache
10 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.32%) OpenStack
10 4 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.32%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.24%) Appian
11 3 (0.24%) Camunda
11 3 (0.24%) Drupal
11 3 (0.24%) WordPress
12 2 (0.16%) ColdFusion
12 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.080%) TPMS
Applications
1 6 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.24%) S-PLUS
3 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.080%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 12 (0.96%) Shopify
2 3 (0.24%) Magento
3 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 518 (41.44%) AWS
2 452 (36.16%) Azure
3 131 (10.48%) SaaS
4 129 (10.32%) Serverless
5 121 (9.68%) GitHub
6 112 (8.96%) GCP
7 73 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (4.56%) Amazon ECS
9 53 (4.24%) AWS Lambda
10 48 (3.84%) Amazon S3
11 47 (3.76%) GitHub Actions
12 44 (3.52%) Amazon EKS
13 32 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
14 31 (2.48%) PaaS
15 25 (2.00%) Amazon SQS
15 25 (2.00%) Azure Service Bus
16 24 (1.92%) Azure App Service
16 24 (1.92%) Power Platform
17 23 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 23 (1.84%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.48%) Firewall
1 6 (0.48%) HTTP
2 4 (0.32%) WAN
3 3 (0.24%) Broadband
3 3 (0.24%) DNS
3 3 (0.24%) LAN
3 3 (0.24%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.24%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.24%) VLAN
3 3 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.16%) AMQP
4 2 (0.16%) DHCP
5 1 (0.080%) FTP
5 1 (0.080%) Internet
5 1 (0.080%) Network Security
5 1 (0.080%) SAN
5 1 (0.080%) SNMP
5 1 (0.080%) SSL
5 1 (0.080%) VPN
5 1 (0.080%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (12.08%) SQL Server
2 124 (9.92%) PostgreSQL
3 97 (7.76%) NoSQL
4 94 (7.52%) MongoDB
5 89 (7.12%) Relational Database
6 77 (6.16%) MySQL
7 50 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
8 35 (2.80%) RDBMS
9 29 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
10 28 (2.24%) Redis
11 19 (1.52%) DynamoDB
12 18 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
13 13 (1.04%) Power BI
14 11 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (0.72%) Big Data
16 8 (0.64%) NonStop SQL
16 8 (0.64%) Oracle Database
17 6 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
17 6 (0.48%) Pinecone
18 5 (0.40%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 183 (14.64%) Git
2 63 (5.04%) Jenkins
3 48 (3.84%) Cypress.io
4 45 (3.60%) JIRA
5 34 (2.72%) JUnit
6 25 (2.00%) Mockito
7 24 (1.92%) JMeter
8 20 (1.60%) GitLab
9 18 (1.44%) webpack
10 17 (1.36%) Visual Studio
11 15 (1.20%) Vite
12 14 (1.12%) TeamCity
13 13 (1.04%) Maven
14 9 (0.72%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
15 8 (0.64%) SonarQube
16 7 (0.56%) CircleCI
16 7 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
17 6 (0.48%) Selenium
18 5 (0.40%) NUnit
General
1 286 (22.88%) Social Skills
2 234 (18.72%) Finance
3 116 (9.28%) Law
4 82 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 66 (5.28%) Public Sector
6 61 (4.88%) Banking
7 58 (4.64%) Marketing
8 48 (3.84%) Front Office
9 44 (3.52%) Analytical Skills
10 35 (2.80%) Investment Banking
11 32 (2.56%) Retail
12 31 (2.48%) Legal
13 19 (1.52%) Health Technology
14 16 (1.28%) Games
15 15 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (1.04%) Back Office
16 13 (1.04%) Financial Institution
17 11 (0.88%) Advertising
17 11 (0.88%) Manufacturing
17 11 (0.88%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 735 (58.80%) Developer
2 497 (39.76%) Full-Stack Developer
3 275 (22.00%) Senior
4 260 (20.80%) Software Engineer
5 233 (18.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 183 (14.64%) Lead
7 158 (12.64%) Senior Developer
8 127 (10.16%) .NET Developer
9 110 (8.80%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 107 (8.56%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
11 98 (7.84%) Java Developer
12 94 (7.52%) Software Developer
13 78 (6.24%) Lead Developer
14 73 (5.84%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 71 (5.68%) React Developer
16 66 (5.28%) C# Developer
17 59 (4.72%) Senior Software Engineer
18 56 (4.48%) Java Engineer
19 51 (4.08%) Lead Software Engineer
20 47 (3.76%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 646 (51.68%) React
2 403 (32.24%) .NET
3 285 (22.80%) AngularJS
3 285 (22.80%) HTML
4 265 (21.20%) Node.js
5 250 (20.00%) CSS
6 187 (14.96%) RESTful
7 178 (14.24%) Vue
8 154 (12.32%) Spring
9 151 (12.08%) .NET Core
10 140 (11.20%) REST
11 130 (10.40%) ASP.NET
12 116 (9.28%) .NET Framework
13 107 (8.56%) GraphQL
13 107 (8.56%) Spring Boot
14 90 (7.20%) Kafka
15 85 (6.80%) Entity Framework
16 80 (6.40%) HTML5
17 77 (6.16%) Next.js
18 66 (5.28%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 148 (11.84%) Cloud Native
2 78 (6.24%) Distributed Systems
3 49 (3.92%) Product Ownership
4 37 (2.96%) Mobile App
5 34 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (2.48%) Fixed Income
7 28 (2.24%) Algorithms
7 28 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (1.68%) Onboarding
9 18 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (1.36%) AI Agents
11 16 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (1.20%) IoT
12 15 (1.20%) Reference Data
13 14 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 14 (1.12%) Hedge funds
13 14 (1.12%) Private Cloud
14 13 (1.04%) Data Structures
14 13 (1.04%) Virtual Team
15 12 (0.96%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.20%) Linux
2 12 (0.96%) Android
2 12 (0.96%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.80%) Unix
3 10 (0.80%) Windows
4 7 (0.56%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (43.92%) Agile
2 434 (34.72%) CI/CD
3 421 (33.68%) Software Engineering
4 288 (23.04%) DevOps
5 262 (20.96%) Problem-Solving
6 261 (20.88%) Microservices
7 238 (19.04%) AI
8 210 (16.80%) User Experience
9 193 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 180 (14.40%) Mentoring
11 142 (11.36%) SDLC
12 141 (11.28%) Clean Code
13 128 (10.24%) TDD
14 127 (10.16%) Test Automation
15 123 (9.84%) MVC
16 117 (9.36%) Computer Science
17 112 (8.96%) Containerisation
18 110 (8.80%) Scrum
19 109 (8.72%) Front End Development
20 100 (8.00%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 532 (42.56%) JavaScript
2 453 (36.24%) TypeScript
3 406 (32.48%) C#
4 315 (25.20%) Java
5 287 (22.96%) SQL
6 277 (22.16%) Python
7 53 (4.24%) PHP
8 50 (4.00%) Go
9 35 (2.80%) Rust
10 26 (2.08%) Ruby
11 21 (1.68%) Shell Script
12 16 (1.28%) C++
13 15 (1.20%) PL/SQL
13 15 (1.20%) PowerShell
14 14 (1.12%) Bash
15 12 (0.96%) C
16 11 (0.88%) Bicep
17 9 (0.72%) VB.NET
18 8 (0.64%) Groovy
18 8 (0.64%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (9.28%) Degree
2 108 (8.64%) Security Cleared
3 70 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 60 (4.80%) SC Cleared
5 37 (2.96%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.04%) AWS Certification
6 13 (1.04%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 10 (0.80%) AWS Certified Developer
9 6 (0.48%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.40%) MCP
11 4 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.32%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.16%) CISSP
14 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (6.32%) QA
2 77 (6.16%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.36%) GDPR
4 12 (0.96%) WCAG
5 5 (0.40%) PERC
6 4 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.24%) SLA
8 2 (0.16%) ECSS
8 2 (0.16%) NIST
8 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.080%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.080%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.080%) GRC
9 1 (0.080%) HL7
9 1 (0.080%) MiFID
9 1 (0.080%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 201 (16.08%) Docker
2 17 (1.36%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.24%) HDFS
6 2 (0.16%) Firmware
7 1 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 174 (13.92%) Kubernetes
2 92 (7.36%) Terraform
3 24 (1.92%) Kibana
4 18 (1.44%) Ansible
5 11 (0.88%) Grafana
6 8 (0.64%) Argo
6 8 (0.64%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.24%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.16%) Istio
8 2 (0.16%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.080%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.080%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.080%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.080%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.080%) linkerd
9 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.080%) Nagios
Vendors
1 175 (14.00%) Microsoft
2 35 (2.80%) Oracle
3 28 (2.24%) Splunk
4 27 (2.16%) Dynatrace
5 16 (1.28%) Google
5 16 (1.28%) OpenAI
6 11 (0.88%) Foundry
6 11 (0.88%) Palantir
6 11 (0.88%) VMware
7 10 (0.80%) Apple
7 10 (0.80%) DevExpress
8 9 (0.72%) Databricks
9 7 (0.56%) Facebook
9 7 (0.56%) YouTube
10 6 (0.48%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (0.48%) Fortinet
10 6 (0.48%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.40%) Rollbar
11 5 (0.40%) Zoho
12 4 (0.32%) Pega