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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 97 42
Rank change year-on-year +31 -55 +25
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 2,432 1,308 4,998
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.67% 3.04% 5.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.59% 3.28% 6.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,971 1,000 3,926
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,494
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.36% -0.01%

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 67,799 39,928 81,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.55% 92.95% 85.54%
Number of salaries quoted 42,318 22,681 59,568
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,250 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -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 5 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Development in the UK

Full-Stack Development
Top 19 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 5 May 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 +38 2,196 £70,000 +7.69% 902
UK excluding London +29 1,463 £65,000 +8.33% 659
Work from Home +31 911 £70,000 +7.69% 481
London +38 788 £85,000 +6.25% 358
North of England +44 451 £70,000 +21.74% 191
South East +25 363 £60,000 - 180
Midlands +16 246 £55,000 +4.76% 72
North West +24 232 £67,500 +12.50% 103
South West +12 211 £60,000 -4.00% 76
Yorkshire +30 160 £75,000 +36.36% 57
West Midlands +22 131 £60,000 +2.13% 26
East of England +44 115 £67,500 +22.73% 83
East Midlands -11 114 £55,000 +15.79% 46
North East +9 59 £60,000 +9.09% 31
Scotland -46 40 £60,000 -9.77% 38
Northern Ireland - 26 £70,000 - 7
Wales -41 18 £52,500 -25.00% 16
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
Isle of Man - 1 £35,000 - 1

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 17 (0.70%) CMS
2 16 (0.66%) Confluence
3 14 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.45%) ColdFusion
5 9 (0.37%) Apache
5 9 (0.37%) OpenStack
5 9 (0.37%) WordPress
6 8 (0.33%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.29%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
9 5 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.16%) Appian
10 4 (0.16%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.16%) IIS
11 3 (0.12%) Liferay
11 3 (0.12%) nginx
12 2 (0.082%) CICS
12 2 (0.082%) Drupal
12 2 (0.082%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.082%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 6 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.12%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.082%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.16%) Shopify
2 1 (0.041%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.041%) Magento
2 1 (0.041%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.041%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 701 (28.82%) AWS
2 452 (18.59%) Azure
3 230 (9.46%) SaaS
4 191 (7.85%) Serverless
5 161 (6.62%) GCP
6 132 (5.43%) GitHub
7 115 (4.73%) AWS Lambda
8 99 (4.07%) Amazon S3
9 87 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
10 64 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
11 61 (2.51%) Amazon SQS
12 48 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
13 44 (1.81%) Figma
14 43 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
15 29 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
16 27 (1.11%) Power Platform
17 25 (1.03%) Entra ID
17 25 (1.03%) GitHub Copilot
18 23 (0.95%) Amazon EKS
19 22 (0.90%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.06%) Broadband
2 10 (0.41%) HTTP
3 6 (0.25%) DNS
3 6 (0.25%) Firewall
4 5 (0.21%) Internet
5 4 (0.16%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.12%) VPN
6 3 (0.12%) WAN
7 2 (0.082%) DHCP
7 2 (0.082%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.082%) LAN
7 2 (0.082%) VLAN
8 1 (0.041%) AMQP
8 1 (0.041%) MQTT
8 1 (0.041%) Multicast
8 1 (0.041%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.041%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.041%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.041%) VSAN
8 1 (0.041%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (6.66%) PostgreSQL
2 145 (5.96%) MongoDB
3 122 (5.02%) SQL Server
4 119 (4.89%) NoSQL
5 62 (2.55%) MySQL
6 50 (2.06%) DynamoDB
7 49 (2.01%) Relational Database
8 45 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (0.86%) Redis
10 19 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (0.78%) Power BI
11 14 (0.58%) Pinecone
12 12 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.33%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.33%) DB2
15 7 (0.29%) GIS
16 6 (0.25%) MariaDB
17 4 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
17 4 (0.16%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 177 (7.28%) Git
2 96 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 64 (2.63%) Cypress.io
4 44 (1.81%) GitLab
5 37 (1.52%) JIRA
6 26 (1.07%) Maven
7 23 (0.95%) SonarQube
8 19 (0.78%) CircleCI
8 19 (0.78%) Vite
9 17 (0.70%) JUnit
10 14 (0.58%) Claude Code
10 14 (0.58%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.53%) Bitbucket
12 11 (0.45%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.45%) Mockito
13 8 (0.33%) Selenium
14 7 (0.29%) ESLint
14 7 (0.29%) NUnit
15 6 (0.25%) webpack
16 4 (0.16%) Storybook
General
1 272 (11.18%) Social Skills
2 253 (10.40%) Finance
3 70 (2.88%) Public Sector
4 68 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (2.22%) Banking
6 51 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (1.81%) Retail
8 40 (1.64%) Marketing
9 39 (1.60%) Front Office
10 38 (1.56%) Law
11 36 (1.48%) Games
12 33 (1.36%) Tech for Good
13 28 (1.15%) Aviation
14 25 (1.03%) Manufacturing
15 21 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (0.82%) Health Technology
17 19 (0.78%) Legal
18 17 (0.70%) Advertising
18 17 (0.70%) Investment Banking
19 12 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,401 (57.61%) Developer
2 981 (40.34%) Full-Stack Developer
3 598 (24.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 557 (22.90%) Senior
5 447 (18.38%) Software Engineer
6 361 (14.84%) Lead
7 270 (11.10%) Senior Developer
8 195 (8.02%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 195 (8.02%) Lead Developer
9 190 (7.81%) Software Developer
10 188 (7.73%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 183 (7.52%) .NET Developer
12 158 (6.50%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
13 145 (5.96%) Java Developer
13 145 (5.96%) React Developer
14 125 (5.14%) Senior Software Engineer
15 107 (4.40%) Python Developer
16 91 (3.74%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 86 (3.54%) Full-Stack Python Developer
17 86 (3.54%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 844 (34.70%) React
2 482 (19.82%) .NET
3 470 (19.33%) Node.js
4 245 (10.07%) AngularJS
5 241 (9.91%) CSS
5 241 (9.91%) HTML
6 205 (8.43%) Vue
7 172 (7.07%) RESTful
8 160 (6.58%) Spring
9 155 (6.37%) .NET Core
10 139 (5.72%) REST
11 135 (5.55%) Spring Boot
12 127 (5.22%) Next.js
13 92 (3.78%) ASP.NET
14 76 (3.13%) GraphQL
15 68 (2.80%) Laravel
16 67 (2.75%) .NET Framework
17 66 (2.71%) React Native
18 62 (2.55%) Entity Framework
19 61 (2.51%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 173 (7.11%) Cloud Native
2 102 (4.19%) Greenfield Project
3 73 (3.00%) Product Ownership
4 66 (2.71%) Mobile App
5 61 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
6 47 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (1.44%) AI Agents
7 35 (1.44%) Fixed Income
8 32 (1.32%) IoT
9 24 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (0.95%) Low-Code
11 22 (0.90%) e-Learning
12 19 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
12 19 (0.78%) Smart Energy
13 16 (0.66%) Onboarding
13 16 (0.66%) Virtual Team
14 15 (0.62%) Data Structures
14 15 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 13 (0.53%) Blog
15 13 (0.53%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 32 (1.32%) Linux
2 23 (0.95%) Android
3 20 (0.82%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.25%) Windows
5 5 (0.21%) Unix
6 2 (0.082%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.041%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.041%) VMS
7 1 (0.041%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 762 (31.33%) Software Engineering
2 503 (20.68%) Agile
3 451 (18.54%) CI/CD
4 381 (15.67%) AI
5 362 (14.88%) DevOps
6 327 (13.45%) Microservices
7 311 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
8 243 (9.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 241 (9.91%) Mentoring
10 197 (8.10%) Test Automation
11 171 (7.03%) User Experience
12 152 (6.25%) Containerisation
13 145 (5.96%) Clean Code
14 140 (5.76%) Web Development
15 139 (5.72%) Scrum
16 123 (5.06%) Infrastructure as Code
17 121 (4.98%) Technical Leadership
18 117 (4.81%) Computer Science
19 116 (4.77%) Machine Learning
20 114 (4.69%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 697 (28.66%) TypeScript
2 686 (28.21%) JavaScript
3 490 (20.15%) Python
4 448 (18.42%) Java
5 430 (17.68%) C#
6 317 (13.03%) SQL
7 99 (4.07%) PHP
8 63 (2.59%) Go
9 53 (2.18%) Ruby
10 31 (1.27%) Bash
11 24 (0.99%) C++
12 17 (0.70%) C
13 16 (0.66%) Groovy
13 16 (0.66%) Kotlin
14 12 (0.49%) Bicep
14 12 (0.49%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.29%) Rust
16 6 (0.25%) R
16 6 (0.25%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 169 (6.95%) Security Cleared
2 122 (5.02%) Degree
3 121 (4.98%) SC Cleared
4 80 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (1.48%) DV Cleared
6 19 (0.78%) Master's Degree
7 17 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 11 (0.45%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.29%) AWS Certified Developer
10 6 (0.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 6 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.21%) PhD
12 2 (0.082%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.041%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.041%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.041%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.041%) MBA
13 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (4.28%) QA
2 44 (1.81%) Accessibility
3 10 (0.41%) Data Quality
3 10 (0.41%) GDPR
4 7 (0.29%) GRC
5 6 (0.25%) SLA
5 6 (0.25%) WCAG
6 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.16%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.082%) HL7
7 2 (0.082%) ITGC
7 2 (0.082%) NCSC
7 2 (0.082%) NIST
8 1 (0.041%) PERC
8 1 (0.041%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.041%) SOC 2
System Software
1 243 (9.99%) Docker
2 9 (0.37%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.12%) Firmware
4 3 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.082%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.082%) vSphere
6 1 (0.041%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 167 (6.87%) Kubernetes
2 120 (4.93%) Terraform
3 33 (1.36%) Grafana
4 29 (1.19%) Ansible
5 20 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 14 (0.58%) HP Fortify
7 13 (0.53%) Podman
8 10 (0.41%) Argo
9 7 (0.29%) Kibana
9 7 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.16%) logstash
11 3 (0.12%) Nagios
12 1 (0.041%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.041%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.041%) Graylog
12 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.041%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 154 (6.33%) Microsoft
2 34 (1.40%) Google
2 34 (1.40%) OpenAI
3 31 (1.27%) Adobe
4 25 (1.03%) Oracle
5 11 (0.45%) Foundry
6 10 (0.41%) Palantir
6 10 (0.41%) Salesforce
7 8 (0.33%) Peregrine
8 6 (0.25%) Databricks
8 6 (0.25%) Dynatrace
8 6 (0.25%) Facebook
8 6 (0.25%) Pega
9 5 (0.21%) Apple
9 5 (0.21%) Fortinet
9 5 (0.21%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.16%) DevExpress
10 4 (0.16%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.16%) Splunk
10 4 (0.16%) WooCommerce