Full Stack Development Contracts

Full-Stack Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Full Stack Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Full Stack Development over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 91 73
Rank change year-on-year +6 -18 -13
Contract jobs citing Full Stack Development 1,062 1,451 2,905
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.46% 2.57% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 2.87% 3.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1,091 2,244
10th Percentile £325 £406 £413
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £675
90th Percentile £788 £763 £773
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 26
10th Percentile £41.80 £38.00 £45.00
25th Percentile £54.06 £42.50 £50.31
Median hourly rate £64.75 £50.00 £62.77
Median % change year-on-year +29.50% -20.34% +14.13%
75th Percentile £75.63 £57.81 £75.39
90th Percentile £79.75 £58.38 £76.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £56.25 £70.27
% change year-on-year +24.44% -19.95% +27.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Full Stack Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

Full Stack Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Full Stack Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Full Stack Development in the UK

Full Stack Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Full Stack Development.

Daily rate trend for Full Stack Development in the UK

Full Stack Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Full Stack Development over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Full Stack Development in the UK

Full Stack Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Full Stack Development.

Hourly rate trend for Full Stack Development in the UK

Full Stack Development
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Full Stack Development over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Full Stack Development in the UK

Full Stack Development
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Full Stack Development within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +4 903 £550 -4.35% 959
London +6 565 £600 - 420
Work from Home +1 419 £525 -4.55% 631
UK excluding London +30 384 £475 -5.00% 578
South East +30 96 £450 -18.18% 92
North of England -18 80 £513 -3.53% 182
South West +11 58 £475 +5.56% 88
Scotland +44 54 £450 -5.26% 29
Midlands +31 48 £400 -15.79% 111
North West -12 46 £513 -2.38% 110
West Midlands +25 33 £363 -32.56% 64
Yorkshire +14 30 £513 -2.38% 51
Wales +33 25 £444 +4.41% 20
East of England +16 24 £479 +12.71% 56
East Midlands +5 14 £415 -3.88% 47
North East -13 4 - - 24
Northern Ireland - 1 £550 - 11

Full Stack Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 96 (9.04%) Apache
2 74 (6.97%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (2.07%) CMS
4 17 (1.60%) nginx
5 15 (1.41%) Confluence
6 10 (0.94%) Drupal
6 10 (0.94%) WordPress
7 7 (0.66%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.66%) BizTalk Server
7 7 (0.66%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.47%) JBoss
9 3 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.19%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.19%) Camunda
10 2 (0.19%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.19%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.19%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.094%) Simulink
2 1 (0.094%) Sketch
2 1 (0.094%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.75%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.094%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.094%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 417 (39.27%) AWS
2 329 (30.98%) Azure
3 129 (12.15%) GCP
4 114 (10.73%) Serverless
5 59 (5.56%) GitHub
6 56 (5.27%) Azure DevOps
7 50 (4.71%) Azure Functions
8 46 (4.33%) AWS Lambda
9 42 (3.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 32 (3.01%) Amazon S3
11 30 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
12 26 (2.45%) Azure Service Bus
13 25 (2.35%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (2.35%) SaaS
14 22 (2.07%) npm
15 20 (1.88%) Entra ID
16 16 (1.51%) Amazon EKS
16 16 (1.51%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
17 14 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
17 14 (1.32%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.88%) VPN
2 16 (1.51%) Firewall
3 6 (0.56%) DNS
3 6 (0.56%) HTTP
4 3 (0.28%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.19%) DHCP
5 2 (0.19%) OpenLDAP
5 2 (0.19%) SSH
6 1 (0.094%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.094%) DWDM
6 1 (0.094%) FTP
6 1 (0.094%) Internet
6 1 (0.094%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.094%) LAN
6 1 (0.094%) LTE
6 1 (0.094%) Network Security
6 1 (0.094%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.094%) VLAN
6 1 (0.094%) WAN
6 1 (0.094%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (15.16%) PostgreSQL
2 84 (7.91%) NoSQL
3 79 (7.44%) SQL Server
4 74 (6.97%) Apache Ignite
4 74 (6.97%) MongoDB
5 67 (6.31%) MySQL
6 42 (3.95%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.79%) Redis
8 18 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 17 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (1.32%) Flink
11 12 (1.13%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (0.94%) DynamoDB
12 10 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.66%) Big Data
14 7 (0.66%) InterSystems Cache
14 7 (0.66%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.66%) Power BI
15 6 (0.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 106 (9.98%) Git
2 89 (8.38%) Cypress.io
3 44 (4.14%) JIRA
4 38 (3.58%) GitLab
5 36 (3.39%) Jenkins
6 33 (3.11%) webpack
7 23 (2.17%) Selenium
8 21 (1.98%) JUnit
9 11 (1.04%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.04%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.04%) Postman
10 10 (0.94%) Maven
11 9 (0.85%) Cucumber
12 8 (0.75%) TeamCity
13 7 (0.66%) Mockito
13 7 (0.66%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio
15 5 (0.47%) Gradle
15 5 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
15 5 (0.47%) SpecFlow
General
1 242 (22.79%) Finance
2 147 (13.84%) Front Office
3 140 (13.18%) Social Skills
4 121 (11.39%) Banking
5 92 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (5.93%) Public Sector
7 30 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (1.60%) Investment Banking
9 16 (1.51%) Tech for Good
10 15 (1.41%) Marketing
11 10 (0.94%) Financial Institution
11 10 (0.94%) Retail
12 7 (0.66%) Automotive
12 7 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.56%) Games
14 5 (0.47%) Aviation
14 5 (0.47%) Billing
15 4 (0.38%) Law
15 4 (0.38%) Music Industry
15 4 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 824 (77.59%) Developer
2 589 (55.46%) Full Stack Developer
3 182 (17.14%) React Developer
4 159 (14.97%) Software Engineer
5 147 (13.84%) Full Stack Engineer
6 119 (11.21%) .NET Developer
7 103 (9.70%) Python Developer
8 102 (9.60%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 96 (9.04%) Senior
10 90 (8.47%) Java Developer
11 80 (7.53%) Python Engineer
12 74 (6.97%) C# Developer
13 71 (6.69%) Python Software Engineer
14 69 (6.50%) Full Stack Software Engineer
15 65 (6.12%) Full Stack .NET Developer
15 65 (6.12%) Full Stack Java Developer
16 61 (5.74%) Full-Stack C# Developer
17 58 (5.46%) Angular Developer
17 58 (5.46%) Full Stack Python Developer
18 56 (5.27%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 536 (50.47%) React
2 242 (22.79%) AngularJS
3 230 (21.66%) .NET
4 212 (19.96%) CSS
5 206 (19.40%) Node.js
6 205 (19.30%) HTML
7 135 (12.71%) Redux
8 103 (9.70%) REST
9 90 (8.47%) Spring
10 75 (7.06%) gRPC
10 75 (7.06%) Protocol Buffers
11 72 (6.78%) Vue
12 71 (6.69%) .NET Core
12 71 (6.69%) Material-UI
13 68 (6.40%) GraphQL
14 67 (6.31%) Spring Boot
15 55 (5.18%) ASP.NET
16 53 (4.99%) Laravel
17 51 (4.80%) Next.js
18 50 (4.71%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 108 (10.17%) Fixed Income
2 106 (9.98%) Hedge funds
3 55 (5.18%) Equities
4 51 (4.80%) Product Ownership
5 47 (4.43%) Greenfield Project
6 28 (2.64%) Derivative
7 25 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 21 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.79%) Cloud Native
9 19 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.51%) Mobile App
11 13 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.13%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.13%) Public Cloud
13 11 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (0.75%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
16 6 (0.56%) Onboarding
17 5 (0.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
18 4 (0.38%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 63 (5.93%) Linux
2 29 (2.73%) Unix
3 17 (1.60%) Windows
4 14 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.85%) Android
6 5 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.094%) AIX
7 1 (0.094%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.094%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (40.11%) Agile
2 281 (26.46%) Software Engineering
3 228 (21.47%) CI/CD
4 224 (21.09%) DevOps
5 154 (14.50%) Microservices
6 125 (11.77%) Test Automation
7 123 (11.58%) Problem-Solving
7 123 (11.58%) TDD
8 110 (10.36%) Asset Management
9 102 (9.60%) Investment Management
9 102 (9.60%) Machine Learning
10 99 (9.32%) Artificial Intelligence
11 86 (8.10%) SDLC
12 79 (7.44%) Front End Development
13 71 (6.69%) User Experience
14 68 (6.40%) Unit Testing
15 66 (6.21%) Web Development
16 65 (6.12%) Automated Trading
17 64 (6.03%) Scrum
18 54 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 373 (35.12%) JavaScript
2 345 (32.49%) TypeScript
3 280 (26.37%) Java
4 273 (25.71%) Python
5 256 (24.11%) C#
6 212 (19.96%) SQL
7 74 (6.97%) PHP
8 33 (3.11%) C
9 30 (2.82%) C++
10 28 (2.64%) Go
10 28 (2.64%) Kotlin
11 22 (2.07%) PL/SQL
12 19 (1.79%) Ruby
13 14 (1.32%) Bash
14 12 (1.13%) Shell Script
15 11 (1.04%) T-SQL
16 10 (0.94%) PowerShell
17 7 (0.66%) Scala
18 6 (0.56%) Bicep
19 5 (0.47%) ProC
Qualifications
1 112 (10.55%) Security Cleared
2 89 (8.38%) SC Cleared
3 56 (5.27%) Degree
4 27 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.41%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.22%) Master's Degree
7 8 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.38%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.28%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (0.28%) OCP
10 2 (0.19%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.094%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.094%) CCNA
11 1 (0.094%) CCNP
11 1 (0.094%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.094%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.094%) JNCIS
11 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.094%) PhD
11 1 (0.094%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (7.82%) QA
2 43 (4.05%) Accessibility
3 7 (0.66%) WCAG
4 6 (0.56%) MiFID
5 3 (0.28%) SLA
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.094%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.094%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.094%) GDPR
7 1 (0.094%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.094%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.094%) MISRA
7 1 (0.094%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.094%) NCSC
7 1 (0.094%) NIST
7 1 (0.094%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 91 (8.57%) Docker
2 23 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.19%) VirtualBox
3 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 109 (10.26%) Kubernetes
2 48 (4.52%) Terraform
3 17 (1.60%) Grafana
4 9 (0.85%) Ansible
5 8 (0.75%) Kibana
6 5 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.38%) logstash
8 3 (0.28%) Rancher
8 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.094%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.094%) Puppet
Vendors
1 79 (7.44%) Google
2 64 (6.03%) Microsoft
3 42 (3.95%) Oracle
4 12 (1.13%) Databricks
5 8 (0.75%) Salesforce
6 7 (0.66%) Atlassian
6 7 (0.66%) MuleSoft
7 6 (0.56%) Xamarin
8 5 (0.47%) Optimizely
8 5 (0.47%) Virgin Media
9 4 (0.38%) VMware
10 3 (0.28%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.28%) SAP
10 3 (0.28%) Sitecore
10 3 (0.28%) Splunk
10 3 (0.28%) WooCommerce
11 2 (0.19%) Confluent
11 2 (0.19%) IBM
12 1 (0.094%) Cisco
12 1 (0.094%) Compaq