Full Stack Developer Contracts

Full-Stack Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack Developer daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
20 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 204 187
Rank change year-on-year +33 -17 -57
Contract jobs requiring a Full Stack Developer 590 741 1,354
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.39% 1.29% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 1.37% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 564 1,027
10th Percentile £325 £406 £409
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £645 £650
90th Percentile £788 £750 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £450 £494
% change year-on-year -2.78% -8.86% +16.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile £52.00 £45.75 £39.03
25th Percentile £53.13 £46.88 £50.31
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £73.60
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -32.06% +33.81%
75th Percentile £61.00 £54.38 £75.73
90th Percentile £64.60 £56.25 £76.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.75 £55.00 £76.10
% change year-on-year -2.27% -27.72% +90.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,468 54,175 84,246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.61% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,716 37,826 59,224
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +8.47%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.20% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,504 2,051
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +4.19%

Full Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Full Stack Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Full Stack Developer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Full Stack Developer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Top 15 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 Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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 +27 507 £530 -3.64% 267
London +35 330 £563 -5.06% 138
Work from Home +28 228 £540 +6.30% 174
UK excluding London +30 183 £438 -2.78% 171
South East +34 56 £565 +1.57% 52
South West +3 35 £375 -16.67% 25
North of England +2 32 £450 -14.29% 37
Wales +29 18 £438 +2.94% 9
Midlands +13 18 £350 -18.84% 32
North West -8 17 £456 -13.10% 30
Yorkshire +17 15 £400 -17.95% 3
Scotland +25 14 £493 +3.90% 7
West Midlands +22 11 £325 -27.78% 15
East of England +16 10 £375 -16.67% 12
East Midlands +11 7 £410 -3.53% 17

Full Stack Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Full Stack Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Full Stack Developer in the job title.

1 590 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 310 (52.54%) React
3 222 (37.63%) AWS
4 220 (37.29%) Agile
5 214 (36.27%) JavaScript
6 182 (30.85%) Azure
7 173 (29.32%) TypeScript
8 160 (27.12%) AngularJS
9 159 (26.95%) Java
10 157 (26.61%) C#
11 145 (24.58%) Python
12 139 (23.56%) .NET
13 132 (22.37%) CSS
14 128 (21.69%) HTML
15 114 (19.32%) SQL
16 113 (19.15%) CI/CD
17 112 (18.98%) Finance
18 104 (17.63%) DevOps
18 104 (17.63%) Node.js
19 99 (16.78%) Security Cleared
20 98 (16.61%) Microservices
21 89 (15.08%) Software Engineering
22 86 (14.58%) PostgreSQL
23 83 (14.07%) SC Cleared
24 77 (13.05%) Social Skills
25 75 (12.71%) Front Office
26 72 (12.20%) Git
27 70 (11.86%) Test Automation
28 63 (10.68%) REST
28 63 (10.68%) Analytical Skills

Full Stack Developer Skill Set
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 54 (9.15%) Apache
2 33 (5.59%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (3.39%) nginx
4 13 (2.20%) CMS
5 7 (1.19%) BizTalk Server
5 7 (1.19%) Drupal
6 5 (0.85%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.68%) Confluence
8 3 (0.51%) JBoss
8 3 (0.51%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.34%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.34%) Camunda
9 2 (0.34%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.34%) WildFly
10 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.17%) Strapi
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.17%) Sketch
2 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.36%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 222 (37.63%) AWS
2 182 (30.85%) Azure
3 53 (8.98%) GCP
4 49 (8.31%) Serverless
5 34 (5.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 33 (5.59%) Azure Functions
7 27 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (4.07%) Azure Data Factory
8 24 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (3.73%) GitHub
10 20 (3.39%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
10 20 (3.39%) Entra ID
11 15 (2.54%) npm
12 12 (2.03%) Amazon Kinesis
13 11 (1.86%) Azure Service Bus
14 10 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (1.53%) Amazon S3
16 8 (1.36%) Azure Storage
16 8 (1.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.68%) HTTP
2 3 (0.51%) Firewall
2 3 (0.51%) VPN
3 1 (0.17%) DHCP
3 1 (0.17%) DNS
3 1 (0.17%) OpenLDAP
3 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (14.58%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (9.32%) NoSQL
3 51 (8.64%) MongoDB
4 49 (8.31%) SQL Server
5 39 (6.61%) MySQL
6 33 (5.59%) Apache Ignite
7 27 (4.58%) Relational Database
8 14 (2.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (2.03%) Flink
10 7 (1.19%) Redis
11 5 (0.85%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.85%) Power BI
12 4 (0.68%) GIS
12 4 (0.68%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.51%) Big Data
14 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
14 2 (0.34%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.34%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 72 (12.20%) Git
2 45 (7.63%) Cypress.io
3 23 (3.90%) JIRA
4 19 (3.22%) Selenium
5 15 (2.54%) GitLab
5 15 (2.54%) Jenkins
6 13 (2.20%) webpack
7 8 (1.36%) Postman
7 8 (1.36%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.85%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.85%) Jasmine
8 5 (0.85%) JUnit
8 5 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
8 5 (0.85%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.85%) SpecFlow
9 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.51%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.51%) Mocha
10 3 (0.51%) NUnit
10 3 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 112 (18.98%) Finance
2 77 (13.05%) Social Skills
3 75 (12.71%) Front Office
4 63 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (9.66%) Banking
6 44 (7.46%) Public Sector
7 12 (2.03%) Financial Institution
8 9 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.36%) Marketing
10 5 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.68%) Tech for Good
12 3 (0.51%) Automotive
12 3 (0.51%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.51%) Law
12 3 (0.51%) Music Industry
12 3 (0.51%) Retail
13 2 (0.34%) Back Office
13 2 (0.34%) Military
13 2 (0.34%) Publishing
13 2 (0.34%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 310 (52.54%) React
2 160 (27.12%) AngularJS
3 139 (23.56%) .NET
4 132 (22.37%) CSS
5 128 (21.69%) HTML
6 104 (17.63%) Node.js
7 63 (10.68%) REST
8 59 (10.00%) Redux
9 57 (9.66%) Spring
10 42 (7.12%) GraphQL
11 41 (6.95%) Material-UI
12 40 (6.78%) Laravel
13 39 (6.61%) ASP.NET
14 38 (6.44%) Vue
15 36 (6.10%) Sass
15 36 (6.10%) Spring Boot
16 35 (5.93%) .NET Core
17 34 (5.76%) gRPC
17 34 (5.76%) Protocol Buffers
18 33 (5.59%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.80%) Fixed Income
2 42 (7.12%) Hedge funds
3 33 (5.59%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.07%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (2.88%) Equities
6 11 (1.86%) Cloud Native
7 10 (1.69%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.85%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 2 (0.34%) Distributed Applications
14 2 (0.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 2 (0.34%) Legacy Applications
14 2 (0.34%) NHS
14 2 (0.34%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.76%) Linux
2 24 (4.07%) Unix
3 12 (2.03%) Windows
4 6 (1.02%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.85%) Android
6 1 (0.17%) AIX
6 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 590 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 220 (37.29%) Agile
3 113 (19.15%) CI/CD
4 104 (17.63%) DevOps
5 98 (16.61%) Microservices
6 89 (15.08%) Software Engineering
7 70 (11.86%) Test Automation
8 62 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (10.00%) TDD
10 56 (9.49%) SDLC
11 52 (8.81%) Unit Testing
12 47 (7.97%) Asset Management
13 46 (7.80%) Continuous Improvement
14 45 (7.63%) Web Development
15 43 (7.29%) Front End Development
15 43 (7.29%) Machine Learning
16 41 (6.95%) Investment Management
16 41 (6.95%) MVC
17 40 (6.78%) Artificial Intelligence
18 39 (6.61%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 214 (36.27%) JavaScript
2 173 (29.32%) TypeScript
3 159 (26.95%) Java
4 157 (26.61%) C#
5 145 (24.58%) Python
6 114 (19.32%) SQL
7 57 (9.66%) PHP
8 22 (3.73%) C
9 19 (3.22%) Kotlin
10 14 (2.37%) Go
11 12 (2.03%) Ruby
12 10 (1.69%) T-SQL
13 9 (1.53%) C++
13 9 (1.53%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.02%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.85%) Bicep
16 2 (0.34%) Bash
16 2 (0.34%) Rust
16 2 (0.34%) Swift
17 1 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 99 (16.78%) Security Cleared
2 83 (14.07%) SC Cleared
3 34 (5.76%) Degree
4 12 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.69%) DV Cleared
5 10 (1.69%) Master's Degree
6 5 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.34%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.25%) QA
2 23 (3.90%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.68%) MiFID
4 3 (0.51%) SLA
5 2 (0.34%) WCAG
6 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.17%) NCSC
6 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 52 (8.81%) Docker
2 22 (3.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 58 (9.83%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.25%) Terraform
3 7 (1.19%) Ansible
4 4 (0.68%) Grafana
5 3 (0.51%) Kibana
6 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.17%) logstash
7 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (6.44%) Google
2 37 (6.27%) Microsoft
3 20 (3.39%) Oracle
4 10 (1.69%) Databricks
5 7 (1.19%) MuleSoft
6 6 (1.02%) Xamarin
7 4 (0.68%) Optimizely
7 4 (0.68%) Virgin Media
8 3 (0.51%) Splunk
9 2 (0.34%) IBM
9 2 (0.34%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.34%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.34%) SAP
10 1 (0.17%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.17%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.17%) Mapbox
10 1 (0.17%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.17%) Sybase
10 1 (0.17%) VMware
10 1 (0.17%) Zuora
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