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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 90 71
Rank change year-on-year +1 -19 -10
Contract jobs citing Full Stack Development 1,056 1,550 2,925
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.45% 2.67% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.97% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 848 1,156 2,259
10th Percentile £325 £400 £413
25th Percentile £418 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -1.74% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £676 £675
90th Percentile £775 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £499 £475
% change year-on-year -4.71% +4.95% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 23
10th Percentile £41.80 £38.00 £41.00
25th Percentile £54.06 £42.50 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.75 £50.00 £65.54
Median % change year-on-year +29.50% -23.71% +19.16%
75th Percentile £75.63 £57.81 £76.24
90th Percentile £79.75 £58.38 £82.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £56.25 £65.52
% change year-on-year +24.44% -14.15% +19.13%

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 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

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 9 May 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 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Full Stack Development in the UK

Full Stack Development
Top 16 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 9 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 +3 909 £550 -4.35% 851
London +4 576 £575 -4.17% 372
Work from Home -3 407 £525 -4.55% 707
UK excluding London -1 369 £475 -4.71% 517
South East +33 93 £450 -18.18% 75
North of England -27 81 £500 -4.76% 160
South West -8 55 £475 +5.56% 89
Midlands +42 49 £386 -18.68% 100
Scotland +19 46 £486 +2.32% 35
North West -12 46 £500 -4.76% 100
West Midlands +34 33 £350 -34.88% 51
Yorkshire +6 32 £513 -2.38% 41
East of England +15 24 £479 +12.71% 46
Wales +22 23 £438 +4.48% 15
East Midlands +18 15 £410 -3.53% 49
North East -16 3 - - 20

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 84 (7.95%) Apache
2 63 (5.97%) Apache Airflow
3 23 (2.18%) CMS
3 23 (2.18%) nginx
4 12 (1.14%) Confluence
5 10 (0.95%) Drupal
5 10 (0.95%) WordPress
6 9 (0.85%) BizTalk Server
7 7 (0.66%) Apache Spark
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 (0.095%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.095%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.095%) Simulink
2 1 (0.095%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.095%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.095%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 424 (40.15%) AWS
2 321 (30.40%) Azure
3 122 (11.55%) GCP
4 97 (9.19%) Serverless
5 62 (5.87%) GitHub
6 57 (5.40%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (4.64%) Azure Functions
8 43 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
9 41 (3.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 30 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
11 29 (2.75%) Amazon S3
12 27 (2.56%) SaaS
13 24 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
14 23 (2.18%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
15 20 (1.89%) npm
16 19 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
16 19 (1.80%) Entra ID
17 17 (1.61%) Amazon EKS
18 15 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
19 14 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.80%) VPN
2 16 (1.52%) Firewall
3 6 (0.57%) HTTP
4 5 (0.47%) DNS
5 2 (0.19%) OpenLDAP
5 2 (0.19%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.095%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.095%) DHCP
6 1 (0.095%) DWDM
6 1 (0.095%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.095%) FTP
6 1 (0.095%) Internet
6 1 (0.095%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.095%) LAN
6 1 (0.095%) Network Security
6 1 (0.095%) SSH
6 1 (0.095%) VLAN
6 1 (0.095%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 153 (14.49%) PostgreSQL
2 78 (7.39%) NoSQL
3 75 (7.10%) SQL Server
4 73 (6.91%) MongoDB
5 66 (6.25%) MySQL
6 63 (5.97%) Apache Ignite
7 46 (4.36%) Relational Database
8 18 (1.70%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (1.33%) Flink
10 14 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (1.23%) Redis
12 10 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (0.85%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.76%) Power BI
15 7 (0.66%) InterSystems Cache
16 6 (0.57%) GIS
16 6 (0.57%) Oracle Database
17 5 (0.47%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 107 (10.13%) Git
2 75 (7.10%) Cypress.io
3 40 (3.79%) JIRA
4 38 (3.60%) GitLab
5 36 (3.41%) Jenkins
6 31 (2.94%) webpack
7 21 (1.99%) Selenium
8 18 (1.70%) JUnit
9 13 (1.23%) CircleCI
10 12 (1.14%) TeamCity
11 11 (1.04%) Postman
12 10 (0.95%) Cucumber
13 8 (0.76%) SonarQube
14 7 (0.66%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.66%) Mockito
14 7 (0.66%) Visual Studio
15 6 (0.57%) Maven
15 6 (0.57%) SpecFlow
16 5 (0.47%) Gradle
16 5 (0.47%) Jasmine
General
1 238 (22.54%) Finance
2 146 (13.83%) Social Skills
3 137 (12.97%) Front Office
4 110 (10.42%) Banking
5 91 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
6 67 (6.34%) Public Sector
7 29 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (2.18%) Marketing
9 16 (1.52%) Tech for Good
10 14 (1.33%) Investment Banking
11 10 (0.95%) Financial Institution
11 10 (0.95%) Retail
12 8 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (0.66%) Automotive
14 6 (0.57%) Games
15 5 (0.47%) Aviation
15 5 (0.47%) Back Office
15 5 (0.47%) Billing
15 5 (0.47%) Law
15 5 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 822 (77.84%) Developer
2 588 (55.68%) Full Stack Developer
3 171 (16.19%) React Developer
4 150 (14.20%) Software Engineer
5 141 (13.35%) Full Stack Engineer
6 118 (11.17%) .NET Developer
7 97 (9.19%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 90 (8.52%) Python Developer
9 85 (8.05%) Senior
10 82 (7.77%) Java Developer
11 74 (7.01%) C# Developer
12 71 (6.72%) Python Engineer
13 65 (6.16%) Full Stack Software Engineer
14 62 (5.87%) Full Stack Java Developer
14 62 (5.87%) Python Software Engineer
15 59 (5.59%) Full Stack .NET Developer
15 59 (5.59%) Full-Stack C# Developer
16 56 (5.30%) Angular Developer
17 54 (5.11%) Lead
18 52 (4.92%) Full Stack Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 534 (50.57%) React
2 243 (23.01%) AngularJS
3 229 (21.69%) .NET
4 226 (21.40%) CSS
5 217 (20.55%) HTML
6 206 (19.51%) Node.js
7 133 (12.59%) Redux
8 95 (9.00%) REST
9 85 (8.05%) Spring
10 78 (7.39%) Vue
11 74 (7.01%) GraphQL
12 71 (6.72%) .NET Core
13 66 (6.25%) ASP.NET
13 66 (6.25%) Material-UI
14 64 (6.06%) gRPC
14 64 (6.06%) Protocol Buffers
14 64 (6.06%) Spring Boot
15 60 (5.68%) Laravel
16 51 (4.83%) RESTful
17 49 (4.64%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 101 (9.56%) Fixed Income
2 98 (9.28%) Hedge funds
3 50 (4.73%) Equities
4 48 (4.55%) Product Ownership
5 46 (4.36%) Greenfield Project
6 30 (2.84%) Derivative
7 29 (2.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 22 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.99%) Cloud Native
10 13 (1.23%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.23%) Public Cloud
11 12 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
12 10 (0.95%) Data Structures
13 9 (0.85%) Algorithms
13 9 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
15 6 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
16 5 (0.47%) Marketing Technology
17 4 (0.38%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 63 (5.97%) Linux
2 35 (3.31%) Unix
3 19 (1.80%) Windows
4 14 (1.33%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.85%) Android
6 5 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.095%) AIX
8 1 (0.095%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.095%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (39.96%) Agile
2 270 (25.57%) Software Engineering
3 226 (21.40%) CI/CD
4 218 (20.64%) DevOps
5 153 (14.49%) Microservices
6 133 (12.59%) TDD
7 125 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
8 120 (11.36%) Test Automation
9 103 (9.75%) Asset Management
10 97 (9.19%) Investment Management
11 93 (8.81%) SDLC
12 89 (8.43%) Machine Learning
13 86 (8.14%) Front End Development
14 85 (8.05%) Artificial Intelligence
15 76 (7.20%) Web Development
16 70 (6.63%) Unit Testing
17 63 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
17 63 (5.97%) User Experience
18 58 (5.49%) Scrum
19 57 (5.40%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 395 (37.41%) JavaScript
2 355 (33.62%) TypeScript
3 273 (25.85%) Java
4 264 (25.00%) C#
5 263 (24.91%) Python
6 218 (20.64%) SQL
7 79 (7.48%) PHP
8 34 (3.22%) C
9 33 (3.13%) Go
10 29 (2.75%) Kotlin
11 27 (2.56%) C++
12 24 (2.27%) PL/SQL
13 16 (1.52%) Ruby
14 13 (1.23%) T-SQL
15 12 (1.14%) Shell Script
16 10 (0.95%) Bash
16 10 (0.95%) PowerShell
17 7 (0.66%) Scala
18 6 (0.57%) Bicep
19 5 (0.47%) ProC
Qualifications
1 135 (12.78%) Security Cleared
2 112 (10.61%) SC Cleared
3 52 (4.92%) Degree
4 22 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.42%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.23%) Master's Degree
7 8 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.19%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.095%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.095%) CCNA
10 1 (0.095%) CCNP
10 1 (0.095%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.095%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.095%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.095%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.095%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (8.05%) QA
2 47 (4.45%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.76%) WCAG
4 6 (0.57%) MiFID
5 3 (0.28%) SLA
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.095%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.095%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.095%) GDPR
7 1 (0.095%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.095%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.095%) MISRA
7 1 (0.095%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.095%) NCSC
7 1 (0.095%) NIST
7 1 (0.095%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 91 (8.62%) Docker
2 22 (2.08%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.19%) VirtualBox
3 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 107 (10.13%) Kubernetes
2 56 (5.30%) Terraform
3 14 (1.33%) Grafana
4 12 (1.14%) Ansible
5 5 (0.47%) Kibana
5 5 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.19%) Puppet
8 1 (0.095%) Istio
8 1 (0.095%) logstash
8 1 (0.095%) Packer
8 1 (0.095%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 69 (6.53%) Google
2 66 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 45 (4.26%) Oracle
4 11 (1.04%) Databricks
5 9 (0.85%) MuleSoft
6 6 (0.57%) Salesforce
7 5 (0.47%) Optimizely
7 5 (0.47%) Xamarin
8 4 (0.38%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.38%) IBM
8 4 (0.38%) VMware
9 3 (0.28%) Confluent
9 3 (0.28%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.28%) SAP
9 3 (0.28%) Sitecore
9 3 (0.28%) Splunk
9 3 (0.28%) WooCommerce
10 2 (0.19%) Virgin Media
11 1 (0.095%) Arista
11 1 (0.095%) Mapbox