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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 92 73
Rank change year-on-year +6 -19 -13
Contract jobs citing Full Stack Development 1,073 1,448 2,923
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.47% 2.59% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 2.89% 3.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 850 1,089 2,255
10th Percentile £325 £406 £413
25th Percentile £419 £463 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £788 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -7.00% +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 37,061 50,135 80,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.39% 89.71% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,729 34,705 56,261
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
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 2,551 1,672 1,888
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.60
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.90 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +39.80% +10.64%
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% -4.76%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +3 914 £550 -4.35% 906
London +6 576 £600 - 399
Work from Home +6 422 £528 -4.09% 624
UK excluding London +24 384 £465 -7.00% 541
South East +36 95 £463 -16.85% 81
North of England -17 79 £525 -1.18% 181
South West +9 59 £475 +5.56% 82
Scotland +44 55 £450 -5.26% 26
Midlands +22 49 £399 -16.05% 111
North West -12 47 £525 - 109
West Midlands +19 34 £350 -34.88% 64
Yorkshire +3 28 £513 -2.38% 52
Wales +30 24 £450 +5.88% 14
East of England +14 24 £479 +12.71% 44
East Midlands +6 14 £415 -5.26% 47
North East -14 4 - - 23
Northern Ireland - 1 £550 - 12

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 97 (9.04%) Apache
2 75 (6.99%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (2.05%) CMS
4 16 (1.49%) Confluence
4 16 (1.49%) nginx
5 10 (0.93%) Drupal
6 9 (0.84%) WordPress
7 7 (0.65%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.65%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.56%) BizTalk Server
9 5 (0.47%) JBoss
10 3 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.19%) Alfresco
11 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.19%) Camunda
11 2 (0.19%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.19%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.19%) WildFly
Applications
1 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.093%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.093%) Simulink
2 1 (0.093%) Sketch
2 1 (0.093%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.75%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.47%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.093%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.093%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 418 (38.96%) AWS
2 332 (30.94%) Azure
3 128 (11.93%) GCP
4 116 (10.81%) Serverless
5 59 (5.50%) GitHub
6 58 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
7 51 (4.75%) Azure Functions
8 45 (4.19%) AWS Lambda
9 43 (4.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 32 (2.98%) Amazon S3
11 30 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
12 29 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
13 25 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (2.33%) SaaS
14 24 (2.24%) npm
15 20 (1.86%) Entra ID
16 16 (1.49%) Amazon EKS
17 15 (1.40%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
18 14 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
19 13 (1.21%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (1.86%) VPN
2 16 (1.49%) 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 (0.093%) 5G
6 1 (0.093%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.093%) FIX Connectivity
6 1 (0.093%) FTP
6 1 (0.093%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.093%) LAN
6 1 (0.093%) LTE
6 1 (0.093%) Network Security
6 1 (0.093%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.093%) VLAN
6 1 (0.093%) WAN
6 1 (0.093%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (15.19%) PostgreSQL
2 86 (8.01%) NoSQL
3 81 (7.55%) SQL Server
4 75 (6.99%) Apache Ignite
4 75 (6.99%) MongoDB
5 68 (6.34%) MySQL
6 42 (3.91%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (1.77%) Redis
9 18 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
10 14 (1.30%) Flink
11 12 (1.12%) Amazon Aurora
11 12 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (1.03%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.93%) Big Data
14 9 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (0.65%) InterSystems Cache
15 7 (0.65%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.65%) Power BI
16 6 (0.56%) GIS
Development Applications
1 107 (9.97%) Git
2 91 (8.48%) Cypress.io
3 43 (4.01%) JIRA
4 38 (3.54%) GitLab
5 37 (3.45%) Jenkins
6 33 (3.08%) webpack
7 23 (2.14%) JUnit
7 23 (2.14%) Selenium
8 12 (1.12%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.03%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.03%) Maven
9 11 (1.03%) Postman
10 9 (0.84%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.75%) Mockito
11 8 (0.75%) SonarQube
12 7 (0.65%) TeamCity
13 6 (0.56%) Gradle
13 6 (0.56%) Visual Studio
14 5 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
14 5 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 247 (23.02%) Finance
2 146 (13.61%) Front Office
3 140 (13.05%) Social Skills
4 127 (11.84%) Banking
5 91 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (5.68%) Public Sector
7 29 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (1.77%) Investment Banking
9 16 (1.49%) Tech for Good
10 14 (1.30%) Marketing
11 10 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 10 (0.93%) Retail
12 7 (0.65%) Automotive
12 7 (0.65%) Games
12 7 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.47%) Aviation
13 5 (0.47%) Billing
13 5 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.37%) Law
14 4 (0.37%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 830 (77.35%) Developer
2 591 (55.08%) Full Stack Developer
3 184 (17.15%) React Developer
4 161 (15.00%) Software Engineer
5 146 (13.61%) Full Stack Engineer
6 118 (11.00%) .NET Developer
7 102 (9.51%) Python Developer
8 101 (9.41%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 101 (9.41%) Senior
9 95 (8.85%) Java Developer
10 83 (7.74%) Python Engineer
11 74 (6.90%) C# Developer
11 74 (6.90%) Python Software Engineer
12 69 (6.43%) Full Stack Software Engineer
13 67 (6.24%) Full Stack Java Developer
14 65 (6.06%) Full Stack .NET Developer
15 60 (5.59%) Full-Stack C# Developer
16 59 (5.50%) Senior Developer
17 58 (5.41%) Angular Developer
18 57 (5.31%) Full Stack Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 538 (50.14%) React
2 244 (22.74%) AngularJS
3 232 (21.62%) .NET
4 212 (19.76%) CSS
5 209 (19.48%) Node.js
6 207 (19.29%) HTML
7 132 (12.30%) Redux
8 103 (9.60%) REST
9 90 (8.39%) Spring
10 77 (7.18%) gRPC
11 76 (7.08%) Protocol Buffers
12 73 (6.80%) .NET Core
13 72 (6.71%) Vue
14 70 (6.52%) GraphQL
14 70 (6.52%) Material-UI
15 67 (6.24%) Spring Boot
16 55 (5.13%) ASP.NET
17 52 (4.85%) Kafka
18 51 (4.75%) Laravel
18 51 (4.75%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 108 (10.07%) Fixed Income
2 106 (9.88%) Hedge funds
3 55 (5.13%) Equities
4 51 (4.75%) Product Ownership
5 48 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
6 29 (2.70%) Derivative
7 27 (2.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 20 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
8 20 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.58%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.58%) Mobile App
10 16 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (1.21%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.12%) Public Cloud
13 9 (0.84%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 5 (0.47%) Onboarding
15 5 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 64 (5.96%) Linux
2 29 (2.70%) Unix
3 16 (1.49%) Windows
4 15 (1.40%) Apple iOS
5 12 (1.12%) Android
6 5 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.093%) AIX
7 1 (0.093%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.093%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 430 (40.07%) Agile
2 285 (26.56%) Software Engineering
3 231 (21.53%) CI/CD
4 229 (21.34%) DevOps
5 155 (14.45%) Microservices
6 125 (11.65%) Test Automation
7 124 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
8 122 (11.37%) TDD
9 110 (10.25%) Asset Management
10 104 (9.69%) Machine Learning
11 102 (9.51%) Artificial Intelligence
12 101 (9.41%) Investment Management
13 87 (8.11%) SDLC
14 76 (7.08%) Front End Development
15 72 (6.71%) User Experience
16 67 (6.24%) Unit Testing
17 66 (6.15%) Web Development
18 65 (6.06%) Automated Trading
19 64 (5.96%) Scrum
20 52 (4.85%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 375 (34.95%) JavaScript
2 348 (32.43%) TypeScript
3 281 (26.19%) Java
4 272 (25.35%) Python
5 259 (24.14%) C#
6 216 (20.13%) SQL
7 72 (6.71%) PHP
8 32 (2.98%) C
9 30 (2.80%) C++
10 29 (2.70%) Kotlin
11 27 (2.52%) Go
12 22 (2.05%) PL/SQL
13 20 (1.86%) Ruby
14 15 (1.40%) Bash
15 12 (1.12%) Shell Script
16 10 (0.93%) PowerShell
16 10 (0.93%) T-SQL
17 7 (0.65%) Scala
18 6 (0.56%) Bicep
19 5 (0.47%) ProC
Qualifications
1 110 (10.25%) Security Cleared
2 87 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 56 (5.22%) Degree
4 29 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.40%) DV Cleared
5 15 (1.40%) Master's Degree
6 7 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (0.28%) OCP
9 2 (0.19%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.19%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.093%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.093%) CCNA
10 1 (0.093%) CCNP
10 1 (0.093%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.093%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.093%) JNCIS
10 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.093%) PhD
10 1 (0.093%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (7.55%) QA
2 41 (3.82%) Accessibility
3 7 (0.65%) WCAG
4 6 (0.56%) MiFID
5 3 (0.28%) SLA
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.093%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.093%) GDPR
7 1 (0.093%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.093%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.093%) MISRA
7 1 (0.093%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.093%) NCSC
7 1 (0.093%) NIST
7 1 (0.093%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 92 (8.57%) Docker
2 23 (2.14%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.19%) VirtualBox
3 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 111 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 48 (4.47%) Terraform
3 17 (1.58%) Grafana
4 9 (0.84%) Ansible
4 9 (0.84%) Kibana
5 5 (0.47%) logstash
5 5 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.37%) Rancher
7 3 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.093%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.093%) Puppet
Vendors
1 79 (7.36%) Google
2 66 (6.15%) Microsoft
3 43 (4.01%) Oracle
4 12 (1.12%) Databricks
5 8 (0.75%) Atlassian
5 8 (0.75%) Xamarin
6 7 (0.65%) Salesforce
7 6 (0.56%) MuleSoft
8 5 (0.47%) Optimizely
8 5 (0.47%) Virgin Media
9 4 (0.37%) 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
11 2 (0.19%) ION Trading
12 1 (0.093%) Syncfusion