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 16 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
16 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 207 189
Rank change year-on-year +31 -18 -58
Contract jobs requiring a Full Stack Developer 585 741 1,336
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.37% 1.30% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 1.37% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 564 1,004
10th Percentile £325 £402 £406
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 £638 £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 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +24 502 £538 -2.27% 216
London +39 327 £560 -5.08% 93
Work from Home +27 228 £540 +7.46% 141
UK excluding London +29 182 £438 -2.78% 129
South East +25 57 £565 +2.73% 16
South West +3 34 £381 -15.28% 28
North of England -1 32 £450 -14.29% 34
Wales +27 18 £438 +2.94% 8
Midlands +19 18 £350 -17.65% 29
North West -5 17 £456 -13.10% 29
Yorkshire +12 15 £400 -17.95% 3
Scotland +15 13 £500 +6.72% 8
West Midlands +27 11 £325 -27.78% 14
East of England +15 10 £375 -16.67% 9
East Midlands +4 7 £410 +15.49% 15

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

For the 6 months to 16 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.

1 585 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 304 (51.97%) React
3 220 (37.61%) AWS
4 217 (37.09%) Agile
5 216 (36.92%) JavaScript
6 177 (30.26%) Azure
7 171 (29.23%) TypeScript
8 157 (26.84%) C#
8 157 (26.84%) Java
9 155 (26.50%) AngularJS
10 147 (25.13%) Python
11 138 (23.59%) .NET
12 132 (22.56%) CSS
13 128 (21.88%) HTML
14 114 (19.49%) SQL
15 112 (19.15%) CI/CD
16 109 (18.63%) Finance
17 105 (17.95%) Node.js
18 104 (17.78%) DevOps
19 100 (17.09%) Security Cleared
20 99 (16.92%) Microservices
21 87 (14.87%) Software Engineering
22 84 (14.36%) SC Cleared
22 84 (14.36%) PostgreSQL
23 75 (12.82%) Social Skills
24 72 (12.31%) Front Office
25 71 (12.14%) Git
26 68 (11.62%) Test Automation
27 63 (10.77%) REST
28 60 (10.26%) Problem-Solving

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 52 (8.89%) Apache
2 31 (5.30%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (3.42%) nginx
4 13 (2.22%) CMS
5 8 (1.37%) BizTalk Server
6 7 (1.20%) Drupal
7 5 (0.85%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.68%) Confluence
9 3 (0.51%) JBoss
9 3 (0.51%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.34%) Alfresco
10 2 (0.34%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.34%) Camunda
10 2 (0.34%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.34%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.34%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.34%) WildFly
11 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
11 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 (1.37%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 220 (37.61%) AWS
2 177 (30.26%) Azure
3 51 (8.72%) GCP
4 50 (8.55%) Serverless
5 34 (5.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 34 (5.81%) Azure Functions
6 26 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (4.10%) Azure Data Factory
7 24 (4.10%) Azure Monitor
8 23 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
9 22 (3.76%) GitHub
10 20 (3.42%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
10 20 (3.42%) Entra ID
11 14 (2.39%) npm
12 12 (2.05%) Amazon Kinesis
13 11 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (1.71%) Azure Service Bus
15 9 (1.54%) Amazon S3
15 9 (1.54%) Azure Storage
16 8 (1.37%) 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 84 (14.36%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (9.57%) NoSQL
3 52 (8.89%) MongoDB
4 48 (8.21%) SQL Server
5 38 (6.50%) MySQL
6 31 (5.30%) Apache Ignite
7 25 (4.27%) Relational Database
8 15 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (2.05%) Flink
10 6 (1.03%) Redis
11 5 (0.85%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.85%) Power BI
12 4 (0.68%) GIS
12 4 (0.68%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.51%) Big Data
14 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.34%) MariaDB
14 2 (0.34%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 71 (12.14%) Git
2 42 (7.18%) Cypress.io
3 23 (3.93%) JIRA
4 19 (3.25%) Selenium
5 16 (2.74%) Jenkins
6 14 (2.39%) GitLab
7 13 (2.22%) webpack
8 8 (1.37%) TeamCity
9 7 (1.20%) Postman
10 5 (0.85%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.85%) Jasmine
10 5 (0.85%) JUnit
10 5 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
10 5 (0.85%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.85%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.51%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.51%) Mocha
12 3 (0.51%) NUnit
General
1 109 (18.63%) Finance
2 75 (12.82%) Social Skills
3 72 (12.31%) Front Office
4 59 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (9.74%) Banking
6 45 (7.69%) Public Sector
7 11 (1.88%) Financial Institution
8 9 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.54%) Marketing
9 5 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (0.68%) Back Office
10 4 (0.68%) Tech for Good
11 3 (0.51%) Automotive
11 3 (0.51%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.51%) Law
11 3 (0.51%) Music Industry
11 3 (0.51%) Retail
11 3 (0.51%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.34%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.34%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 304 (51.97%) React
2 155 (26.50%) AngularJS
3 138 (23.59%) .NET
4 132 (22.56%) CSS
5 128 (21.88%) HTML
6 105 (17.95%) Node.js
7 63 (10.77%) REST
8 57 (9.74%) Redux
9 55 (9.40%) Spring
10 41 (7.01%) GraphQL
11 40 (6.84%) ASP.NET
12 39 (6.67%) Laravel
12 39 (6.67%) Material-UI
13 38 (6.50%) .NET Core
14 37 (6.32%) Vue
15 36 (6.15%) Sass
15 36 (6.15%) Spring Boot
16 33 (5.64%) Next.js
17 32 (5.47%) gRPC
17 32 (5.47%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.52%) Fixed Income
2 40 (6.84%) Hedge funds
3 31 (5.30%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.93%) Greenfield Project
5 15 (2.56%) Equities
6 12 (2.05%) Cloud Native
7 10 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.54%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.03%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 3 (0.51%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.34%) Distributed Applications
13 2 (0.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 2 (0.34%) Marketing Technology
13 2 (0.34%) Public Cloud
13 2 (0.34%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.81%) Linux
2 24 (4.10%) Unix
3 13 (2.22%) Windows
4 5 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.68%) Android
6 1 (0.17%) AIX
6 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 585 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 217 (37.09%) Agile
3 112 (19.15%) CI/CD
4 104 (17.78%) DevOps
5 99 (16.92%) Microservices
6 87 (14.87%) Software Engineering
7 68 (11.62%) Test Automation
8 60 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
9 58 (9.91%) SDLC
10 57 (9.74%) TDD
11 53 (9.06%) Unit Testing
12 47 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (7.86%) Web Development
14 45 (7.69%) Asset Management
15 44 (7.52%) Front End Development
16 41 (7.01%) Machine Learning
16 41 (7.01%) MVC
17 39 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
17 39 (6.67%) Investment Management
18 36 (6.15%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 216 (36.92%) JavaScript
2 171 (29.23%) TypeScript
3 157 (26.84%) C#
3 157 (26.84%) Java
4 147 (25.13%) Python
5 114 (19.49%) SQL
6 54 (9.23%) PHP
7 22 (3.76%) C
8 19 (3.25%) Kotlin
9 16 (2.74%) Go
10 12 (2.05%) Ruby
11 11 (1.88%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.71%) C++
12 10 (1.71%) PL/SQL
13 6 (1.03%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.85%) Bicep
15 2 (0.34%) Bash
15 2 (0.34%) Rust
15 2 (0.34%) Swift
16 1 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 100 (17.09%) Security Cleared
2 84 (14.36%) SC Cleared
3 30 (5.13%) Degree
4 10 (1.71%) DV Cleared
4 10 (1.71%) Master's Degree
5 8 (1.37%) Computer Science 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 (5.30%) QA
2 23 (3.93%) 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 (8.89%) Docker
2 22 (3.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 60 (10.26%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.30%) Terraform
3 7 (1.20%) 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 37 (6.32%) Microsoft
2 36 (6.15%) Google
3 22 (3.76%) Oracle
4 10 (1.71%) Databricks
5 8 (1.37%) MuleSoft
6 5 (0.85%) Xamarin
7 4 (0.68%) Optimizely
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
9 2 (0.34%) Virgin Media
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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