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Full-Stack Engineer Career Market Report 2026

4,285 active jobs. 1,676 companies. Median salary $140K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

4,285
Active Job Openings
1,676
Companies Hiring
$140K
Median Salary (US)
79%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Full-Stack Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 79% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $140K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $108K to $200K.

React is the most-demanded skill at 60%

Microservices demand rose +18.4pp — fastest-growing skill

Bluelightconsulting leads hiring with 303 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Staff (+$55K, +38%)

Salary increase: +$55K · Sample: Senior → Staff

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 46% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior191$126K$145K$195K
Mid-Level45$52K$100K$165K
Staff41$158K$200K$250K
Junior30$69K$108K$145K
Lead16$92K$114K$187K

What jumps out

Senior → Staff: +$55K (38%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States241$143KUSD
Remote71$150KUSD
United Kingdom8$75KGBP

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site3.6%
Remote29.4%
Hybrid3.4%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

React
60%
JavaScript
50%
AI/LLM
46%
TypeScript
42%
AWS
35%
Python
34%
CI/CD
31%
Java
27%
Node.js
25%
Docker
25%
SQL
23%
Angular
22%

Skills on the Rise

Microservices ↑+18.4ppR ↑+17.2ppGCP ↑+16.3ppSpring ↑+15.0ppJavaScript ↑+10.2pp

Declining in Demand

Agile ↓-20.7pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Bluelightconsulting3037.1%
Soprasteria511.2%
Barclays451.1%
Jobgether390.9%
Devoteam360.8%
Two95 International Inc320.7%
Questronix Corporation310.7%
Truelogic300.7%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States868
Remote373
India328
United Kingdom147
France142
Brazil113
Mexico108
Canada107

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree46.9%1,579
Master's Degree20.9%705
Bachelor's Degree7.7%258
PhD / Doctorate0.4%14
MBA0.1%4

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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