Frontend or Backend: Where Full-Stack Devs Spend Their Time

Thinking about becoming a full-stack developer? Be forewarned: Full-stack developers are twice as likely to say that a majority of their tasks are on the backend versus the frontend, according to a new survey by JetBrains.

The State of Developer Experience and Developer Productivity in 2025 queried more than 6,000 developers and 2,000 tech leads.

Additionally, the survey also found that 85% of developers who handle the frontend also do backend development; that contrasts to the 57% of backend developers who do frontend development.

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