Full-Stack Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 177 152
Rank change year-on-year 0 -25 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Full Stack Developer 1,680 2,061 4,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.64% 2.12% 2.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 2.32% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,325 1,348 1,977
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Full Stack Developer.

Salary trend for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full Stack Developer over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Full Stack Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +4 1,513 £60,000 -14.29% 219
UK excluding London -12 1,071 £52,500 -4.55% 130
Work from Home -13 616 £60,000 -7.69% 144
London 0 512 £78,750 +8.62% 96
South East -39 277 £55,000 -15.38% 20
North of England +33 274 £55,000 +10.00% 38
Midlands 0 203 £50,000 -9.09% 28
North West +46 177 £55,000 - 31
South West -2 157 £52,500 +5.00% 28
West Midlands +30 118 £55,000 +10.00% 18
East of England +39 85 £45,000 -14.29% 8
East Midlands -32 85 £50,000 -9.09% 10
Yorkshire +28 67 £55,000 +22.22% 4
Scotland -82 50 £52,500 -12.50% 5
North East -10 30 £55,000 +22.22% 4
Wales -11 24 £50,000 - 8
Northern Ireland -7 1 £45,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Full Stack Developer 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 permanent job ads featuring Full Stack Developer in the job title.

1 1,680 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 944 (56.19%) JavaScript
3 810 (48.21%) React
4 658 (39.17%) C#
4 658 (39.17%) .NET
5 571 (33.99%) Azure
6 560 (33.33%) HTML
7 534 (31.79%) CSS
8 501 (29.82%) SQL
9 483 (28.75%) Agile
10 475 (28.27%) AngularJS
11 463 (27.56%) AWS
12 428 (25.48%) Node.js
13 407 (24.23%) TypeScript
14 403 (23.99%) DevOps
15 393 (23.39%) Java
16 376 (22.38%) Vue
17 368 (21.90%) Python
18 319 (18.99%) MVC
19 303 (18.04%) ASP.NET
20 287 (17.08%) Web Development
21 277 (16.49%) PostgreSQL
22 267 (15.89%) jQuery
23 263 (15.65%) Social Skills
24 260 (15.48%) User Experience
25 254 (15.12%) PHP
26 249 (14.82%) Web Services
26 249 (14.82%) Git
27 241 (14.35%) Artificial Intelligence
28 238 (14.17%) Finance

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 66 (3.93%) CMS
2 59 (3.51%) Apache
3 43 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
4 34 (2.02%) WordPress
5 20 (1.19%) Umbraco
6 18 (1.07%) nginx
7 15 (0.89%) Confluence
7 15 (0.89%) OpenStack
8 14 (0.83%) IIS
9 12 (0.71%) Apache Spark
9 12 (0.71%) SharePoint
9 12 (0.71%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.36%) Apache Solr
11 4 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.18%) JBoss
12 3 (0.18%) Orchard CMS
12 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
13 2 (0.12%) Ethereum
13 2 (0.12%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 21 (1.25%) Photoshop
2 7 (0.42%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 33 (1.96%) SDL Web 8
2 18 (1.07%) Payment Gateway
3 12 (0.71%) Shopify
4 10 (0.60%) Magento
5 5 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
6 2 (0.12%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.12%) nopCommerce
6 2 (0.12%) R3 Corda
6 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 571 (33.99%) Azure
2 463 (27.56%) AWS
3 224 (13.33%) Serverless
4 216 (12.86%) Azure DevOps
5 137 (8.15%) Azure Service Bus
6 136 (8.10%) Azure Functions
7 129 (7.68%) Azure Logic Apps
8 126 (7.50%) Azure API Management
8 126 (7.50%) IBM Cloud
9 122 (7.26%) SaaS
10 108 (6.43%) GCP
11 74 (4.40%) GitHub
12 46 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
13 30 (1.79%) Power Platform
14 29 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
15 26 (1.55%) Amazon ECS
16 22 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
17 21 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
18 17 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Cloud
18 17 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.65%) HTTP
1 11 (0.65%) MQTT
2 5 (0.30%) Internet
2 5 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
2 5 (0.30%) VPN
3 4 (0.24%) DNS
4 3 (0.18%) SSH
5 2 (0.12%) SSL
6 1 (0.060%) Firewall
6 1 (0.060%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 277 (16.49%) PostgreSQL
2 209 (12.44%) SQL Server
3 205 (12.20%) Relational Database
4 183 (10.89%) MongoDB
4 183 (10.89%) NoSQL
5 177 (10.54%) MySQL
6 135 (8.04%) DB2
7 43 (2.56%) Apache Ignite
8 24 (1.43%) Redis
9 21 (1.25%) DynamoDB
10 16 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (0.83%) Power BI
12 13 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
13 12 (0.71%) Apache Hive
13 12 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.71%) Big Data
13 12 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 10 (0.60%) Oracle Database
16 7 (0.42%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 249 (14.82%) Git
2 104 (6.19%) JIRA
3 66 (3.93%) Visual Studio
4 62 (3.69%) GitLab
5 52 (3.10%) NUnit
6 49 (2.92%) TeamCity
7 40 (2.38%) Jenkins
8 39 (2.32%) Moq
9 36 (2.14%) Cypress.io
10 21 (1.25%) Team Foundation Server
11 20 (1.19%) Octopus Deploy
12 19 (1.13%) SpecFlow
13 17 (1.01%) git-flow
13 17 (1.01%) Sourcetree
14 16 (0.95%) JUnit
15 15 (0.89%) MSTest
16 14 (0.83%) Bitbucket
17 12 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
18 11 (0.65%) webpack
19 9 (0.54%) Cucumber
General
1 263 (15.65%) Social Skills
2 238 (14.17%) Finance
3 212 (12.62%) Public Sector
4 111 (6.61%) Banking
5 79 (4.70%) Marketing
6 61 (3.63%) Retail
7 60 (3.57%) Front Office
8 40 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
9 39 (2.32%) Games
10 34 (2.02%) Tech for Good
11 31 (1.85%) Law
12 23 (1.37%) Telecoms
13 22 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 20 (1.19%) Health Technology
15 19 (1.13%) Legal
16 18 (1.07%) Manufacturing
17 16 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
18 15 (0.89%) Advertising
19 13 (0.77%) Aviation
19 13 (0.77%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 810 (48.21%) React
2 658 (39.17%) .NET
3 560 (33.33%) HTML
4 534 (31.79%) CSS
5 475 (28.27%) AngularJS
6 428 (25.48%) Node.js
7 376 (22.38%) Vue
8 303 (18.04%) ASP.NET
9 267 (15.89%) jQuery
10 249 (14.82%) Web Services
11 211 (12.56%) REST
12 198 (11.79%) Laravel
13 196 (11.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 173 (10.30%) RESTful
15 158 (9.40%) .NET Framework
16 153 (9.11%) ASP.NET Core
17 147 (8.75%) .NET Core
18 128 (7.62%) Ember.js
19 125 (7.44%) Backbone.js
20 117 (6.96%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 151 (8.99%) Data Structures
2 144 (8.57%) Algorithms
3 136 (8.10%) Blockchain
4 126 (7.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 100 (5.95%) Greenfield Project
6 59 (3.51%) Hedge funds
7 57 (3.39%) Mobile App
8 55 (3.27%) Fixed Income
9 42 (2.50%) Private Cloud
10 39 (2.32%) Legacy Code
11 29 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
12 26 (1.55%) Cloud Native
12 26 (1.55%) Equities
13 24 (1.43%) Onboarding
13 24 (1.43%) Product Ownership
14 23 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 23 (1.37%) IoT
15 18 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (0.83%) Blog
16 14 (0.83%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 187 (11.13%) Linux
2 146 (8.69%) Windows
3 130 (7.74%) Android
3 130 (7.74%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.36%) Unix
5 5 (0.30%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.060%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.060%) Solaris
7 1 (0.060%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,680 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 483 (28.75%) Agile
3 403 (23.99%) DevOps
4 319 (18.99%) MVC
5 287 (17.08%) Web Development
6 260 (15.48%) User Experience
7 241 (14.35%) Artificial Intelligence
8 235 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
9 226 (13.45%) Software Engineering
10 208 (12.38%) Design Patterns
11 207 (12.32%) CI/CD
12 204 (12.14%) OOP
13 191 (11.37%) OO
14 172 (10.24%) SOLID
15 166 (9.88%) Responsive Web Design
16 158 (9.40%) TDD
17 142 (8.45%) Computer Science
18 133 (7.92%) Scrum
19 131 (7.80%) Generative AI
20 126 (7.50%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 944 (56.19%) JavaScript
2 658 (39.17%) C#
3 501 (29.82%) SQL
4 407 (24.23%) TypeScript
5 393 (23.39%) Java
6 368 (21.90%) Python
7 254 (15.12%) PHP
8 69 (4.11%) T-SQL
9 46 (2.74%) Go
10 26 (1.55%) Ruby
11 18 (1.07%) XPath
12 16 (0.95%) Delphi
12 16 (0.95%) Kotlin
13 15 (0.89%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.54%) C++
14 9 (0.54%) VB.NET
15 8 (0.48%) PowerShell
16 7 (0.42%) VBA
17 6 (0.36%) R
18 5 (0.30%) Bash
Qualifications
1 169 (10.06%) Degree
2 103 (6.13%) Security Cleared
3 75 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
4 73 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 26 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 11 (0.65%) AWS Certification
7 11 (0.65%) Postgraduate
8 7 (0.42%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.24%) HND
9 4 (0.24%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.18%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.060%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.060%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.060%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (3.15%) QA
2 37 (2.20%) Accessibility
3 13 (0.77%) GDPR
4 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.18%) ISO 13485
5 3 (0.18%) PMO
6 2 (0.12%) HL7
6 2 (0.12%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.060%) SLA
System Software
1 180 (10.71%) Docker
2 10 (0.60%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.30%) Firmware
3 5 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.18%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.060%) KVM
6 1 (0.060%) Varnish
6 1 (0.060%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 105 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 58 (3.45%) Terraform
3 21 (1.25%) Ansible
4 7 (0.42%) Grafana
4 7 (0.42%) Kibana
5 4 (0.24%) Rancher
6 3 (0.18%) Control-M
7 1 (0.060%) Consul
7 1 (0.060%) cPanel
7 1 (0.060%) Hadoop YARN
7 1 (0.060%) Kiali
7 1 (0.060%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.060%) Packer
7 1 (0.060%) Plesk
Vendors
1 126 (7.50%) IBM
1 126 (7.50%) Red Hat
2 83 (4.94%) Microsoft
3 63 (3.75%) Google
4 28 (1.67%) Adobe
5 27 (1.61%) Oracle
6 17 (1.01%) Cognizant
6 17 (1.01%) OpenAI
7 16 (0.95%) Sitecore
8 15 (0.89%) WSO2
9 10 (0.60%) Atlassian
9 10 (0.60%) SAP
9 10 (0.60%) Xamarin
10 7 (0.42%) F5
10 7 (0.42%) UiPath
11 6 (0.36%) VMware
11 6 (0.36%) Zend
12 5 (0.30%) Facebook
12 5 (0.30%) PayPal
12 5 (0.30%) WorldPay