Full-Stack Engineer Job Trends in Belfast

Full-Stack Engineer
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Full-Stack Engineer salary in Belfast is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 41 44
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Engineer 5 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 1.23% 0.39% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 0.40% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +56.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary £65,000 - £90,000
% change year-on-year - - +56.52%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 371 251 299
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 98.43% 94.32%
Number of salaries quoted 212 80 219
10th Percentile £26,250 £44,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £50,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £60,000 £57,276
Median % change year-on-year -24.17% +4.76% +14.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £88,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,500 £87,500
County Antrim median annual salary £50,000 £59,715 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.27% +8.57% +10.00%

Full-Stack Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Full-Stack Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Full-Stack Engineer job vacancy trend in Belfast

Full-Stack Engineer
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Engineer job vacancies in Belfast.

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Engineer job vacancies in Belfast

Full-Stack Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 7 February 2026, Full-Stack Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Belfast region featuring Full-Stack Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (60.00%) Next.js
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (40.00%) Docker
3 2 (40.00%) GitHub
3 2 (40.00%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (40.00%) MongoDB
3 2 (40.00%) Product Vision
3 2 (40.00%) React
3 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) LangChain
4 1 (20.00%) LlamaIndex
4 1 (20.00%) LLM
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Prompt Engineering

Full-Stack Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Next.js
2 2 (40.00%) React
3 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
3 1 (20.00%) LangChain
3 1 (20.00%) LlamaIndex
3 1 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) LLM
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Prompt Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes