Full-Stack Developer Job Trends in Central London

Full-Stack Developer
London > Central London

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in Central London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 141 120
Rank change year-on-year +41 -21 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 41 38 49
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.71% 1.18% 1.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 1.28% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 31 31 48
10th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £53,375
25th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £65,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -10.34% -9.38%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,625 £90,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £102,500 £108,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,255 2,958 2,935
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 92.15% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,719 1,847 2,607
10th Percentile £39,400 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £94,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Full-Stack Developer job vacancy trend in Central London

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in Central London

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Developer in Central London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Developer in Central London

Full-Stack Developer
Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. 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
City of London +37 41 £80,000 +23.08% 16
City of Westminster - 1 - -
Full-Stack Developer
London

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Full-Stack Developer 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 Central London region featuring Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 41 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 21 (51.22%) React
3 16 (39.02%) AI
3 16 (39.02%) JavaScript
4 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (36.59%) Python
5 11 (26.83%) Django
5 11 (26.83%) Git
6 9 (21.95%) Node.js
6 9 (21.95%) TypeScript
7 8 (19.51%) .NET
7 8 (19.51%) AWS
7 8 (19.51%) Azure
7 8 (19.51%) CSS
8 7 (17.07%) .NET Core
8 7 (17.07%) Accessibility
8 7 (17.07%) FastAPI
8 7 (17.07%) Flask
8 7 (17.07%) RESTful
9 6 (14.63%) Agile
9 6 (14.63%) CI/CD
9 6 (14.63%) Code Quality
9 6 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (14.63%) GitHub
9 6 (14.63%) Software Testing
9 6 (14.63%) SQL Server
9 6 (14.63%) User Experience
10 5 (12.20%) HTML
10 5 (12.20%) SQL
10 5 (12.20%) Vue

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.88%) CMS
1 2 (4.88%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) AWS
1 8 (19.51%) Azure
2 6 (14.63%) GitHub
3 4 (9.76%) SaaS
3 4 (9.76%) Serverless
4 3 (7.32%) Amazon Cognito
4 3 (7.32%) Amazon EventBridge
4 3 (7.32%) Amazon S3
4 3 (7.32%) Amazon SQS
4 3 (7.32%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (7.32%) GCP
5 2 (4.88%) npm
6 1 (2.44%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) MySQL
2 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (26.83%) Git
2 3 (7.32%) ESLint
2 3 (7.32%) JIRA
3 1 (2.44%) CircleCI
3 1 (2.44%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.44%) Mocha
3 1 (2.44%) webpack
General
1 9 (21.95%) Finance
2 6 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (14.63%) Law
2 6 (14.63%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Legal
4 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Health Technology
4 1 (2.44%) Multimedia
4 1 (2.44%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (51.22%) React
2 11 (26.83%) Django
3 9 (21.95%) Node.js
4 8 (19.51%) .NET
4 8 (19.51%) CSS
5 7 (17.07%) .NET Core
5 7 (17.07%) FastAPI
5 7 (17.07%) Flask
5 7 (17.07%) RESTful
6 5 (12.20%) HTML
6 5 (12.20%) Vue
7 4 (9.76%) .NET Framework
7 4 (9.76%) CSS3
7 4 (9.76%) Entity Framework
7 4 (9.76%) HTML5
7 4 (9.76%) Next.js
8 3 (7.32%) WebAssembly
9 2 (4.88%) AngularJS
10 1 (2.44%) D3.js
10 1 (2.44%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.44%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Linux
1 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 16 (39.02%) AI
3 15 (36.59%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (14.63%) Agile
4 6 (14.63%) CI/CD
4 6 (14.63%) Code Quality
4 6 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (14.63%) Software Testing
4 6 (14.63%) User Experience
5 4 (9.76%) Clean Code
5 4 (9.76%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
5 4 (9.76%) Database Optimisation
5 4 (9.76%) Event-Driven
5 4 (9.76%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 4 (9.76%) Mentoring
5 4 (9.76%) Performance Optimisation
5 4 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (9.76%) UX Design
6 3 (7.32%) API Development
6 3 (7.32%) Event-Driven Programming
Programming Languages
1 16 (39.02%) JavaScript
2 15 (36.59%) Python
3 9 (21.95%) TypeScript
4 5 (12.20%) SQL
5 4 (9.76%) C#
5 4 (9.76%) PHP
6 1 (2.44%) Java
6 1 (2.44%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (7.32%) DV Cleared
1 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.44%) Degree
2 1 (2.44%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) Accessibility
2 4 (9.76%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (2.44%) Google
1 1 (2.44%) iManage