Full-Stack Engineer Job Trends in Central London

Full-Stack Engineer
London > Central London

The median Full-Stack Engineer salary in Central London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 137 162
Rank change year-on-year +52 +25 +92
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Engineer 60 47 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 2.34% 1.46% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 1.59% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 56 46 8
10th Percentile £79,500 £55,000 £52,125
25th Percentile £90,000 £60,938 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +20.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £120,000 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile - £117,500 £105,000
London median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -25.00% +20.48%

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 2,407 2,957 2,914
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 91.98% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,818 1,815 2,572
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

Full-Stack Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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 Central London.

Full-Stack Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

Full-Stack Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

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

Full-Stack Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Engineer in Central London

Full-Stack Engineer
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 Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 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 +28 44 £95,000 +26.67% 24
Full-Stack Engineer
London

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 Central London region featuring Full-Stack Engineer in the job title.

1 60 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 38 (63.33%) TypeScript
3 32 (53.33%) AWS
3 32 (53.33%) React
4 29 (48.33%) Node.js
5 23 (38.33%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (36.67%) JavaScript
7 21 (35.00%) Java
8 20 (33.33%) .NET
8 20 (33.33%) Agile
8 20 (33.33%) User Experience
9 19 (31.67%) CI/CD
10 18 (30.00%) Clean Code
10 18 (30.00%) Computer Science
10 18 (30.00%) Degree
10 18 (30.00%) Prototyping
10 18 (30.00%) Test Automation
11 17 (28.33%) Technical Leadership
12 16 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (26.67%) Software Delivery
12 16 (26.67%) Software Testing
13 14 (23.33%) AI
14 12 (20.00%) Software Engineering
15 8 (13.33%) SaaS
16 7 (11.67%) Python
17 6 (10.00%) Fintech
17 6 (10.00%) Functional Programming
18 5 (8.33%) B2B
18 5 (8.33%) C#
18 5 (8.33%) Front End Development

Full-Stack Engineer 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 1 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 32 (53.33%) AWS
2 8 (13.33%) SaaS
3 4 (6.67%) Azure
3 4 (6.67%) Serverless
4 3 (5.00%) GCP
4 3 (5.00%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.33%) Figma
6 1 (1.67%) Cloud Run
6 1 (1.67%) dbt
6 1 (1.67%) GitHub
6 1 (1.67%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.33%) MySQL
2 2 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.67%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.67%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.67%) Power BI
3 1 (1.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Git
General
1 19 (31.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 3 (5.00%) Front Office
4 2 (3.33%) Banking
4 2 (3.33%) Law
4 2 (3.33%) Legal
4 2 (3.33%) Marketing
5 1 (1.67%) Finance
5 1 (1.67%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.67%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (53.33%) React
2 29 (48.33%) Node.js
3 20 (33.33%) .NET
4 5 (8.33%) Redux
5 4 (6.67%) .NET Core
5 4 (6.67%) Vue
6 3 (5.00%) AngularJS
6 3 (5.00%) HTML
6 3 (5.00%) Next.js
7 2 (3.33%) OLE
8 1 (1.67%) CSS
8 1 (1.67%) D3.js
8 1 (1.67%) FastAPI
8 1 (1.67%) PrimeNG
8 1 (1.67%) REST
8 1 (1.67%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (30.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.33%) Derivative
2 2 (3.33%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.67%) Educational Technology
3 1 (1.67%) NHS
3 1 (1.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 23 (38.33%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (33.33%) Agile
3 20 (33.33%) User Experience
4 19 (31.67%) CI/CD
5 18 (30.00%) Clean Code
5 18 (30.00%) Computer Science
5 18 (30.00%) Prototyping
5 18 (30.00%) Test Automation
6 17 (28.33%) Technical Leadership
7 16 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (26.67%) Software Delivery
7 16 (26.67%) Software Testing
8 14 (23.33%) AI
9 12 (20.00%) Software Engineering
10 6 (10.00%) Fintech
10 6 (10.00%) Functional Programming
11 5 (8.33%) B2B
11 5 (8.33%) Front End Development
11 5 (8.33%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 38 (63.33%) TypeScript
2 22 (36.67%) JavaScript
3 21 (35.00%) Java
4 7 (11.67%) Python
5 5 (8.33%) C#
6 1 (1.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.67%) Argo
Vendors
1 2 (3.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.67%) Google
2 1 (1.67%) Red Hat