Full-Stack Software Engineer Job Trends in England

Full-Stack Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Full-Stack Software Engineer salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 February 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 583 619
Rank change year-on-year +73 +36 +146
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Software Engineer 119 75 139
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.18% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 89 48 101
10th Percentile £47,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -20.31% +14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £115,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £143,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year - -8.77% +9.62%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 54,122 40,636 63,063
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 91.44% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 34,857 21,382 50,354
10th Percentile £29,250 £33,500 £28,802
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Full-Stack Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Full-Stack Software Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Full-Stack Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Software Engineer job vacancies in England

Full-Stack Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Software Engineer in England

Full-Stack Software Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
London +47 41 £75,000 -13.10% 19
South East +22 23 £62,500 -3.85% 11
North of England -6 20 £60,000 +33.33% 2
South West -7 17 £60,000 -4.00% 5
East of England +28 11 £45,000 -18.18% 4
North West +14 8 £60,000 +33.33% 2
Yorkshire -26 8 £60,000 +33.33%
Midlands +9 7 £60,000 +14.29%
West Midlands +19 5 £62,500 +19.05%
North East 0 4 £60,000 -
East Midlands - 2 £60,000 -
Full-Stack Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 February 2026, Full-Stack Software 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 England region featuring Full-Stack Software Engineer in the job title.

1 119 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 119 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 38 (31.93%) Java
3 36 (30.25%) AWS
3 36 (30.25%) React
4 26 (21.85%) Agile
5 25 (21.01%) AI
5 25 (21.01%) TypeScript
6 24 (20.17%) DevOps
6 24 (20.17%) Python
7 23 (19.33%) .NET
7 23 (19.33%) AngularJS
7 23 (19.33%) JavaScript
8 22 (18.49%) Azure
9 20 (16.81%) CI/CD
9 20 (16.81%) Kubernetes
10 17 (14.29%) Microservices
11 16 (13.45%) Security Cleared
12 15 (12.61%) Node.js
13 14 (11.76%) Spring
13 14 (11.76%) Spring Boot
14 13 (10.92%) Vue
15 12 (10.08%) C#
15 12 (10.08%) Coaching
15 12 (10.08%) Docker
15 12 (10.08%) SC Cleared
15 12 (10.08%) User Experience
16 10 (8.40%) Amazon ECS
16 10 (8.40%) Amazon S3
16 10 (8.40%) AWS Lambda

Full-Stack Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (0.84%) Palantir Foundry
Cloud Services
1 36 (30.25%) AWS
2 22 (18.49%) Azure
3 10 (8.40%) Amazon ECS
3 10 (8.40%) Amazon S3
3 10 (8.40%) AWS Lambda
3 10 (8.40%) Serverless
4 9 (7.56%) GCP
5 8 (6.72%) SaaS
6 4 (3.36%) GitHub
7 3 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.68%) Anthropic Claude
8 2 (1.68%) Cloud Run
8 2 (1.68%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.84%) Figma
9 1 (0.84%) Firebase
9 1 (0.84%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.72%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.68%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.68%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.68%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.68%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.84%) Big Data
4 1 (0.84%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.84%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.04%) Git
2 3 (2.52%) GitLab
3 2 (1.68%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.84%) ESLint
4 1 (0.84%) Storybook
General
1 12 (10.08%) Public Sector
2 7 (5.88%) Finance
3 6 (5.04%) Front Office
4 4 (3.36%) Social Skills
5 3 (2.52%) Games
5 3 (2.52%) Law
5 3 (2.52%) Marketing
6 2 (1.68%) Aviation
6 2 (1.68%) Banking
6 2 (1.68%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.84%) Automotive
7 1 (0.84%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.84%) Legal
7 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.84%) Retail
7 1 (0.84%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (30.25%) React
2 23 (19.33%) .NET
2 23 (19.33%) AngularJS
3 15 (12.61%) Node.js
4 14 (11.76%) Spring
4 14 (11.76%) Spring Boot
5 13 (10.92%) Vue
6 8 (6.72%) REST
7 6 (5.04%) Kafka
8 5 (4.20%) GraphQL
9 4 (3.36%) .NET Core
9 4 (3.36%) CSS
9 4 (3.36%) HTML
9 4 (3.36%) Redux
10 3 (2.52%) D3.js
10 3 (2.52%) FastAPI
10 3 (2.52%) LangChain
10 3 (2.52%) Model Context Protocol
10 3 (2.52%) React Native
10 3 (2.52%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.08%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.72%) IoT
2 8 (6.72%) Smart Energy
3 6 (5.04%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (3.36%) Fixed Income
5 3 (2.52%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (2.52%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.52%) Robotics
6 2 (1.68%) Derivative
6 2 (1.68%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (1.68%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.84%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.84%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.84%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.84%) NHS
7 1 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.68%) Android
1 2 (1.68%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 119 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 26 (21.85%) Agile
3 25 (21.01%) AI
4 24 (20.17%) DevOps
5 20 (16.81%) CI/CD
6 17 (14.29%) Microservices
7 12 (10.08%) Coaching
7 12 (10.08%) User Experience
8 10 (8.40%) Machine Learning
9 9 (7.56%) Decision-Making
9 9 (7.56%) Scrum
10 8 (6.72%) Collaborative Culture
10 8 (6.72%) Data Science
10 8 (6.72%) Energy Management
10 8 (6.72%) Storage Management
10 8 (6.72%) Technical Leadership
11 7 (5.88%) Containerisation
11 7 (5.88%) Mentoring
11 7 (5.88%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 38 (31.93%) Java
2 25 (21.01%) TypeScript
3 24 (20.17%) Python
4 23 (19.33%) JavaScript
5 12 (10.08%) C#
6 6 (5.04%) Go
6 6 (5.04%) SQL
7 3 (2.52%) C++
8 2 (1.68%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.84%) Bash
9 1 (0.84%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.08%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.36%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.52%) Degree
5 2 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.68%) ECSS
2 1 (0.84%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.84%) GDPR
2 1 (0.84%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.84%) QA
System Software
1 12 (10.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (16.81%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.52%) Terraform
3 2 (1.68%) Argo
4 1 (0.84%) Podman
Vendors
1 3 (2.52%) Google
1 3 (2.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.68%) OpenAI
3 1 (0.84%) Adobe
3 1 (0.84%) Foundry
3 1 (0.84%) Mapbox
3 1 (0.84%) Palantir