Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer Job Trends in England

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer salary in England is £77,500 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 572 664 672
Rank change year-on-year +92 +8 +237
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer 21 19 7
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.040% 0.039% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.042% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 15 10 5
10th Percentile - £45,000 £56,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £47,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £100,000 £70,000 £82,500
90th Percentile - £76,699 £84,750
UK median annual salary £71,250 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +1.79% -6.67% -4.76%

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 47,127 45,334 44,294
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.77% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,584 23,965 34,730
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,199 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

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

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer in England

Senior 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 Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer within the England 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
London +67 8 £100,000 +14.14% 8
South East +22 6 £80,000 +77.78% 4
North of England +21 4 £60,000 -14.29% 5
South West +10 3 £60,000 - 3
North East +5 2 £60,000 -14.29% 2
North West - 1 £60,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £65,000 - 1
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Senior 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 Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 21 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (23.81%) .NET
2 5 (23.81%) TypeScript
3 4 (19.05%) Agile
3 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
3 4 (19.05%) Docker
3 4 (19.05%) Kubernetes
3 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
4 3 (14.29%) Analytics
4 3 (14.29%) AngularJS
4 3 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 3 (14.29%) GCP
4 3 (14.29%) Git
4 3 (14.29%) Java
4 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 3 (14.29%) Python
4 3 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 2 (9.52%) API Design
5 2 (9.52%) API Integration
5 2 (9.52%) AWS
5 2 (9.52%) Azure
5 2 (9.52%) Cloud Run
5 2 (9.52%) D3.js
5 2 (9.52%) Data Science
5 2 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (9.52%) FastAPI
5 2 (9.52%) Functional Programming

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) GCP
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Cloud Run
3 1 (4.76%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (4.76%) GitHub
3 1 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (4.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.76%) BigQuery
2 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) CircleCI
2 1 (4.76%) GitLab
General
1 2 (9.52%) Finance
1 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Aviation
2 1 (4.76%) Law
2 1 (4.76%) Marketing
2 1 (4.76%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) .NET
2 3 (14.29%) AngularJS
3 2 (9.52%) D3.js
3 2 (9.52%) FastAPI
3 2 (9.52%) OLE
3 2 (9.52%) PrimeNG
3 2 (9.52%) REST
3 2 (9.52%) RxJS
4 1 (4.76%) Apache Cordova
4 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.76%) CSS
4 1 (4.76%) HTML
4 1 (4.76%) HTML5
4 1 (4.76%) Ionic Framework
4 1 (4.76%) jQuery
4 1 (4.76%) Node.js
4 1 (4.76%) React
4 1 (4.76%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.76%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Android
1 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 21 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (19.05%) Agile
2 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
3 3 (14.29%) Analytics
3 3 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 3 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 2 (9.52%) API Design
4 2 (9.52%) API Integration
4 2 (9.52%) Data Science
4 2 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (9.52%) Functional Programming
4 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.52%) Visualisation
5 1 (4.76%) Android Development
5 1 (4.76%) DevOps
5 1 (4.76%) Microservices
5 1 (4.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) TypeScript
2 3 (14.29%) Java
2 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 3 (14.29%) Python
3 2 (9.52%) SQL
4 1 (4.76%) C#
4 1 (4.76%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.76%) ECSS
1 1 (4.76%) GDPR
1 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Argo
2 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Google
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe