Full-Stack Developer Job Trends in London

Full-Stack Developer
England > London

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 June 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 247 151
Rank change year-on-year +29 -96 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 215 153 535
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.00% 1.26% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.38% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 177 111 387
10th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,600
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -6.45% +6.90%
75th Percentile £95,000 £94,375 £100,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £136,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 20,009 11,051 23,366
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 90.78% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,787 7,006 17,367
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,270
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £93,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%

Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 London.

Full-Stack Developer job vacancy trend in London

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

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

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Developer in London over the 6 months to 21 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Developer in London

Full-Stack Developer
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 21 June 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
Central London +19 57 £80,000 +10.34% 2
South London +15 4 - -
West London -19 2 £55,000 -13.39%
Full-Stack Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 June 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 London region featuring Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 215 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 93 (43.26%) React
3 75 (34.88%) TypeScript
4 64 (29.77%) AI
5 59 (27.44%) AWS
6 57 (26.51%) Python
7 52 (24.19%) JavaScript
8 49 (22.79%) Software Engineering
9 47 (21.86%) .NET
9 47 (21.86%) Java
10 46 (21.40%) Agile
11 43 (20.00%) Azure
12 42 (19.53%) C#
13 41 (19.07%) Microservices
14 40 (18.60%) CI/CD
15 39 (18.14%) Security Cleared
16 38 (17.67%) Node.js
16 38 (17.67%) SC Cleared
16 38 (17.67%) Vue
17 37 (17.21%) AngularJS
18 33 (15.35%) Docker
19 29 (13.49%) DevOps
20 28 (13.02%) RESTful
21 27 (12.56%) Git
22 26 (12.09%) SaaS
23 24 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
23 24 (11.16%) CSS
23 24 (11.16%) HTML
24 22 (10.23%) Mentoring
25 21 (9.77%) GraphQL

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 3 (1.40%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.47%) Confluence
2 1 (0.47%) Liferay
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 59 (27.44%) AWS
2 43 (20.00%) Azure
3 26 (12.09%) SaaS
4 19 (8.84%) GitHub
5 16 (7.44%) GCP
6 15 (6.98%) Serverless
7 11 (5.12%) GitHub Copilot
8 10 (4.65%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (3.72%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (3.72%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (2.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 5 (2.33%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.33%) Azure Event Grid
11 5 (2.33%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.86%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (1.86%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.40%) Amazon EventBridge
13 3 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.86%) DNS
1 4 (1.86%) HTTP
2 2 (0.93%) Broadband
2 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.44%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.12%) MySQL
3 8 (3.72%) DynamoDB
3 8 (3.72%) MongoDB
3 8 (3.72%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.72%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.86%) MariaDB
5 3 (1.40%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.93%) ClickHouse
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.47%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.47%) Pinecone
7 1 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 27 (12.56%) Git
2 10 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.72%) Claude Code
4 6 (2.79%) GitLab
5 3 (1.40%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.40%) JIRA
5 3 (1.40%) Maven
6 2 (0.93%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.93%) ESLint
6 2 (0.93%) JMeter
6 2 (0.93%) JUnit
6 2 (0.93%) Mockito
7 1 (0.47%) Plastic SCM
7 1 (0.47%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.47%) Storybook
General
1 37 (17.21%) Finance
2 36 (16.74%) Social Skills
3 12 (5.58%) Public Sector
4 11 (5.12%) Front Office
5 6 (2.79%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.79%) Banking
6 4 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.40%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.40%) Law
8 2 (0.93%) Legal
8 2 (0.93%) Legal Technology
8 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.93%) Retail
9 1 (0.47%) Advertising
9 1 (0.47%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (43.26%) React
2 47 (21.86%) .NET
3 38 (17.67%) Node.js
3 38 (17.67%) Vue
4 37 (17.21%) AngularJS
5 28 (13.02%) RESTful
6 24 (11.16%) CSS
6 24 (11.16%) HTML
7 21 (9.77%) GraphQL
7 21 (9.77%) Next.js
8 20 (9.30%) Spring Boot
9 19 (8.84%) Spring
10 15 (6.98%) REST
11 14 (6.51%) Kafka
12 13 (6.05%) Blazor
12 13 (6.05%) NestJS
13 10 (4.65%) Django
13 10 (4.65%) Laravel
14 9 (4.19%) Redux
15 8 (3.72%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.88%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.12%) Fixed Income
3 6 (2.79%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (2.33%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.86%) PropTech
6 3 (1.40%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.93%) Animation
7 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.47%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.47%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.47%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.47%) Android
1 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 64 (29.77%) AI
3 49 (22.79%) Software Engineering
4 46 (21.40%) Agile
5 41 (19.07%) Microservices
6 40 (18.60%) CI/CD
7 29 (13.49%) DevOps
8 24 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (10.23%) Mentoring
10 20 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (8.37%) Containerisation
12 17 (7.91%) Decision-Making
13 15 (6.98%) API Design
13 15 (6.98%) Code Quality
13 15 (6.98%) Computer Science
14 14 (6.51%) User Experience
15 12 (5.58%) Performance Optimisation
15 12 (5.58%) Technical Leadership
16 11 (5.12%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 11 (5.12%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 75 (34.88%) TypeScript
2 57 (26.51%) Python
3 52 (24.19%) JavaScript
4 47 (21.86%) Java
5 42 (19.53%) C#
6 17 (7.91%) SQL
7 10 (4.65%) Go
8 9 (4.19%) PHP
9 3 (1.40%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.40%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.93%) C++
11 1 (0.47%) Bash
11 1 (0.47%) Bicep
11 1 (0.47%) C
11 1 (0.47%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 39 (18.14%) Security Cleared
2 38 (17.67%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.91%) Degree
4 15 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.40%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.93%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.33%) QA
2 3 (1.40%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.40%) WCAG
3 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (15.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (8.37%) Kubernetes
2 12 (5.58%) Terraform
3 4 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.93%) Ansible
4 2 (0.93%) Argo
4 2 (0.93%) Grafana
4 2 (0.93%) Kibana
4 2 (0.93%) Podman
4 2 (0.93%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.47%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 21 (9.77%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.33%) OpenAI
3 4 (1.86%) Dynatrace
4 3 (1.40%) Google
4 3 (1.40%) Oracle
5 2 (0.93%) Aderant
5 2 (0.93%) AppDynamics
5 2 (0.93%) iManage
5 2 (0.93%) Intapp
5 2 (0.93%) OneLogin
5 2 (0.93%) Splunk
6 1 (0.47%) Databricks
6 1 (0.47%) SendGrid
6 1 (0.47%) WooCommerce