Full-Stack Developer Job Trends in London

Full-Stack Developer
England > London

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 232 204
Rank change year-on-year -34 -28 -67
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 194 165 263
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.75% 1.36% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 1.49% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 125 104 142
10th Percentile £43,000 £59,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £54,250 £70,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £95,750 £136,250 £121,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 adverts in London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
5 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in London matching a recognised job title 23,755 11,092 16,439
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.26% 91.13% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 15,390 7,257 10,083
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £54,150 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £59,300 £53,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.89% -7.83% -4.17%

Full-Stack Developer Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Full-Stack Developer job postings 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 Full-Stack Developer jobs in London over the 6 months to 5 November 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 Full-Stack Developer jobs within the London region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +5 13 £85,000 +6.25% 3
East London - 6 £43,750 -
West London -12 5 £55,000 -13.39% 2
South London -28 2 - -
Full-Stack Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, Full-Stack Developer job ads cited 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 Full-Stack Developer job ads across the London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Full-Stack Development100.0%194
2React35.6%69
3AWS34.0%66
4JavaScript29.9%58
5Azure29.4%57
6TypeScript28.9%56
7CI/CD27.3%53
8Agile26.8%52
9Node.js24.7%48
10AI22.2%43
11Microservices19.6%38
11Microsoft19.6%38
13Docker19.1%37
13GitHub19.1%37
13Problem-Solving19.1%37
16HTML18.6%36
17Continuous Improvement17.5%34
17CSS17.5%34
17Java17.5%34
20Python17.0%33
21.NET14.9%29
21AngularJS14.9%29
23Software Engineering14.4%28
24E-Commerce13.9%27
25GCP12.9%25
26REST12.4%24
27C#11.9%23
27Git11.9%23
29Degree11.3%22
29Kubernetes11.3%22

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.