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 5 January 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 244 140
Rank change year-on-year +46 -104 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 178 190 406
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.29% 1.22% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 1.32% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 117 111 386
10th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £105,000 £98,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £136,250 £110,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% -

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 12,509 14,421 16,968
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,294 8,343 13,685
10th Percentile £36,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,204 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,125 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%

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 5 January 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 5 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
Central London +50 41 £80,000 +23.08% 18
South London +40 13 £70,000 - 1
West London -4 2 - - 4
North London - 1 £32,500 -
Full-Stack Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 January 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.

1 178 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 104 (58.43%) React
3 75 (42.13%) Java
4 71 (39.89%) JavaScript
5 69 (38.76%) AWS
6 67 (37.64%) TypeScript
7 56 (31.46%) Agile
8 55 (30.90%) Python
9 54 (30.34%) CI/CD
10 47 (26.40%) AI
11 46 (25.84%) HTML
11 46 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
12 41 (23.03%) Microservices
12 41 (23.03%) REST
13 40 (22.47%) CSS
13 40 (22.47%) Docker
14 39 (21.91%) Azure
14 39 (21.91%) Node.js
15 37 (20.79%) DevOps
16 36 (20.22%) AngularJS
17 34 (19.10%) Spring
18 33 (18.54%) SQL
18 33 (18.54%) User Experience
19 31 (17.42%) Kubernetes
20 30 (16.85%) Git
21 29 (16.29%) PostgreSQL
22 27 (15.17%) .NET
22 27 (15.17%) Security Cleared
23 26 (14.61%) NoSQL
23 26 (14.61%) Relational Database

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 6 (3.37%) Confluence
2 3 (1.69%) CMS
2 3 (1.69%) Liferay
2 3 (1.69%) nginx
3 2 (1.12%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.12%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.56%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 5 (2.81%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (38.76%) AWS
2 39 (21.91%) Azure
3 26 (14.61%) Serverless
4 23 (12.92%) Amazon EKS
5 21 (11.80%) GitHub
6 18 (10.11%) GCP
7 16 (8.99%) Amazon ECS
8 12 (6.74%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (5.62%) SaaS
10 7 (3.93%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (3.37%) Amazon EventBridge
11 6 (3.37%) Amazon S3
11 6 (3.37%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (3.37%) npm
12 5 (2.81%) Figma
12 5 (2.81%) GitHub Copilot
13 4 (2.25%) Amazon Cognito
13 4 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.69%) Vercel
14 3 (1.69%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.69%) Broadband
2 2 (1.12%) AMQP
3 1 (0.56%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (16.29%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (14.61%) NoSQL
2 26 (14.61%) Relational Database
3 23 (12.92%) SQL Server
4 22 (12.36%) RDBMS
5 10 (5.62%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (5.06%) MongoDB
7 8 (4.49%) MySQL
8 7 (3.93%) DB2
9 6 (3.37%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.69%) Redis
11 2 (1.12%) BigQuery
11 2 (1.12%) Pinecone
12 1 (0.56%) ClickHouse
12 1 (0.56%) PostHog
12 1 (0.56%) Power BI
12 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (16.85%) Git
2 24 (13.48%) Jenkins
3 12 (6.74%) JMeter
3 12 (6.74%) JUnit
3 12 (6.74%) Mockito
4 11 (6.18%) JIRA
5 7 (3.93%) Cucumber
5 7 (3.93%) Cypress.io
5 7 (3.93%) Selenium
5 7 (3.93%) TeamCity
5 7 (3.93%) webpack
6 5 (2.81%) Bitbucket
6 5 (2.81%) Mocha
7 3 (1.69%) CircleCI
7 3 (1.69%) ESLint
8 2 (1.12%) GitLab
8 2 (1.12%) Storybook
8 2 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (1.12%) Vite
9 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
General
1 44 (24.72%) Social Skills
2 34 (19.10%) Finance
3 27 (15.17%) Banking
4 20 (11.24%) Investment Banking
5 15 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.43%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.18%) Front Office
6 11 (6.18%) Law
6 11 (6.18%) Retail
7 9 (5.06%) Legal
8 8 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.25%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.69%) Multimedia
10 3 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.12%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.56%) Back Office
12 1 (0.56%) Publishing
12 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (58.43%) React
2 46 (25.84%) HTML
3 41 (23.03%) REST
4 40 (22.47%) CSS
5 39 (21.91%) Node.js
6 36 (20.22%) AngularJS
7 34 (19.10%) Spring
8 27 (15.17%) .NET
9 25 (14.04%) RESTful
10 22 (12.36%) GraphQL
10 22 (12.36%) Vue
11 19 (10.67%) Next.js
11 19 (10.67%) WebSockets
12 18 (10.11%) Spring Boot
13 15 (8.43%) Django
13 15 (8.43%) JSON
13 15 (8.43%) Kafka
13 15 (8.43%) Web Services
14 13 (7.30%) jQuery
14 13 (7.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.80%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (8.43%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (7.87%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (5.62%) Hedge funds
4 10 (5.62%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.62%) Reference Data
5 6 (3.37%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.37%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.69%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.69%) Social Media
7 2 (1.12%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.56%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.25%) Linux
2 3 (1.69%) Android
2 3 (1.69%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 56 (31.46%) Agile
3 54 (30.34%) CI/CD
4 47 (26.40%) AI
5 46 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (23.03%) Microservices
7 37 (20.79%) DevOps
8 33 (18.54%) User Experience
9 26 (14.61%) SDLC
10 23 (12.92%) Test Automation
11 21 (11.80%) TDD
12 20 (11.24%) UX Design
13 18 (10.11%) BDD
13 18 (10.11%) Containerisation
14 15 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (7.30%) Computer Science
15 13 (7.30%) Front End Development
15 13 (7.30%) Machine Learning
15 13 (7.30%) Software Engineering
15 13 (7.30%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 75 (42.13%) Java
2 71 (39.89%) JavaScript
3 67 (37.64%) TypeScript
4 55 (30.90%) Python
5 33 (18.54%) SQL
6 25 (14.04%) C#
7 15 (8.43%) PHP
8 14 (7.87%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.69%) R
10 2 (1.12%) RPG
11 1 (0.56%) Bash
11 1 (0.56%) Go
11 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.56%) Ruby
11 1 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 27 (15.17%) Security Cleared
2 12 (6.74%) Degree
3 11 (6.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (5.06%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.81%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.87%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.93%) QA
3 6 (3.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (22.47%) Docker
2 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (17.42%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.74%) Kibana
3 7 (3.93%) Terraform
4 1 (0.56%) Ansible
4 1 (0.56%) Argo
4 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (6.74%) Dynatrace
1 12 (6.74%) Splunk
2 6 (3.37%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.37%) OpenAI
3 5 (2.81%) Google
4 3 (1.69%) Atlassian
4 3 (1.69%) WooCommerce
5 2 (1.12%) Apple
5 2 (1.12%) IBM
5 2 (1.12%) SendGrid
6 1 (0.56%) Adobe
6 1 (0.56%) iManage
6 1 (0.56%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.56%) Sybase