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 23 April 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 239 151
Rank change year-on-year +41 -88 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 226 163 495
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.27% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.40% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 173 117 405
10th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,100
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £86,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £136,250 £102,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -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 17,979 11,660 21,858
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.87% 90.54% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12,087 7,584 16,649
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.49%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +33 62 £80,000 +14.29% 4
South London +13 4 £70,000 - 1
West London -29 3 - - 5
Full-Stack Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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.

1 226 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 107 (47.35%) React
3 78 (34.51%) TypeScript
4 71 (31.42%) Java
5 62 (27.43%) AI
6 59 (26.11%) Python
7 56 (24.78%) JavaScript
8 54 (23.89%) AWS
9 48 (21.24%) CI/CD
9 48 (21.24%) Node.js
10 42 (18.58%) Agile
10 42 (18.58%) Software Engineering
10 42 (18.58%) Vue
11 40 (17.70%) Security Cleared
12 38 (16.81%) Microservices
13 36 (15.93%) DevOps
14 35 (15.49%) AngularJS
14 35 (15.49%) SC Cleared
15 34 (15.04%) Docker
16 31 (13.72%) Azure
17 30 (13.27%) .NET
17 30 (13.27%) Next.js
18 29 (12.83%) C#
18 29 (12.83%) Git
18 29 (12.83%) RESTful
19 27 (11.95%) CSS
19 27 (11.95%) SaaS
20 26 (11.50%) SQL
21 25 (11.06%) HTML
22 23 (10.18%) 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 6 (2.65%) Confluence
2 3 (1.33%) Liferay
2 3 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.44%) nginx
3 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.44%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 3 (1.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 54 (23.89%) AWS
2 31 (13.72%) Azure
3 27 (11.95%) SaaS
4 18 (7.96%) GitHub
4 18 (7.96%) Serverless
5 14 (6.19%) GCP
6 12 (5.31%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (3.98%) Amazon SQS
8 8 (3.54%) GitHub Copilot
9 6 (2.65%) Amazon EventBridge
9 6 (2.65%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.21%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.21%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.77%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (1.77%) Cloud Functions
12 3 (1.33%) Amazon Cognito
12 3 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.33%) Figma
12 3 (1.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.77%) DNS
1 4 (1.77%) HTTP
2 2 (0.88%) Broadband
2 2 (0.88%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.44%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.85%) NoSQL
2 17 (7.52%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.31%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.54%) DynamoDB
4 8 (3.54%) MongoDB
4 8 (3.54%) MySQL
5 5 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (2.21%) DB2
6 4 (1.77%) MariaDB
7 3 (1.33%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.33%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.88%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.88%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.88%) Pinecone
9 1 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.44%) Power BI
9 1 (0.44%) Redis
9 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (12.83%) Git
2 12 (5.31%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.10%) JIRA
4 5 (2.21%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.21%) Cucumber
4 5 (2.21%) Selenium
4 5 (2.21%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.77%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.33%) ESLint
6 3 (1.33%) GitLab
6 3 (1.33%) webpack
7 2 (0.88%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.88%) Storybook
8 1 (0.44%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.44%) Mocha
8 1 (0.44%) Mockito
8 1 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.44%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.44%) Vite
General
1 36 (15.93%) Finance
2 34 (15.04%) Social Skills
3 19 (8.41%) Banking
4 12 (5.31%) Front Office
4 12 (5.31%) Investment Banking
5 10 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.98%) Retail
7 8 (3.54%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.33%) Law
9 3 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.88%) Legal
10 2 (0.88%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.44%) Advertising
11 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (47.35%) React
2 48 (21.24%) Node.js
3 42 (18.58%) Vue
4 35 (15.49%) AngularJS
5 30 (13.27%) .NET
5 30 (13.27%) Next.js
6 29 (12.83%) RESTful
7 27 (11.95%) CSS
8 25 (11.06%) HTML
9 23 (10.18%) GraphQL
10 21 (9.29%) REST
11 19 (8.41%) Spring
12 16 (7.08%) Laravel
13 15 (6.64%) Kafka
13 15 (6.64%) WebSockets
14 14 (6.19%) Spring Boot
15 13 (5.75%) Django
16 9 (3.98%) React Native
16 9 (3.98%) Redux
17 8 (3.54%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.52%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.75%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (4.87%) Fixed Income
4 8 (3.54%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.65%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (1.77%) PropTech
8 2 (0.88%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.88%) Animation
8 2 (0.88%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.88%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.44%) Equities
9 1 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.44%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.44%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.33%) Android
1 3 (1.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 62 (27.43%) AI
3 48 (21.24%) CI/CD
4 42 (18.58%) Agile
4 42 (18.58%) Software Engineering
5 38 (16.81%) Microservices
6 36 (15.93%) DevOps
7 21 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (8.41%) User Experience
9 17 (7.52%) Containerisation
10 15 (6.64%) Test Automation
11 14 (6.19%) Generative AI
11 14 (6.19%) Scrum
12 13 (5.75%) Computer Science
12 13 (5.75%) Mentoring
12 13 (5.75%) Performance Optimisation
12 13 (5.75%) SDLC
13 11 (4.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (4.87%) Decision-Making
13 11 (4.87%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 78 (34.51%) TypeScript
2 71 (31.42%) Java
3 59 (26.11%) Python
4 56 (24.78%) JavaScript
5 29 (12.83%) C#
6 26 (11.50%) SQL
7 17 (7.52%) PHP
8 8 (3.54%) Go
9 3 (1.33%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.33%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.88%) RPG
11 1 (0.44%) Bash
11 1 (0.44%) Bicep
11 1 (0.44%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 40 (17.70%) Security Cleared
2 35 (15.49%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.19%) Degree
4 13 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.77%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.33%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.21%) QA
2 4 (1.77%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (15.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (8.41%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.87%) Terraform
3 4 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.88%) Ansible
4 2 (0.88%) Podman
5 1 (0.44%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.44%) Kibana
Vendors
1 9 (3.98%) Microsoft
1 9 (3.98%) OpenAI
2 4 (1.77%) Google
3 3 (1.33%) Atlassian
3 3 (1.33%) Dynatrace
3 3 (1.33%) WooCommerce
4 2 (0.88%) Aderant
4 2 (0.88%) AppDynamics
4 2 (0.88%) IBM
4 2 (0.88%) iManage
4 2 (0.88%) Intapp
4 2 (0.88%) SendGrid
5 1 (0.44%) Adobe
5 1 (0.44%) Databricks
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle
5 1 (0.44%) Splunk