Full-Stack Development Job Trends in London

Full-Stack Development
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Full-Stack Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 76 42
Rank change year-on-year +26 -34 +8
Permanent jobs citing Full-Stack Development 746 524 1,233
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.86% 4.06% 5.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.63% 4.23% 5.81%
Number of salaries quoted 563 389 1,072
10th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -3.03% +6.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,500 £125,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Full-Stack Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,098 12,402 21,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.39% 96.08% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,521 7,547 16,086
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,042
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +6.27% -5.90%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Full-Stack Development
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Full-Stack Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Full-Stack Development job vacancy trend in London

Full-Stack Development
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Full-Stack Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Full-Stack Development

Full-Stack Development
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Development in London over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Development in London

Full-Stack Development
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 Development within the London region over the 6 months to 18 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 +24 196 £90,000 +20.00% 113
South London -12 9 £70,000 -17.65% 3
West London -31 6 - - 11
East London -15 3 - - 10
Full-Stack Development
England

Full-Stack Development
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 12 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (0.80%) Confluence
2 6 (0.80%) Palantir Foundry
2 6 (0.80%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.67%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.54%) Appian
5 3 (0.40%) Liferay
6 2 (0.27%) Apache
6 2 (0.27%) nginx
6 2 (0.27%) WordPress
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.13%) Camunda
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.27%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 250 (33.51%) AWS
2 145 (19.44%) Azure
3 82 (10.99%) GCP
4 70 (9.38%) GitHub
5 62 (8.31%) SaaS
6 50 (6.70%) Serverless
7 26 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
7 26 (3.49%) GitHub Actions
8 23 (3.08%) Figma
9 17 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (1.88%) Amazon SQS
11 13 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
11 13 (1.74%) Amazon S3
12 12 (1.61%) Anthropic Claude
12 12 (1.61%) LangSmith
13 11 (1.47%) Amazon EventBridge
13 11 (1.47%) GitHub Copilot
14 10 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (1.34%) PaaS
15 9 (1.21%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.08%) Broadband
2 3 (0.40%) DNS
2 3 (0.40%) HTTP
3 2 (0.27%) AMQP
4 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (7.51%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (7.10%) NoSQL
3 43 (5.76%) MongoDB
4 24 (3.22%) SQL Server
5 21 (2.82%) Relational Database
6 20 (2.68%) DynamoDB
7 18 (2.41%) MySQL
8 14 (1.88%) Pinecone
9 9 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (1.07%) Redis
11 6 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.80%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.67%) DB2
12 5 (0.67%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.54%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.54%) Power BI
13 4 (0.54%) Weaviate
14 3 (0.40%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 66 (8.85%) Git
2 46 (6.17%) Jenkins
3 20 (2.68%) Cypress.io
4 15 (2.01%) Vite
5 14 (1.88%) GitLab
6 13 (1.74%) JIRA
6 13 (1.74%) TeamCity
7 12 (1.61%) CircleCI
8 10 (1.34%) Claude Code
9 8 (1.07%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.94%) webpack
11 5 (0.67%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.67%) ESLint
11 5 (0.67%) Selenium
12 4 (0.54%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.54%) Storybook
13 3 (0.40%) Maven
13 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.27%) JMeter
General
1 136 (18.23%) Finance
2 131 (17.56%) Social Skills
3 40 (5.36%) Banking
3 40 (5.36%) Front Office
4 35 (4.69%) Public Sector
5 29 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (3.62%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (3.22%) Retail
8 21 (2.82%) Law
9 15 (2.01%) Investment Banking
10 13 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.47%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.07%) Legal
12 8 (1.07%) Tech for Good
13 3 (0.40%) Advertising
13 3 (0.40%) Health Technology
13 3 (0.40%) Marketing
13 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.40%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 326 (43.70%) Developer
2 285 (38.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 231 (30.97%) Full-Stack Developer
4 170 (22.79%) Senior
5 132 (17.69%) Software Engineer
6 130 (17.43%) Lead
7 78 (10.46%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
8 66 (8.85%) React Developer
9 62 (8.31%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 61 (8.18%) Java Developer
11 59 (7.91%) Lead Developer
12 52 (6.97%) Senior Developer
13 47 (6.30%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 41 (5.50%) Senior Software Engineer
15 39 (5.23%) Java Engineer
15 39 (5.23%) Python Engineer
16 34 (4.56%) .NET Developer
17 32 (4.29%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 31 (4.16%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
18 31 (4.16%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 352 (47.18%) React
2 186 (24.93%) Node.js
3 105 (14.08%) .NET
4 76 (10.19%) Next.js
5 73 (9.79%) CSS
6 72 (9.65%) HTML
7 64 (8.58%) Vue
8 58 (7.77%) GraphQL
9 57 (7.64%) RESTful
10 53 (7.10%) AngularJS
11 49 (6.57%) Spring
12 47 (6.30%) Kafka
13 39 (5.23%) REST
14 38 (5.09%) Spring Boot
15 32 (4.29%) Redux
16 31 (4.16%) FastAPI
16 31 (4.16%) LangChain
17 28 (3.75%) .NET Core
17 28 (3.75%) Django
18 26 (3.49%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.85%) Cloud Native
2 32 (4.29%) Fixed Income
3 28 (3.75%) Greenfield Project
3 28 (3.75%) Mobile App
4 24 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.95%) Product Ownership
6 20 (2.68%) AI Agents
7 17 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.21%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.21%) PropTech
11 7 (0.94%) Blog
12 6 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.67%) Hackathon
13 5 (0.67%) Mobile Payment
13 5 (0.67%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.54%) Distributed Architecture
14 4 (0.54%) Hedge funds
14 4 (0.54%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.47%) Android
2 10 (1.34%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (32.44%) Software Engineering
2 204 (27.35%) AI
3 189 (25.34%) Agile
4 180 (24.13%) CI/CD
5 126 (16.89%) Microservices
6 123 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
7 116 (15.55%) DevOps
8 85 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 81 (10.86%) Test Automation
10 75 (10.05%) Mentoring
11 74 (9.92%) User Experience
12 72 (9.65%) Containerisation
13 70 (9.38%) Computer Science
14 57 (7.64%) Clean Code
15 50 (6.70%) Collaborative Culture
16 49 (6.57%) LLM
17 47 (6.30%) Technical Leadership
18 42 (5.63%) Fintech
18 42 (5.63%) Generative AI
18 42 (5.63%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 308 (41.29%) TypeScript
2 210 (28.15%) JavaScript
3 206 (27.61%) Python
4 182 (24.40%) Java
5 91 (12.20%) C#
6 88 (11.80%) SQL
7 37 (4.96%) Go
8 25 (3.35%) PHP
9 11 (1.47%) Kotlin
10 7 (0.94%) Bicep
11 6 (0.80%) Rust
12 5 (0.67%) Ruby
13 4 (0.54%) Bash
13 4 (0.54%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.27%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.27%) C++
14 2 (0.27%) RPG
15 1 (0.13%) Elm
15 1 (0.13%) Groovy
15 1 (0.13%) Swift
Qualifications
1 89 (11.93%) Security Cleared
2 74 (9.92%) SC Cleared
3 73 (9.79%) Degree
4 43 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.01%) DV Cleared
6 5 (0.67%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.27%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.13%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.13%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.69%) QA
2 18 (2.41%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.80%) WCAG
4 5 (0.67%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.54%) SLA
6 3 (0.40%) GDPR
6 3 (0.40%) PERC
7 2 (0.27%) ITGC
8 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 96 (12.87%) Docker
2 1 (0.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 83 (11.13%) Kubernetes
2 68 (9.12%) Terraform
3 22 (2.95%) Grafana
4 11 (1.47%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.34%) Ansible
6 7 (0.94%) Podman
7 6 (0.80%) Argo
8 5 (0.67%) Kibana
9 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.13%) logstash
Vendors
1 42 (5.63%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.62%) OpenAI
3 16 (2.14%) Adobe
4 13 (1.74%) Google
5 10 (1.34%) Palantir
6 9 (1.21%) Foundry
7 6 (0.80%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (0.80%) Fortinet
7 6 (0.80%) Palo Alto
8 5 (0.67%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.40%) AppDynamics
9 3 (0.40%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.40%) WooCommerce
10 2 (0.27%) Apple
10 2 (0.27%) IBM
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle
10 2 (0.27%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.27%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.27%) Solace
10 2 (0.27%) Splunk