Full-Stack Developer Job Trends in Manchester

Full-Stack Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in Manchester is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 October 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 134 98
Rank change year-on-year +10 -36 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 25 35 62
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.09% 0.94% 2.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 1.00% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17 25 55
10th Percentile £53,250 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £69,500 £66,500
North West median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -18.18% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,120 3,507 2,427
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 94.66% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,334 1,800 1,966
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £59,763
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -7.97% +8.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,800 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,775 £84,056
North West median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

Full-Stack Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

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

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 26 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Developer in Manchester

Full-Stack Developer
Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 26 October 2025. 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
Altrincham - 1 £55,000 -
Full-Stack Developer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 26 October 2025, 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 Manchester region featuring Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 13 (52.00%) AWS
3 12 (48.00%) JavaScript
4 10 (40.00%) Azure
5 9 (36.00%) DevOps
5 9 (36.00%) Node.js
5 9 (36.00%) React
6 8 (32.00%) .NET
6 8 (32.00%) Agile
6 8 (32.00%) CI/CD
6 8 (32.00%) HTML
6 8 (32.00%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (32.00%) SQL
7 7 (28.00%) C#
7 7 (28.00%) CSS
7 7 (28.00%) Git
7 7 (28.00%) TypeScript
8 6 (24.00%) AI
8 6 (24.00%) AngularJS
8 6 (24.00%) RESTful
9 5 (20.00%) Clean Code
9 5 (20.00%) Docker
9 5 (20.00%) HTML5
9 5 (20.00%) Java
9 5 (20.00%) Mentoring
9 5 (20.00%) Microservices
9 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (20.00%) SaaS
10 4 (16.00%) BDD
10 4 (16.00%) CRM

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (8.00%) IIS
2 1 (4.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 13 (52.00%) AWS
2 10 (40.00%) Azure
3 5 (20.00%) SaaS
4 4 (16.00%) Serverless
5 3 (12.00%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (12.00%) Amazon EKS
5 3 (12.00%) GCP
5 3 (12.00%) GitHub
5 3 (12.00%) Vercel
6 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (8.00%) PaaS
6 2 (8.00%) Supabase
7 1 (4.00%) Firebase
7 1 (4.00%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (32.00%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (16.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (8.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (8.00%) MySQL
3 2 (8.00%) NoSQL
3 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.00%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (4.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Git
2 3 (12.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Marketing
3 2 (8.00%) Finance
3 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Games
4 1 (4.00%) Health Technology
4 1 (4.00%) Law
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (36.00%) Node.js
1 9 (36.00%) React
2 8 (32.00%) .NET
2 8 (32.00%) HTML
3 7 (28.00%) CSS
4 6 (24.00%) AngularJS
4 6 (24.00%) RESTful
5 5 (20.00%) HTML5
6 4 (16.00%) CSS3
6 4 (16.00%) Express.js
6 4 (16.00%) REST
6 4 (16.00%) Spring
6 4 (16.00%) Spring Boot
7 3 (12.00%) Kafka
7 3 (12.00%) Next.js
7 3 (12.00%) Vue
7 3 (12.00%) Web Services
8 2 (8.00%) .NET Framework
8 2 (8.00%) JSON
8 2 (8.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (8.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (8.00%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Animation
3 1 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Android
1 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (36.00%) DevOps
3 8 (32.00%) Agile
3 8 (32.00%) CI/CD
4 6 (24.00%) AI
5 5 (20.00%) Clean Code
5 5 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 5 (20.00%) Microservices
5 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (16.00%) BDD
6 4 (16.00%) CRM
6 4 (16.00%) Kanban
6 4 (16.00%) TDD
6 4 (16.00%) User Experience
7 3 (12.00%) Front End Development
7 3 (12.00%) Machine Learning
7 3 (12.00%) Scrum
8 2 (8.00%) API Integration
8 2 (8.00%) Mobile First
8 2 (8.00%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 12 (48.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (32.00%) SQL
3 7 (28.00%) C#
3 7 (28.00%) TypeScript
4 5 (20.00%) Java
5 3 (12.00%) Go
5 3 (12.00%) Python
6 2 (8.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (12.00%) Ansible
3 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Google
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Xamarin
3 1 (4.00%) iManage
3 1 (4.00%) Pega
3 1 (4.00%) WSO2