Full-Stack Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Full-Stack Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Full-Stack Engineer salary in Manchester is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 151 158
Rank change year-on-year +38 +7 +62
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Engineer 56 11 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.98% 0.49% 1.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.54% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 45 6 30
10th Percentile - £48,750 £53,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £61,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +2.08% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £72,500 £75,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 5,283 2,023 4,766
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 90.60% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3,978 1,227 3,811
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +7.41% -6.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,170 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £82,101
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Full-Stack Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Full-Stack Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Full-Stack Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Full-Stack Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

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

Full-Stack Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Engineer in Manchester

Full-Stack Engineer
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 Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Salford - 5 £75,000 -
Full-Stack Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2026, Full-Stack Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 56 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 28 (50.00%) Java
3 23 (41.07%) Software Engineering
4 19 (33.93%) Spring
5 12 (21.43%) Agile
5 12 (21.43%) Microservices
5 12 (21.43%) Security Cleared
6 11 (19.64%) AWS
6 11 (19.64%) Vue
7 10 (17.86%) AngularJS
7 10 (17.86%) JavaScript
7 10 (17.86%) Spring Boot
8 9 (16.07%) AI
8 9 (16.07%) SC Cleared
9 7 (12.50%) .NET
9 7 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (12.50%) Scrum
9 7 (12.50%) TDD
10 6 (10.71%) Node.js
10 6 (10.71%) TypeScript
11 5 (8.93%) Azure
11 5 (8.93%) Python
11 5 (8.93%) React
11 5 (8.93%) REST
12 4 (7.14%) Analytics
12 4 (7.14%) CI/CD
12 4 (7.14%) Coaching
12 4 (7.14%) Data Modelling
12 4 (7.14%) DevOps
12 4 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme

Full-Stack Engineer 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 1 (1.79%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.79%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 11 (19.64%) AWS
2 5 (8.93%) Azure
3 3 (5.36%) SaaS
4 1 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.79%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) HTTP
2 1 (1.79%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) MongoDB
1 4 (7.14%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.79%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.79%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.79%) MySQL
2 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Git
2 3 (5.36%) JIRA
2 3 (5.36%) JUnit
3 1 (1.79%) GitLab
3 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (8.93%) Finance
2 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.36%) Marketing
4 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.79%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (33.93%) Spring
2 11 (19.64%) Vue
3 10 (17.86%) AngularJS
3 10 (17.86%) Spring Boot
4 7 (12.50%) .NET
5 6 (10.71%) Node.js
6 5 (8.93%) React
6 5 (8.93%) REST
7 3 (5.36%) CSS
7 3 (5.36%) gRPC
7 3 (5.36%) HTML
7 3 (5.36%) Kafka
7 3 (5.36%) RESTful
7 3 (5.36%) Spring Batch
8 1 (1.79%) ASP.NET
8 1 (1.79%) ASP.NET Core
8 1 (1.79%) Blazor
8 1 (1.79%) Entity Framework
8 1 (1.79%) Pandas
8 1 (1.79%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.36%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (5.36%) Marketing Technology
2 3 (5.36%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.79%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.79%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (1.79%) Legacy Code
3 1 (1.79%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 23 (41.07%) Software Engineering
3 12 (21.43%) Agile
3 12 (21.43%) Microservices
4 9 (16.07%) AI
5 7 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.50%) Scrum
5 7 (12.50%) TDD
6 4 (7.14%) Analytics
6 4 (7.14%) CI/CD
6 4 (7.14%) Coaching
6 4 (7.14%) Data Modelling
6 4 (7.14%) DevOps
6 4 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (7.14%) Kanban
6 4 (7.14%) Mentoring
6 4 (7.14%) Product Vision
6 4 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (5.36%) Data Science
7 3 (5.36%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (50.00%) Java
2 10 (17.86%) JavaScript
3 6 (10.71%) TypeScript
4 5 (8.93%) Python
5 3 (5.36%) C#
6 1 (1.79%) Go
6 1 (1.79%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.79%) R
6 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.07%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) Degree
4 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.79%) MBA
4 1 (1.79%) PhD
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (5.36%) Adobe