Full-Stack Java Developer Job Trends in South London

Full-Stack Java Developer
London > South London

The median Full-Stack Java Developer salary in South London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 76 51
Rank change year-on-year +45 -25 +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Java Developer 16 9 7
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 3.56% 1.65% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.11% 1.80% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £76,250
25th Percentile £67,500 - £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £83,750
90th Percentile - - £86,875
London median annual salary £132,500 £70,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +89.29% -15.15% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South 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 South London with a recognized job title 389 500 372
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.64% 91.74% 93.70%
Number of salaries quoted 198 185 257
10th Percentile £30,175 £27,000 £36,150
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% -7.76% +5.45%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,500 £83,750
London median annual salary £72,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +3.45%

Full-Stack Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Full-Stack Java Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South London.

Full-Stack Java Developer job vacancy trend in South London

Full-Stack Java Developer
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Java Developer job vacancies in South London.

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Java Developer job vacancies in South London

Full-Stack Java Developer
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack Java Developer within the South London region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Croydon +22 16 £70,000 - 1
Full-Stack Java Developer
London

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

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Full-Stack Java 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 South London region featuring Full-Stack Java Developer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Agile
1 16 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 16 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 16 (100.00%) AWS
1 16 (100.00%) BDD
1 16 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 16 (100.00%) Docker
1 16 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 16 (100.00%) Java
1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 16 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 16 (100.00%) JSON
1 16 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 16 (100.00%) Microservices
1 16 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 16 (100.00%) REST
1 16 (100.00%) Serverless
1 16 (100.00%) Spring
1 16 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 16 (100.00%) TDD
1 16 (100.00%) Web Services
1 16 (100.00%) XML
2 15 (93.75%) ActiveMQ
2 15 (93.75%) Amazon EC2
2 15 (93.75%) Apache Camel
2 15 (93.75%) Dynatrace
2 15 (93.75%) Hibernate
2 15 (93.75%) HTML
2 15 (93.75%) JMeter
2 15 (93.75%) jQuery

Full-Stack Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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 1 (6.25%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 16 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 16 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 16 (100.00%) AWS
1 16 (100.00%) Serverless
2 15 (93.75%) Amazon EC2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (93.75%) RDBMS
2 15 (93.75%) Relational Database
3 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (100.00%) Jenkins
2 15 (93.75%) JMeter
2 15 (93.75%) JUnit
2 15 (93.75%) Mockito
3 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 15 (93.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (100.00%) JSON
1 16 (100.00%) REST
1 16 (100.00%) Spring
1 16 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 16 (100.00%) Web Services
1 16 (100.00%) XML
2 15 (93.75%) ActiveMQ
2 15 (93.75%) Apache Camel
2 15 (93.75%) Hibernate
2 15 (93.75%) HTML
2 15 (93.75%) jQuery
2 15 (93.75%) WireMock
3 1 (6.25%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (6.25%) Mustache
3 1 (6.25%) Node.js
3 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Agile
1 16 (100.00%) BDD
1 16 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 16 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 16 (100.00%) Microservices
1 16 (100.00%) TDD
2 15 (93.75%) Process Management
2 15 (93.75%) SDLC
2 15 (93.75%) Workflow
3 1 (6.25%) Biometrics
3 1 (6.25%) DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Kanban
3 1 (6.25%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Java
1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 15 (93.75%) Python
2 15 (93.75%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (87.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 16 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (100.00%) Kubernetes
2 15 (93.75%) Kibana
3 1 (6.25%) Ansible
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Dynatrace
1 15 (93.75%) Splunk