Full-Stack Developer Job Trends in South Wales

Full-Stack Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in South Wales is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 52 51
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 10 14 16
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 1.23% 2.12% 2.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 2.17% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 16
10th Percentile £39,800 - £42,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +36.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £64,063
90th Percentile - £77,500 £67,500
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +36.36% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 729 645 522
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 97.73% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 523 363 399
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,500 £32,776
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £40,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £79,920 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% +3.38% -

Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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 South Wales.

Full-Stack Developer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

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

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Developer in South Wales over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Developer in South Wales

Full-Stack Developer
Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Cardiff +8 5 £60,000 -6.25%
Torfaen - 3 £45,000 -
Newport -15 2 £46,750 -37.67%
Full-Stack Developer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 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 South Wales region featuring Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (30.00%) Front End Development
3 3 (30.00%) HTML
3 3 (30.00%) Web Development
4 2 (20.00%) .NET
4 2 (20.00%) API Development
4 2 (20.00%) API Integration
4 2 (20.00%) Azure
4 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) C#
4 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (20.00%) ColdFusion
4 2 (20.00%) CSS
4 2 (20.00%) DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) ERP
4 2 (20.00%) Git
4 2 (20.00%) HTML5
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle Database
4 2 (20.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) RESTful
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (10.00%) Bootstrap

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (20.00%) ColdFusion
2 1 (10.00%) CMS
2 1 (10.00%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (10.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Git
2 1 (10.00%) Moq
General
1 2 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Police
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) HTML
2 2 (20.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) CSS
2 2 (20.00%) HTML5
2 2 (20.00%) RESTful
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Web API
3 1 (10.00%) Bootstrap
3 1 (10.00%) CSS3
3 1 (10.00%) FHIR
3 1 (10.00%) jQuery
3 1 (10.00%) OAuth
3 1 (10.00%) OAuth2
3 1 (10.00%) OpenID
3 1 (10.00%) Sass
3 1 (10.00%) Symfony
3 1 (10.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (30.00%) Front End Development
3 3 (30.00%) Web Development
4 2 (20.00%) API Development
4 2 (20.00%) API Integration
4 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (20.00%) DevOps
4 2 (20.00%) ERP
4 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (10.00%) High Availability
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) SOLID
5 1 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
5 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (10.00%) HL7
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle