Full-Stack Web Developer Job Trends

Full-Stack Web Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack Web Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 January 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 694 691
Rank change year-on-year +77 -3 +255
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Web Developer 33 13 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.056% 0.024% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.026% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 32
10th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £40,125
25th Percentile £59,688 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -4.55% +20.88%
75th Percentile £100,000 £59,063 £67,500
90th Percentile - £67,000 £74,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +90.48% +10.53% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 53,595 50,414 50,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 92.94% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 33,001 26,357 38,868
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,199 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,458 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Full-Stack Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Full-Stack Web Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Full-Stack Web Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Web Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Web Developer job vacancies in the UK

Full-Stack Web Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Web Developer over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Web Developer in the UK

Full-Stack Web Developer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack Web Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +100 29 £82,500 +25.95% 8
UK excluding London +61 24 £100,000 +90.48% 9
South East +32 17 £55,000 -16.03% 6
East of England - 5 £100,000 - 1
London - 4 - -
North of England +23 2 £65,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 2 £65,000 - 2
Work from Home +67 1 £62,500 +31.58% 3

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

For the 6 months to 5 January 2026, Full-Stack Web 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 featuring Full-Stack Web Developer in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 33 (100.00%) Web Development
2 24 (72.73%) React
3 18 (54.55%) Azure
3 18 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (45.45%) AWS
4 15 (45.45%) CI/CD
4 15 (45.45%) Docker
4 15 (45.45%) Git
4 15 (45.45%) Node.js
4 15 (45.45%) RESTful
4 15 (45.45%) User Experience
5 14 (42.42%) Agile
5 14 (42.42%) Containerisation
5 14 (42.42%) CSS
5 14 (42.42%) Customer Engagement
5 14 (42.42%) Design Patterns
5 14 (42.42%) DevOps
5 14 (42.42%) GCP
5 14 (42.42%) HTML
5 14 (42.42%) JavaScript
5 14 (42.42%) Kubernetes
5 14 (42.42%) QA
5 14 (42.42%) Test Automation
5 14 (42.42%) UX Design
6 5 (15.15%) GitHub
6 5 (15.15%) SQL
6 5 (15.15%) Symfony
7 4 (12.12%) AI
7 4 (12.12%) Analytics

Full-Stack Web Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 18 (54.55%) Azure
2 15 (45.45%) AWS
3 14 (42.42%) GCP
4 5 (15.15%) GitHub
5 1 (3.03%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.03%) MySQL
2 1 (3.03%) Redis
2 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (45.45%) Git
General
1 19 (57.58%) Social Skills
2 14 (42.42%) Law
2 14 (42.42%) Marketing
3 4 (12.12%) Manufacturing
3 4 (12.12%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (72.73%) React
2 15 (45.45%) Node.js
2 15 (45.45%) RESTful
3 14 (42.42%) CSS
3 14 (42.42%) HTML
4 5 (15.15%) Symfony
5 1 (3.03%) GraphQL
5 1 (3.03%) Hibernate
5 1 (3.03%) Laravel
5 1 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (3.03%) Redux
5 1 (3.03%) REST
5 1 (3.03%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 33 (100.00%) Web Development
2 18 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (45.45%) CI/CD
3 15 (45.45%) User Experience
4 14 (42.42%) Agile
4 14 (42.42%) Containerisation
4 14 (42.42%) Customer Engagement
4 14 (42.42%) Design Patterns
4 14 (42.42%) DevOps
4 14 (42.42%) Test Automation
4 14 (42.42%) UX Design
5 4 (12.12%) AI
5 4 (12.12%) Analytics
5 4 (12.12%) Business Analysis
5 4 (12.12%) Data Analytics
5 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (12.12%) High Availability
5 4 (12.12%) Machine Learning
5 4 (12.12%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 14 (42.42%) JavaScript
2 5 (15.15%) SQL
3 4 (12.12%) Python
4 2 (6.06%) PHP
4 2 (6.06%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.03%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (42.42%) QA
System Software
1 15 (45.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (42.42%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft