Full-Stack Developer Job Trends

Full-Stack Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 312 200
Rank change year-on-year +88 -112 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 1,010 438 1,043
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.86% 0.88% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.99% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 855 323 649
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 109,213 44,406 72,800
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.99% 89.70% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 74,793 25,960 42,645
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,775 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,950 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Full-Stack Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Trend

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

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

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Developer over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Developer in the UK

Full-Stack Developer
Top 16 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 26 September 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 +86 898 £60,000 - 316
UK excluding London +92 759 £60,000 +4.35% 192
Work from Home +80 355 £60,000 - 171
North of England +81 220 £65,000 +8.33% 63
South East +54 214 £60,000 +4.35% 41
London -26 206 £67,500 -10.00% 146
Midlands +20 113 £60,000 - 27
Yorkshire +51 110 £75,000 +25.00% 25
South West +4 109 £60,000 - 18
North West +20 82 £60,000 - 34
West Midlands 0 66 £70,000 +16.67% 19
Scotland +45 51 £55,000 -8.33% 13
East Midlands +5 47 £60,000 +26.32% 8
East of England -19 38 £62,500 +51.52% 16
North East -45 28 £46,250 -7.50% 6
Wales -65 14 £62,500 +4.17% 2

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

For the 6 months to 26 September 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 featuring Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 1,010 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 342 (33.86%) JavaScript
3 306 (30.30%) React
4 301 (29.80%) TypeScript
5 293 (29.01%) AWS
6 215 (21.29%) Node.js
7 192 (19.01%) CI/CD
8 189 (18.71%) Agile
9 187 (18.51%) .NET
10 175 (17.33%) C#
11 172 (17.03%) Azure
12 170 (16.83%) Microservices
13 155 (15.35%) AI
14 154 (15.25%) Java
15 143 (14.16%) Python
16 123 (12.18%) CSS
16 123 (12.18%) Software Engineering
17 119 (11.78%) HTML
18 118 (11.68%) Docker
19 116 (11.49%) AngularJS
20 107 (10.59%) SaaS
21 104 (10.30%) SQL Server
22 101 (10.00%) Git
22 101 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
23 100 (9.90%) SQL
24 97 (9.60%) DevOps
24 97 (9.60%) Serverless
25 94 (9.31%) REST
26 90 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
27 87 (8.61%) Vue

Full-Stack 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (1.49%) Confluence
2 14 (1.39%) WordPress
3 11 (1.09%) CMS
4 7 (0.69%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.40%) IIS
5 4 (0.40%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.30%) ColdFusion
6 3 (0.30%) nginx
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
8 1 (0.099%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Shopify
2 1 (0.099%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.099%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 293 (29.01%) AWS
2 172 (17.03%) Azure
3 107 (10.59%) SaaS
4 97 (9.60%) Serverless
5 83 (8.22%) AWS Lambda
6 81 (8.02%) Amazon S3
7 79 (7.82%) GitHub
8 74 (7.33%) Amazon ECS
9 52 (5.15%) Amazon SQS
10 47 (4.65%) GCP
11 39 (3.86%) Amazon EC2
12 31 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
13 29 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
14 27 (2.67%) GitHub Copilot
14 27 (2.67%) Snowflake
15 26 (2.57%) AWS Step Functions
16 25 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
17 18 (1.78%) Amazon ECR
17 18 (1.78%) Anthropic Claude
18 17 (1.68%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.69%) Broadband
2 4 (0.40%) DNS
2 4 (0.40%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Firewall
3 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.099%) Internet
4 1 (0.099%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (10.30%) SQL Server
2 85 (8.42%) PostgreSQL
3 55 (5.45%) MongoDB
4 42 (4.16%) DynamoDB
5 32 (3.17%) MySQL
6 30 (2.97%) Relational Database
7 29 (2.87%) Redis
8 24 (2.38%) NoSQL
9 19 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (1.19%) Power BI
11 8 (0.79%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.40%) GIS
13 3 (0.30%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
14 2 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
14 2 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
15 1 (0.099%) ClickHouse
15 1 (0.099%) Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.099%) DocumentDB
15 1 (0.099%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 101 (10.00%) Git
2 56 (5.54%) Jenkins
3 43 (4.26%) Cypress.io
4 28 (2.77%) GitLab
5 22 (2.18%) Maven
6 20 (1.98%) JUnit
7 17 (1.68%) Claude Code
8 16 (1.58%) JIRA
9 13 (1.29%) Mockito
10 10 (0.99%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.89%) Storybook
11 9 (0.89%) Visual Studio
11 9 (0.89%) Vite
12 7 (0.69%) NUnit
13 6 (0.59%) Postman
13 6 (0.59%) TeamCity
14 5 (0.50%) Selenium
15 4 (0.40%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.40%) Subversion
16 3 (0.30%) JMeter
General
1 102 (10.10%) Social Skills
2 76 (7.52%) Public Sector
3 53 (5.25%) Finance
4 16 (1.58%) Retail
5 14 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (1.29%) Marketing
7 12 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (1.19%) Legal
8 7 (0.69%) Legal Technology
9 4 (0.40%) Aviation
9 4 (0.40%) Banking
9 4 (0.40%) Games
10 3 (0.30%) Automotive
10 3 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.30%) Law
10 3 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.30%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.20%) Advertising
11 2 (0.20%) Local Government
11 2 (0.20%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 306 (30.30%) React
2 215 (21.29%) Node.js
3 187 (18.51%) .NET
4 123 (12.18%) CSS
5 119 (11.78%) HTML
6 116 (11.49%) AngularJS
7 94 (9.31%) REST
8 87 (8.61%) Vue
9 77 (7.62%) Spring
10 74 (7.33%) RESTful
11 69 (6.83%) Spring Boot
12 56 (5.54%) Next.js
13 51 (5.05%) Jest
14 49 (4.85%) Ruby on Rails
15 43 (4.26%) .NET Core
16 40 (3.96%) .NET Framework
17 39 (3.86%) Terraform
18 38 (3.76%) ASP.NET
18 38 (3.76%) Entity Framework
19 33 (3.27%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 77 (7.62%) Cloud Native
2 50 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (1.88%) Product Ownership
5 17 (1.68%) Mobile App
6 13 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (0.89%) IoT
8 8 (0.79%) AI Agents
9 7 (0.69%) Virtual Team
10 6 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (0.59%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.30%) Augmented Reality
11 3 (0.30%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.30%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.30%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.30%) Sports Betting
12 2 (0.20%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.20%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.20%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.39%) Linux
2 3 (0.30%) AIX
3 1 (0.099%) Windows
3 1 (0.099%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,010 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 192 (19.01%) CI/CD
3 189 (18.71%) Agile
4 170 (16.83%) Microservices
5 155 (15.35%) AI
6 123 (12.18%) Software Engineering
7 101 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 97 (9.60%) DevOps
9 90 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 73 (7.23%) Clean Code
11 65 (6.44%) Web Development
12 64 (6.34%) Mentoring
13 59 (5.84%) Computer Science
14 57 (5.64%) User Experience
15 55 (5.45%) SDLC
16 54 (5.35%) E-Commerce
17 51 (5.05%) Front End Development
18 50 (4.95%) Technical Leadership
19 46 (4.55%) Containerisation
19 46 (4.55%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 342 (33.86%) JavaScript
2 301 (29.80%) TypeScript
3 175 (17.33%) C#
4 154 (15.25%) Java
5 143 (14.16%) Python
6 100 (9.90%) SQL
7 52 (5.15%) Ruby
8 51 (5.05%) Kotlin
9 48 (4.75%) PHP
10 21 (2.08%) Bash
11 19 (1.88%) Groovy
12 10 (0.99%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.69%) C++
14 3 (0.30%) Go
14 3 (0.30%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.20%) Bicep
15 2 (0.20%) Perl
15 2 (0.20%) Rust
16 1 (0.099%) C
16 1 (0.099%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (6.73%) Security Cleared
2 61 (6.04%) Degree
3 56 (5.54%) SC Cleared
4 54 (5.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.98%) AWS Certification
6 10 (0.99%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (0.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 8 (0.79%) AWS Certified Developer
9 7 (0.69%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.099%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.099%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.18%) Accessibility
2 13 (1.29%) QA
3 12 (1.19%) WCAG
4 5 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.40%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.30%) GDPR
7 1 (0.099%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.099%) GRC
7 1 (0.099%) SLA
System Software
1 118 (11.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 75 (7.43%) Kubernetes
2 10 (0.99%) HP Fortify
3 5 (0.50%) Ansible
3 5 (0.50%) Grafana
4 4 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.30%) Kibana
5 3 (0.30%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.20%) Argo
7 1 (0.099%) Podman
Vendors
1 76 (7.52%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.57%) Oracle
3 19 (1.88%) Google
4 16 (1.58%) OpenAI
5 9 (0.89%) OneLogin
5 9 (0.89%) OutSystems
5 9 (0.89%) Red Hat
6 6 (0.59%) Dynatrace
7 5 (0.50%) Peregrine
8 3 (0.30%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.30%) Splunk
9 2 (0.20%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.20%) WooCommerce
10 1 (0.099%) Confluent
10 1 (0.099%) Databricks
10 1 (0.099%) Mistral
10 1 (0.099%) NEC
10 1 (0.099%) Pega
10 1 (0.099%) WSO2