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 24 November 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 220 190
Rank change year-on-year -57 -30 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 476 822 929
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.90% 1.21% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 1.29% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 349 510 860
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £50,514
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £79,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.49% -3.64% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 47,921 63,941 49,281
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.47% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 30,174 35,998 38,349
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.77% -1.90% -

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 24 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Developer in the UK

Full-Stack Developer
Top 17 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 24 November 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
England -37 419 £60,000 +4.35% 153
UK excluding London -38 291 £57,500 +8.49% 134
London -1 169 £80,000 +14.29% 47
Work from Home -1 167 £60,000 +9.09% 93
South East -15 103 £57,500 +4.55% 46
North of England +10 63 £60,000 +20.00% 19
Midlands -2 37 £60,000 +33.33% 31
North West +22 32 £60,000 +33.33% 9
South West -7 29 £60,000 +14.29% 23
East of England +15 28 £42,500 -5.56% 8
West Midlands +26 24 £60,000 +9.09% 21
Wales +5 19 £60,000 -14.29% 6
North East +23 17 £50,000 +11.11% 5
Yorkshire +7 14 £60,000 - 5
East Midlands -9 13 £62,500 +56.25% 10
Scotland -4 12 £60,000 -5.33% 4
Northern Ireland -3 2 £60,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 24 November 2025, 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.

1 476 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 252 (52.94%) React
3 239 (50.21%) JavaScript
4 216 (45.38%) AWS
5 189 (39.71%) Agile
6 162 (34.03%) CI/CD
7 157 (32.98%) Azure
8 156 (32.77%) C#
9 152 (31.93%) TypeScript
10 151 (31.72%) .NET
11 142 (29.83%) HTML
12 128 (26.89%) AngularJS
13 127 (26.68%) CSS
13 127 (26.68%) SQL
14 124 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
15 113 (23.74%) Java
16 110 (23.11%) Node.js
17 108 (22.69%) DevOps
18 103 (21.64%) Python
19 102 (21.43%) Git
20 98 (20.59%) REST
20 98 (20.59%) User Experience
21 96 (20.17%) Vue
22 92 (19.33%) RESTful
23 90 (18.91%) Docker
24 86 (18.07%) SQL Server
25 72 (15.13%) Microservices
26 66 (13.87%) Kubernetes
27 63 (13.24%) Clean Code
27 63 (13.24%) PostgreSQL

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 12 (2.52%) CMS
2 8 (1.68%) Headless CMS
3 6 (1.26%) IIS
4 4 (0.84%) Apache
4 4 (0.84%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.84%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.63%) Confluence
5 3 (0.63%) Drupal
5 3 (0.63%) nginx
5 3 (0.63%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.42%) ColdFusion
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.21%) Kentico
7 1 (0.21%) MetaMask
7 1 (0.21%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.63%) S-PLUS
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (2.52%) Shopify
2 3 (0.63%) Magento
3 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 216 (45.38%) AWS
2 157 (32.98%) Azure
3 62 (13.03%) GCP
4 59 (12.39%) Serverless
5 51 (10.71%) SaaS
6 46 (9.66%) GitHub
7 36 (7.56%) Amazon ECS
8 34 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
9 24 (5.04%) Amazon EC2
9 24 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (4.83%) Amazon S3
10 23 (4.83%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (3.99%) Amazon SQS
12 13 (2.73%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (2.52%) Vercel
14 11 (2.31%) Figma
15 9 (1.89%) Power Platform
16 8 (1.68%) Google Analytics
17 7 (1.47%) npm
18 6 (1.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.63%) Broadband
2 1 (0.21%) AMQP
2 1 (0.21%) HTTP
2 1 (0.21%) Internet
2 1 (0.21%) NetScaler
2 1 (0.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (18.07%) SQL Server
2 63 (13.24%) PostgreSQL
3 51 (10.71%) Relational Database
4 48 (10.08%) NoSQL
5 37 (7.77%) MySQL
6 28 (5.88%) RDBMS
7 18 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (3.57%) Redis
9 13 (2.73%) MongoDB
10 10 (2.10%) DynamoDB
11 9 (1.89%) Power BI
12 7 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (1.47%) Big Data
13 5 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.84%) Apache Hive
14 4 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.84%) Hadoop
14 4 (0.84%) HBase
15 3 (0.63%) Apache Iceberg
15 3 (0.63%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 102 (21.43%) Git
2 31 (6.51%) Jenkins
3 23 (4.83%) JUnit
3 23 (4.83%) Mockito
4 18 (3.78%) JIRA
4 18 (3.78%) JMeter
5 16 (3.36%) Cypress.io
6 10 (2.10%) Maven
6 10 (2.10%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.05%) git-flow
7 5 (1.05%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.84%) Gradle
8 4 (0.84%) Jasmine
8 4 (0.84%) Mocha
8 4 (0.84%) NUnit
8 4 (0.84%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.84%) Vite
8 4 (0.84%) webpack
9 3 (0.63%) CircleCI
General
1 110 (23.11%) Social Skills
2 66 (13.87%) Finance
3 39 (8.19%) Law
4 36 (7.56%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.09%) Marketing
6 23 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (4.62%) Banking
8 21 (4.41%) Front Office
9 19 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (3.36%) Investment Banking
11 14 (2.94%) Retail
12 12 (2.52%) Games
12 12 (2.52%) Legal
13 9 (1.89%) Health Technology
14 7 (1.47%) Aviation
15 6 (1.26%) Electronics
15 6 (1.26%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.63%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.63%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 252 (52.94%) React
2 151 (31.72%) .NET
3 142 (29.83%) HTML
4 128 (26.89%) AngularJS
5 127 (26.68%) CSS
6 110 (23.11%) Node.js
7 98 (20.59%) REST
8 96 (20.17%) Vue
9 92 (19.33%) RESTful
10 59 (12.39%) Spring
11 56 (11.76%) ASP.NET
12 48 (10.08%) GraphQL
13 45 (9.45%) .NET Core
14 39 (8.19%) .NET Framework
15 38 (7.98%) HTML5
15 38 (7.98%) Web Services
16 36 (7.56%) CSS3
17 33 (6.93%) Spring Boot
18 31 (6.51%) ASP.NET Core
18 31 (6.51%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.83%) Cloud Native
1 23 (4.83%) Distributed Systems
2 22 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.57%) Mobile App
4 16 (3.36%) Onboarding
4 16 (3.36%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (2.73%) Hedge funds
6 13 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (2.10%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.10%) Reference Data
8 9 (1.89%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.05%) Legacy Code
10 4 (0.84%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.63%) Equities
11 3 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.63%) IoT
11 3 (0.63%) Online Games
11 3 (0.63%) Smart Home
11 3 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.89%) Unix
2 8 (1.68%) Linux
3 7 (1.47%) Android
3 7 (1.47%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 476 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 189 (39.71%) Agile
3 162 (34.03%) CI/CD
4 124 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (22.69%) DevOps
6 98 (20.59%) User Experience
7 72 (15.13%) Microservices
8 63 (13.24%) Clean Code
8 63 (13.24%) Software Engineering
9 58 (12.18%) AI
10 57 (11.97%) Web Development
11 56 (11.76%) UX Design
12 54 (11.34%) TDD
13 52 (10.92%) SDLC
14 48 (10.08%) Test Automation
15 44 (9.24%) Containerisation
16 43 (9.03%) Mentoring
17 41 (8.61%) Scrum
18 36 (7.56%) Front End Development
19 35 (7.35%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 239 (50.21%) JavaScript
2 156 (32.77%) C#
3 152 (31.93%) TypeScript
4 127 (26.68%) SQL
5 113 (23.74%) Java
6 103 (21.64%) Python
7 22 (4.62%) PHP
8 19 (3.99%) Shell Script
9 16 (3.36%) Go
10 11 (2.31%) PL/SQL
11 10 (2.10%) VB.NET
12 9 (1.89%) C
13 6 (1.26%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.05%) C++
15 4 (0.84%) Bicep
15 4 (0.84%) XAML
16 3 (0.63%) Bash
16 3 (0.63%) R
16 3 (0.63%) Ruby
17 2 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 49 (10.29%) Security Cleared
2 40 (8.40%) Degree
3 29 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (3.78%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.15%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.63%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
7 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (0.63%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.98%) Accessibility
2 37 (7.77%) QA
3 6 (1.26%) GDPR
3 6 (1.26%) WCAG
4 1 (0.21%) HL7
System Software
1 90 (18.91%) Docker
2 4 (0.84%) HDFS
3 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Firmware
3 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 66 (13.87%) Kubernetes
2 32 (6.72%) Terraform
3 18 (3.78%) Kibana
4 5 (1.05%) Ansible
5 1 (0.21%) Argo
5 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 52 (10.92%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.62%) Splunk
3 19 (3.99%) Dynatrace
4 11 (2.31%) Oracle
5 9 (1.89%) Google
6 8 (1.68%) Apple
6 8 (1.68%) DevExpress
7 5 (1.05%) Databricks
8 4 (0.84%) Cloudera
8 4 (0.84%) Rollbar
8 4 (0.84%) Telerik
9 3 (0.63%) Pega
9 3 (0.63%) WSO2
9 3 (0.63%) Zoho
10 2 (0.42%) iManage
10 2 (0.42%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.42%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.21%) Adobe
11 1 (0.21%) IONA
11 1 (0.21%) Red Hat