Full-Stack Developer Job Trends

Full-Stack Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 296 165
Rank change year-on-year +102 -131 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 1,007 487 1,752
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.02% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.13% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 883 379 1,341
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

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 91,485 43,049 99,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 89.92% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 62,795 25,127 71,233
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% - -5.66%

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 5 July 2026.

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 5 July 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 +100 898 £65,000 +8.33% 123
UK excluding London +103 749 £60,000 +4.35% 104
Work from Home +83 370 £62,500 +4.17% 80
North of England +125 254 £65,000 +8.33% 20
South East +72 212 £60,000 +4.35% 27
London -4 201 £80,000 +6.67% 36
North West +64 116 £65,000 +18.18% 13
Yorkshire +56 106 £75,000 +25.00% 4
Midlands +23 105 £60,000 +4.35% 25
South West -7 90 £57,500 -4.17% 13
West Midlands +2 57 £70,000 +16.67% 15
East Midlands +6 48 £60,000 +26.32% 10
East of England -20 39 £80,000 +77.78% 7
Scotland +29 36 £55,000 -4.35% 8
North East -15 32 £50,000 -37.50% 3
Wales -58 11 £70,000 +16.67% 2
Northern Ireland -49 2 £60,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 1,007 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 325 (32.27%) JavaScript
3 319 (31.68%) React
4 299 (29.69%) TypeScript
5 283 (28.10%) AWS
6 224 (22.24%) Node.js
7 188 (18.67%) Python
8 186 (18.47%) .NET
9 168 (16.68%) C#
9 168 (16.68%) Java
10 166 (16.48%) Agile
11 160 (15.89%) CI/CD
12 153 (15.19%) Azure
13 144 (14.30%) Microservices
14 141 (14.00%) Software Engineering
15 138 (13.70%) AngularJS
16 134 (13.31%) AI
17 126 (12.51%) CSS
18 122 (12.12%) HTML
18 122 (12.12%) Vue
19 110 (10.92%) DevOps
20 106 (10.53%) Serverless
21 104 (10.33%) SQL
22 103 (10.23%) Docker
23 94 (9.33%) SaaS
24 93 (9.24%) Problem-Solving
25 90 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
26 85 (8.44%) AWS Lambda
26 85 (8.44%) Git
27 80 (7.94%) 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 13 (1.29%) CMS
1 13 (1.29%) Confluence
2 9 (0.89%) WordPress
3 8 (0.79%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.30%) Headless CMS
4 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.30%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.20%) Apache
5 2 (0.20%) IIS
5 2 (0.20%) nginx
6 1 (0.099%) CICS
6 1 (0.099%) Drupal
6 1 (0.099%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (0.60%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Elementor
3 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.30%) Shopify
2 1 (0.099%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.099%) Magento
2 1 (0.099%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 283 (28.10%) AWS
2 153 (15.19%) Azure
3 106 (10.53%) Serverless
4 94 (9.33%) SaaS
5 85 (8.44%) AWS Lambda
6 76 (7.55%) Amazon S3
7 70 (6.95%) Amazon ECS
8 51 (5.06%) GitHub
9 46 (4.57%) GCP
10 45 (4.47%) Amazon SQS
11 30 (2.98%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (2.78%) AWS Step Functions
13 27 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
14 21 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (1.99%) Amazon ECR
15 20 (1.99%) Apigee
16 19 (1.89%) GitHub Copilot
17 18 (1.79%) Power Platform
18 16 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
19 13 (1.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.79%) 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%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (7.94%) PostgreSQL
2 68 (6.75%) SQL Server
3 45 (4.47%) MongoDB
4 40 (3.97%) MySQL
5 34 (3.38%) DynamoDB
6 28 (2.78%) NoSQL
7 25 (2.48%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.49%) Redis
9 12 (1.19%) Power BI
10 9 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (0.79%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.40%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
14 2 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
14 2 (0.20%) ClickHouse
14 2 (0.20%) GIS
14 2 (0.20%) TimescaleDB
15 1 (0.099%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.099%) Db2
Development Applications
1 85 (8.44%) Git
2 47 (4.67%) Jenkins
3 40 (3.97%) Cypress.io
4 27 (2.68%) GitLab
5 23 (2.28%) JIRA
6 20 (1.99%) Maven
7 14 (1.39%) JUnit
8 12 (1.19%) Claude Code
9 11 (1.09%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.79%) Mockito
11 4 (0.40%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.30%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.30%) Postman
12 3 (0.30%) Selenium
13 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.20%) IntelliJ
13 2 (0.20%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.20%) Karma Test Runner
13 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.20%) YouTrack
General
1 87 (8.64%) Social Skills
2 70 (6.95%) Finance
3 28 (2.78%) Public Sector
4 25 (2.48%) Retail
5 22 (2.18%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (1.39%) Aviation
7 11 (1.09%) Front Office
7 11 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (0.99%) Banking
8 10 (0.99%) Legal
8 10 (0.99%) Marketing
9 9 (0.89%) Tech for Good
10 7 (0.70%) Games
11 6 (0.60%) Advertising
11 6 (0.60%) Law
11 6 (0.60%) Legal Technology
12 5 (0.50%) Local Government
13 4 (0.40%) Publishing
14 3 (0.30%) Automotive
14 3 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 319 (31.68%) React
2 224 (22.24%) Node.js
3 186 (18.47%) .NET
4 138 (13.70%) AngularJS
5 126 (12.51%) CSS
6 122 (12.12%) HTML
6 122 (12.12%) Vue
7 69 (6.85%) REST
7 69 (6.85%) Spring
8 67 (6.65%) Spring Boot
9 62 (6.16%) RESTful
10 46 (4.57%) Laravel
11 44 (4.37%) .NET Core
11 44 (4.37%) Jest
12 42 (4.17%) Next.js
13 39 (3.87%) Ruby on Rails
14 38 (3.77%) GraphQL
15 30 (2.98%) HTML5
16 28 (2.78%) CSS3
17 25 (2.48%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.05%) Cloud Native
2 29 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
3 18 (1.79%) Product Ownership
4 17 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (1.69%) Mobile App
5 12 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (1.09%) Fixed Income
7 7 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (0.70%) Sports Betting
8 5 (0.50%) IoT
9 4 (0.40%) AI Agents
9 4 (0.40%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (0.40%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.40%) Mainframe
9 4 (0.40%) NHS
9 4 (0.40%) PropTech
9 4 (0.40%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.30%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (0.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.59%) Linux
2 3 (0.30%) AIX
3 2 (0.20%) Windows
4 1 (0.099%) Android
4 1 (0.099%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.099%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,007 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 166 (16.48%) Agile
3 160 (15.89%) CI/CD
4 144 (14.30%) Microservices
5 141 (14.00%) Software Engineering
6 134 (13.31%) AI
7 110 (10.92%) DevOps
8 93 (9.24%) Problem-Solving
9 90 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 79 (7.85%) Web Development
11 64 (6.36%) Mentoring
12 62 (6.16%) Clean Code
13 52 (5.16%) Front End Development
14 49 (4.87%) Computer Science
15 47 (4.67%) User Experience
16 44 (4.37%) Containerisation
16 44 (4.37%) E-Commerce
17 40 (3.97%) SDLC
17 40 (3.97%) TDD
18 39 (3.87%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 325 (32.27%) JavaScript
2 299 (29.69%) TypeScript
3 188 (18.67%) Python
4 168 (16.68%) C#
4 168 (16.68%) Java
5 104 (10.33%) SQL
6 60 (5.96%) PHP
7 39 (3.87%) Ruby
8 20 (1.99%) Groovy
9 18 (1.79%) Bash
10 12 (1.19%) Go
11 10 (0.99%) PL/SQL
12 8 (0.79%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.70%) C++
14 4 (0.40%) C
15 2 (0.20%) Bicep
15 2 (0.20%) R
15 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.099%) Dart
Qualifications
1 79 (7.85%) Security Cleared
2 69 (6.85%) SC Cleared
3 51 (5.06%) Degree
4 44 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (1.59%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 11 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (0.60%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.099%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.099%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.19%) Accessibility
2 10 (0.99%) QA
3 9 (0.89%) WCAG
4 1 (0.099%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.099%) HL7
4 1 (0.099%) SLA
4 1 (0.099%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 103 (10.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 55 (5.46%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.28%) Terraform
3 11 (1.09%) HP Fortify
4 7 (0.70%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.60%) Ansible
5 6 (0.60%) Grafana
6 5 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.30%) Argo
7 3 (0.30%) Kibana
8 2 (0.20%) Nagios
8 2 (0.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 48 (4.77%) Microsoft
2 19 (1.89%) Oracle
3 11 (1.09%) OpenAI
4 8 (0.79%) OneLogin
5 6 (0.60%) Google
6 5 (0.50%) Dynatrace
6 5 (0.50%) Peregrine
7 4 (0.40%) Pega
8 3 (0.30%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.20%) Aderant
9 2 (0.20%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.20%) iManage
9 2 (0.20%) Intapp
9 2 (0.20%) Splunk
9 2 (0.20%) WooCommerce
9 2 (0.20%) WSO2
10 1 (0.099%) Adobe
10 1 (0.099%) Confluent
10 1 (0.099%) Databricks