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 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 321 202
Rank change year-on-year +99 -119 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 986 434 998
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.83% 0.87% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.97% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 821 319 610
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £39,875
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.44%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -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 109,627 44,572 70,730
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 89.76% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 74,613 25,684 40,879
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £35,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £54,824 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% -0.32% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.28% -7.00% -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 5 October 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 5 October 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 +94 877 £60,000 -4.00% 299
UK excluding London +99 734 £60,000 - 173
Work from Home +83 353 £60,000 - 153
North of England +84 211 £65,000 +8.33% 47
London -23 209 £67,500 -14.29% 146
South East +38 206 £60,000 +4.35% 42
Yorkshire +51 109 £70,000 +16.67% 21
South West +8 109 £60,000 - 15
Midlands +18 108 £60,000 - 25
North West +8 74 £60,000 - 24
West Midlands -4 60 £70,000 +16.67% 18
Scotland +37 51 £55,000 -8.33% 14
East Midlands -2 48 £60,000 +14.29% 7
East of England -26 36 £60,000 +45.45% 18
North East -44 28 £46,250 -7.50% 3
Wales -68 13 £70,000 +16.67% 2

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

For the 6 months to 5 October 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.

1 986 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 329 (33.37%) JavaScript
3 300 (30.43%) React
4 288 (29.21%) TypeScript
5 286 (29.01%) AWS
6 207 (20.99%) Node.js
7 192 (19.47%) CI/CD
8 186 (18.86%) Agile
9 181 (18.36%) .NET
10 170 (17.24%) Azure
11 166 (16.84%) C#
12 165 (16.73%) Microservices
13 153 (15.52%) AI
14 150 (15.21%) Java
15 131 (13.29%) Python
16 125 (12.68%) Software Engineering
17 119 (12.07%) CSS
17 119 (12.07%) Docker
18 115 (11.66%) HTML
19 113 (11.46%) AngularJS
20 105 (10.65%) SaaS
20 105 (10.65%) SQL Server
21 102 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
22 99 (10.04%) Git
23 98 (9.94%) SQL
24 95 (9.63%) REST
25 90 (9.13%) Serverless
26 89 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
27 88 (8.92%) DevOps
28 85 (8.62%) 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 17 (1.72%) Confluence
2 15 (1.52%) WordPress
3 11 (1.12%) CMS
4 7 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.41%) IIS
6 3 (0.30%) nginx
6 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.10%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Elementor
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Shopify
2 3 (0.30%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.10%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 286 (29.01%) AWS
2 170 (17.24%) Azure
3 105 (10.65%) SaaS
4 90 (9.13%) Serverless
5 83 (8.42%) GitHub
6 77 (7.81%) Amazon S3
7 75 (7.61%) AWS Lambda
8 71 (7.20%) Amazon ECS
9 47 (4.77%) GCP
10 46 (4.67%) Amazon SQS
11 38 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
12 30 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
13 29 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
13 29 (2.94%) Snowflake
14 28 (2.84%) GitHub Copilot
15 24 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
15 24 (2.43%) AWS Step Functions
16 18 (1.83%) Anthropic Claude
17 16 (1.62%) Amazon ECR
18 15 (1.52%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.71%) Broadband
2 3 (0.30%) DNS
2 3 (0.30%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Firewall
3 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.10%) Internet
4 1 (0.10%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (10.65%) SQL Server
2 85 (8.62%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (5.68%) MongoDB
4 35 (3.55%) DynamoDB
5 31 (3.14%) Redis
5 31 (3.14%) Relational Database
6 30 (3.04%) MySQL
7 21 (2.13%) NoSQL
8 19 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (1.01%) Power BI
10 7 (0.71%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.51%) Spatial Data
12 4 (0.41%) GIS
13 2 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.20%) ClickHouse
13 2 (0.20%) MariaDB
14 1 (0.10%) Amazon Athena
14 1 (0.10%) Azure SQL Database
14 1 (0.10%) DocumentDB
14 1 (0.10%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 99 (10.04%) Git
2 56 (5.68%) Jenkins
3 41 (4.16%) Cypress.io
4 27 (2.74%) GitLab
5 21 (2.13%) Maven
6 20 (2.03%) JUnit
7 18 (1.83%) Claude Code
8 17 (1.72%) JIRA
9 13 (1.32%) Mockito
10 11 (1.12%) Vite
11 9 (0.91%) SonarQube
11 9 (0.91%) Storybook
11 9 (0.91%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.71%) NUnit
13 6 (0.61%) Postman
13 6 (0.61%) TeamCity
14 5 (0.51%) Selenium
15 4 (0.41%) Eclipse
15 4 (0.41%) Subversion
16 3 (0.30%) JMeter
General
1 102 (10.34%) Social Skills
2 75 (7.61%) Public Sector
3 52 (5.27%) Finance
4 15 (1.52%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (1.52%) Retail
5 13 (1.32%) Legal
5 13 (1.32%) Marketing
6 12 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (0.71%) Legal Technology
8 6 (0.61%) Games
9 5 (0.51%) Banking
10 4 (0.41%) Aviation
10 4 (0.41%) Law
11 3 (0.30%) Automotive
11 3 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.30%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.30%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.20%) Front Office
12 2 (0.20%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 300 (30.43%) React
2 207 (20.99%) Node.js
3 181 (18.36%) .NET
4 119 (12.07%) CSS
5 115 (11.66%) HTML
6 113 (11.46%) AngularJS
7 95 (9.63%) REST
8 83 (8.42%) Vue
9 79 (8.01%) Spring
10 75 (7.61%) RESTful
11 70 (7.10%) Spring Boot
12 58 (5.88%) Next.js
13 50 (5.07%) Jest
14 47 (4.77%) Ruby on Rails
15 41 (4.16%) .NET Core
16 38 (3.85%) .NET Framework
16 38 (3.85%) ASP.NET
17 37 (3.75%) Entity Framework
18 36 (3.65%) Terraform
19 30 (3.04%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 74 (7.51%) Cloud Native
2 51 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (2.03%) Product Ownership
5 16 (1.62%) Mobile App
6 12 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (0.91%) IoT
9 8 (0.81%) AI Agents
10 7 (0.71%) Virtual Team
11 6 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (0.41%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.30%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.30%) Mainframe
14 2 (0.20%) Client/Server
14 2 (0.20%) Distributed Architecture
14 2 (0.20%) PMI
14 2 (0.20%) Sports Betting
14 2 (0.20%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.42%) Linux
2 3 (0.30%) AIX
3 1 (0.10%) Android
3 1 (0.10%) Windows
3 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 986 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 192 (19.47%) CI/CD
3 186 (18.86%) Agile
4 165 (16.73%) Microservices
5 153 (15.52%) AI
6 125 (12.68%) Software Engineering
7 102 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
8 89 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 88 (8.92%) DevOps
10 73 (7.40%) Clean Code
11 64 (6.49%) Mentoring
12 61 (6.19%) Computer Science
13 57 (5.78%) Web Development
14 54 (5.48%) E-Commerce
14 54 (5.48%) User Experience
15 53 (5.38%) Front End Development
15 53 (5.38%) SDLC
16 49 (4.97%) Technical Leadership
17 46 (4.67%) LLM
18 45 (4.56%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 329 (33.37%) JavaScript
2 288 (29.21%) TypeScript
3 166 (16.84%) C#
4 150 (15.21%) Java
5 131 (13.29%) Python
6 98 (9.94%) SQL
7 61 (6.19%) Kotlin
8 52 (5.27%) Ruby
9 49 (4.97%) PHP
10 20 (2.03%) Bash
11 18 (1.83%) Groovy
12 10 (1.01%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.71%) C++
14 5 (0.51%) Rust
15 4 (0.41%) Go
16 3 (0.30%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.20%) Bicep
17 2 (0.20%) Perl
18 1 (0.10%) Apex Code
18 1 (0.10%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (6.19%) Degree
2 60 (6.09%) Security Cleared
3 56 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 48 (4.87%) SC Cleared
5 18 (1.83%) AWS Certification
6 9 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 7 (0.71%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
9 6 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.20%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 12 (1.22%) WCAG
3 11 (1.12%) QA
4 5 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.41%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.30%) GDPR
7 1 (0.10%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.10%) GRC
7 1 (0.10%) SLA
System Software
1 119 (12.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 76 (7.71%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.91%) HP Fortify
3 6 (0.61%) Grafana
4 5 (0.51%) Ansible
5 3 (0.30%) Kibana
5 3 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.20%) Argo
7 1 (0.10%) Podman
Vendors
1 79 (8.01%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.64%) Oracle
3 19 (1.93%) Google
4 16 (1.62%) OpenAI
5 10 (1.01%) OutSystems
5 10 (1.01%) Red Hat
6 9 (0.91%) OneLogin
7 6 (0.61%) Dynatrace
8 5 (0.51%) Peregrine
9 3 (0.30%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.30%) Splunk
10 2 (0.20%) WooCommerce
11 1 (0.10%) AppDynamics
11 1 (0.10%) Confluent
11 1 (0.10%) Databricks
11 1 (0.10%) Mistral
11 1 (0.10%) NEC
11 1 (0.10%) Plaid
11 1 (0.10%) ServiceNow