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 14 March 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 293 175
Rank change year-on-year +78 -118 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 752 474 1,427
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.09% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.20% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 618 343 1,256
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £49,070 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -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 68,062 39,531 79,680
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.83% 90.64% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 43,433 22,967 61,167
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,869 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -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 14 March 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 14 March 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 +78 687 £65,000 +8.33% 175
UK excluding London +65 487 £60,000 +9.09% 142
Work from Home +74 260 £60,000 - 110
London +56 215 £80,000 +14.29% 52
South East +11 158 £60,000 +9.09% 48
North of England +54 148 £65,000 +18.18% 37
Midlands +17 80 £55,000 -4.35% 20
North West +45 75 £70,000 +27.27% 24
South West -3 56 £55,000 -8.33% 19
Yorkshire -4 48 £70,000 +27.27% 12
West Midlands +18 45 £60,000 +2.13% 12
East Midlands -8 35 £55,000 +3.29% 8
East of England +10 33 £100,000 +122.22% 14
North East -1 25 £50,000 +17.65% 1
Wales -7 8 £45,000 -14.69%
Scotland -23 5 £62,500 +20.77% 5
Northern Ireland - 2 £60,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 14 March 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.

1 752 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 318 (42.29%) React
3 269 (35.77%) JavaScript
4 213 (28.32%) AWS
5 206 (27.39%) TypeScript
6 177 (23.54%) .NET
7 165 (21.94%) C#
8 163 (21.68%) Node.js
9 161 (21.41%) Java
10 154 (20.48%) Agile
11 143 (19.02%) Azure
12 139 (18.48%) Python
13 138 (18.35%) CI/CD
14 124 (16.49%) CSS
15 120 (15.96%) HTML
16 118 (15.69%) AngularJS
17 114 (15.16%) Microservices
18 112 (14.89%) SQL
19 110 (14.63%) DevOps
20 108 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
21 106 (14.10%) Software Engineering
22 97 (12.90%) Vue
23 94 (12.50%) Docker
23 94 (12.50%) REST
24 88 (11.70%) Git
25 86 (11.44%) AI
26 83 (11.04%) Serverless
27 75 (9.97%) PostgreSQL
28 68 (9.04%) Security Cleared
29 63 (8.38%) Spring

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 10 (1.33%) CMS
2 9 (1.20%) Confluence
2 9 (1.20%) OpenStack
3 6 (0.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (0.66%) ColdFusion
5 4 (0.53%) nginx
6 3 (0.40%) Drupal
6 3 (0.40%) Liferay
6 3 (0.40%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.27%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.13%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) CICS
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) Kentico
Applications
1 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.13%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Shopify
2 1 (0.13%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 213 (28.32%) AWS
2 143 (19.02%) Azure
3 83 (11.04%) Serverless
4 61 (8.11%) SaaS
5 49 (6.52%) AWS Lambda
6 48 (6.38%) Amazon S3
7 43 (5.72%) Amazon ECS
8 41 (5.45%) GCP
9 39 (5.19%) GitHub
10 31 (4.12%) Amazon SQS
11 25 (3.32%) Amazon EKS
12 23 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
13 21 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (1.86%) Power Platform
15 11 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
16 10 (1.33%) GitHub Copilot
17 8 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
18 6 (0.80%) Amazon EventBridge
19 5 (0.66%) Amazon ECR
19 5 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.27%) AMQP
1 2 (0.27%) HTTP
2 1 (0.13%) Broadband
2 1 (0.13%) Internet
2 1 (0.13%) NetScaler
2 1 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (9.97%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (8.11%) SQL Server
3 44 (5.85%) NoSQL
4 39 (5.19%) Relational Database
5 33 (4.39%) MySQL
6 31 (4.12%) MongoDB
7 13 (1.73%) RDBMS
7 13 (1.73%) Redis
8 12 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (1.46%) DynamoDB
10 9 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (1.20%) DB2
10 9 (1.20%) Power BI
11 3 (0.40%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.40%) ClickHouse
11 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.40%) TimescaleDB
12 2 (0.27%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.27%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 88 (11.70%) Git
2 39 (5.19%) Jenkins
3 23 (3.06%) Cypress.io
4 16 (2.13%) JUnit
5 14 (1.86%) JIRA
5 14 (1.86%) Mockito
6 12 (1.60%) Maven
7 11 (1.46%) TeamCity
8 8 (1.06%) GitLab
9 7 (0.93%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.93%) Selenium
10 6 (0.80%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.80%) JMeter
11 5 (0.66%) git-flow
11 5 (0.66%) webpack
12 3 (0.40%) ESLint
12 3 (0.40%) Mocha
12 3 (0.40%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.27%) CircleCI
13 2 (0.27%) Storybook
General
1 93 (12.37%) Social Skills
2 77 (10.24%) Finance
3 39 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (4.26%) Banking
5 24 (3.19%) Public Sector
6 22 (2.93%) Aviation
6 22 (2.93%) Retail
7 19 (2.53%) Investment Banking
8 17 (2.26%) Front Office
9 15 (1.99%) Games
10 11 (1.46%) Law
11 10 (1.33%) Marketing
12 9 (1.20%) Legal
13 8 (1.06%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.06%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.80%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.66%) Electronics
16 4 (0.53%) Local Government
17 3 (0.40%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 318 (42.29%) React
2 177 (23.54%) .NET
3 163 (21.68%) Node.js
4 124 (16.49%) CSS
5 120 (15.96%) HTML
6 118 (15.69%) AngularJS
7 97 (12.90%) Vue
8 94 (12.50%) REST
9 63 (8.38%) Spring
10 55 (7.31%) .NET Core
11 53 (7.05%) RESTful
12 44 (5.85%) Spring Boot
13 43 (5.72%) Laravel
14 36 (4.79%) ASP.NET
14 36 (4.79%) Kafka
14 36 (4.79%) Next.js
15 30 (3.99%) GraphQL
16 28 (3.72%) HTML5
17 27 (3.59%) CSS3
18 25 (3.32%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 29 (3.86%) Cloud Native
2 25 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
3 24 (3.19%) Product Ownership
3 24 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (2.26%) Mobile App
6 11 (1.46%) Fixed Income
7 10 (1.33%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (0.93%) Hedge funds
10 6 (0.80%) Reference Data
11 5 (0.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (0.66%) Sports Betting
12 4 (0.53%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.53%) Distributed Architecture
12 4 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.53%) IoT
13 3 (0.40%) Client/Server
13 3 (0.40%) Data Structures
14 2 (0.27%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.99%) Linux
2 8 (1.06%) Android
2 8 (1.06%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.27%) Windows
4 1 (0.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 752 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 154 (20.48%) Agile
3 138 (18.35%) CI/CD
4 114 (15.16%) Microservices
5 110 (14.63%) DevOps
6 108 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
7 106 (14.10%) Software Engineering
8 86 (11.44%) AI
9 59 (7.85%) User Experience
9 59 (7.85%) Web Development
10 52 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 51 (6.78%) API Development
12 47 (6.25%) Clean Code
12 47 (6.25%) Scrum
13 46 (6.12%) Front End Development
14 45 (5.98%) Mentoring
14 45 (5.98%) SDLC
14 45 (5.98%) TDD
15 39 (5.19%) Containerisation
16 38 (5.05%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 269 (35.77%) JavaScript
2 206 (27.39%) TypeScript
3 165 (21.94%) C#
4 161 (21.41%) Java
5 139 (18.48%) Python
6 112 (14.89%) SQL
7 51 (6.78%) PHP
8 17 (2.26%) C
8 17 (2.26%) Ruby
9 14 (1.86%) Go
9 14 (1.86%) PL/SQL
10 9 (1.20%) Bash
11 8 (1.06%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.93%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.80%) C++
13 6 (0.80%) R
14 4 (0.53%) XAML
15 3 (0.40%) COBOL
15 3 (0.40%) Groovy
16 2 (0.27%) RPG
Qualifications
1 68 (9.04%) Security Cleared
2 44 (5.85%) SC Cleared
3 36 (4.79%) Degree
4 31 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.99%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.53%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 3 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.13%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.06%) Accessibility
1 23 (3.06%) QA
2 4 (0.53%) WCAG
3 2 (0.27%) HL7
4 1 (0.13%) GDPR
4 1 (0.13%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 94 (12.50%) Docker
2 1 (0.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 58 (7.71%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.66%) Terraform
3 9 (1.20%) Ansible
4 7 (0.93%) Kibana
5 5 (0.66%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.40%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.40%) Nagios
7 2 (0.27%) Argo
7 2 (0.27%) Grafana
8 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (3.19%) Oracle
2 22 (2.93%) Microsoft
3 9 (1.20%) OpenAI
4 7 (0.93%) Dynatrace
4 7 (0.93%) Google
5 6 (0.80%) Pega
5 6 (0.80%) Splunk
6 4 (0.53%) iManage
6 4 (0.53%) Telerik
6 4 (0.53%) WSO2
7 3 (0.40%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.40%) WooCommerce
7 3 (0.40%) Zoho
8 2 (0.27%) Aderant
8 2 (0.27%) Adobe
8 2 (0.27%) Foundry
8 2 (0.27%) IBM
8 2 (0.27%) Intapp
8 2 (0.27%) SendGrid
9 1 (0.13%) ServiceNow