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 17 January 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 274 183
Rank change year-on-year +22 -91 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 538 573 1,011
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.88% 1.07% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 1.16% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 410 340 918
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -6.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £96,250 £100,000
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 55,347 49,429 56,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 92.66% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 34,239 25,628 43,493
10th Percentile £28,675 £33,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.25%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 +40 491 £65,000 +13.04% 136
UK excluding London +7 322 £60,000 +9.09% 109
London +45 180 £80,000 +18.52% 43
Work from Home +11 160 £60,000 +4.35% 85
South East +5 123 £60,000 +9.09% 46
North of England +39 82 £60,000 +26.32% 32
Midlands +18 51 £55,000 -6.38% 18
South West +9 38 £60,000 +9.09% 6
North West +16 30 £65,000 +36.84% 17
Yorkshire +3 29 £75,000 +42.86% 9
East Midlands -2 26 £55,000 -5.58% 11
West Midlands +24 25 £60,000 +2.13% 7
North East +19 23 £50,000 +17.65% 6
East of England +2 21 £60,000 +33.33% 7
Wales -4 7 £45,000 -29.69%
Scotland -10 3 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 17 January 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.

1 538 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 269 (50.00%) React
3 209 (38.85%) JavaScript
4 182 (33.83%) AWS
5 157 (29.18%) TypeScript
6 148 (27.51%) .NET
7 144 (26.77%) Agile
8 139 (25.84%) C#
9 133 (24.72%) Java
10 129 (23.98%) Azure
11 124 (23.05%) CI/CD
12 108 (20.07%) Python
13 106 (19.70%) AngularJS
13 106 (19.70%) Node.js
13 106 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
13 106 (19.70%) SQL
14 100 (18.59%) CSS
14 100 (18.59%) HTML
15 97 (18.03%) Microservices
16 94 (17.47%) DevOps
17 92 (17.10%) REST
18 80 (14.87%) Docker
19 73 (13.57%) Git
20 71 (13.20%) AI
21 70 (13.01%) Vue
22 69 (12.83%) Software Engineering
23 67 (12.45%) Serverless
24 65 (12.08%) PostgreSQL
24 65 (12.08%) Security Cleared
25 64 (11.90%) 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 8 (1.49%) OpenStack
2 7 (1.30%) Confluence
3 6 (1.12%) CMS
3 6 (1.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.56%) Liferay
4 3 (0.56%) nginx
5 2 (0.37%) ColdFusion
5 2 (0.37%) Drupal
5 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.19%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) Kentico
6 1 (0.19%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.37%) S-PLUS
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 182 (33.83%) AWS
2 129 (23.98%) Azure
3 67 (12.45%) Serverless
4 43 (7.99%) GitHub
5 38 (7.06%) SaaS
6 36 (6.69%) GCP
7 35 (6.51%) Amazon ECS
8 33 (6.13%) Amazon EKS
8 33 (6.13%) Amazon S3
9 31 (5.76%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (4.09%) Amazon SQS
12 21 (3.90%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.49%) Power Platform
14 7 (1.30%) GitHub Copilot
15 6 (1.12%) Amazon EventBridge
15 6 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (1.12%) Azure Service Bus
16 5 (0.93%) npm
17 4 (0.74%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.37%) AMQP
1 2 (0.37%) Broadband
1 2 (0.37%) HTTP
2 1 (0.19%) Internet
2 1 (0.19%) NetScaler
2 1 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (12.08%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (10.59%) SQL Server
3 43 (7.99%) NoSQL
4 39 (7.25%) Relational Database
5 26 (4.83%) MySQL
6 21 (3.90%) MongoDB
6 21 (3.90%) RDBMS
7 15 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (2.42%) Redis
9 9 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (1.49%) DB2
11 6 (1.12%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.12%) Power BI
12 3 (0.56%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
13 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.37%) Pinecone
13 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 73 (13.57%) Git
2 34 (6.32%) Jenkins
3 20 (3.72%) JUnit
4 19 (3.53%) Mockito
5 15 (2.79%) Cypress.io
6 14 (2.60%) JIRA
7 12 (2.23%) TeamCity
8 11 (2.04%) JMeter
9 8 (1.49%) Maven
10 7 (1.30%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.30%) Selenium
11 6 (1.12%) webpack
12 5 (0.93%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.93%) git-flow
13 4 (0.74%) Mocha
13 4 (0.74%) Storybook
14 3 (0.56%) CircleCI
14 3 (0.56%) ESLint
14 3 (0.56%) GitLab
14 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 95 (17.66%) Social Skills
2 59 (10.97%) Finance
3 32 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (5.95%) Public Sector
4 29 (5.39%) Banking
5 21 (3.90%) Investment Banking
6 14 (2.60%) Aviation
6 14 (2.60%) Law
7 13 (2.42%) Retail
8 12 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.04%) Front Office
9 11 (2.04%) Games
9 11 (2.04%) Legal
10 9 (1.67%) Marketing
11 7 (1.30%) Health Technology
12 6 (1.12%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.93%) Electronics
14 4 (0.74%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 269 (50.00%) React
2 148 (27.51%) .NET
3 106 (19.70%) AngularJS
3 106 (19.70%) Node.js
4 100 (18.59%) CSS
4 100 (18.59%) HTML
5 92 (17.10%) REST
6 70 (13.01%) Vue
7 64 (11.90%) Spring
8 56 (10.41%) RESTful
9 48 (8.92%) .NET Core
10 37 (6.88%) ASP.NET
10 37 (6.88%) Spring Boot
11 29 (5.39%) .NET Framework
11 29 (5.39%) HTML5
12 28 (5.20%) CSS3
13 27 (5.02%) Kafka
14 25 (4.65%) Laravel
15 24 (4.46%) ASP.NET Core
16 23 (4.28%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (4.46%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.28%) Distributed Systems
4 22 (4.09%) Product Ownership
5 21 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (3.16%) Mobile App
7 14 (2.60%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.86%) Hedge funds
8 10 (1.86%) Reference Data
9 7 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.74%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.74%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.74%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.56%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.37%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 2 (0.37%) IoT
12 2 (0.37%) Social Media
12 2 (0.37%) Sports Betting
12 2 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.86%) Android
1 10 (1.86%) Apple iOS
2 9 (1.67%) Linux
3 2 (0.37%) Unix
4 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 144 (26.77%) Agile
3 124 (23.05%) CI/CD
4 106 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
5 97 (18.03%) Microservices
6 94 (17.47%) DevOps
7 71 (13.20%) AI
8 69 (12.83%) Software Engineering
9 63 (11.71%) User Experience
10 48 (8.92%) Scrum
11 47 (8.74%) Clean Code
11 47 (8.74%) TDD
12 45 (8.36%) SDLC
13 40 (7.43%) Front End Development
13 40 (7.43%) Web Development
14 39 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
15 36 (6.69%) API Development
16 35 (6.51%) Containerisation
17 33 (6.13%) Computer Science
17 33 (6.13%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 209 (38.85%) JavaScript
2 157 (29.18%) TypeScript
3 139 (25.84%) C#
4 133 (24.72%) Java
5 108 (20.07%) Python
6 106 (19.70%) SQL
7 33 (6.13%) PHP
8 15 (2.79%) C
9 13 (2.42%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.04%) Ruby
11 10 (1.86%) PL/SQL
12 9 (1.67%) Go
13 7 (1.30%) C++
14 6 (1.12%) Bash
14 6 (1.12%) R
15 4 (0.74%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.74%) XAML
16 3 (0.56%) COBOL
17 2 (0.37%) RPG
17 2 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (12.08%) Security Cleared
2 32 (5.95%) Degree
3 31 (5.76%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.90%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.13%) Accessibility
2 24 (4.46%) QA
3 8 (1.49%) WCAG
4 4 (0.74%) GDPR
5 1 (0.19%) HL7
System Software
1 80 (14.87%) Docker
2 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 56 (10.41%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.90%) Terraform
3 11 (2.04%) Kibana
4 8 (1.49%) Ansible
5 2 (0.37%) Argo
5 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) Nagios
Vendors
1 21 (3.90%) Oracle
2 13 (2.42%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.23%) Dynatrace
4 11 (2.04%) Splunk
5 8 (1.49%) Google
6 7 (1.30%) OpenAI
7 4 (0.74%) Telerik
8 3 (0.56%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.56%) Pega
8 3 (0.56%) WooCommerce
8 3 (0.56%) WSO2
8 3 (0.56%) Zoho
9 2 (0.37%) Foundry
9 2 (0.37%) IBM
9 2 (0.37%) iManage
9 2 (0.37%) SendGrid
9 2 (0.37%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe
10 1 (0.19%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.19%) Red Hat