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 28 March 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 286 172
Rank change year-on-year +82 -114 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 811 430 1,530
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.05% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 1.17% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 671 343 1,291
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £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 £73,125 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.27% -4.09%

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 71,927 36,735 83,837
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 90.01% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 46,076 23,059 63,351
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £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 £79,608 £72,466
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -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 28 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 28 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 +91 738 £65,000 +8.33% 164
UK excluding London +78 538 £60,000 +9.09% 139
Work from Home +66 279 £60,000 +4.35% 97
London +50 217 £80,000 +18.52% 43
South East +16 173 £60,000 +9.09% 38
North of England +53 166 £67,500 +22.73% 45
Midlands +19 85 £55,000 - 21
North West +39 82 £70,000 +27.27% 22
Yorkshire -11 63 £72,500 +31.82% 22
South West +1 62 £55,000 -8.33% 17
West Midlands +11 48 £60,000 +2.13% 12
East of England -17 38 £100,000 +122.22% 10
East Midlands -17 37 £55,000 +15.79% 9
North East -10 21 £50,000 +14.29% 1
Wales -19 8 £45,000 -14.29% 2
Scotland -36 7 £60,000 +15.94% 7
Northern Ireland - 2 £60,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 811 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 327 (40.32%) React
3 284 (35.02%) JavaScript
4 226 (27.87%) AWS
5 216 (26.63%) TypeScript
6 183 (22.56%) .NET
7 179 (22.07%) Node.js
8 167 (20.59%) C#
9 165 (20.35%) Java
10 158 (19.48%) Agile
11 157 (19.36%) Python
12 146 (18.00%) CI/CD
13 143 (17.63%) Azure
14 128 (15.78%) CSS
15 123 (15.17%) HTML
16 122 (15.04%) SQL
17 121 (14.92%) Microservices
18 118 (14.55%) AngularJS
19 113 (13.93%) DevOps
20 110 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
21 109 (13.44%) Software Engineering
22 107 (13.19%) Vue
23 96 (11.84%) Docker
24 91 (11.22%) Git
24 91 (11.22%) REST
25 88 (10.85%) Serverless
26 87 (10.73%) AI
27 80 (9.86%) PostgreSQL
28 73 (9.00%) Web Development
29 67 (8.26%) Security Cleared

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 9 (1.11%) OpenStack
2 8 (0.99%) CMS
2 8 (0.99%) Confluence
3 7 (0.86%) ColdFusion
4 6 (0.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.49%) nginx
6 3 (0.37%) Liferay
6 3 (0.37%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.25%) Drupal
7 2 (0.25%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.25%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) CICS
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) Shopify
2 1 (0.12%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.12%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 226 (27.87%) AWS
2 143 (17.63%) Azure
3 88 (10.85%) Serverless
4 66 (8.14%) SaaS
5 55 (6.78%) AWS Lambda
6 52 (6.41%) Amazon S3
7 46 (5.67%) Amazon ECS
8 41 (5.06%) GCP
8 41 (5.06%) GitHub
9 34 (4.19%) Amazon SQS
10 24 (2.96%) Amazon EC2
11 22 (2.71%) Amazon EKS
12 21 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (1.85%) Power Platform
14 13 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.11%) GitHub Copilot
16 8 (0.99%) Azure Service Bus
17 7 (0.86%) Apigee
17 7 (0.86%) AWS Step Functions
18 6 (0.74%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.25%) AMQP
1 2 (0.25%) Broadband
1 2 (0.25%) HTTP
2 1 (0.12%) Internet
2 1 (0.12%) NetScaler
2 1 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (9.86%) PostgreSQL
2 65 (8.01%) SQL Server
3 50 (6.17%) NoSQL
4 36 (4.44%) MySQL
4 36 (4.44%) Relational Database
5 33 (4.07%) MongoDB
6 15 (1.85%) DynamoDB
7 12 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
8 11 (1.36%) Redis
9 10 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (1.23%) Power BI
9 10 (1.23%) RDBMS
10 9 (1.11%) DB2
11 8 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.37%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.37%) ClickHouse
12 3 (0.37%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.37%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.37%) TimescaleDB
13 2 (0.25%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 91 (11.22%) Git
2 38 (4.69%) Jenkins
3 26 (3.21%) Cypress.io
4 16 (1.97%) JIRA
5 15 (1.85%) JUnit
6 13 (1.60%) Maven
6 13 (1.60%) Mockito
7 10 (1.23%) TeamCity
8 9 (1.11%) GitLab
9 7 (0.86%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.86%) Selenium
10 6 (0.74%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.62%) git-flow
11 5 (0.62%) JMeter
11 5 (0.62%) webpack
12 4 (0.49%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.37%) CircleCI
13 3 (0.37%) ESLint
13 3 (0.37%) Mocha
14 2 (0.25%) Storybook
General
1 96 (11.84%) Social Skills
2 79 (9.74%) Finance
3 37 (4.56%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (3.95%) Banking
5 25 (3.08%) Public Sector
6 24 (2.96%) Retail
7 22 (2.71%) Aviation
8 17 (2.10%) Investment Banking
9 15 (1.85%) Front Office
9 15 (1.85%) Games
10 9 (1.11%) Marketing
11 8 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (0.99%) Law
11 8 (0.99%) Tech for Good
12 7 (0.86%) Health Technology
13 6 (0.74%) Legal
13 6 (0.74%) Local Government
13 6 (0.74%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.62%) Advertising
15 4 (0.49%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 327 (40.32%) React
2 183 (22.56%) .NET
3 179 (22.07%) Node.js
4 128 (15.78%) CSS
5 123 (15.17%) HTML
6 118 (14.55%) AngularJS
7 107 (13.19%) Vue
8 91 (11.22%) REST
9 64 (7.89%) Spring
10 57 (7.03%) .NET Core
11 55 (6.78%) RESTful
12 48 (5.92%) Spring Boot
13 45 (5.55%) Laravel
14 35 (4.32%) ASP.NET
15 34 (4.19%) Kafka
15 34 (4.19%) Next.js
16 29 (3.58%) Jest
17 28 (3.45%) GraphQL
18 26 (3.21%) .NET Framework
19 25 (3.08%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 34 (4.19%) Cloud Native
2 29 (3.58%) Greenfield Project
3 25 (3.08%) Product Ownership
4 22 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.10%) Mobile App
7 11 (1.36%) Fixed Income
8 10 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (0.99%) Management Information System
10 7 (0.86%) Sports Betting
11 6 (0.74%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 5 (0.62%) Hedge funds
13 4 (0.49%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.49%) Distributed Architecture
13 4 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.49%) IoT
13 4 (0.49%) NHS
13 4 (0.49%) Reference Data
14 3 (0.37%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.85%) Linux
2 7 (0.86%) Android
2 7 (0.86%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.25%) Windows
4 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 811 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 158 (19.48%) Agile
3 146 (18.00%) CI/CD
4 121 (14.92%) Microservices
5 113 (13.93%) DevOps
6 110 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
7 109 (13.44%) Software Engineering
8 87 (10.73%) AI
9 73 (9.00%) Web Development
10 60 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 53 (6.54%) User Experience
12 51 (6.29%) API Development
13 50 (6.17%) Clean Code
13 50 (6.17%) Scrum
14 48 (5.92%) Front End Development
14 48 (5.92%) Mentoring
15 46 (5.67%) SDLC
16 45 (5.55%) TDD
17 37 (4.56%) Computer Science
17 37 (4.56%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 284 (35.02%) JavaScript
2 216 (26.63%) TypeScript
3 167 (20.59%) C#
4 165 (20.35%) Java
5 157 (19.36%) Python
6 122 (15.04%) SQL
7 55 (6.78%) PHP
8 22 (2.71%) Ruby
9 17 (2.10%) C
10 14 (1.73%) Go
10 14 (1.73%) PL/SQL
11 10 (1.23%) Bash
12 8 (0.99%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.86%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.74%) C++
14 6 (0.74%) R
15 4 (0.49%) Groovy
16 3 (0.37%) COBOL
16 3 (0.37%) XAML
17 2 (0.25%) RPG
Qualifications
1 67 (8.26%) Security Cleared
2 46 (5.67%) SC Cleared
3 36 (4.44%) Degree
4 30 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (1.73%) DV Cleared
6 6 (0.74%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
7 4 (0.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 4 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.12%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.12%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.96%) QA
2 21 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.49%) WCAG
4 2 (0.25%) HL7
5 1 (0.12%) GDPR
5 1 (0.12%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 96 (11.84%) Docker
2 1 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 55 (6.78%) Kubernetes
2 21 (2.59%) Terraform
3 9 (1.11%) Ansible
4 6 (0.74%) Kibana
5 5 (0.62%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.49%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.37%) Nagios
8 2 (0.25%) Argo
8 2 (0.25%) Grafana
9 1 (0.12%) Podman
9 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (2.96%) Oracle
2 23 (2.84%) Microsoft
3 9 (1.11%) OpenAI
4 6 (0.74%) Dynatrace
4 6 (0.74%) Pega
5 5 (0.62%) Google
5 5 (0.62%) Splunk
6 4 (0.49%) Telerik
6 4 (0.49%) WSO2
7 3 (0.37%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.37%) WooCommerce
7 3 (0.37%) Zoho
8 2 (0.25%) Aderant
8 2 (0.25%) Adobe
8 2 (0.25%) Foundry
8 2 (0.25%) IBM
8 2 (0.25%) iManage
8 2 (0.25%) Intapp
8 2 (0.25%) SendGrid
9 1 (0.12%) ServiceNow