Full-Stack Developer Jobs

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 30 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 178 174
Rank change year-on-year -135 -4 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 458 1,607 2,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.88% 1.63% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.73% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 359 1,297 1,453
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +6.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%

Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Full-Stack Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Full-Stack Developer in the UK

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Full-Stack Developer.

Salary trend for Full-Stack Developer in the UK

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Developer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 2025. 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 -139 411 £60,000 - 225
UK excluding London -104 279 £55,000 +4.76% 157
Work from Home -47 196 £60,000 - 169
London -91 159 £70,000 -9.68% 80
South East -25 102 £55,000 - 35
North of England -106 50 £55,000 - 33
Midlands -54 49 £53,500 +7.00% 32
West Midlands -24 33 £60,000 +9.09% 14
North West -102 29 £55,000 - 22
South West +10 28 £60,000 +13.74% 21
East of England +5 28 £45,000 - 26
Scotland +94 17 £51,000 -2.86% 6
East Midlands -8 16 £47,500 -5.00% 18
Yorkshire +16 14 £55,000 - 8
Wales +31 8 £61,500 +23.00% 7
North East +29 7 £45,000 -25.00% 3

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Full-Stack Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 458 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 235 (51.31%) JavaScript
3 224 (48.91%) React
4 183 (39.96%) AWS
5 161 (35.15%) C#
6 153 (33.41%) Agile
7 151 (32.97%) .NET
8 136 (29.69%) TypeScript
9 135 (29.48%) HTML
10 134 (29.26%) SQL
11 131 (28.60%) AngularJS
12 126 (27.51%) Azure
13 120 (26.20%) Problem-Solving
14 116 (25.33%) Python
15 113 (24.67%) CSS
16 110 (24.02%) Node.js
17 97 (21.18%) SQL Server
18 95 (20.74%) Social Skills
19 94 (20.52%) CI/CD
20 91 (19.87%) Git
21 86 (18.78%) Java
22 85 (18.56%) Microservices
23 84 (18.34%) Vue
23 84 (18.34%) Docker
24 82 (17.90%) DevOps
25 78 (17.03%) Finance
25 78 (17.03%) Software Engineering
26 74 (16.16%) MySQL
27 73 (15.94%) Web Development
28 69 (15.07%) TDD

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 35 (7.64%) CMS
2 12 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.62%) WordPress
3 10 (2.18%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.18%) Confluence
3 10 (2.18%) Umbraco
4 9 (1.97%) Headless CMS
5 8 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.75%) IIS
6 6 (1.31%) Drupal
7 4 (0.87%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.66%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.66%) Kentico
8 3 (0.66%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.44%) Apache
9 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.44%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.44%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.22%) DNN
Applications
1 6 (1.31%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.44%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.22%) InVision
4 1 (0.22%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.62%) Payment Gateway
2 8 (1.75%) Shopify
3 2 (0.44%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 183 (39.96%) AWS
2 126 (27.51%) Azure
3 65 (14.19%) Serverless
4 48 (10.48%) GitHub
5 47 (10.26%) SaaS
6 43 (9.39%) GCP
7 24 (5.24%) AWS Lambda
8 19 (4.15%) Power Platform
9 17 (3.71%) Amazon S3
10 16 (3.49%) Amazon EC2
10 16 (3.49%) Amazon ECS
10 16 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
12 13 (2.84%) Amazon SQS
12 13 (2.84%) Azure Functions
13 10 (2.18%) Azure Data Factory
14 9 (1.97%) Azure Monitor
15 8 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 8 (1.75%) Contentful
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.31%) MQTT
2 5 (1.09%) Internet
2 5 (1.09%) Network Security
2 5 (1.09%) SMS
2 5 (1.09%) VPN
3 2 (0.44%) Broadband
3 2 (0.44%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.22%) DNS
4 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (21.18%) SQL Server
2 74 (16.16%) MySQL
3 55 (12.01%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (8.95%) MongoDB
4 41 (8.95%) NoSQL
5 24 (5.24%) Relational Database
6 18 (3.93%) DynamoDB
7 13 (2.84%) Redis
8 10 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (2.18%) SQLite
9 9 (1.97%) Power BI
10 8 (1.75%) Apache Hive
11 5 (1.09%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.09%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.66%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.66%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
14 2 (0.44%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 91 (19.87%) Git
2 27 (5.90%) JIRA
3 26 (5.68%) Jenkins
4 21 (4.59%) Visual Studio
5 14 (3.06%) GitLab
6 10 (2.18%) JUnit
7 9 (1.97%) JMeter
8 8 (1.75%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.53%) Mockito
10 6 (1.31%) webpack
11 5 (1.09%) Maven
11 5 (1.09%) Storybook
11 5 (1.09%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.87%) Octopus Deploy
13 3 (0.66%) DbUnit
13 3 (0.66%) jMock
13 3 (0.66%) MSBuild
13 3 (0.66%) Postman
13 3 (0.66%) Selenium
13 3 (0.66%) SonarQube
General
1 95 (20.74%) Social Skills
2 78 (17.03%) Finance
3 33 (7.21%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (4.37%) Front Office
4 20 (4.37%) Retail
5 17 (3.71%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.06%) Marketing
6 14 (3.06%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (1.75%) Advertising
7 8 (1.75%) Banking
7 8 (1.75%) Law
7 8 (1.75%) Tech for Good
8 7 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.09%) Automotive
9 5 (1.09%) Games
9 5 (1.09%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.09%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.87%) Legal
10 4 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 224 (48.91%) React
2 151 (32.97%) .NET
3 135 (29.48%) HTML
4 131 (28.60%) AngularJS
5 113 (24.67%) CSS
6 110 (24.02%) Node.js
7 84 (18.34%) Vue
8 65 (14.19%) RESTful
9 55 (12.01%) REST
10 54 (11.79%) .NET Core
11 53 (11.57%) ASP.NET
12 48 (10.48%) GraphQL
13 42 (9.17%) Spring
14 40 (8.73%) HTML5
14 40 (8.73%) Laravel
15 33 (7.21%) Blazor
15 33 (7.21%) Spring Boot
16 30 (6.55%) Next.js
17 29 (6.33%) Web Services
18 26 (5.68%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.90%) Greenfield Project
2 25 (5.46%) Mobile App
3 24 (5.24%) Cloud Native
4 18 (3.93%) Product Ownership
5 17 (3.71%) Hedge funds
6 16 (3.49%) Fixed Income
7 14 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.53%) IoT
8 7 (1.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 6 (1.31%) Equities
9 6 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.09%) Life Science
10 5 (1.09%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.66%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.66%) NHS
12 3 (0.66%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.44%) EPoS
13 2 (0.44%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.37%) Linux
2 10 (2.18%) Android
3 7 (1.53%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.09%) Unix
5 4 (0.87%) Windows
6 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 153 (33.41%) Agile
3 120 (26.20%) Problem-Solving
4 94 (20.52%) CI/CD
5 85 (18.56%) Microservices
6 82 (17.90%) DevOps
7 78 (17.03%) Software Engineering
8 73 (15.94%) Web Development
9 69 (15.07%) TDD
9 69 (15.07%) User Experience
10 57 (12.45%) MVC
11 47 (10.26%) Front End Development
11 47 (10.26%) SDLC
12 44 (9.61%) API Development
13 37 (8.08%) Code Quality
13 37 (8.08%) Mentoring
14 36 (7.86%) Clean Code
15 35 (7.64%) Analytics
16 33 (7.21%) Fintech
16 33 (7.21%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 235 (51.31%) JavaScript
2 161 (35.15%) C#
3 136 (29.69%) TypeScript
4 134 (29.26%) SQL
5 116 (25.33%) Python
6 86 (18.78%) Java
7 58 (12.66%) PHP
8 10 (2.18%) C++
9 6 (1.31%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.09%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.09%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.87%) Go
12 3 (0.66%) Bash
12 3 (0.66%) C
12 3 (0.66%) Groovy
12 3 (0.66%) Scala
13 2 (0.44%) Delphi
13 2 (0.44%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.44%) Ruby
13 2 (0.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 47 (10.26%) Degree
2 28 (6.11%) Security Cleared
3 25 (5.46%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.53%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.44%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.22%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.02%) QA
2 15 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.44%) WCAG
4 1 (0.22%) GDPR
4 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 84 (18.34%) Docker
2 4 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.66%) LXC
4 2 (0.44%) Firmware
5 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (9.61%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.71%) Terraform
3 5 (1.09%) Ansible
4 4 (0.87%) Kibana
5 3 (0.66%) Grafana
6 2 (0.44%) Istio
6 2 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.44%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.22%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.22%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 39 (8.52%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.77%) Google
3 6 (1.31%) PayPal
4 5 (1.09%) Dynatrace
4 5 (1.09%) SAP
4 5 (1.09%) Splunk
5 4 (0.87%) Sitecore
6 3 (0.66%) Adobe
6 3 (0.66%) Atlassian
6 3 (0.66%) Optimizely
6 3 (0.66%) Oracle
6 3 (0.66%) Sage
6 3 (0.66%) Xamarin
7 2 (0.44%) Rollbar
7 2 (0.44%) Sun
7 2 (0.44%) Telerik
8 1 (0.22%) iManage
8 1 (0.22%) Mapbox
8 1 (0.22%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.22%) Spotify