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 9 November 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 295 213
Rank change year-on-year +46 -82 -26
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 914 442 826
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 0.86% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.96% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 733 315 511
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +8.49% -3.64%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
9 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 112,986 46,196 64,146
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.82% 90.02% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 74,779 28,601 36,116
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,813 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.93% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

Full-Stack Developer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Full-Stack Developer job postings 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 Full-Stack Developer jobs over the 6 months to 9 November 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 Full-Stack Developer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 9 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +41 815 £60,000 - 255
UK excluding London +48 679 £60,000 +4.35% 131
Work from Home +30 319 £60,000 - 122
North of England +44 202 £65,000 +8.33% 47
London -41 198 £60,000 -25.00% 127
South East -5 175 £60,000 +4.35% 28
Midlands +10 114 £55,000 -8.33% 11
Yorkshire +44 105 £70,000 +16.67% 17
South West -10 102 £65,000 +10.64% 11
North West -13 72 £65,000 +8.33% 24
West Midlands -14 67 £55,000 -8.33% 9
Scotland +30 47 £55,000 -8.33% 6
East Midlands -14 47 £55,000 +10.00% 2
East of England -66 27 £60,000 +41.18% 14
North East -58 25 £50,000 - 7
Wales -70 12 £70,000 +16.67% 4

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

For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, Full-Stack Developer job ads cited 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 Full-Stack Developer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Full-Stack Development100.0%914
2JavaScript33.2%303
3React29.9%273
4AWS28.8%263
5TypeScript28.4%260
6CI/CD22.1%202
7Node.js21.3%195
8Agile20.2%185
9.NET19.1%175
10Azure18.9%173
11C#17.6%161
12Microservices17.2%157
13AI15.1%138
14Java14.4%132
15Software Engineering14.0%128
16Docker12.6%115
17CSS11.5%105
18HTML11.3%103
19AngularJS11.2%102
20Git11.1%101
21REST10.9%100
22Python10.8%99
22SaaS10.8%99
24SQL Server10.7%98
25Problem-Solving10.3%94
26DevOps10.1%92
27SQL9.7%89
28Kotlin9.1%83
28Serverless9.1%83
30Continuous Improvement9.0%82

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Full-Stack Developer22.9%209
2Software Developer14.6%133
3Lead Full-Stack Developer10.0%91
4Full-Stack Java Developer9.5%87
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.8%80
6React Developer7.7%70
7Lead Software Developer6.5%59
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.7%43
9AWS Developer3.4%31
10Senior React Developer3.3%30
11C# .NET Developer3.2%29
12Full-Stack Engineer2.5%23
12Full-Stack Python Developer2.5%23
14Azure Developer2.3%21
14Full-Stack Web Developer2.3%21
16Senior Java Developer2.0%18
16Senior Software Developer2.0%18
18Angular Developer1.8%16
19Developer/Software Engineer1.6%15
19Full-Stack Software Engineer1.6%15
302 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide