Full-Stack Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in the UK is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 202 215 132
Rank change year-on-year +13 -83 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Full Stack Developer 930 2,250 3,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.72% 1.79% 2.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 1.88% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 861 1,561 2,477
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 51,668 119,945 122,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.49% 95.32% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 37,837 75,409 83,805
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

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 29 November 2023.

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 29 November 2023. 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 +29 845 £67,500 +12.50% 301
Work from Home -5 496 £67,500 +17.39% 192
London +58 447 £75,000 - 129
UK excluding London -12 425 £55,000 - 209
North of England +59 119 £52,500 +5.00% 60
South East -8 118 £60,000 - 63
North West +81 83 £55,000 +4.76% 29
Midlands +55 80 £53,750 -2.27% 25
East Midlands +65 54 £52,500 +16.67% 12
East of England +110 35 £46,250 -22.92% 17
Yorkshire +43 28 £52,500 +5.00% 21
South West -17 28 £60,000 +9.09% 32
West Midlands +26 26 £55,000 - 13
Wales +24 20 £55,000 +22.22% 8
Scotland -29 20 £52,500 -4.55% 12
North East +35 8 £48,750 -9.30% 10
Northern Ireland +24 5 £68,750 +28.50%

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

For the 6 months to 29 November 2023, 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.

1 930 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 548 (58.92%) JavaScript
3 508 (54.62%) React
4 447 (48.06%) C#
5 409 (43.98%) .NET
6 372 (40.00%) Agile
7 354 (38.06%) TypeScript
8 332 (35.70%) AngularJS
9 323 (34.73%) AWS
10 316 (33.98%) Azure
11 301 (32.37%) SQL
12 292 (31.40%) CSS
13 277 (29.78%) HTML
14 230 (24.73%) Finance
15 228 (24.52%) Node.js
16 188 (20.22%) ASP.NET
17 183 (19.68%) SQL Server
18 175 (18.82%) DevOps
19 171 (18.39%) Software Engineering
20 169 (18.17%) Java
21 161 (17.31%) Git
22 150 (16.13%) MVC
23 141 (15.16%) .NET Core
24 135 (14.52%) .NET Framework
25 132 (14.19%) Python
25 132 (14.19%) CI/CD
26 131 (14.09%) Vue
27 130 (13.98%) TDD
28 127 (13.66%) GCP
29 126 (13.55%) Microsoft

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 18 (1.94%) CMS
2 17 (1.83%) Confluence
2 17 (1.83%) WordPress
3 13 (1.40%) IIS
4 10 (1.08%) Apache
5 9 (0.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 8 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.75%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.54%) SharePoint
9 4 (0.43%) nginx
9 4 (0.43%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.32%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.22%) Drupal
11 2 (0.22%) Kentico
12 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
12 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Hyperledger
12 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (0.54%) MS Visio
2 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.22%) Sketch
3 2 (0.22%) UXPin
3 2 (0.22%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 14 (1.51%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.43%) Shopify
4 2 (0.22%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.11%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 323 (34.73%) AWS
2 316 (33.98%) Azure
3 127 (13.66%) GCP
4 64 (6.88%) Azure DevOps
5 50 (5.38%) Serverless
6 37 (3.98%) SaaS
7 31 (3.33%) GitHub
8 23 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (2.04%) Amazon S3
10 16 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (0.86%) Amazon Cognito
15 7 (0.75%) Amazon SQS
15 7 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (0.75%) Power Platform
16 6 (0.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
17 5 (0.54%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.08%) HTTP
2 8 (0.86%) Internet
3 6 (0.65%) SSH
4 4 (0.43%) MQTT
5 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.11%) ATM
6 1 (0.11%) RTP
6 1 (0.11%) SMTP
6 1 (0.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (19.68%) SQL Server
2 88 (9.46%) PostgreSQL
3 87 (9.35%) NoSQL
4 66 (7.10%) MySQL
5 60 (6.45%) Relational Database
6 40 (4.30%) MongoDB
7 21 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (1.72%) DynamoDB
10 15 (1.61%) Redis
11 14 (1.51%) RDBMS
11 14 (1.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.97%) Big Data
12 9 (0.97%) Oracle Database
13 8 (0.86%) Apache Ignite
14 7 (0.75%) Power BI
15 6 (0.65%) Amazon Aurora
15 6 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 161 (17.31%) Git
2 41 (4.41%) Visual Studio
3 33 (3.55%) Cypress.io
4 31 (3.33%) JIRA
5 26 (2.80%) Selenium
6 21 (2.26%) Cucumber
7 19 (2.04%) JUnit
7 19 (2.04%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.94%) Jenkins
8 18 (1.94%) TeamCity
9 15 (1.61%) Jasmine
9 15 (1.61%) Postman
10 14 (1.51%) Mockito
11 13 (1.40%) NUnit
12 11 (1.18%) Eclipse
12 11 (1.18%) Mocha
12 11 (1.18%) WebDriver
13 10 (1.08%) IntelliJ
13 10 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 9 (0.97%) MSTest
General
1 230 (24.73%) Finance
2 110 (11.83%) Social Skills
3 85 (9.14%) Front Office
4 40 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (3.87%) Retail
6 34 (3.66%) Banking
7 30 (3.23%) Marketing
8 28 (3.01%) Public Sector
9 21 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (2.15%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.04%) Legal
12 16 (1.72%) Law
13 14 (1.51%) Tech for Good
14 10 (1.08%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.75%) Advertising
15 7 (0.75%) Automotive
15 7 (0.75%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.65%) Electronics
16 6 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
17 5 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 508 (54.62%) React
2 409 (43.98%) .NET
3 332 (35.70%) AngularJS
4 292 (31.40%) CSS
5 277 (29.78%) HTML
6 228 (24.52%) Node.js
7 188 (20.22%) ASP.NET
8 141 (15.16%) .NET Core
9 135 (14.52%) .NET Framework
10 131 (14.09%) Vue
11 96 (10.32%) Redux
12 85 (9.14%) RESTful
13 78 (8.39%) ASP.NET MVC
14 68 (7.31%) Entity Framework
15 67 (7.20%) ASP.NET Web API
15 67 (7.20%) jQuery
16 61 (6.56%) HTML5
17 59 (6.34%) ASP.NET Core
18 57 (6.13%) REST
19 55 (5.91%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 81 (8.71%) Fixed Income
2 64 (6.88%) Product Ownership
3 49 (5.27%) Greenfield Project
4 40 (4.30%) Derivative
5 32 (3.44%) Hedge funds
6 23 (2.47%) Robotics
7 17 (1.83%) Mobile App
8 16 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.29%) Contactless
10 12 (1.29%) Smartcard
11 11 (1.18%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.08%) Equities
12 10 (1.08%) IoT
13 9 (0.97%) Algorithms
13 9 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.86%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.86%) Onboarding
15 7 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.69%) Linux
2 13 (1.40%) Android
3 12 (1.29%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.18%) Windows
5 6 (0.65%) CentOS
6 2 (0.22%) Unix
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 930 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 372 (40.00%) Agile
3 175 (18.82%) DevOps
4 171 (18.39%) Software Engineering
5 150 (16.13%) MVC
6 132 (14.19%) CI/CD
7 130 (13.98%) TDD
8 121 (13.01%) Microservices
9 97 (10.43%) Problem-Solving
10 87 (9.35%) Investment Management
11 86 (9.25%) Front End Development
12 85 (9.14%) Asset Management
12 85 (9.14%) Fintech
12 85 (9.14%) SOLID
13 81 (8.71%) User Experience
14 80 (8.60%) Web Development
15 79 (8.49%) Artificial Intelligence
15 79 (8.49%) Scrum
16 69 (7.42%) OO
17 68 (7.31%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 548 (58.92%) JavaScript
2 447 (48.06%) C#
3 354 (38.06%) TypeScript
4 301 (32.37%) SQL
5 169 (18.17%) Java
6 132 (14.19%) Python
7 108 (11.61%) PHP
8 61 (6.56%) T-SQL
9 32 (3.44%) Kotlin
10 25 (2.69%) Go
11 10 (1.08%) Bash
11 10 (1.08%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.08%) Ruby
11 10 (1.08%) Scala
12 8 (0.86%) C++
13 7 (0.75%) Delphi
13 7 (0.75%) VB
14 6 (0.65%) XAML
15 5 (0.54%) VBA
16 4 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 82 (8.82%) Degree
2 33 (3.55%) Security Cleared
3 27 (2.90%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (0.97%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.43%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.11%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.11%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.11%) HND
9 1 (0.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (5.59%) QA
2 7 (0.75%) PCI DSS
3 6 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.22%) WAI
5 1 (0.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 108 (11.61%) Docker
2 2 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 63 (6.77%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.15%) Terraform
3 9 (0.97%) Kibana
4 5 (0.54%) Control-M
4 5 (0.54%) Grafana
4 5 (0.54%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.22%) Ansible
6 1 (0.11%) FlexNet
6 1 (0.11%) MIIS
6 1 (0.11%) Plesk
6 1 (0.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 126 (13.55%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.48%) Google
3 24 (2.58%) Finsemble
4 15 (1.61%) Oracle
5 14 (1.51%) IBM
6 9 (0.97%) Adobe
7 7 (0.75%) SAP
8 5 (0.54%) New Relic
9 4 (0.43%) Apple
9 4 (0.43%) Splunk
9 4 (0.43%) Xamarin
10 3 (0.32%) Rollbar
11 2 (0.22%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.22%) NVIDIA
11 2 (0.22%) RedGate
11 2 (0.22%) Solace
11 2 (0.22%) TIBCO
11 2 (0.22%) WooCommerce
11 2 (0.22%) Zend
12 1 (0.11%) Zoho