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 2 November 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 302 214
Rank change year-on-year +49 -88 -25
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 928 433 844
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.86% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.96% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 746 307 521
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -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 adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
2 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 112,404 45,250 64,603
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.91% 90.18% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 75,014 27,416 36,585
10th Percentile £30,975 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -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 2 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 2 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 +65 827 £60,000 - 118
UK excluding London +60 688 £60,000 +4.35% 69
Work from Home +55 329 £60,000 - 51
North of England +53 206 £65,000 +8.33% 29
London -47 202 £60,000 -25.00% 63
South East -12 178 £60,000 +4.35% 15
Midlands +22 116 £57,500 -4.17% 7
Yorkshire +46 104 £70,000 +16.67% 11
South West -6 98 £65,000 +8.33% 11
North West -7 76 £65,000 +8.33% 12
West Midlands -12 67 £62,500 +4.17% 5
Scotland +23 49 £55,000 -8.33% 2
East Midlands -5 49 £57,500 -9.80% 2
East of England -55 29 £60,000 +41.18% 5
North East -58 26 £48,750 -2.50% 7
Wales -76 12 £70,000 +16.67%

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

For the 6 months to 2 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%928
2JavaScript33.4%310
3React29.8%277
4AWS29.3%272
5TypeScript28.4%264
6CI/CD21.3%198
6Node.js21.3%198
8Agile19.9%185
9.NET19.2%178
10Azure18.6%173
11C#17.6%163
12Microservices17.5%162
13AI15.5%144
14Java14.9%138
15Software Engineering13.7%127
16Docker12.6%117
17CSS12.0%111
18HTML11.5%107
19SQL Server11.2%104
20AngularJS11.1%103
20Python11.1%103
22Git11.0%102
23SaaS10.9%101
24REST10.8%100
25Problem-Solving10.5%97
26DevOps9.7%90
26SQL9.7%90
28Continuous Improvement9.4%87
29Serverless9.3%86
30Kotlin8.9%83

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 Developer21.6%200
2Software Developer14.8%137
3Lead Full-Stack Developer10.2%95
4Full-Stack Java Developer9.9%92
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.5%79
6React Developer7.3%68
7Lead Software Developer6.6%61
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.6%43
9AWS Developer3.6%33
10C# .NET Developer3.0%28
11Senior React Developer2.9%27
12Full-Stack Python Developer2.7%25
13Full-Stack Web Developer2.5%23
14Full-Stack Engineer2.4%22
15Azure Developer2.2%20
16Senior Java Developer2.0%19
17Angular Developer1.8%17
18Senior Software Developer1.7%16
19.NET Software Developer1.5%14
19Developer/Software Engineer1.5%14
128 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide