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 19 September 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 192 191
Rank change year-on-year -122 -1 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 442 1,111 1,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.89% 1.42% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 1.49% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 326 687 996
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 £113,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +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 44,309 74,419 56,988
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 95.24% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 26,050 44,613 44,179
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

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

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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 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 -114 397 £60,000 - 177
UK excluding London -106 275 £57,500 +4.55% 130
Work from Home -53 171 £60,000 +3.45% 110
London -49 166 £77,500 -3.13% 84
South East -42 93 £57,500 -0.86% 40
North of England -45 53 £60,000 +9.09% 44
Midlands -49 41 £60,000 +13.21% 14
North West -46 34 £60,000 +26.32% 26
South West +10 28 £60,000 +33.33% 14
East of England -43 28 £41,250 -8.33% 13
West Midlands -1 27 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Scotland +41 17 £60,000 -14.29% 3
Wales +1 15 £60,000 +17.07% 3
East Midlands -33 14 £47,500 -5.00% 4
Yorkshire -9 10 £60,000 +9.09% 5
North East +16 9 £60,000 +20.00% 13
Northern Ireland +9 2 £60,000 -14.29% 2

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 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.

1 442 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 244 (55.20%) JavaScript
3 229 (51.81%) AWS
4 223 (50.45%) React
5 190 (42.99%) Agile
6 153 (34.62%) HTML
6 153 (34.62%) CI/CD
7 149 (33.71%) C#
8 143 (32.35%) .NET
8 143 (32.35%) TypeScript
9 136 (30.77%) Azure
10 134 (30.32%) AngularJS
11 127 (28.73%) CSS
12 124 (28.05%) SQL
13 117 (26.47%) Node.js
14 116 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
15 107 (24.21%) Git
15 107 (24.21%) RESTful
16 105 (23.76%) Social Skills
17 104 (23.53%) Vue
18 93 (21.04%) DevOps
19 91 (20.59%) SQL Server
19 91 (20.59%) Python
20 90 (20.36%) User Experience
21 85 (19.23%) Docker
21 85 (19.23%) Software Engineering
22 81 (18.33%) Java
22 81 (18.33%) Finance
23 73 (16.52%) GCP
24 68 (15.38%) 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 23 (5.20%) CMS
2 18 (4.07%) IIS
3 17 (3.85%) Headless CMS
4 9 (2.04%) Confluence
4 9 (2.04%) Umbraco
5 5 (1.13%) Apache
5 5 (1.13%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.68%) WordPress
7 2 (0.45%) Drupal
7 2 (0.45%) nginx
8 1 (0.23%) MetaMask
8 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.68%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 16 (3.62%) Shopify
2 6 (1.36%) Magento
3 3 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 229 (51.81%) AWS
2 136 (30.77%) Azure
3 73 (16.52%) GCP
4 55 (12.44%) Serverless
5 54 (12.22%) SaaS
6 42 (9.50%) GitHub
7 32 (7.24%) Amazon ECS
8 25 (5.66%) Amazon EC2
9 23 (5.20%) Amazon S3
10 21 (4.75%) Amazon EKS
11 20 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (3.85%) Amazon SQS
12 17 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (3.62%) Figma
14 14 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (2.71%) Vercel
16 10 (2.26%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (2.26%) Cloudflare
17 8 (1.81%) Contentful
17 8 (1.81%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.13%) Internet
2 4 (0.90%) MQTT
2 4 (0.90%) SMS
2 4 (0.90%) VPN
3 2 (0.45%) Broadband
4 1 (0.23%) HTTP
4 1 (0.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (20.59%) SQL Server
2 62 (14.03%) MySQL
3 61 (13.80%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (9.05%) NoSQL
5 36 (8.14%) Relational Database
6 27 (6.11%) MongoDB
7 21 (4.75%) RDBMS
8 18 (4.07%) Redis
9 13 (2.94%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (2.04%) Big Data
11 9 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.58%) BigQuery
12 7 (1.58%) DynamoDB
13 6 (1.36%) Power BI
14 5 (1.13%) Apache Hive
14 5 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (1.13%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.13%) HBase
15 4 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 107 (24.21%) Git
2 28 (6.33%) JIRA
3 22 (4.98%) Jenkins
4 19 (4.30%) JMeter
5 17 (3.85%) JUnit
5 17 (3.85%) Mockito
6 12 (2.71%) Cypress.io
6 12 (2.71%) TeamCity
7 10 (2.26%) Jasmine
7 10 (2.26%) NUnit
8 8 (1.81%) GitLab
8 8 (1.81%) Storybook
8 8 (1.81%) Visual Studio
9 7 (1.58%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.58%) Maven
10 6 (1.36%) PHPUnit
11 5 (1.13%) Gradle
11 5 (1.13%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.13%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (1.13%) Vite
General
1 105 (23.76%) Social Skills
2 81 (18.33%) Finance
3 40 (9.05%) Law
4 34 (7.69%) Marketing
5 29 (6.56%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.66%) Front Office
7 23 (5.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (2.94%) Banking
10 12 (2.71%) Retail
11 11 (2.49%) Games
12 6 (1.36%) Advertising
12 6 (1.36%) Legal
13 5 (1.13%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.13%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.90%) Private Banking
15 3 (0.68%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.68%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (50.45%) React
2 153 (34.62%) HTML
3 143 (32.35%) .NET
4 134 (30.32%) AngularJS
5 127 (28.73%) CSS
6 117 (26.47%) Node.js
7 107 (24.21%) RESTful
8 104 (23.53%) Vue
9 67 (15.16%) REST
10 62 (14.03%) ASP.NET
11 57 (12.90%) GraphQL
12 47 (10.63%) Web Services
13 46 (10.41%) Spring
14 45 (10.18%) HTML5
15 43 (9.73%) .NET Core
16 40 (9.05%) CSS3
17 35 (7.92%) .NET Framework
18 32 (7.24%) Spring Boot
19 29 (6.56%) Next.js
20 28 (6.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 31 (7.01%) Mobile App
3 23 (5.20%) Onboarding
4 21 (4.75%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (4.75%) Fixed Income
5 15 (3.39%) Hedge funds
5 15 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (2.71%) Equities
7 12 (2.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (2.26%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.58%) IoT
11 5 (1.13%) EPoS
11 5 (1.13%) Legacy Code
11 5 (1.13%) Life Science
11 5 (1.13%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.13%) Reference Data
12 4 (0.90%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.04%) Unix
2 8 (1.81%) Linux
3 3 (0.68%) Android
3 3 (0.68%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 190 (42.99%) Agile
3 153 (34.62%) CI/CD
4 116 (26.24%) Problem-Solving
5 93 (21.04%) DevOps
6 90 (20.36%) User Experience
7 85 (19.23%) Software Engineering
8 64 (14.48%) Microservices
9 59 (13.35%) TDD
10 58 (13.12%) Clean Code
11 57 (12.90%) Web Development
12 54 (12.22%) Artificial Intelligence
13 52 (11.76%) Test Automation
14 51 (11.54%) Mentoring
15 46 (10.41%) SDLC
16 45 (10.18%) UX Design
17 44 (9.95%) MVC
18 35 (7.92%) Containerisation
18 35 (7.92%) Front End Development
19 34 (7.69%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 244 (55.20%) JavaScript
2 149 (33.71%) C#
3 143 (32.35%) TypeScript
4 124 (28.05%) SQL
5 91 (20.59%) Python
6 81 (18.33%) Java
7 24 (5.43%) PHP
8 17 (3.85%) Shell Script
9 12 (2.71%) VB.NET
10 11 (2.49%) Go
11 8 (1.81%) PL/SQL
11 8 (1.81%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.36%) C++
13 5 (1.13%) Bicep
13 5 (1.13%) Delphi
13 5 (1.13%) R
14 4 (0.90%) C
15 3 (0.68%) VB
16 2 (0.45%) Rust
16 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (8.60%) Degree
2 33 (7.47%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.58%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.90%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.90%) AWS Certified Developer
6 4 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (0.68%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.79%) QA
2 28 (6.33%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.13%) GDPR
3 5 (1.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 85 (19.23%) Docker
2 5 (1.13%) HDFS
3 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) Firmware
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 57 (12.90%) Kubernetes
2 34 (7.69%) Terraform
3 16 (3.62%) Kibana
4 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.23%) Grafana
Vendors
1 68 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.20%) Google
3 21 (4.75%) Splunk
4 17 (3.85%) Dynatrace
5 10 (2.26%) DevExpress
5 10 (2.26%) Rollbar
6 8 (1.81%) Apple
7 6 (1.36%) Databricks
8 5 (1.13%) Cloudera
8 5 (1.13%) Xamarin
9 3 (0.68%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.68%) IBM
9 3 (0.68%) Oracle
10 1 (0.23%) Adobe
10 1 (0.23%) CA Agile Central
10 1 (0.23%) IONA
10 1 (0.23%) Sybase
10 1 (0.23%) Telerik
10 1 (0.23%) WooCommerce