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 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 303 202
Rank change year-on-year +58 -101 -5
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 949 428 882
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.79% 0.87% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.97% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 772 306 549
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 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,750 £106,250 £98,750
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
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,319 44,214 65,925
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.21% 89.77% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 75,105 26,119 37,592
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,128 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,592
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £56,252
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,497 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.89% -9.01% -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 23 October 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 23 October 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 +59 844 £60,000 - 263
UK excluding London +67 708 £60,000 +4.35% 159
Work from Home +73 346 £60,000 - 137
London -47 205 £65,000 -18.75% 114
North of England +54 202 £65,000 +8.33% 51
South East +9 194 £60,000 +4.35% 29
Midlands +22 112 £57,500 -4.17% 24
Yorkshire +49 102 £70,000 +16.67% 18
South West -1 101 £65,000 +8.33% 14
North West +7 71 £60,000 - 28
West Midlands -2 65 £70,000 +16.67% 16
Scotland +41 54 £55,000 -8.33% 9
East Midlands +2 47 £55,000 -13.73% 8
East of England -37 32 £60,000 +41.18% 14
North East -47 29 £47,500 -5.00% 6
Wales -67 13 £70,000 +16.67% 4

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

For the 6 months to 23 October 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%949
2JavaScript33.7%320
3React29.7%282
4TypeScript29.4%279
5AWS29.0%275
6Node.js21.6%205
7CI/CD20.8%197
8.NET19.5%185
9Agile19.1%181
10Azure18.7%177
11C#17.6%167
12Microservices17.1%162
13AI16.1%153
14Java14.5%138
15Software Engineering13.2%125
16CSS12.5%119
16Docker12.5%119
18HTML12.1%115
19Python12.0%114
20SQL Server11.5%109
21AngularJS11.4%108
21SaaS11.4%108
23Git11.0%104
24Problem-Solving10.6%101
25REST10.5%100
26SQL9.8%93
27DevOps9.7%92
28Continuous Improvement9.4%89
29Serverless9.3%88
30GitHub9.2%87

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 Developer20.1%191
2Software Developer14.8%140
3Lead Full-Stack Developer10.7%102
4Full-Stack Java Developer9.5%90
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.3%79
6React Developer7.3%69
7Lead Software Developer7.2%68
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.3%41
9AWS Developer3.3%31
10Full-Stack Python Developer3.2%30
11Full-Stack Web Developer2.7%26
12C# .NET Developer2.5%24
13Senior React Developer2.3%22
14Full-Stack Engineer2.1%20
14Senior Java Developer2.1%20
16Azure Developer2.0%19
17Angular Developer1.9%18
18Senior Python Developer1.7%16
19.NET Software Developer1.5%14
19Senior Software Developer1.5%14
316 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide