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 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 311 201
Rank change year-on-year +97 -110 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 987 430 985
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.84% 0.87% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.96% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 818 316 601
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £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 £100,000 £103,750 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -5.41%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 109,636 44,590 69,789
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 89.77% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 74,743 25,694 40,249
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.80% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,424 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -6.50% -4.76%

Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Full-Stack Developer' in the job title 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 jobs citing Full-Stack Developer over the 6 months to 7 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 IT jobs citing Full-Stack Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +82 877 £60,000 -4.00% 329
UK excluding London +96 729 £60,000 - 193
Work from Home +82 356 £60,000 - 177
London -23 215 £67,500 -15.63% 162
North of England +76 206 £65,000 +8.33% 55
South East +44 206 £60,000 +4.35% 43
Midlands +32 108 £60,000 - 28
South West +6 108 £62,500 +4.17% 16
Yorkshire +56 105 £70,000 +16.67% 25
North West +19 73 £60,000 -2.04% 28
West Midlands -14 60 £70,000 +16.67% 21
Scotland +42 52 £55,000 -8.33% 18
East Midlands +10 48 £60,000 -7.69% 7
East of England -27 36 £60,000 +45.45% 17
North East -51 28 £46,250 -7.50% 3
Wales -69 13 £70,000 +16.67% 4

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

For the 6 months to 7 October 2026, Full-Stack Developer job roles required 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 job ads featuring Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 987 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 326 (33.03%) JavaScript
3 299 (30.29%) React
4 290 (29.38%) TypeScript
5 288 (29.18%) AWS
6 209 (21.18%) Node.js
7 196 (19.86%) CI/CD
8 184 (18.64%) Agile
9 181 (18.34%) .NET
10 170 (17.22%) Azure
11 167 (16.92%) Microservices
12 166 (16.82%) C#
13 154 (15.60%) Java
14 153 (15.50%) AI
15 125 (12.66%) Software Engineering
16 124 (12.56%) Python
17 121 (12.26%) Docker
18 120 (12.16%) CSS
19 117 (11.85%) AngularJS
20 116 (11.75%) HTML
21 106 (10.74%) SQL Server
22 104 (10.54%) SaaS
23 102 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
24 101 (10.23%) Git
25 98 (9.93%) SQL
26 96 (9.73%) REST
27 91 (9.22%) Serverless
28 90 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
28 90 (9.12%) DevOps
29 85 (8.61%) GitHub

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (1.72%) Confluence
2 15 (1.52%) WordPress
3 11 (1.11%) CMS
4 7 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.41%) IIS
6 3 (0.30%) nginx
6 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.10%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Elementor
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.61%) Shopify
2 3 (0.30%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.10%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 288 (29.18%) AWS
2 170 (17.22%) Azure
3 104 (10.54%) SaaS
4 91 (9.22%) Serverless
5 85 (8.61%) GitHub
6 78 (7.90%) Amazon S3
7 76 (7.70%) AWS Lambda
8 72 (7.29%) Amazon ECS
9 47 (4.76%) GCP
10 46 (4.66%) Amazon SQS
11 38 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
12 31 (3.14%) GitHub Actions
13 29 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
13 29 (2.94%) Snowflake
14 28 (2.84%) GitHub Copilot
15 25 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
15 25 (2.53%) AWS Step Functions
16 18 (1.82%) Anthropic Claude
17 16 (1.62%) Amazon ECR
18 15 (1.52%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.71%) Broadband
2 3 (0.30%) DNS
2 3 (0.30%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Firewall
3 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.10%) Internet
4 1 (0.10%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (10.74%) SQL Server
2 85 (8.61%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (5.67%) MongoDB
4 36 (3.65%) DynamoDB
5 31 (3.14%) Redis
5 31 (3.14%) Relational Database
6 30 (3.04%) MySQL
7 22 (2.23%) NoSQL
8 19 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (1.01%) Power BI
10 7 (0.71%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.51%) Spatial Data
12 4 (0.41%) GIS
13 2 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
13 2 (0.20%) ClickHouse
13 2 (0.20%) MariaDB
14 1 (0.10%) Azure SQL Database
14 1 (0.10%) DocumentDB
14 1 (0.10%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 101 (10.23%) Git
2 57 (5.78%) Jenkins
3 41 (4.15%) Cypress.io
4 27 (2.74%) GitLab
5 22 (2.23%) Maven
6 21 (2.13%) JUnit
7 18 (1.82%) Claude Code
8 17 (1.72%) JIRA
9 14 (1.42%) Mockito
10 11 (1.11%) Vite
11 10 (1.01%) SonarQube
11 10 (1.01%) Visual Studio
12 9 (0.91%) Storybook
13 8 (0.81%) NUnit
14 7 (0.71%) TeamCity
15 6 (0.61%) Postman
16 5 (0.51%) Selenium
17 4 (0.41%) Eclipse
17 4 (0.41%) Subversion
18 3 (0.30%) JMeter
General
1 103 (10.44%) Social Skills
2 76 (7.70%) Public Sector
3 52 (5.27%) Finance
4 15 (1.52%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (1.52%) Retail
5 13 (1.32%) Legal
5 13 (1.32%) Marketing
6 12 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (0.71%) Games
7 7 (0.71%) Legal Technology
8 5 (0.51%) Banking
9 4 (0.41%) Aviation
9 4 (0.41%) Law
10 3 (0.30%) Automotive
10 3 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.30%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.30%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.20%) Front Office
11 2 (0.20%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 299 (30.29%) React
2 209 (21.18%) Node.js
3 181 (18.34%) .NET
4 120 (12.16%) CSS
5 117 (11.85%) AngularJS
6 116 (11.75%) HTML
7 96 (9.73%) REST
8 82 (8.31%) Vue
9 81 (8.21%) Spring
10 76 (7.70%) RESTful
11 72 (7.29%) Spring Boot
12 58 (5.88%) Next.js
13 50 (5.07%) Jest
14 47 (4.76%) Ruby on Rails
15 41 (4.15%) .NET Core
16 39 (3.95%) .NET Framework
17 38 (3.85%) ASP.NET
17 38 (3.85%) Entity Framework
18 36 (3.65%) Terraform
19 31 (3.14%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 74 (7.50%) Cloud Native
2 50 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (2.23%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (2.03%) Product Ownership
5 17 (1.72%) Mobile App
6 12 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (0.91%) IoT
8 8 (0.81%) AI Agents
8 8 (0.81%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.41%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.30%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.30%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.20%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.20%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.20%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.20%) PMI
12 2 (0.20%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.42%) Linux
2 3 (0.30%) AIX
3 1 (0.10%) Android
3 1 (0.10%) Windows
3 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 987 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 196 (19.86%) CI/CD
3 184 (18.64%) Agile
4 167 (16.92%) Microservices
5 153 (15.50%) AI
6 125 (12.66%) Software Engineering
7 102 (10.33%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (9.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 90 (9.12%) DevOps
9 73 (7.40%) Clean Code
10 64 (6.48%) Mentoring
11 61 (6.18%) Computer Science
12 56 (5.67%) E-Commerce
13 55 (5.57%) Web Development
14 54 (5.47%) User Experience
15 53 (5.37%) Front End Development
15 53 (5.37%) SDLC
16 49 (4.96%) Technical Leadership
17 46 (4.66%) Containerisation
17 46 (4.66%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 326 (33.03%) JavaScript
2 290 (29.38%) TypeScript
3 166 (16.82%) C#
4 154 (15.60%) Java
5 124 (12.56%) Python
6 98 (9.93%) SQL
7 66 (6.69%) Kotlin
8 52 (5.27%) Ruby
9 49 (4.96%) PHP
10 20 (2.03%) Bash
11 18 (1.82%) Groovy
12 10 (1.01%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.71%) C++
14 5 (0.51%) Rust
15 4 (0.41%) Go
16 3 (0.30%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.20%) Bicep
17 2 (0.20%) Perl
18 1 (0.10%) Apex Code
18 1 (0.10%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (6.18%) Degree
2 58 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 56 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 46 (4.66%) SC Cleared
5 18 (1.82%) AWS Certification
6 9 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 7 (0.71%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
9 6 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.20%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.33%) Accessibility
2 12 (1.22%) WCAG
3 11 (1.11%) QA
4 5 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.41%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.30%) GDPR
7 1 (0.10%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.10%) GRC
7 1 (0.10%) SLA
System Software
1 121 (12.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 77 (7.80%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.91%) HP Fortify
3 6 (0.61%) Grafana
4 5 (0.51%) Ansible
5 3 (0.30%) Kibana
5 3 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.20%) Argo
7 1 (0.10%) Podman
Vendors
1 79 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.63%) Oracle
3 19 (1.93%) Google
4 16 (1.62%) OpenAI
5 10 (1.01%) OutSystems
5 10 (1.01%) Red Hat
6 9 (0.91%) OneLogin
7 6 (0.61%) Dynatrace
8 5 (0.51%) Peregrine
9 3 (0.30%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.30%) Splunk
10 2 (0.20%) WooCommerce
11 1 (0.10%) AppDynamics
11 1 (0.10%) Confluent
11 1 (0.10%) Databricks
11 1 (0.10%) Mistral
11 1 (0.10%) NEC
11 1 (0.10%) Plaid
11 1 (0.10%) ServiceNow