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 6 August 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 292 168
Rank change year-on-year +95 -124 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 1,049 492 1,340
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.00% 0.99% 1.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.10% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 914 369 952
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £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 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

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 98,527 44,645 79,471
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 90.04% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 67,450 26,505 53,682
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -6.54%

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 6 August 2026.

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 6 August 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 +90 928 £60,000 - 117
UK excluding London +110 798 £60,000 +4.35% 100
Work from Home +86 394 £60,000 - 69
North of England +127 249 £65,000 +8.33% 24
South East +61 224 £60,000 +4.35% 24
London -44 192 £75,000 - 33
Midlands +28 121 £60,000 +2.13% 19
North West +74 114 £65,000 +10.64% 11
Yorkshire +57 102 £75,000 +25.00% 13
South West +4 100 £57,500 -4.17% 20
West Midlands +12 75 £70,000 +16.67% 11
East Midlands +13 46 £60,000 +26.32% 8
East of England -17 45 £60,000 +33.33% 3
Scotland +49 44 £55,000 -4.35% 9
North East -23 33 £47,500 -40.63%
Wales -56 13 £70,000 +16.67% 1
Northern Ireland -73 2 £60,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 6 August 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 1,049 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 355 (33.84%) JavaScript
3 333 (31.74%) React
4 315 (30.03%) TypeScript
5 303 (28.88%) AWS
6 235 (22.40%) Node.js
7 197 (18.78%) Agile
8 194 (18.49%) .NET
9 189 (18.02%) CI/CD
10 181 (17.25%) C#
11 178 (16.97%) Python
12 169 (16.11%) Azure
13 167 (15.92%) Java
14 163 (15.54%) Microservices
15 153 (14.59%) AI
16 146 (13.92%) Software Engineering
17 134 (12.77%) AngularJS
18 129 (12.30%) CSS
19 124 (11.82%) HTML
20 115 (10.96%) DevOps
21 114 (10.87%) Vue
22 113 (10.77%) SQL
23 112 (10.68%) Docker
24 105 (10.01%) SaaS
24 105 (10.01%) Serverless
25 103 (9.82%) Git
26 93 (8.87%) Problem-Solving
26 93 (8.87%) SQL Server
26 93 (8.87%) Web Development
27 91 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement

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 13 (1.24%) Confluence
2 11 (1.05%) CMS
2 11 (1.05%) WordPress
3 7 (0.67%) ColdFusion
3 7 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.38%) IIS
5 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.19%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.095%) Apache
7 1 (0.095%) CICS
7 1 (0.095%) Drupal
7 1 (0.095%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.095%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.095%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.67%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.19%) Elementor
3 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.48%) Shopify
2 1 (0.095%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.095%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 303 (28.88%) AWS
2 169 (16.11%) Azure
3 105 (10.01%) SaaS
3 105 (10.01%) Serverless
4 87 (8.29%) AWS Lambda
5 80 (7.63%) Amazon S3
6 75 (7.15%) Amazon ECS
7 74 (7.05%) GitHub
8 52 (4.96%) GCP
9 49 (4.67%) Amazon SQS
10 38 (3.62%) Amazon EC2
11 27 (2.57%) AWS Step Functions
12 26 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
12 26 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
13 25 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (2.38%) GitHub Copilot
14 18 (1.72%) Amazon ECR
15 17 (1.62%) Anthropic Claude
15 17 (1.62%) Apigee
16 16 (1.53%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.76%) Broadband
2 4 (0.38%) DNS
2 4 (0.38%) HTTP
3 2 (0.19%) Firewall
3 2 (0.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.095%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (8.87%) SQL Server
2 87 (8.29%) PostgreSQL
3 51 (4.86%) MongoDB
4 41 (3.91%) DynamoDB
5 36 (3.43%) MySQL
6 32 (3.05%) NoSQL
7 26 (2.48%) Relational Database
8 21 (2.00%) Redis
9 17 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.05%) Power BI
11 8 (0.76%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.38%) GIS
12 4 (0.38%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.29%) Spatial Data
14 2 (0.19%) Amazon Aurora
14 2 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
15 1 (0.095%) Db2
15 1 (0.095%) Elasticsearch
15 1 (0.095%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 103 (9.82%) Git
2 53 (5.05%) Jenkins
3 40 (3.81%) Cypress.io
4 27 (2.57%) GitLab
5 22 (2.10%) Maven
6 21 (2.00%) JIRA
7 19 (1.81%) JUnit
8 15 (1.43%) Claude Code
9 12 (1.14%) Mockito
10 9 (0.86%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.48%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.48%) Postman
11 5 (0.48%) Selenium
12 4 (0.38%) Storybook
12 4 (0.38%) Vite
13 3 (0.29%) Subversion
13 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.29%) webpack
14 2 (0.19%) IntelliJ
14 2 (0.19%) JMeter
General
1 99 (9.44%) Social Skills
2 68 (6.48%) Finance
3 42 (4.00%) Public Sector
4 25 (2.38%) Retail
5 15 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (1.14%) Legal
6 12 (1.14%) Marketing
7 10 (0.95%) Front Office
8 9 (0.86%) Tech for Good
9 8 (0.76%) Games
9 8 (0.76%) Legal Technology
10 7 (0.67%) Banking
11 6 (0.57%) Advertising
12 5 (0.48%) Law
12 5 (0.48%) Local Government
13 4 (0.38%) Aviation
13 4 (0.38%) Publishing
14 3 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 333 (31.74%) React
2 235 (22.40%) Node.js
3 194 (18.49%) .NET
4 134 (12.77%) AngularJS
5 129 (12.30%) CSS
6 124 (11.82%) HTML
7 114 (10.87%) Vue
8 86 (8.20%) REST
9 75 (7.15%) Spring
10 71 (6.77%) RESTful
11 66 (6.29%) Spring Boot
12 56 (5.34%) Next.js
13 49 (4.67%) Jest
14 46 (4.39%) Ruby on Rails
15 42 (4.00%) .NET Core
16 40 (3.81%) ASP.NET
17 38 (3.62%) .NET Framework
17 38 (3.62%) GraphQL
18 37 (3.53%) Entity Framework
19 35 (3.34%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 81 (7.72%) Cloud Native
2 43 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (1.72%) Mobile App
4 18 (1.72%) Product Ownership
5 15 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (0.86%) Fixed Income
6 9 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (0.76%) IoT
8 7 (0.67%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.57%) AI Agents
9 6 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.57%) NHS
9 6 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.48%) Sports Betting
11 4 (0.38%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.38%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.38%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.38%) PropTech
12 3 (0.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.53%) Linux
2 3 (0.29%) AIX
3 1 (0.095%) Windows
3 1 (0.095%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,049 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 197 (18.78%) Agile
3 189 (18.02%) CI/CD
4 163 (15.54%) Microservices
5 153 (14.59%) AI
6 146 (13.92%) Software Engineering
7 115 (10.96%) DevOps
8 93 (8.87%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (8.87%) Web Development
9 91 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 70 (6.67%) Clean Code
11 65 (6.20%) Mentoring
12 56 (5.34%) Computer Science
12 56 (5.34%) E-Commerce
12 56 (5.34%) Front End Development
13 55 (5.24%) User Experience
14 47 (4.48%) SDLC
14 47 (4.48%) Technical Leadership
15 44 (4.19%) Containerisation
16 42 (4.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 355 (33.84%) JavaScript
2 315 (30.03%) TypeScript
3 181 (17.25%) C#
4 178 (16.97%) Python
5 167 (15.92%) Java
6 113 (10.77%) SQL
7 55 (5.24%) PHP
8 48 (4.58%) Ruby
9 20 (1.91%) Bash
9 20 (1.91%) Kotlin
10 18 (1.72%) Groovy
11 12 (1.14%) Go
11 12 (1.14%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.67%) C++
13 2 (0.19%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.19%) C
13 2 (0.19%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.095%) Bicep
14 1 (0.095%) Perl
14 1 (0.095%) R
Qualifications
1 75 (7.15%) Security Cleared
2 66 (6.29%) SC Cleared
3 58 (5.53%) Degree
4 50 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.91%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.05%) AWS Certified Developer
7 9 (0.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 9 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.38%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.19%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.095%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (1.53%) Accessibility
2 10 (0.95%) WCAG
3 9 (0.86%) QA
4 3 (0.29%) GDPR
5 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.19%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.095%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.095%) HL7
6 1 (0.095%) SLA
6 1 (0.095%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 112 (10.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 69 (6.58%) Kubernetes
2 43 (4.10%) Terraform
3 9 (0.86%) HP Fortify
4 6 (0.57%) Ansible
4 6 (0.57%) Grafana
5 5 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.29%) Kibana
8 2 (0.19%) Argo
8 2 (0.19%) Podman
9 1 (0.095%) Nagios
Vendors
1 63 (6.01%) Microsoft
2 18 (1.72%) Oracle
3 16 (1.53%) Google
4 14 (1.33%) OpenAI
5 9 (0.86%) OneLogin
6 5 (0.48%) Dynatrace
6 5 (0.48%) Peregrine
7 4 (0.38%) Pega
7 4 (0.38%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.19%) Aderant
8 2 (0.19%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.19%) iManage
8 2 (0.19%) Intapp
8 2 (0.19%) Splunk
8 2 (0.19%) WooCommerce
8 2 (0.19%) WSO2
9 1 (0.095%) Adobe
9 1 (0.095%) Confluent
9 1 (0.095%) Databricks