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 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 296 165
Rank change year-on-year +98 -131 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 1,011 501 1,687
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.02% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.14% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 892 382 1,277
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £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% -

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 92,640 44,062 96,051
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 89.87% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 63,517 25,939 68,728
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 +87 899 £65,000 +8.33% 96
UK excluding London +102 759 £60,000 +4.35% 78
Work from Home +74 382 £60,000 - 44
North of England +126 251 £65,000 +8.33% 11
South East +68 219 £60,000 +4.35% 25
London -5 196 £80,000 +6.67% 36
North West +72 117 £65,000 +18.18% 7
Midlands +17 107 £60,000 +4.35% 20
Yorkshire +54 103 £75,000 +25.00% 2
South West -4 91 £57,500 -4.17% 9
West Midlands +3 58 £60,000 - 12
East Midlands +2 49 £55,000 +15.79% 8
Scotland +25 39 £55,000 -4.35% 8
East of England -20 38 £80,000 +77.78% 6
North East -22 31 £50,000 -37.50% 2
Wales -50 12 £70,000 +16.67%
Northern Ireland -61 2 £60,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 11 July 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 1,011 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 333 (32.94%) JavaScript
3 322 (31.85%) React
4 303 (29.97%) TypeScript
5 285 (28.19%) AWS
6 226 (22.35%) Node.js
7 193 (19.09%) .NET
8 185 (18.30%) Python
9 176 (17.41%) Agile
9 176 (17.41%) C#
10 170 (16.82%) CI/CD
11 165 (16.32%) Java
12 154 (15.23%) Azure
13 147 (14.54%) Microservices
14 141 (13.95%) Software Engineering
15 136 (13.45%) AngularJS
16 135 (13.35%) AI
17 126 (12.46%) CSS
18 122 (12.07%) HTML
19 119 (11.77%) Vue
20 110 (10.88%) DevOps
21 107 (10.58%) Docker
21 107 (10.58%) Serverless
22 103 (10.19%) SQL
23 94 (9.30%) SaaS
24 93 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
25 89 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
26 86 (8.51%) Git
26 86 (8.51%) Web Development
27 85 (8.41%) AWS Lambda

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 15 (1.48%) CMS
2 13 (1.29%) Confluence
3 11 (1.09%) WordPress
4 8 (0.79%) ColdFusion
5 3 (0.30%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.30%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.20%) Apache
6 2 (0.20%) IIS
6 2 (0.20%) nginx
6 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.099%) CICS
7 1 (0.099%) Drupal
7 1 (0.099%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Elementor
3 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.30%) Shopify
2 1 (0.099%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.099%) Magento
2 1 (0.099%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 285 (28.19%) AWS
2 154 (15.23%) Azure
3 107 (10.58%) Serverless
4 94 (9.30%) SaaS
5 85 (8.41%) AWS Lambda
6 76 (7.52%) Amazon S3
7 72 (7.12%) Amazon ECS
8 61 (6.03%) GitHub
9 48 (4.75%) GCP
10 47 (4.65%) Amazon SQS
11 32 (3.17%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (2.77%) AWS Step Functions
13 27 (2.67%) AWS CloudFormation
14 23 (2.27%) GitHub Copilot
15 21 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
15 21 (2.08%) GitHub Actions
16 20 (1.98%) Amazon ECR
16 20 (1.98%) Apigee
17 18 (1.78%) Power Platform
18 13 (1.29%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.79%) Broadband
2 4 (0.40%) DNS
2 4 (0.40%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Firewall
3 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.099%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (8.21%) PostgreSQL
2 80 (7.91%) SQL Server
3 48 (4.75%) MongoDB
4 43 (4.25%) MySQL
5 37 (3.66%) DynamoDB
6 31 (3.07%) NoSQL
7 27 (2.67%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.58%) Redis
9 12 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (1.19%) Power BI
10 8 (0.79%) RDBMS
11 6 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.40%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
14 2 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
14 2 (0.20%) ClickHouse
14 2 (0.20%) GIS
14 2 (0.20%) TimescaleDB
15 1 (0.099%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.099%) Db2
Development Applications
1 86 (8.51%) Git
2 51 (5.04%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.86%) Cypress.io
4 27 (2.67%) GitLab
5 23 (2.27%) JIRA
6 19 (1.88%) Maven
7 13 (1.29%) Claude Code
7 13 (1.29%) JUnit
8 11 (1.09%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.69%) Mockito
10 4 (0.40%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.30%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.30%) Postman
11 3 (0.30%) Selenium
12 2 (0.20%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.20%) JMeter
12 2 (0.20%) Karma Test Runner
12 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
12 2 (0.20%) Vite
12 2 (0.20%) YouTrack
General
1 85 (8.41%) Social Skills
2 67 (6.63%) Finance
3 28 (2.77%) Public Sector
4 25 (2.47%) Retail
5 20 (1.98%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (1.29%) Aviation
7 11 (1.09%) Front Office
7 11 (1.09%) Legal
8 10 (0.99%) Banking
8 10 (0.99%) Marketing
9 9 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (0.89%) Tech for Good
10 7 (0.69%) Advertising
10 7 (0.69%) Games
10 7 (0.69%) Legal Technology
11 6 (0.59%) Law
12 5 (0.49%) Local Government
13 4 (0.40%) Publishing
14 3 (0.30%) Automotive
14 3 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 322 (31.85%) React
2 226 (22.35%) Node.js
3 193 (19.09%) .NET
4 136 (13.45%) AngularJS
5 126 (12.46%) CSS
6 122 (12.07%) HTML
7 119 (11.77%) Vue
8 74 (7.32%) REST
9 71 (7.02%) Spring
10 69 (6.82%) Spring Boot
11 63 (6.23%) RESTful
12 47 (4.65%) Laravel
13 46 (4.55%) Next.js
14 45 (4.45%) Jest
15 43 (4.25%) .NET Core
16 39 (3.86%) Ruby on Rails
17 38 (3.76%) GraphQL
18 31 (3.07%) ASP.NET
19 30 (2.97%) HTML5
20 29 (2.87%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 72 (7.12%) Cloud Native
2 29 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
3 19 (1.88%) Product Ownership
4 18 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (1.68%) Mobile App
6 12 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.09%) Fixed Income
8 7 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (0.69%) Sports Betting
9 6 (0.59%) IoT
10 5 (0.49%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.40%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.40%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.40%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.40%) NHS
11 4 (0.40%) PropTech
11 4 (0.40%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.30%) PKI
12 3 (0.30%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.48%) Linux
2 3 (0.30%) AIX
3 2 (0.20%) Windows
4 1 (0.099%) Android
4 1 (0.099%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.099%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,011 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 176 (17.41%) Agile
3 170 (16.82%) CI/CD
4 147 (14.54%) Microservices
5 141 (13.95%) Software Engineering
6 135 (13.35%) AI
7 110 (10.88%) DevOps
8 93 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 86 (8.51%) Web Development
11 65 (6.43%) Mentoring
12 61 (6.03%) Clean Code
13 53 (5.24%) Front End Development
14 49 (4.85%) E-Commerce
15 48 (4.75%) Computer Science
16 47 (4.65%) User Experience
17 43 (4.25%) Containerisation
18 41 (4.06%) Test Automation
19 40 (3.96%) Technical Leadership
20 39 (3.86%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 333 (32.94%) JavaScript
2 303 (29.97%) TypeScript
3 185 (18.30%) Python
4 176 (17.41%) C#
5 165 (16.32%) Java
6 103 (10.19%) SQL
7 63 (6.23%) PHP
8 39 (3.86%) Ruby
9 20 (1.98%) Groovy
10 17 (1.68%) Bash
11 12 (1.19%) Go
12 9 (0.89%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.79%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.59%) C++
15 3 (0.30%) C
16 2 (0.20%) Bicep
16 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.099%) CFML
17 1 (0.099%) R
Qualifications
1 73 (7.22%) Security Cleared
2 64 (6.33%) SC Cleared
3 51 (5.04%) Degree
4 44 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (1.88%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 11 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (0.89%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.40%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.099%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.099%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.19%) Accessibility
2 9 (0.89%) QA
2 9 (0.89%) WCAG
3 1 (0.099%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.099%) HL7
3 1 (0.099%) SLA
3 1 (0.099%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 107 (10.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 59 (5.84%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.46%) Terraform
3 11 (1.09%) HP Fortify
4 7 (0.69%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.59%) Ansible
5 6 (0.59%) Grafana
6 5 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.30%) Argo
7 3 (0.30%) Kibana
8 2 (0.20%) Nagios
8 2 (0.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 55 (5.44%) Microsoft
2 16 (1.58%) Oracle
3 13 (1.29%) Google
4 10 (0.99%) OpenAI
5 8 (0.79%) OneLogin
6 5 (0.49%) Dynatrace
6 5 (0.49%) Peregrine
7 4 (0.40%) Pega
8 3 (0.30%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.20%) Aderant
9 2 (0.20%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.20%) iManage
9 2 (0.20%) Intapp
9 2 (0.20%) Splunk
9 2 (0.20%) WooCommerce
9 2 (0.20%) WSO2
10 1 (0.099%) Adobe
10 1 (0.099%) Confluent
10 1 (0.099%) Databricks