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 November 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 297 216
Rank change year-on-year +43 -81 -26
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 916 446 828
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.87% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.97% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 736 318 514
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £73,750 £79,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £95,000
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
7 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 112,511 46,073 64,285
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.83% 90.13% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 74,727 28,672 36,354
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,152 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -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 7 November 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 7 November 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 +33 816 £60,000 - 76
UK excluding London +45 683 £60,000 +4.35% 48
Work from Home +40 321 £60,000 - 27
North of England +49 202 £65,000 +8.33% 23
London -57 196 £60,000 -25.00% 36
South East -10 177 £60,000 +4.35% 13
Midlands +5 115 £55,000 -8.33% 4
Yorkshire +44 103 £70,000 +16.67% 8
South West -7 101 £65,000 +10.64% 4
North West -9 74 £60,000 - 12
West Midlands -4 67 £55,000 -8.33% 4
Scotland +34 48 £55,000 -8.33% 1
East Midlands -15 48 £55,000 +10.00%
East of England -64 28 £60,000 +41.18% 3
North East -64 25 £50,000 - 4
Wales -79 12 £70,000 +16.67%

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

For the 6 months to 7 November 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%916
2JavaScript33.3%305
3React29.6%271
4AWS28.9%265
5TypeScript28.5%261
6CI/CD21.8%200
7Node.js21.4%196
8Agile20.0%183
9.NET19.0%174
10Azure18.8%172
11C#17.4%159
12Microservices17.1%157
13AI15.2%139
14Java14.4%132
15Software Engineering13.8%126
16Docker12.4%114
17CSS11.7%107
18HTML11.4%104
19AngularJS11.1%102
20Git11.0%101
21Python10.9%100
21REST10.9%100
21SaaS10.9%100
21SQL Server10.9%100
25Problem-Solving10.3%94
26DevOps9.7%89
26SQL9.7%89
28Kotlin9.1%83
28Serverless9.1%83
30Continuous Improvement9.0%82

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 Developer22.5%206
2Software Developer14.7%135
3Lead Full-Stack Developer10.0%92
4Full-Stack Java Developer9.6%88
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.5%78
6React Developer7.4%68
7Lead Software Developer6.6%60
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.7%43
9AWS Developer3.5%32
10C# .NET Developer3.2%29
10Senior React Developer3.2%29
12Full-Stack Python Developer2.5%23
13Full-Stack Engineer2.4%22
14Azure Developer2.3%21
14Full-Stack Web Developer2.3%21
16Senior Java Developer2.1%19
17Angular Developer1.9%17
17Senior Software Developer1.9%17
19Developer/Software Engineer1.5%14
19Full-Stack Software Engineer1.5%14
82 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide