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 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 291 170
Rank change year-on-year +91 -121 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 1,017 499 1,389
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.00% 1.01% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.12% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 890 377 1,007
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 95,972 44,419 82,565
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 90.03% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 65,619 26,374 56,860
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £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 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £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 29 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 29 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 +84 902 £60,000 - 120
UK excluding London +104 770 £60,000 +4.35% 104
Work from Home +70 390 £60,000 - 66
North of England +121 248 £65,000 +8.33% 27
South East +58 219 £60,000 +4.35% 29
London -18 191 £78,500 +4.67% 35
North West +61 113 £65,000 +15.56% 15
Midlands +22 112 £60,000 +2.13% 16
Yorkshire +56 103 £75,000 +25.00% 11
South West +2 95 £56,250 -6.25% 15
West Midlands +3 66 £60,000 - 10
East Midlands +2 46 £60,000 +26.32% 6
Scotland +34 42 £55,000 -4.35% 8
East of England -23 41 £75,000 +66.67% 8
North East -23 32 £47,500 -40.63% 1
Wales -61 11 £70,000 +16.67% 1
Northern Ireland -69 2 £60,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 1,017 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 344 (33.82%) JavaScript
3 327 (32.15%) React
4 307 (30.19%) TypeScript
5 294 (28.91%) AWS
6 228 (22.42%) Node.js
7 196 (19.27%) .NET
8 191 (18.78%) Agile
9 181 (17.80%) C#
9 181 (17.80%) Python
10 179 (17.60%) CI/CD
11 167 (16.42%) Java
12 161 (15.83%) Azure
13 157 (15.44%) Microservices
14 144 (14.16%) AI
15 141 (13.86%) Software Engineering
16 135 (13.27%) AngularJS
17 131 (12.88%) CSS
18 125 (12.29%) HTML
19 118 (11.60%) Vue
20 115 (11.31%) SQL
21 113 (11.11%) DevOps
22 107 (10.52%) Docker
23 103 (10.13%) Serverless
24 102 (10.03%) SaaS
25 101 (9.93%) Git
26 92 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
27 90 (8.85%) Problem-Solving
27 90 (8.85%) SQL Server
27 90 (8.85%) Web Development

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 14 (1.38%) Confluence
2 13 (1.28%) CMS
3 11 (1.08%) WordPress
4 7 (0.69%) ColdFusion
5 5 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.39%) IIS
7 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.20%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.098%) Apache
9 1 (0.098%) CICS
9 1 (0.098%) Drupal
9 1 (0.098%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.098%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.69%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Elementor
3 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.49%) Shopify
2 1 (0.098%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.098%) Magento
2 1 (0.098%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 294 (28.91%) AWS
2 161 (15.83%) Azure
3 103 (10.13%) Serverless
4 102 (10.03%) SaaS
5 85 (8.36%) AWS Lambda
6 77 (7.57%) Amazon S3
7 75 (7.37%) Amazon ECS
8 67 (6.59%) GitHub
9 48 (4.72%) Amazon SQS
10 47 (4.62%) GCP
11 35 (3.44%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (2.75%) AWS CloudFormation
12 28 (2.75%) AWS Step Functions
13 24 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
13 24 (2.36%) GitHub Copilot
14 19 (1.87%) Amazon ECR
14 19 (1.87%) Apigee
15 17 (1.67%) Power Platform
16 15 (1.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.79%) Broadband
2 4 (0.39%) DNS
2 4 (0.39%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Firewall
3 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.098%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (8.85%) SQL Server
2 85 (8.36%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (4.82%) MongoDB
4 40 (3.93%) DynamoDB
5 38 (3.74%) MySQL
6 34 (3.34%) NoSQL
7 25 (2.46%) Relational Database
8 20 (1.97%) Redis
9 16 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (1.18%) Power BI
11 8 (0.79%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.39%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.29%) GIS
13 3 (0.29%) Spatial Data
14 2 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
15 1 (0.098%) ClickHouse
15 1 (0.098%) DocumentDB
15 1 (0.098%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 101 (9.93%) Git
2 52 (5.11%) Jenkins
3 38 (3.74%) Cypress.io
4 28 (2.75%) GitLab
5 24 (2.36%) JIRA
6 21 (2.06%) Maven
7 16 (1.57%) JUnit
8 13 (1.28%) Claude Code
9 10 (0.98%) Mockito
9 10 (0.98%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.49%) Postman
10 5 (0.49%) Selenium
11 4 (0.39%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.39%) Vite
12 3 (0.29%) Storybook
12 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.29%) webpack
13 2 (0.20%) CircleCI
13 2 (0.20%) IntelliJ
13 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 93 (9.14%) Social Skills
2 67 (6.59%) Finance
3 29 (2.85%) Public Sector
4 25 (2.46%) Retail
5 17 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (1.18%) Legal
6 12 (1.18%) Marketing
7 11 (1.08%) Front Office
7 11 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (0.79%) Banking
8 8 (0.79%) Legal Technology
8 8 (0.79%) Tech for Good
9 7 (0.69%) Advertising
10 6 (0.59%) Aviation
10 6 (0.59%) Games
11 5 (0.49%) Law
11 5 (0.49%) Local Government
12 4 (0.39%) Publishing
13 3 (0.29%) Automotive
13 3 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 327 (32.15%) React
2 228 (22.42%) Node.js
3 196 (19.27%) .NET
4 135 (13.27%) AngularJS
5 131 (12.88%) CSS
6 125 (12.29%) HTML
7 118 (11.60%) Vue
8 85 (8.36%) REST
9 73 (7.18%) Spring
10 67 (6.59%) RESTful
10 67 (6.59%) Spring Boot
11 50 (4.92%) Next.js
12 46 (4.52%) Jest
13 42 (4.13%) .NET Core
13 42 (4.13%) Ruby on Rails
14 39 (3.83%) ASP.NET
15 37 (3.64%) .NET Framework
15 37 (3.64%) GraphQL
15 37 (3.64%) Laravel
16 36 (3.54%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 74 (7.28%) Cloud Native
2 39 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (1.67%) Mobile App
4 17 (1.67%) Product Ownership
5 15 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (0.98%) Fixed Income
6 10 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (0.79%) IoT
8 6 (0.59%) Sports Betting
8 6 (0.59%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.49%) AI Agents
9 5 (0.49%) NHS
9 5 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.39%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (0.39%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.39%) Mainframe
10 4 (0.39%) PropTech
11 3 (0.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.47%) Linux
2 3 (0.29%) AIX
3 1 (0.098%) Windows
3 1 (0.098%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,017 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 191 (18.78%) Agile
3 179 (17.60%) CI/CD
4 157 (15.44%) Microservices
5 144 (14.16%) AI
6 141 (13.86%) Software Engineering
7 113 (11.11%) DevOps
8 92 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 90 (8.85%) Problem-Solving
9 90 (8.85%) Web Development
10 67 (6.59%) Clean Code
11 64 (6.29%) Mentoring
12 54 (5.31%) Front End Development
12 54 (5.31%) User Experience
13 53 (5.21%) E-Commerce
14 52 (5.11%) Computer Science
15 49 (4.82%) SDLC
16 42 (4.13%) Containerisation
16 42 (4.13%) Technical Leadership
16 42 (4.13%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 344 (33.82%) JavaScript
2 307 (30.19%) TypeScript
3 181 (17.80%) C#
3 181 (17.80%) Python
4 167 (16.42%) Java
5 115 (11.31%) SQL
6 56 (5.51%) PHP
7 43 (4.23%) Ruby
8 19 (1.87%) Bash
8 19 (1.87%) Groovy
9 12 (1.18%) Go
10 11 (1.08%) PL/SQL
11 9 (0.88%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.59%) C++
13 2 (0.20%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.20%) C
13 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.098%) Bicep
14 1 (0.098%) CFML
14 1 (0.098%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (7.37%) Security Cleared
2 66 (6.49%) SC Cleared
3 55 (5.41%) Degree
4 47 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.06%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.08%) AWS Certified Developer
7 10 (0.98%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 10 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.39%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.098%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.098%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.38%) Accessibility
2 9 (0.88%) QA
2 9 (0.88%) WCAG
3 2 (0.20%) GDPR
3 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.098%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.098%) HL7
4 1 (0.098%) SLA
4 1 (0.098%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 107 (10.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 65 (6.39%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.74%) Terraform
3 10 (0.98%) HP Fortify
4 6 (0.59%) Ansible
4 6 (0.59%) Grafana
5 5 (0.49%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.29%) Kibana
7 2 (0.20%) Argo
7 2 (0.20%) Podman
8 1 (0.098%) Nagios
Vendors
1 61 (6.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (1.67%) Oracle
3 15 (1.47%) Google
4 10 (0.98%) OpenAI
5 8 (0.79%) OneLogin
6 5 (0.49%) Dynatrace
6 5 (0.49%) Peregrine
7 4 (0.39%) Pega
7 4 (0.39%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.20%) Aderant
8 2 (0.20%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.20%) iManage
8 2 (0.20%) Intapp
8 2 (0.20%) Splunk
8 2 (0.20%) WooCommerce
8 2 (0.20%) WSO2
9 1 (0.098%) Adobe
9 1 (0.098%) Confluent
9 1 (0.098%) Databricks