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 1 November 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 308 211
Rank change year-on-year +60 -97 -18
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 931 432 840
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.76% 0.86% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.95% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 749 306 519
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £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 £78,438 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £97,750
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
1 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 112,557 45,468 64,622
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.92% 90.21% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 75,153 27,366 36,680
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -7.89% -5.00%
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 1 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 1 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 +59 829 £60,000 -2.04% 108
UK excluding London +63 690 £60,000 +4.35% 80
Work from Home +68 333 £60,000 - 53
North of England +56 206 £65,000 +8.33% 30
London -38 203 £61,250 -23.44% 47
South East -6 179 £60,000 +4.35% 15
Midlands +15 115 £57,500 -4.17% 7
Yorkshire +44 105 £70,000 +16.67% 11
South West +2 99 £65,000 +8.33% 13
North West -9 75 £62,500 +4.17% 13
West Midlands -9 66 £62,500 +4.17% 5
Scotland +38 50 £55,000 -8.33% 3
East Midlands +4 49 £57,500 -9.80% 2
East of England -51 29 £60,000 +41.18% 8
North East -58 26 £48,750 -2.50% 7
Wales -71 12 £70,000 +16.67%

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

For the 6 months to 1 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%931
2JavaScript33.4%311
3React29.6%276
4AWS29.1%271
5TypeScript28.5%265
6CI/CD21.4%199
7Node.js21.3%198
8Agile20.0%186
9.NET19.1%178
10Azure18.6%173
11C#17.5%163
12Microservices17.4%162
13AI15.6%145
14Java14.8%138
15Software Engineering13.6%127
16Docker12.5%116
17CSS12.0%112
18HTML11.6%108
19SQL Server11.3%105
20Python11.2%104
21AngularJS11.1%103
21SaaS11.1%103
23Git11.0%102
24REST10.6%99
25Problem-Solving10.5%98
26SQL9.8%91
27DevOps9.7%90
28Continuous Improvement9.5%88
29Serverless9.2%86
30Kotlin8.9%83

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 Developer21.4%199
2Software Developer14.8%138
3Lead Full-Stack Developer10.3%96
4Full-Stack Java Developer9.9%92
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.5%79
6React Developer7.2%67
7Lead Software Developer6.8%63
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.6%43
9AWS Developer3.4%32
10C# .NET Developer3.0%28
11Full-Stack Python Developer2.8%26
11Senior React Developer2.8%26
13Full-Stack Web Developer2.5%23
14Full-Stack Engineer2.4%22
15Azure Developer2.1%20
16Senior Java Developer2.0%19
17Angular Developer1.8%17
18Senior Software Developer1.7%16
19.NET Software Developer1.5%14
19Developer/Software Engineer1.5%14
123 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide