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 27 October 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 309 203
Rank change year-on-year +61 -106 -15
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 941 423 861
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.78% 0.86% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.95% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 764 301 535
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 £77,500 £74,000
90th Percentile £95,875 £107,500 £98,750
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
27 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,695 44,509 64,871
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.14% 90.15% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 75,045 26,516 36,841
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,490 £52,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.31% -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -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 27 October 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 27 October 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 +70 837 £60,000 - 65
UK excluding London +82 703 £60,000 +4.35% 51
Work from Home +73 343 £60,000 - 34
North of England +61 205 £65,000 +8.33% 22
London -33 202 £65,000 -18.75% 20
South East +13 187 £60,000 +4.35% 10
Midlands +16 115 £57,500 -4.17% 7
Yorkshire +54 103 £70,000 +16.67% 8
South West -8 100 £65,000 +8.33% 8
North West +7 75 £63,750 +6.25% 12
West Midlands -4 67 £70,000 +16.67% 5
Scotland +47 53 £55,000 -8.33% 1
East Midlands +1 48 £55,000 -13.73% 2
East of England -47 30 £60,000 +41.18% 4
North East -49 27 £50,000 - 3
Wales -68 13 £70,000 +16.67%

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

For the 6 months to 27 October 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%941
2JavaScript33.9%319
3React29.6%279
4AWS29.4%277
5TypeScript29.1%274
6Node.js21.7%204
7CI/CD21.0%198
8Agile19.6%184
9.NET19.2%181
10Azure18.7%176
11C#17.6%166
12Microservices17.3%163
13AI16.0%151
14Java14.6%137
15Software Engineering13.2%124
16Docker12.6%119
17CSS12.3%116
18HTML11.9%112
18Python11.9%112
20SQL Server11.6%109
21SaaS11.5%108
22AngularJS11.1%104
22Git11.1%104
24Problem-Solving10.6%100
24REST10.6%100
26SQL9.8%92
27DevOps9.7%91
28Continuous Improvement9.5%89
29Serverless9.2%87
30GitHub9.0%85

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 Developer20.8%196
2Software Developer15.0%141
3Lead Full-Stack Developer10.8%102
4Full-Stack Java Developer9.7%91
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.2%77
6React Developer7.2%68
7Lead Software Developer7.1%67
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.5%42
9AWS Developer3.5%33
10Full-Stack Python Developer3.1%29
11C# .NET Developer2.8%26
12Full-Stack Web Developer2.6%24
12Senior React Developer2.6%24
14Azure Developer2.1%20
14Full-Stack Engineer2.1%20
16Senior Java Developer2.0%19
17Angular Developer1.8%17
18Senior Python Developer1.7%16
19.NET Software Developer1.5%14
19Senior Software Developer1.5%14
71 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide