Full-Stack Developer Job Trends

Full-Stack Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 January 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 265 192
Rank change year-on-year +20 -73 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 523 575 919
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.88% 1.06% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.14% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 385 346 834
10th Percentile £44,250 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,269 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.55% -10.36% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £96,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -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 53,595 50,414 50,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 92.94% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 33,001 26,357 38,868
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,199 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,458 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 5 January 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 IT jobs citing Full-Stack Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 January 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 +45 482 £65,000 +13.04% 291
UK excluding London +21 315 £60,000 +14.29% 252
London +46 178 £80,000 +14.29% 64
Work from Home +22 162 £60,000 - 230
South East +1 131 £60,000 +9.09% 82
North of England +43 74 £55,000 +15.79% 62
Midlands +14 43 £55,000 -6.38% 45
South West +12 39 £60,000 +9.09% 24
Yorkshire +9 28 £72,500 +38.10% 28
North West +11 25 £62,500 +38.89% 25
West Midlands +16 23 £60,000 +2.13% 20
East of England +9 22 £60,000 +33.33% 28
North East +20 21 £50,000 +17.65% 9
East Midlands -5 20 £55,000 -5.58% 23
Wales -4 7 £45,000 -40.00% 5
Scotland -17 2 - - 7

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

For the 6 months to 5 January 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.

1 523 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 283 (54.11%) React
3 223 (42.64%) JavaScript
4 196 (37.48%) AWS
5 160 (30.59%) Agile
6 158 (30.21%) TypeScript
7 147 (28.11%) .NET
8 144 (27.53%) Azure
9 141 (26.96%) C#
10 138 (26.39%) CI/CD
11 125 (23.90%) Java
12 123 (23.52%) Node.js
13 121 (23.14%) HTML
14 120 (22.94%) CSS
15 116 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
16 110 (21.03%) DevOps
17 109 (20.84%) SQL
18 107 (20.46%) AngularJS
19 102 (19.50%) Python
20 94 (17.97%) Microservices
20 94 (17.97%) REST
21 92 (17.59%) Git
22 91 (17.40%) Docker
23 84 (16.06%) User Experience
24 77 (14.72%) RESTful
25 71 (13.58%) Vue
26 67 (12.81%) Kubernetes
27 66 (12.62%) AI
28 63 (12.05%) PostgreSQL
28 63 (12.05%) SQL Server

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 8 (1.53%) OpenStack
2 7 (1.34%) CMS
2 7 (1.34%) Confluence
3 5 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.57%) Liferay
4 3 (0.57%) nginx
5 2 (0.38%) ColdFusion
5 2 (0.38%) Drupal
5 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.19%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) Kentico
6 1 (0.19%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.38%) S-PLUS
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 6 (1.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 196 (37.48%) AWS
2 144 (27.53%) Azure
3 62 (11.85%) Serverless
4 49 (9.37%) GCP
5 41 (7.84%) GitHub
6 36 (6.88%) Amazon ECS
7 34 (6.50%) Amazon EKS
7 34 (6.50%) SaaS
8 29 (5.54%) Amazon S3
9 27 (5.16%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (4.21%) Amazon SQS
12 20 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.53%) Power Platform
14 7 (1.34%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (1.34%) GitHub Copilot
15 6 (1.15%) Amazon EventBridge
15 6 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (1.15%) npm
16 5 (0.96%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.57%) Broadband
1 3 (0.57%) HTTP
2 2 (0.38%) AMQP
3 1 (0.19%) Internet
3 1 (0.19%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (12.05%) PostgreSQL
1 63 (12.05%) SQL Server
2 50 (9.56%) NoSQL
3 42 (8.03%) Relational Database
4 28 (5.35%) MySQL
5 22 (4.21%) RDBMS
6 19 (3.63%) MongoDB
7 15 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (2.49%) Redis
9 9 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.53%) DB2
11 7 (1.34%) DynamoDB
12 6 (1.15%) Power BI
13 4 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
14 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
14 2 (0.38%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.38%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.38%) Pinecone
14 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 92 (17.59%) Git
2 35 (6.69%) Jenkins
3 20 (3.82%) JUnit
4 19 (3.63%) Mockito
5 16 (3.06%) Cypress.io
6 15 (2.87%) JIRA
7 12 (2.29%) JMeter
7 12 (2.29%) TeamCity
8 7 (1.34%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.34%) Maven
8 7 (1.34%) Selenium
8 7 (1.34%) webpack
9 5 (0.96%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.96%) git-flow
9 5 (0.96%) Mocha
10 4 (0.76%) Storybook
11 3 (0.57%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.57%) ESLint
11 3 (0.57%) GitLab
11 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 111 (21.22%) Social Skills
2 57 (10.90%) Finance
3 34 (6.50%) Public Sector
4 29 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (5.35%) Law
6 27 (5.16%) Banking
7 23 (4.40%) Marketing
8 20 (3.82%) Investment Banking
9 14 (2.68%) Aviation
10 13 (2.49%) Retail
11 11 (2.10%) Front Office
11 11 (2.10%) Games
11 11 (2.10%) Legal
12 10 (1.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.53%) Health Technology
14 6 (1.15%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.96%) Electronics
16 3 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.57%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.57%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 283 (54.11%) React
2 147 (28.11%) .NET
3 123 (23.52%) Node.js
4 121 (23.14%) HTML
5 120 (22.94%) CSS
6 107 (20.46%) AngularJS
7 94 (17.97%) REST
8 77 (14.72%) RESTful
9 71 (13.58%) Vue
10 62 (11.85%) Spring
11 46 (8.80%) .NET Core
12 40 (7.65%) ASP.NET
13 35 (6.69%) Spring Boot
14 32 (6.12%) .NET Framework
14 32 (6.12%) HTML5
15 31 (5.93%) CSS3
16 27 (5.16%) Kafka
16 27 (5.16%) Next.js
17 26 (4.97%) GraphQL
18 25 (4.78%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.74%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (4.40%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.40%) Greenfield Project
4 21 (4.02%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.44%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.49%) Management Information System
7 10 (1.91%) Hedge funds
7 10 (1.91%) Reference Data
8 7 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.15%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.76%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.76%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.57%) Social Media
12 2 (0.38%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.38%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.38%) IoT
12 2 (0.38%) Smart Home
12 2 (0.38%) Sports Betting
12 2 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.91%) Linux
2 9 (1.72%) Android
2 9 (1.72%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.57%) Unix
4 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 160 (30.59%) Agile
3 138 (26.39%) CI/CD
4 116 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
5 110 (21.03%) DevOps
6 94 (17.97%) Microservices
7 84 (16.06%) User Experience
8 66 (12.62%) AI
9 62 (11.85%) Software Engineering
10 58 (11.09%) Web Development
11 53 (10.13%) Clean Code
12 48 (9.18%) Scrum
13 47 (8.99%) SDLC
13 47 (8.99%) TDD
13 47 (8.99%) UX Design
14 46 (8.80%) Containerisation
15 40 (7.65%) Test Automation
16 38 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
16 38 (7.27%) Front End Development
17 33 (6.31%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 223 (42.64%) JavaScript
2 158 (30.21%) TypeScript
3 141 (26.96%) C#
4 125 (23.90%) Java
5 109 (20.84%) SQL
6 102 (19.50%) Python
7 32 (6.12%) PHP
8 14 (2.68%) C
8 14 (2.68%) Shell Script
9 9 (1.72%) Go
9 9 (1.72%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.72%) Ruby
10 6 (1.15%) Bash
10 6 (1.15%) R
11 5 (0.96%) C++
11 5 (0.96%) VB.NET
12 4 (0.76%) XAML
13 3 (0.57%) COBOL
14 2 (0.38%) RPG
15 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 59 (11.28%) Security Cleared
2 30 (5.74%) Degree
3 25 (4.78%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (4.02%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.27%) QA
2 36 (6.88%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.53%) WCAG
4 4 (0.76%) GDPR
5 1 (0.19%) HL7
System Software
1 91 (17.40%) Docker
2 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 67 (12.81%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.82%) Terraform
3 12 (2.29%) Kibana
4 8 (1.53%) Ansible
5 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) Argo
6 1 (0.19%) Nagios
Vendors
1 18 (3.44%) Oracle
2 15 (2.87%) Microsoft
3 13 (2.49%) Dynatrace
4 12 (2.29%) Splunk
5 8 (1.53%) Google
6 6 (1.15%) OpenAI
7 4 (0.76%) Telerik
7 4 (0.76%) WooCommerce
8 3 (0.57%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.57%) Pega
8 3 (0.57%) WSO2
8 3 (0.57%) Zoho
9 2 (0.38%) Apple
9 2 (0.38%) DevExpress
9 2 (0.38%) Foundry
9 2 (0.38%) IBM
9 2 (0.38%) iManage
9 2 (0.38%) SendGrid
9 2 (0.38%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.19%) IONA