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 4 November 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 292 212
Rank change year-on-year +42 -80 -30
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 918 436 835
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.87% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.96% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 737 310 518
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 £97,500
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
4 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 112,318 45,315 64,293
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.88% 90.13% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 74,839 27,737 36,347
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,049
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 4 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 4 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 +39 818 £60,000 - 87
UK excluding London +51 679 £60,000 +4.35% 49
Work from Home +51 325 £60,000 - 32
North of England +50 204 £65,000 +8.33% 25
London -38 202 £60,000 -25.00% 47
South East -12 174 £60,000 +4.35% 9
Midlands +17 116 £55,000 -8.33% 4
Yorkshire +44 104 £70,000 +16.67% 10
South West +2 98 £65,000 +8.33% 7
North West -2 75 £62,500 +4.17% 12
West Midlands -12 68 £55,000 -8.33% 4
Scotland +32 48 £55,000 -8.33% 1
East Midlands -11 48 £55,000 +4.76%
East of England -76 27 £60,000 +41.18% 3
North East -57 25 £50,000 - 4
Wales -74 12 £70,000 +16.67%

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

For the 6 months to 4 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%918
2JavaScript33.3%306
3React29.8%274
4AWS29.3%269
5TypeScript28.6%263
6CI/CD21.7%199
7Node.js21.1%194
8Agile20.3%186
9.NET19.4%178
10Azure19.2%176
11C#17.8%163
12Microservices17.5%161
13AI15.6%143
14Java14.8%136
15Software Engineering13.8%127
16Docker12.7%117
17CSS11.9%109
18HTML11.4%105
19AngularJS11.2%103
19SQL Server11.2%103
21Git11.0%101
21SaaS11.0%101
23Python10.9%100
23REST10.9%100
25Problem-Solving10.6%97
26DevOps9.8%90
27SQL9.7%89
28Continuous Improvement9.4%86
29Serverless9.2%84
30Kotlin9.0%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 Developer21.9%201
2Software Developer14.6%134
3Lead Full-Stack Developer10.1%93
4Full-Stack Java Developer9.8%90
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.7%80
6React Developer7.3%67
7Lead Software Developer6.5%60
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.8%44
9AWS Developer3.5%32
10C# .NET Developer3.2%29
11Senior React Developer2.9%27
12Full-Stack Python Developer2.5%23
13Full-Stack Engineer2.4%22
13Full-Stack Web Developer2.4%22
15Azure Developer2.3%21
16Senior Java Developer2.1%19
17Angular Developer1.9%17
18Senior Software Developer1.7%16
19.NET Software Developer1.5%14
19Developer/Software Engineer1.5%14
94 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide