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 2 November 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 214 189
Rank change year-on-year -88 -25 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 433 844 971
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.86% 1.24% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 1.31% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 307 521 897
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £78,125 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 45,243 64,602 51,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.17% 95.05% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 27,411 36,584 39,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,509
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,200 £42,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -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 2 November 2025.

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 2 November 2025. 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 -85 390 £60,000 - 146
UK excluding London -78 265 £57,500 +9.52% 124
London -4 164 £80,000 - 53
Work from Home -52 160 £60,000 +4.35% 85
South East -10 97 £57,500 - 42
North of England -12 61 £60,000 +11.63% 25
North West -21 33 £60,000 +33.33% 19
East of England +4 30 £42,500 -5.56% 15
Midlands -39 26 £60,000 +33.33% 24
South West -10 24 £60,000 +33.33% 14
West Midlands +9 21 £60,000 +9.09% 13
Yorkshire +12 14 £60,000 - 5
North East +12 14 £50,000 -9.09% 2
Scotland -4 14 £60,000 -12.25% 1
Wales -4 13 £60,000 +20.00% 3
East Midlands -25 5 £63,750 +59.38% 11
Northern Ireland -2 2 £60,000 -14.29% 1

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

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, 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.

1 433 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 230 (53.12%) JavaScript
3 226 (52.19%) React
4 214 (49.42%) AWS
5 188 (43.42%) Agile
6 156 (36.03%) CI/CD
7 153 (35.33%) C#
8 148 (34.18%) .NET
9 144 (33.26%) Azure
9 144 (33.26%) HTML
10 143 (33.03%) TypeScript
11 128 (29.56%) AngularJS
12 127 (29.33%) CSS
13 125 (28.87%) SQL
14 117 (27.02%) Problem-Solving
15 105 (24.25%) Node.js
16 101 (23.33%) Java
17 98 (22.63%) DevOps
17 98 (22.63%) Git
17 98 (22.63%) User Experience
18 96 (22.17%) RESTful
19 94 (21.71%) Vue
20 88 (20.32%) REST
21 87 (20.09%) Python
21 87 (20.09%) SQL Server
22 86 (19.86%) Docker
23 67 (15.47%) Kubernetes
23 67 (15.47%) Microservices
24 66 (15.24%) GCP
24 66 (15.24%) Software Engineering

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 13 (3.00%) CMS
2 10 (2.31%) IIS
3 8 (1.85%) Headless CMS
4 6 (1.39%) Umbraco
5 5 (1.15%) Apache
5 5 (1.15%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.92%) Confluence
7 3 (0.69%) nginx
7 3 (0.69%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.46%) Drupal
9 1 (0.23%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.23%) Kentico
9 1 (0.23%) MetaMask
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.69%) S-PLUS
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (2.77%) Shopify
2 4 (0.92%) Magento
3 3 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 214 (49.42%) AWS
2 144 (33.26%) Azure
3 66 (15.24%) GCP
4 58 (13.39%) Serverless
5 50 (11.55%) SaaS
6 44 (10.16%) GitHub
7 36 (8.31%) Amazon ECS
8 33 (7.62%) Amazon EKS
9 26 (6.00%) Amazon EC2
10 23 (5.31%) Amazon S3
11 20 (4.62%) Amazon SQS
11 20 (4.62%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (2.77%) Vercel
14 11 (2.54%) Figma
15 9 (2.08%) npm
16 8 (1.85%) Google Analytics
17 7 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
17 7 (1.62%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.69%) Broadband
1 3 (0.69%) MQTT
1 3 (0.69%) SMS
1 3 (0.69%) VPN
2 2 (0.46%) Internet
3 1 (0.23%) AMQP
3 1 (0.23%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (20.09%) SQL Server
2 59 (13.63%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (11.55%) Relational Database
4 44 (10.16%) MySQL
4 44 (10.16%) NoSQL
5 28 (6.47%) RDBMS
6 20 (4.62%) MongoDB
7 18 (4.16%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (4.16%) Redis
8 10 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (2.08%) Big Data
9 9 (2.08%) DynamoDB
10 7 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.62%) Power BI
11 5 (1.15%) Apache Hive
11 5 (1.15%) Hadoop
11 5 (1.15%) HBase
12 4 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.92%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 98 (22.63%) Git
2 32 (7.39%) Jenkins
3 23 (5.31%) JIRA
4 22 (5.08%) JUnit
4 22 (5.08%) Mockito
5 18 (4.16%) JMeter
6 14 (3.23%) Cypress.io
7 12 (2.77%) TeamCity
8 10 (2.31%) Maven
9 7 (1.62%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.39%) Jasmine
10 6 (1.39%) NUnit
11 5 (1.15%) Gradle
11 5 (1.15%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.15%) Vite
12 4 (0.92%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.92%) git-flow
12 4 (0.92%) Mocha
12 4 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (0.92%) webpack
General
1 108 (24.94%) Social Skills
2 68 (15.70%) Finance
3 42 (9.70%) Law
4 38 (8.78%) Public Sector
5 31 (7.16%) Marketing
6 24 (5.54%) Front Office
7 22 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (4.39%) Banking
9 13 (3.00%) Games
10 12 (2.77%) Investment Banking
10 12 (2.77%) Legal
11 10 (2.31%) Retail
12 8 (1.85%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.15%) Electronics
14 4 (0.92%) Advertising
14 4 (0.92%) Back Office
14 4 (0.92%) Private Banking
15 3 (0.69%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.69%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 226 (52.19%) React
2 148 (34.18%) .NET
3 144 (33.26%) HTML
4 128 (29.56%) AngularJS
5 127 (29.33%) CSS
6 105 (24.25%) Node.js
7 96 (22.17%) RESTful
8 94 (21.71%) Vue
9 88 (20.32%) REST
10 58 (13.39%) ASP.NET
11 53 (12.24%) Spring
12 51 (11.78%) GraphQL
13 45 (10.39%) .NET Core
14 41 (9.47%) Web Services
15 39 (9.01%) .NET Framework
15 39 (9.01%) HTML5
16 36 (8.31%) CSS3
17 32 (7.39%) Spring Boot
18 31 (7.16%) Kafka
19 30 (6.93%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.24%) Cloud Native
2 24 (5.54%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.93%) Mobile App
6 16 (3.70%) Hedge funds
6 16 (3.70%) Product Ownership
7 15 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.77%) Fixed Income
8 12 (2.77%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (2.31%) Management Information System
9 10 (2.31%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.39%) Equities
10 6 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.15%) Legacy Code
12 4 (0.92%) Client/Server
12 4 (0.92%) Distributed Applications
12 4 (0.92%) e-Learning
12 4 (0.92%) IoT
12 4 (0.92%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.31%) Unix
2 9 (2.08%) Linux
3 7 (1.62%) Android
3 7 (1.62%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 188 (43.42%) Agile
3 156 (36.03%) CI/CD
4 117 (27.02%) Problem-Solving
5 98 (22.63%) DevOps
5 98 (22.63%) User Experience
6 67 (15.47%) Microservices
7 66 (15.24%) Software Engineering
8 60 (13.86%) Clean Code
9 59 (13.63%) TDD
10 57 (13.16%) SDLC
11 56 (12.93%) AI
12 54 (12.47%) UX Design
13 52 (12.01%) Test Automation
14 51 (11.78%) Web Development
15 49 (11.32%) Mentoring
16 40 (9.24%) Containerisation
17 39 (9.01%) Scrum
18 38 (8.78%) Computer Science
19 36 (8.31%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 230 (53.12%) JavaScript
2 153 (35.33%) C#
3 143 (33.03%) TypeScript
4 125 (28.87%) SQL
5 101 (23.33%) Java
6 87 (20.09%) Python
7 19 (4.39%) Shell Script
8 18 (4.16%) PHP
9 15 (3.46%) Go
10 11 (2.54%) PL/SQL
10 11 (2.54%) VB.NET
11 7 (1.62%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.15%) Bicep
12 5 (1.15%) C++
12 5 (1.15%) R
13 4 (0.92%) C
13 4 (0.92%) XAML
14 3 (0.69%) Delphi
14 3 (0.69%) VB
15 2 (0.46%) Bash
Qualifications
1 42 (9.70%) Degree
2 39 (9.01%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (2.77%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.54%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.92%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.92%) AWS Certified Developer
6 4 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.46%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.24%) QA
2 33 (7.62%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.39%) GDPR
3 6 (1.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 86 (19.86%) Docker
2 5 (1.15%) HDFS
3 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.23%) Firmware
3 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 67 (15.47%) Kubernetes
2 34 (7.85%) Terraform
3 18 (4.16%) Kibana
4 5 (1.15%) Ansible
5 1 (0.23%) Argo
5 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 58 (13.39%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.31%) Splunk
3 19 (4.39%) Dynatrace
4 12 (2.77%) Google
5 9 (2.08%) DevExpress
6 8 (1.85%) Apple
6 8 (1.85%) Oracle
7 6 (1.39%) Databricks
7 6 (1.39%) Rollbar
8 5 (1.15%) Cloudera
9 3 (0.69%) IBM
9 3 (0.69%) Pega
9 3 (0.69%) WSO2
9 3 (0.69%) Xamarin
10 2 (0.46%) iManage
10 2 (0.46%) Telerik
11 1 (0.23%) Adobe
11 1 (0.23%) CA Agile Central
11 1 (0.23%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.23%) WooCommerce