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 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 303 161
Rank change year-on-year +110 -142 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 997 449 1,791
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.05% 0.99% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 1.10% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 870 347 1,375
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 89,332 40,653 100,647
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 89.51% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 61,290 23,209 72,638
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,622 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,042 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.08% - -6.54%

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 26 June 2026.

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 26 June 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 +111 892 £65,000 +4.00% 103
UK excluding London +133 728 £60,000 +4.35% 100
Work from Home +97 363 £65,000 +8.33% 60
North of England +132 250 £67,500 +22.73% 17
South East +62 211 £60,000 +4.35% 25
London +17 211 £80,000 +8.47% 29
North West +81 116 £66,250 +20.45% 11
Yorkshire +53 107 £75,000 +25.00% 3
Midlands +24 100 £60,000 +4.35% 21
South West -8 83 £55,000 -8.33% 16
West Midlands 0 55 £70,000 +16.67% 9
East Midlands +6 45 £55,000 +15.79% 12
East of England -14 40 £82,500 +83.33% 5
Scotland +20 32 £55,000 +4.76% 11
North East -21 27 £50,000 -16.67% 3
Wales -46 10 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Northern Ireland - 2 £60,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 26 June 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.

1 997 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 315 (31.59%) React
3 313 (31.39%) JavaScript
4 294 (29.49%) TypeScript
5 277 (27.78%) AWS
6 219 (21.97%) Node.js
7 188 (18.86%) Python
8 184 (18.46%) .NET
9 170 (17.05%) Java
10 165 (16.55%) C#
11 156 (15.65%) Agile
12 153 (15.35%) CI/CD
13 152 (15.25%) Azure
14 145 (14.54%) Microservices
15 137 (13.74%) AI
16 135 (13.54%) AngularJS
17 134 (13.44%) Software Engineering
18 125 (12.54%) CSS
19 119 (11.94%) HTML
20 118 (11.84%) Vue
21 110 (11.03%) DevOps
22 107 (10.73%) SQL
23 104 (10.43%) Serverless
24 102 (10.23%) Docker
25 94 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
26 91 (9.13%) SaaS
27 87 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
28 85 (8.53%) Git
28 85 (8.53%) Security Cleared
29 84 (8.43%) AWS Lambda

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 (1.30%) CMS
2 12 (1.20%) Confluence
3 8 (0.80%) ColdFusion
3 8 (0.80%) WordPress
4 5 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.30%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.30%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.20%) Apache
6 2 (0.20%) IIS
6 2 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.10%) CICS
7 1 (0.10%) Drupal
7 1 (0.10%) Liferay
7 1 (0.10%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.40%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.10%) Elementor
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.30%) Shopify
2 1 (0.10%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.10%) Magento
2 1 (0.10%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 277 (27.78%) AWS
2 152 (15.25%) Azure
3 104 (10.43%) Serverless
4 91 (9.13%) SaaS
5 84 (8.43%) AWS Lambda
6 75 (7.52%) Amazon S3
7 70 (7.02%) Amazon ECS
8 47 (4.71%) Amazon SQS
8 47 (4.71%) GitHub
9 42 (4.21%) GCP
10 31 (3.11%) Amazon EC2
11 27 (2.71%) AWS Step Functions
12 26 (2.61%) AWS CloudFormation
13 21 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (1.91%) Amazon ECR
14 19 (1.91%) Apigee
14 19 (1.91%) Power Platform
15 17 (1.71%) GitHub Copilot
16 14 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
17 11 (1.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.80%) Broadband
2 4 (0.40%) DNS
2 4 (0.40%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Firewall
3 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.10%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (8.32%) PostgreSQL
2 65 (6.52%) SQL Server
3 47 (4.71%) MongoDB
4 38 (3.81%) MySQL
5 32 (3.21%) DynamoDB
6 29 (2.91%) NoSQL
7 23 (2.31%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.30%) Redis
9 12 (1.20%) Power BI
10 10 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.80%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.40%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
15 2 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
15 2 (0.20%) ClickHouse
15 2 (0.20%) GIS
15 2 (0.20%) TimescaleDB
16 1 (0.10%) Apache Arrow
16 1 (0.10%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 85 (8.53%) Git
2 45 (4.51%) Jenkins
3 40 (4.01%) Cypress.io
4 26 (2.61%) GitLab
5 21 (2.11%) JIRA
5 21 (2.11%) Maven
6 15 (1.50%) JUnit
7 11 (1.10%) Claude Code
8 10 (1.00%) Mockito
8 10 (1.00%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.40%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.30%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.30%) Postman
11 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.20%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.20%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.20%) JMeter
11 2 (0.20%) NUnit
11 2 (0.20%) Subversion
11 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 87 (8.73%) Social Skills
2 74 (7.42%) Finance
3 28 (2.81%) Public Sector
4 24 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (2.31%) Retail
6 15 (1.50%) Aviation
7 11 (1.10%) Banking
7 11 (1.10%) Front Office
8 10 (1.00%) Legal
8 10 (1.00%) Marketing
9 9 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (0.90%) Tech for Good
10 7 (0.70%) Games
10 7 (0.70%) Local Government
11 6 (0.60%) Advertising
11 6 (0.60%) Law
11 6 (0.60%) Legal Technology
12 4 (0.40%) Publishing
13 2 (0.20%) Automotive
13 2 (0.20%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 315 (31.59%) React
2 219 (21.97%) Node.js
3 184 (18.46%) .NET
4 135 (13.54%) AngularJS
5 125 (12.54%) CSS
6 119 (11.94%) HTML
7 118 (11.84%) Vue
8 69 (6.92%) Spring
9 68 (6.82%) REST
10 66 (6.62%) Spring Boot
11 62 (6.22%) RESTful
12 47 (4.71%) .NET Core
13 46 (4.61%) Laravel
14 43 (4.31%) Jest
15 42 (4.21%) Next.js
16 39 (3.91%) Ruby on Rails
17 37 (3.71%) GraphQL
18 29 (2.91%) HTML5
19 27 (2.71%) CSS3
20 24 (2.41%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.12%) Cloud Native
2 26 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
3 17 (1.71%) Mobile App
3 17 (1.71%) Product Ownership
4 15 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (1.10%) Fixed Income
5 11 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (0.70%) Sports Betting
7 5 (0.50%) AI Agents
8 4 (0.40%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (0.40%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.40%) IoT
8 4 (0.40%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.40%) NHS
8 4 (0.40%) PropTech
8 4 (0.40%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.30%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 18 (1.81%) Linux
2 2 (0.20%) AIX
2 2 (0.20%) Windows
3 1 (0.10%) Android
3 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 997 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 156 (15.65%) Agile
3 153 (15.35%) CI/CD
4 145 (14.54%) Microservices
5 137 (13.74%) AI
6 134 (13.44%) Software Engineering
7 110 (11.03%) DevOps
8 94 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
9 87 (8.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 81 (8.12%) Web Development
11 63 (6.32%) Mentoring
12 57 (5.72%) Clean Code
13 49 (4.91%) Computer Science
13 49 (4.91%) Front End Development
14 47 (4.71%) Containerisation
15 46 (4.61%) User Experience
16 40 (4.01%) SDLC
17 39 (3.91%) TDD
18 38 (3.81%) E-Commerce
18 38 (3.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 313 (31.39%) JavaScript
2 294 (29.49%) TypeScript
3 188 (18.86%) Python
4 170 (17.05%) Java
5 165 (16.55%) C#
6 107 (10.73%) SQL
7 60 (6.02%) PHP
8 39 (3.91%) Ruby
9 19 (1.91%) Bash
9 19 (1.91%) Groovy
10 12 (1.20%) Go
10 12 (1.20%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.80%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.70%) C++
13 6 (0.60%) C
14 4 (0.40%) R
15 2 (0.20%) Bicep
15 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.10%) CFML
Qualifications
1 85 (8.53%) Security Cleared
2 75 (7.52%) SC Cleared
3 49 (4.91%) Degree
4 42 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (1.50%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.00%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 10 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (0.60%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.30%) QA
2 9 (0.90%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.60%) WCAG
4 1 (0.10%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.10%) HL7
4 1 (0.10%) SLA
4 1 (0.10%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 102 (10.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 55 (5.52%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.31%) Terraform
3 10 (1.00%) HP Fortify
4 7 (0.70%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.60%) Ansible
5 6 (0.60%) Grafana
6 5 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.30%) Argo
7 3 (0.30%) Kibana
8 2 (0.20%) Nagios
8 2 (0.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 40 (4.01%) Microsoft
2 21 (2.11%) Oracle
3 12 (1.20%) OpenAI
4 6 (0.60%) OneLogin
5 5 (0.50%) Dynatrace
5 5 (0.50%) Peregrine
6 4 (0.40%) Pega
7 3 (0.30%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.20%) Aderant
8 2 (0.20%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.20%) Google
8 2 (0.20%) iManage
8 2 (0.20%) Intapp
8 2 (0.20%) Splunk
8 2 (0.20%) WooCommerce
8 2 (0.20%) WSO2
9 1 (0.10%) Adobe
9 1 (0.10%) Confluent
9 1 (0.10%) Databricks
9 1 (0.10%) Foundry