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 26 October 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 308 214
Rank change year-on-year +61 -94 -23
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 940 423 865
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.78% 0.86% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.95% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 762 301 539
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 £74,500
90th Percentile £96,125 £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
26 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,484 44,535 65,120
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.18% 90.18% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 74,957 26,457 37,048
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,515 £52,500 £56,988
Median % change year-on-year +13.36% -7.88% -5.02%
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 26 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 26 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 +74 836 £60,000 - 74
UK excluding London +81 703 £60,000 +4.35% 59
Work from Home +63 342 £60,000 - 42
North of England +51 205 £65,000 +8.33% 25
London -36 201 £63,750 -20.31% 22
South East +23 187 £60,000 +4.35% 11
Midlands +23 114 £55,000 -8.33% 9
Yorkshire +54 103 £70,000 +16.67% 9
South West 0 100 £65,000 +8.33% 11
North West -1 74 £62,500 +4.17% 14
West Midlands -3 67 £70,000 +16.67% 7
Scotland +47 53 £55,000 -8.33% 1
East Midlands +7 47 £55,000 -13.73% 2
East of England -42 31 £60,000 +41.18% 2
North East -58 28 £48,750 -2.50% 3
Wales -72 13 £70,000 +16.67%

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

For the 6 months to 26 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%940
2JavaScript33.9%319
3React29.8%280
4AWS29.6%278
5TypeScript29.4%276
6Node.js21.7%204
7CI/CD21.1%198
8Agile19.5%183
9.NET19.3%181
10Azure18.7%176
11C#17.7%166
12Microservices17.3%163
13AI16.1%151
14Java14.7%138
15Software Engineering13.3%125
16Docker12.8%120
17CSS12.3%116
18HTML11.9%112
19Python11.8%111
20SQL Server11.6%109
21SaaS11.4%107
22AngularJS11.3%106
23Git11.1%104
24REST10.7%101
25Problem-Solving10.6%100
26SQL9.8%92
27DevOps9.7%91
28Continuous Improvement9.5%89
29Serverless9.4%88
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 Developer20.3%191
2Software Developer15.0%141
3Lead Full-Stack Developer10.9%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 Developer2.7%25
13Senior React Developer2.4%23
14Azure Developer2.1%20
14Full-Stack Engineer2.1%20
14Senior Java Developer2.1%20
17Angular Developer1.9%18
18Senior Python Developer1.7%16
19.NET Software Developer1.5%14
19Senior Software Developer1.5%14
80 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide