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 29 October 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 305 206
Rank change year-on-year +61 -99 -16
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 935 431 860
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.77% 0.87% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.96% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 757 306 536
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 £74,000
90th Percentile £95,500 £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
29 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 112,351 44,727 64,938
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.02% 90.11% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 75,241 26,876 36,920
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,000
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 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,974 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.63% -8.05% -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 29 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 29 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 +58 833 £60,000 - 62
UK excluding London +58 700 £60,000 +4.35% 47
Work from Home +71 337 £60,000 - 28
North of England +62 206 £65,000 +8.33% 23
London -27 199 £63,750 -20.31% 21
South East +13 185 £60,000 +4.35% 7
Midlands +20 115 £57,500 -4.17% 5
Yorkshire +51 104 £70,000 +16.67% 9
South West +5 100 £65,000 +8.33% 9
North West +7 75 £62,500 +4.17% 11
West Midlands -9 66 £62,500 +4.17% 3
Scotland +46 52 £55,000 -8.33% 1
East Midlands +9 49 £57,500 -9.80% 2
East of England -48 30 £60,000 +41.18% 2
North East -59 27 £50,000 - 4
Wales -70 12 £70,000 +16.67%

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

For the 6 months to 29 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%935
2JavaScript33.8%316
3React29.4%275
4AWS29.2%273
5TypeScript28.7%268
6Node.js21.4%200
7CI/CD21.1%197
8Agile19.6%183
9.NET19.1%179
10Azure18.5%173
11C#17.5%164
12Microservices17.2%161
13AI15.9%149
14Java14.5%136
15Software Engineering13.5%126
16Docker12.5%117
17CSS12.1%113
18Python11.8%110
19HTML11.7%109
20SQL Server11.4%107
21SaaS11.3%106
22Git11.1%104
23AngularJS10.9%102
24REST10.7%100
25Problem-Solving10.6%99
26SQL9.8%92
27DevOps9.6%90
28Continuous Improvement9.4%88
29Serverless9.2%86
30GitHub8.9%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 Developer21.0%196
2Software Developer15.2%142
3Lead Full-Stack Developer10.8%101
4Full-Stack Java Developer9.6%90
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.2%77
6React Developer7.2%67
7Lead Software Developer7.1%66
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.5%42
9AWS Developer3.5%33
10Full-Stack Python Developer3.1%29
11C# .NET Developer2.9%27
12Senior React Developer2.6%24
13Full-Stack Web Developer2.5%23
14Full-Stack Engineer2.2%21
15Azure Developer2.1%20
16Senior Java Developer2.0%19
17Angular Developer1.8%17
18Senior Python Developer1.7%16
19Senior Software Developer1.6%15
20.NET Software Developer1.5%14
68 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide