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 3 November 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 298 216
Rank change year-on-year +41 -82 -25
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 923 434 836
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.86% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.96% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 743 308 519
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 £73,750 £77,813 £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
3 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 112,410 45,291 64,369
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.90% 90.17% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 74,978 27,544 36,398
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,027
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 3 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 3 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 +52 822 £60,000 - 116
UK excluding London +53 684 £60,000 +4.35% 67
Work from Home +47 328 £60,000 - 51
North of England +52 204 £65,000 +8.33% 26
London -50 201 £60,000 -25.00% 64
South East -4 178 £60,000 +4.35% 15
Midlands +13 117 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Yorkshire +43 103 £70,000 +16.67% 10
South West -1 97 £65,000 +8.33% 11
North West 0 76 £65,000 +8.33% 12
West Midlands 0 68 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Scotland +25 49 £55,000 -8.33% 3
East Midlands -10 49 £57,500 -9.80% 2
East of England -59 27 £60,000 +41.18% 5
North East -62 25 £50,000 - 5
Wales -79 12 £70,000 +16.67%

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

For the 6 months to 3 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%923
2JavaScript33.4%308
3React29.7%274
4AWS29.3%270
5TypeScript28.5%263
6CI/CD21.6%199
7Node.js21.2%196
8Agile20.2%186
9.NET19.2%177
10Azure18.9%174
11Microservices17.7%163
12C#17.6%162
13AI15.5%143
14Java15.0%138
15Software Engineering13.8%127
16Docker12.7%117
17CSS11.9%110
18HTML11.5%106
19AngularJS11.3%104
19SQL Server11.3%104
21Git11.1%102
22SaaS10.9%101
23Python10.8%100
23REST10.8%100
25Problem-Solving10.5%97
26DevOps9.8%90
26SQL9.8%90
28Continuous Improvement9.4%87
29Serverless9.3%86
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 Developer21.6%199
2Software Developer14.8%137
3Lead Full-Stack Developer10.2%94
4Full-Stack Java Developer9.9%91
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.6%79
6React Developer7.4%68
7Lead Software Developer6.6%61
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.7%43
9AWS Developer3.5%32
10C# .NET Developer3.0%28
11Senior React Developer2.9%27
12Full-Stack Python Developer2.5%23
12Full-Stack Web Developer2.5%23
14Full-Stack Engineer2.4%22
15Azure Developer2.2%20
16Senior Java Developer2.1%19
17Angular Developer1.8%17
18Senior Software Developer1.7%16
19.NET Software Developer1.5%14
19Developer/Software Engineer1.5%14
128 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide