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 July 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 293 162
Rank change year-on-year +95 -131 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 1,021 505 1,448
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.01% 1.02% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.14% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 895 383 1,060
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £76,250 £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% -0.75%

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 95,392 44,432 84,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 90.12% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 65,258 26,408 58,586
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%

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 July 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 July 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 +89 904 £60,000 - 115
UK excluding London +94 770 £60,000 +4.35% 96
Work from Home +71 395 £60,000 - 65
North of England +122 248 £65,000 +8.33% 22
South East +63 219 £60,000 +4.35% 31
London -26 193 £76,750 +2.33% 36
North West +73 113 £65,000 +18.18% 14
Midlands +22 111 £60,000 +2.13% 16
Yorkshire +50 104 £75,000 +25.00% 7
South West -5 95 £55,000 -8.33% 13
West Midlands +10 65 £60,000 - 9
East Midlands -3 46 £60,000 +26.32% 7
Scotland +41 42 £55,000 -4.35% 5
East of England -17 41 £75,000 +66.67% 8
North East -22 31 £47,500 -40.63% 1
Wales -60 12 £70,000 +16.67% 1
Northern Ireland -66 2 £60,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 1,021 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 343 (33.59%) JavaScript
3 328 (32.13%) React
4 308 (30.17%) TypeScript
5 291 (28.50%) AWS
6 231 (22.62%) Node.js
7 196 (19.20%) .NET
8 187 (18.32%) Agile
9 182 (17.83%) Python
10 180 (17.63%) C#
11 178 (17.43%) CI/CD
12 166 (16.26%) Java
13 159 (15.57%) Azure
14 152 (14.89%) Microservices
15 142 (13.91%) AI
15 142 (13.91%) Software Engineering
16 135 (13.22%) AngularJS
17 130 (12.73%) CSS
18 124 (12.14%) HTML
19 121 (11.85%) Vue
20 113 (11.07%) DevOps
20 113 (11.07%) SQL
21 109 (10.68%) Docker
22 104 (10.19%) Serverless
23 101 (9.89%) Git
24 100 (9.79%) SaaS
25 92 (9.01%) Problem-Solving
26 91 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
26 91 (8.91%) Web Development
27 88 (8.62%) SQL Server

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 16 (1.57%) CMS
2 13 (1.27%) Confluence
3 11 (1.08%) WordPress
4 8 (0.78%) ColdFusion
5 4 (0.39%) IIS
5 4 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.29%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.29%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.20%) Apache
7 2 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.098%) CICS
8 1 (0.098%) Drupal
8 1 (0.098%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.69%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Elementor
3 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.49%) Shopify
2 1 (0.098%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.098%) Magento
2 1 (0.098%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 291 (28.50%) AWS
2 159 (15.57%) Azure
3 104 (10.19%) Serverless
4 100 (9.79%) SaaS
5 85 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
6 76 (7.44%) Amazon S3
7 75 (7.35%) Amazon ECS
8 67 (6.56%) GitHub
9 48 (4.70%) Amazon SQS
10 46 (4.51%) GCP
11 33 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
12 29 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
12 29 (2.84%) AWS Step Functions
13 24 (2.35%) GitHub Copilot
14 23 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
15 22 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
16 20 (1.96%) Amazon ECR
16 20 (1.96%) Apigee
17 18 (1.76%) Power Platform
18 15 (1.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.78%) Broadband
2 4 (0.39%) DNS
2 4 (0.39%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Firewall
3 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.098%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (8.62%) SQL Server
2 85 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
3 51 (5.00%) MongoDB
4 41 (4.02%) MySQL
5 40 (3.92%) DynamoDB
6 34 (3.33%) NoSQL
7 28 (2.74%) Relational Database
8 19 (1.86%) Redis
9 13 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
10 12 (1.18%) Power BI
11 8 (0.78%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.39%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.29%) Spatial Data
14 2 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
14 2 (0.20%) ClickHouse
14 2 (0.20%) GIS
15 1 (0.098%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.098%) Db2
Development Applications
1 101 (9.89%) Git
2 52 (5.09%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.82%) Cypress.io
4 29 (2.84%) GitLab
5 23 (2.25%) JIRA
6 21 (2.06%) Maven
7 15 (1.47%) JUnit
8 13 (1.27%) Claude Code
9 11 (1.08%) SonarQube
10 9 (0.88%) Mockito
11 4 (0.39%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.39%) Postman
11 4 (0.39%) Selenium
11 4 (0.39%) Vite
12 3 (0.29%) Storybook
12 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.29%) webpack
13 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.20%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.20%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 90 (8.81%) Social Skills
2 66 (6.46%) Finance
3 29 (2.84%) Public Sector
4 26 (2.55%) Retail
5 18 (1.76%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (1.18%) Front Office
6 12 (1.18%) Marketing
7 11 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.08%) Legal
8 10 (0.98%) Aviation
9 8 (0.78%) Banking
10 7 (0.69%) Advertising
10 7 (0.69%) Legal Technology
10 7 (0.69%) Tech for Good
11 6 (0.59%) Games
11 6 (0.59%) Law
12 5 (0.49%) Local Government
13 4 (0.39%) Publishing
14 3 (0.29%) Automotive
14 3 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 328 (32.13%) React
2 231 (22.62%) Node.js
3 196 (19.20%) .NET
4 135 (13.22%) AngularJS
5 130 (12.73%) CSS
6 124 (12.14%) HTML
7 121 (11.85%) Vue
8 83 (8.13%) REST
9 72 (7.05%) Spring
10 68 (6.66%) Spring Boot
11 66 (6.46%) RESTful
12 49 (4.80%) Next.js
13 47 (4.60%) Jest
14 42 (4.11%) .NET Core
15 41 (4.02%) Ruby on Rails
16 40 (3.92%) Laravel
17 38 (3.72%) ASP.NET
18 37 (3.62%) GraphQL
19 36 (3.53%) .NET Framework
20 35 (3.43%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 73 (7.15%) Cloud Native
2 36 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (1.67%) Mobile App
4 17 (1.67%) Product Ownership
5 16 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (1.08%) Fixed Income
6 11 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (0.69%) IoT
7 7 (0.69%) Sports Betting
8 5 (0.49%) AI Agents
8 5 (0.49%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.39%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (0.39%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.39%) Mainframe
9 4 (0.39%) NHS
9 4 (0.39%) PropTech
9 4 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.67%) Linux
2 3 (0.29%) AIX
3 1 (0.098%) Windows
3 1 (0.098%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,021 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 187 (18.32%) Agile
3 178 (17.43%) CI/CD
4 152 (14.89%) Microservices
5 142 (13.91%) AI
5 142 (13.91%) Software Engineering
6 113 (11.07%) DevOps
7 92 (9.01%) Problem-Solving
8 91 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 91 (8.91%) Web Development
9 67 (6.56%) Clean Code
10 66 (6.46%) Mentoring
11 55 (5.39%) Front End Development
12 54 (5.29%) E-Commerce
13 51 (5.00%) User Experience
14 49 (4.80%) Computer Science
14 49 (4.80%) SDLC
15 44 (4.31%) Containerisation
16 43 (4.21%) Test Automation
17 41 (4.02%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 343 (33.59%) JavaScript
2 308 (30.17%) TypeScript
3 182 (17.83%) Python
4 180 (17.63%) C#
5 166 (16.26%) Java
6 113 (11.07%) SQL
7 59 (5.78%) PHP
8 41 (4.02%) Ruby
9 20 (1.96%) Groovy
10 19 (1.86%) Bash
11 12 (1.18%) Go
12 11 (1.08%) PL/SQL
13 9 (0.88%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.59%) C++
15 2 (0.20%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.20%) Bicep
15 2 (0.20%) C
15 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.098%) CFML
16 1 (0.098%) R
Qualifications
1 75 (7.35%) Security Cleared
2 66 (6.46%) SC Cleared
3 52 (5.09%) Degree
4 45 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.96%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.08%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 11 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
7 10 (0.98%) AWS Certified Developer
8 6 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.39%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.098%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.098%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.37%) Accessibility
2 9 (0.88%) QA
2 9 (0.88%) WCAG
3 2 (0.20%) GDPR
3 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.098%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.098%) HL7
4 1 (0.098%) SLA
4 1 (0.098%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 109 (10.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 62 (6.07%) Kubernetes
2 37 (3.62%) Terraform
3 11 (1.08%) HP Fortify
4 7 (0.69%) Grafana
5 6 (0.59%) Ansible
5 6 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.29%) Kibana
8 2 (0.20%) Argo
8 2 (0.20%) Podman
9 1 (0.098%) Nagios
Vendors
1 62 (6.07%) Microsoft
2 17 (1.67%) Oracle
3 15 (1.47%) Google
4 10 (0.98%) OpenAI
5 8 (0.78%) OneLogin
6 5 (0.49%) Dynatrace
6 5 (0.49%) Peregrine
7 4 (0.39%) Pega
7 4 (0.39%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.20%) Aderant
8 2 (0.20%) AppDynamics
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 (0.098%) Adobe
9 1 (0.098%) Confluent
9 1 (0.098%) Databricks