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 15 November 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 292 218
Rank change year-on-year +32 -74 -24
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 898 464 831
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 0.88% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.98% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 722 335 513
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £95,000
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
15 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 112,497 47,406 64,244
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.76% 89.97% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 74,124 29,520 36,140
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,492
25th Percentile £41,788 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,832 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +17.02% -6.93% -3.81%

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 15 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 15 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 +23 798 £60,000 - 248
UK excluding London +17 658 £60,000 +4.35% 135
Work from Home +7 311 £60,000 - 126
North of England +29 202 £65,000 +8.33% 49
London -52 197 £60,000 -25.00% 107
South East -18 161 £60,000 +4.35% 27
Midlands +4 109 £55,000 -8.33% 11
Yorkshire +40 103 £70,000 +16.67% 17
South West -3 103 £65,000 +10.64% 13
North West -34 74 £65,000 +8.33% 27
West Midlands -13 65 £55,000 -8.33% 8
Scotland +30 45 £55,000 -8.33% 9
East Midlands -16 44 £55,000 -12.00% 3
East of England -63 26 £60,000 +41.18% 16
North East -60 25 £50,000 - 6
Wales -82 12 £70,000 +16.67% 3

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

For the 6 months to 15 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%898
2JavaScript32.6%293
3React29.5%265
4TypeScript28.5%256
5AWS27.8%250
6CI/CD22.2%199
7Node.js21.8%196
8Agile19.9%179
9Azure19.0%171
10.NET18.9%170
11C#17.4%156
12Microservices16.5%148
13AI14.8%133
14Software Engineering14.4%129
15Java14.0%126
16Docker12.2%110
17Git11.2%101
18AngularJS11.1%100
18REST11.1%100
20CSS11.0%99
21SaaS10.8%97
22HTML10.6%95
22Python10.6%95
22SQL Server10.6%95
25DevOps9.9%89
26Problem-Solving9.8%88
27SQL9.6%86
28GitHub9.2%83
28Kotlin9.2%83
30Microsoft8.8%79

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 Developer23.5%211
2Software Developer14.5%130
3Lead Full-Stack Developer9.8%88
4Full-Stack Java Developer8.9%80
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.8%79
6React Developer7.7%69
7Lead Software Developer6.5%58
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.7%42
9AWS Developer3.3%30
9Senior React Developer3.3%30
11C# .NET Developer3.2%29
12Full-Stack Engineer2.4%22
12Full-Stack Python Developer2.4%22
14Azure Developer2.3%21
14Full-Stack Web Developer2.3%21
16Senior Software Developer2.1%19
17Senior Java Developer1.9%17
18Angular Developer1.8%16
19Developer/Software Engineer1.6%14
19Full-Stack Software Engineer1.6%14
296 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide