Full-Stack Developer Job Trends

Full-Stack Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2026.

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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 297 175
Rank change year-on-year +107 -122 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 995 454 1,622
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.10% 1.03% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 1.15% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 857 354 1,297
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £39,700
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -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 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 84,208 39,316 91,343
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.15% 89.55% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 55,431 23,382 67,108
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +10.37% -12.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +122 901 £65,000 +8.33% 117
UK excluding London +104 691 £60,000 +9.09% 101
Work from Home +100 340 £65,000 +8.33% 57
London +53 236 £80,000 +14.29% 32
South East +71 226 £60,000 +4.35% 34
North of England +90 215 £70,000 +27.27% 33
Yorkshire +27 99 £75,000 +36.36% 12
Midlands +9 98 £60,000 +14.29% 16
North West +59 97 £68,750 +25.00% 12
South West +1 79 £55,000 -8.33% 14
West Midlands -4 53 £65,000 +10.64% 7
East of England +3 46 £100,000 +122.22% 3
East Midlands +1 45 £60,000 +26.32% 9
Scotland -1 19 £60,000 +17.65% 4
North East -32 19 £50,000 -2.44% 9
Wales -27 9 £48,750 -20.73%
Northern Ireland - 2 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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.

1 995 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 346 (34.77%) React
3 321 (32.26%) JavaScript
4 279 (28.04%) TypeScript
5 238 (23.92%) AWS
6 226 (22.71%) Node.js
7 190 (19.10%) .NET
8 189 (18.99%) Python
9 174 (17.49%) C#
10 164 (16.48%) Java
11 139 (13.97%) Agile
12 138 (13.87%) Azure
13 135 (13.57%) CI/CD
14 134 (13.47%) Software Engineering
15 130 (13.07%) CSS
16 127 (12.76%) Microservices
17 123 (12.36%) HTML
18 119 (11.96%) DevOps
19 118 (11.86%) AngularJS
20 113 (11.36%) SQL
21 112 (11.26%) AI
22 110 (11.06%) Vue
23 95 (9.55%) Docker
24 94 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
24 94 (9.45%) Web Development
25 92 (9.25%) Git
26 90 (9.05%) SaaS
27 87 (8.74%) Serverless
28 82 (8.24%) PostgreSQL
28 82 (8.24%) Security Cleared

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 14 (1.41%) Confluence
2 11 (1.11%) CMS
3 9 (0.90%) ColdFusion
4 7 (0.70%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.40%) WordPress
7 3 (0.30%) Liferay
7 3 (0.30%) nginx
7 3 (0.30%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.20%) Apache
8 2 (0.20%) Drupal
8 2 (0.20%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.20%) IIS
8 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.10%) CICS
9 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (0.40%) Shopify
2 1 (0.10%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.10%) Magento
2 1 (0.10%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 238 (23.92%) AWS
2 138 (13.87%) Azure
3 90 (9.05%) SaaS
4 87 (8.74%) Serverless
5 64 (6.43%) AWS Lambda
6 58 (5.83%) Amazon S3
7 50 (5.03%) Amazon ECS
8 41 (4.12%) Amazon SQS
9 37 (3.72%) GCP
9 37 (3.72%) GitHub
10 27 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (2.51%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (1.61%) Power Platform
13 15 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
14 13 (1.31%) Apigee
14 13 (1.31%) AWS Step Functions
15 12 (1.21%) Amazon ECR
15 12 (1.21%) GitHub Copilot
16 9 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
17 8 (0.80%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.60%) HTTP
2 5 (0.50%) Broadband
3 4 (0.40%) DNS
4 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.10%) AMQP
5 1 (0.10%) Firewall
5 1 (0.10%) Internet
5 1 (0.10%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.10%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (8.24%) PostgreSQL
2 65 (6.53%) SQL Server
3 42 (4.22%) NoSQL
4 41 (4.12%) MongoDB
5 34 (3.42%) MySQL
6 21 (2.11%) DynamoDB
7 18 (1.81%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (1.11%) Power BI
10 9 (0.90%) Redis
11 8 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.70%) DB2
13 4 (0.40%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.30%) BigQuery
14 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
14 3 (0.30%) TimescaleDB
15 2 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
15 2 (0.20%) ClickHouse
15 2 (0.20%) Oracle Database
15 2 (0.20%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 92 (9.25%) Git
2 34 (3.42%) Cypress.io
2 34 (3.42%) Jenkins
3 22 (2.21%) JIRA
4 16 (1.61%) GitLab
5 15 (1.51%) Maven
6 8 (0.80%) JUnit
7 7 (0.70%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.60%) Mockito
8 6 (0.60%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.60%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.50%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.50%) Selenium
10 3 (0.30%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.30%) ESLint
10 3 (0.30%) webpack
11 2 (0.20%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.20%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.20%) Storybook
11 2 (0.20%) Vite
General
1 88 (8.84%) Social Skills
2 78 (7.84%) Finance
3 34 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (2.61%) Retail
5 25 (2.51%) Aviation
6 21 (2.11%) Public Sector
7 20 (2.01%) Banking
8 11 (1.11%) Front Office
8 11 (1.11%) Games
9 9 (0.90%) Marketing
9 9 (0.90%) Tech for Good
10 7 (0.70%) Investment Banking
10 7 (0.70%) Local Government
11 6 (0.60%) Advertising
11 6 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.60%) Law
12 5 (0.50%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.40%) Legal
13 4 (0.40%) Publishing
14 3 (0.30%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 346 (34.77%) React
2 226 (22.71%) Node.js
3 190 (19.10%) .NET
4 130 (13.07%) CSS
5 123 (12.36%) HTML
6 118 (11.86%) AngularJS
7 110 (11.06%) Vue
8 69 (6.93%) REST
9 66 (6.63%) Spring
10 64 (6.43%) RESTful
11 56 (5.63%) Laravel
12 55 (5.53%) Spring Boot
13 53 (5.33%) .NET Core
14 44 (4.42%) Next.js
15 38 (3.82%) GraphQL
15 38 (3.82%) Jest
16 35 (3.52%) React Native
17 33 (3.32%) HTML5
18 32 (3.22%) CSS3
18 32 (3.22%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 47 (4.72%) Cloud Native
2 31 (3.12%) Greenfield Project
3 23 (2.31%) Mobile App
4 19 (1.91%) Product Ownership
5 17 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (1.11%) Fixed Income
8 8 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (0.80%) Sports Betting
9 6 (0.60%) AI Agents
9 6 (0.60%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.40%) IoT
11 4 (0.40%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.40%) NHS
11 4 (0.40%) PropTech
11 4 (0.40%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.30%) Augmented Reality
12 3 (0.30%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.41%) Linux
2 4 (0.40%) Android
2 4 (0.40%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.20%) Windows
4 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 995 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 139 (13.97%) Agile
3 135 (13.57%) CI/CD
4 134 (13.47%) Software Engineering
5 127 (12.76%) Microservices
6 119 (11.96%) DevOps
7 112 (11.26%) AI
8 94 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
8 94 (9.45%) Web Development
9 64 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 58 (5.83%) Mentoring
11 50 (5.03%) Clean Code
12 49 (4.92%) Front End Development
13 48 (4.82%) User Experience
14 46 (4.62%) API Development
15 42 (4.22%) Containerisation
15 42 (4.22%) Scrum
16 41 (4.12%) SDLC
17 39 (3.92%) Computer Science
18 38 (3.82%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 321 (32.26%) JavaScript
2 279 (28.04%) TypeScript
3 189 (18.99%) Python
4 174 (17.49%) C#
5 164 (16.48%) Java
6 113 (11.36%) SQL
7 69 (6.93%) PHP
8 32 (3.22%) Ruby
9 13 (1.31%) C
10 12 (1.21%) Bash
11 11 (1.11%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.01%) Go
13 8 (0.80%) Groovy
13 8 (0.80%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.70%) C++
15 5 (0.50%) R
16 3 (0.30%) COBOL
17 2 (0.20%) Bicep
17 2 (0.20%) RPG
17 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 82 (8.24%) Security Cleared
2 68 (6.83%) SC Cleared
3 38 (3.82%) Degree
4 32 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.01%) DV Cleared
6 9 (0.90%) AWS Certification
7 6 (0.60%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 6 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.50%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.30%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.10%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.10%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.10%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (1.71%) QA
2 14 (1.41%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.20%) HL7
3 2 (0.20%) WCAG
4 1 (0.10%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 95 (9.55%) Docker
2 1 (0.10%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 49 (4.92%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.31%) Terraform
3 8 (0.80%) Ansible
4 6 (0.60%) HP Fortify
5 5 (0.50%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.30%) Nagios
7 2 (0.20%) Grafana
7 2 (0.20%) Podman
8 1 (0.10%) Argo
8 1 (0.10%) Kibana
Vendors
1 29 (2.91%) Microsoft
2 21 (2.11%) Oracle
3 12 (1.21%) OpenAI
4 5 (0.50%) Peregrine
5 4 (0.40%) Google
5 4 (0.40%) Pega
5 4 (0.40%) WooCommerce
6 3 (0.30%) Atlassian
6 3 (0.30%) Dynatrace
6 3 (0.30%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.20%) Aderant
7 2 (0.20%) Adobe
7 2 (0.20%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.20%) Foundry
7 2 (0.20%) IBM
7 2 (0.20%) iManage
7 2 (0.20%) Intapp
7 2 (0.20%) SendGrid
7 2 (0.20%) WSO2
8 1 (0.10%) Databricks