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 5 November 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 287 212
Rank change year-on-year +30 -75 -21
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 908 441 836
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.88% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.98% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 730 315 518
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 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +8.49% -3.64%

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
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,772 45,159 64,336
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.82% 90.09% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 74,356 28,099 36,401
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -8.70% -4.17%
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 5 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 5 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 +47 808 £60,000 - 80
UK excluding London +46 677 £60,000 +4.35% 49
Work from Home +48 321 £60,000 - 28
North of England +45 201 £65,000 +8.33% 25
London -34 194 £60,000 -25.00% 40
South East -12 175 £60,000 +4.35% 11
Midlands +6 114 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Yorkshire +48 102 £70,000 +16.67% 10
South West -8 99 £65,000 +8.33% 6
North West -26 74 £60,000 - 12
West Midlands -13 67 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Scotland +31 48 £55,000 -8.33% 1
East Midlands -10 47 £55,000 +10.00%
East of England -68 28 £60,000 +41.18% 3
North East -57 25 £50,000 - 4
Wales -73 12 £70,000 +16.67%

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

For the 6 months to 5 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%908
2JavaScript33.4%303
3React29.4%267
4AWS29.2%265
5TypeScript28.5%259
6CI/CD21.8%198
7Node.js21.4%194
8Agile20.0%182
9.NET19.2%174
10Azure18.9%172
11C#17.6%160
12Microservices17.4%158
13AI15.3%139
14Java14.5%132
15Software Engineering13.7%124
16Docker12.4%113
17CSS11.9%108
18HTML11.5%104
19AngularJS11.2%102
19SQL Server11.2%102
21REST11.0%100
21SaaS11.0%100
23Git10.9%99
23Python10.9%99
25Problem-Solving10.4%94
26DevOps9.9%90
27SQL9.7%88
28Continuous Improvement9.1%83
28Kotlin9.1%83
28Serverless9.1%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 Developer22.0%200
2Software Developer14.6%133
3Lead Full-Stack Developer10.0%91
4Full-Stack Java Developer9.7%88
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.7%79
6React Developer7.4%67
7Lead Software Developer6.6%60
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.8%44
9AWS Developer3.5%32
10C# .NET Developer3.3%30
11Senior React Developer3.1%28
12Full-Stack Python Developer2.5%23
13Full-Stack Engineer2.4%22
14Azure Developer2.3%21
14Full-Stack Web Developer2.3%21
16Senior Java Developer2.1%19
17Angular Developer1.9%17
18Senior Software Developer1.8%16
19.NET Software Developer1.5%14
19Developer/Software Engineer1.5%14
87 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide