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 14 November 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 293 219
Rank change year-on-year +29 -74 -29
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 905 459 836
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 0.87% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.96% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 729 331 516
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 £79,500 £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
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 113,211 47,633 64,486
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.78% 89.91% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 74,692 29,457 36,303
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,485 £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 £76,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £50,055
% change year-on-year +18.28% -7.10% -4.66%

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 14 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 14 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 +33 805 £60,000 - 257
UK excluding London +26 665 £60,000 +4.35% 142
Work from Home +28 312 £60,000 - 130
North of England +19 204 £65,000 +8.33% 53
London -40 197 £60,000 -25.00% 109
South East -17 164 £60,000 +4.35% 30
Midlands -2 111 £55,000 -8.33% 12
Yorkshire +50 105 £70,000 +16.67% 20
South West -8 103 £65,000 +13.04% 12
North West -35 74 £65,000 +8.33% 28
West Midlands -15 65 £55,000 -8.33% 9
East Midlands -11 46 £55,000 +4.76% 3
Scotland +35 45 £55,000 -8.33% 9
East of England -58 26 £60,000 +41.18% 15
North East -59 25 £50,000 - 6
Wales -73 12 £70,000 +16.67% 3

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

For the 6 months to 14 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%905
2JavaScript32.4%293
3React29.4%266
4TypeScript28.4%257
5AWS28.0%253
6CI/CD21.9%198
7Node.js21.7%196
8Agile19.9%180
9Azure19.1%173
10.NET18.9%171
11C#17.3%157
12Microservices16.6%150
13AI14.9%135
14Software Engineering14.3%129
15Java14.1%128
16Docker12.2%110
17AngularJS11.4%103
18Git11.0%100
19CSS10.9%99
19REST10.9%99
21SaaS10.7%97
22Python10.6%96
22SQL Server10.6%96
24HTML10.5%95
25DevOps9.9%90
26Problem-Solving9.8%89
27SQL9.5%86
28GitHub9.2%83
28Kotlin9.2%83
30Microsoft8.8%80

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 Developer23.4%212
2Software Developer14.5%131
3Lead Full-Stack Developer9.6%87
4Full-Stack Java Developer9.1%82
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.6%78
6React Developer7.6%69
7Lead Software Developer6.4%58
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.5%41
9AWS Developer3.4%31
10Senior React Developer3.3%30
11C# .NET Developer3.1%28
12Full-Stack Engineer2.4%22
12Full-Stack Python Developer2.4%22
14Full-Stack Web Developer2.3%21
15Azure Developer2.2%20
16Senior Software Developer2.1%19
17Senior Java Developer2.0%18
18Angular Developer1.9%17
19Developer/Software Engineer1.5%14
19Full-Stack Software Engineer1.5%14
306 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide