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 6 July 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 295 161
Rank change year-on-year +103 -134 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 1,012 487 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.02% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.13% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 888 378 1,337
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £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% -

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 91,659 43,150 98,619
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 89.93% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 62,930 25,242 71,006
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,360 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% - -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 6 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 6 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 +91 902 £65,000 +8.33% 123
UK excluding London +108 753 £60,000 +4.35% 104
Work from Home +81 372 £62,500 +4.17% 80
North of England +118 253 £65,000 +8.33% 20
South East +75 214 £60,000 +4.35% 27
London +3 202 £80,000 +6.67% 36
North West +59 116 £65,000 +18.18% 13
Midlands +23 106 £60,000 +4.35% 25
Yorkshire +57 105 £75,000 +25.00% 4
South West -3 91 £57,500 -4.17% 13
West Midlands -2 58 £65,000 +8.33% 15
East Midlands +7 48 £60,000 +26.32% 10
East of England -14 39 £80,000 +77.78% 7
Scotland +31 37 £55,000 -4.35% 8
North East -18 32 £50,000 -37.50% 3
Wales -56 11 £70,000 +16.67% 2
Northern Ireland -48 2 £60,000 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 1,012 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 326 (32.21%) JavaScript
3 321 (31.72%) React
4 299 (29.55%) TypeScript
5 284 (28.06%) AWS
6 224 (22.13%) Node.js
7 189 (18.68%) Python
8 186 (18.38%) .NET
9 169 (16.70%) Java
10 168 (16.60%) C#
11 167 (16.50%) Agile
12 161 (15.91%) CI/CD
13 153 (15.12%) Azure
14 145 (14.33%) Microservices
15 142 (14.03%) Software Engineering
16 138 (13.64%) AngularJS
17 134 (13.24%) AI
18 126 (12.45%) CSS
19 122 (12.06%) HTML
19 122 (12.06%) Vue
20 110 (10.87%) DevOps
21 106 (10.47%) Serverless
22 105 (10.38%) SQL
23 104 (10.28%) Docker
24 94 (9.29%) SaaS
25 92 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
26 89 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
27 85 (8.40%) AWS Lambda
28 84 (8.30%) Git
29 81 (8.00%) PostgreSQL

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 13 (1.28%) CMS
1 13 (1.28%) Confluence
2 9 (0.89%) WordPress
3 8 (0.79%) ColdFusion
4 3 (0.30%) Headless CMS
4 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.30%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.20%) Apache
5 2 (0.20%) IIS
5 2 (0.20%) nginx
6 1 (0.099%) CICS
6 1 (0.099%) Drupal
6 1 (0.099%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Elementor
3 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.30%) Shopify
2 1 (0.099%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.099%) Magento
2 1 (0.099%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 284 (28.06%) AWS
2 153 (15.12%) Azure
3 106 (10.47%) Serverless
4 94 (9.29%) SaaS
5 85 (8.40%) AWS Lambda
6 76 (7.51%) Amazon S3
7 70 (6.92%) Amazon ECS
8 52 (5.14%) GitHub
9 46 (4.55%) GCP
10 45 (4.45%) Amazon SQS
11 30 (2.96%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (2.77%) AWS Step Functions
13 27 (2.67%) AWS CloudFormation
14 21 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (1.98%) Amazon ECR
15 20 (1.98%) Apigee
15 20 (1.98%) GitHub Copilot
16 18 (1.78%) Power Platform
17 16 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
18 13 (1.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.79%) Broadband
2 4 (0.40%) DNS
2 4 (0.40%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Firewall
3 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.099%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
2 69 (6.82%) SQL Server
3 46 (4.55%) MongoDB
4 41 (4.05%) MySQL
5 34 (3.36%) DynamoDB
6 28 (2.77%) NoSQL
7 25 (2.47%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.48%) Redis
9 12 (1.19%) Power BI
10 9 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (0.79%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.40%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
14 2 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
14 2 (0.20%) ClickHouse
14 2 (0.20%) GIS
14 2 (0.20%) TimescaleDB
15 1 (0.099%) BusinessObjects
15 1 (0.099%) Db2
Development Applications
1 84 (8.30%) Git
2 48 (4.74%) Jenkins
3 40 (3.95%) Cypress.io
4 27 (2.67%) GitLab
5 23 (2.27%) JIRA
6 20 (1.98%) Maven
7 14 (1.38%) JUnit
8 12 (1.19%) Claude Code
9 11 (1.09%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.79%) Mockito
11 4 (0.40%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.30%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.30%) Postman
12 3 (0.30%) Selenium
13 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.20%) IntelliJ
13 2 (0.20%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.20%) Karma Test Runner
13 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.20%) YouTrack
General
1 86 (8.50%) Social Skills
2 70 (6.92%) Finance
3 28 (2.77%) Public Sector
4 25 (2.47%) Retail
5 22 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (1.38%) Aviation
7 11 (1.09%) Front Office
7 11 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.09%) Legal
8 10 (0.99%) Banking
8 10 (0.99%) Marketing
9 9 (0.89%) Tech for Good
10 7 (0.69%) Games
10 7 (0.69%) Legal Technology
11 6 (0.59%) Advertising
11 6 (0.59%) Law
12 5 (0.49%) Local Government
13 4 (0.40%) Publishing
14 3 (0.30%) Automotive
14 3 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 321 (31.72%) React
2 224 (22.13%) Node.js
3 186 (18.38%) .NET
4 138 (13.64%) AngularJS
5 126 (12.45%) CSS
6 122 (12.06%) HTML
6 122 (12.06%) Vue
7 70 (6.92%) REST
7 70 (6.92%) Spring
8 68 (6.72%) Spring Boot
9 62 (6.13%) RESTful
10 46 (4.55%) Laravel
11 44 (4.35%) .NET Core
11 44 (4.35%) Jest
12 43 (4.25%) Next.js
13 40 (3.95%) Ruby on Rails
14 38 (3.75%) GraphQL
15 30 (2.96%) HTML5
16 28 (2.77%) CSS3
17 25 (2.47%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.02%) Cloud Native
2 29 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
3 18 (1.78%) Product Ownership
4 17 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (1.68%) Mobile App
5 12 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (1.09%) Fixed Income
7 7 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (0.69%) Sports Betting
8 5 (0.49%) IoT
9 4 (0.40%) AI Agents
9 4 (0.40%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (0.40%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.40%) Mainframe
9 4 (0.40%) NHS
9 4 (0.40%) PropTech
9 4 (0.40%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.30%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (0.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.58%) Linux
2 3 (0.30%) AIX
3 2 (0.20%) Windows
4 1 (0.099%) Android
4 1 (0.099%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.099%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,012 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 167 (16.50%) Agile
3 161 (15.91%) CI/CD
4 145 (14.33%) Microservices
5 142 (14.03%) Software Engineering
6 134 (13.24%) AI
7 110 (10.87%) DevOps
8 92 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 80 (7.91%) Web Development
11 64 (6.32%) Mentoring
12 62 (6.13%) Clean Code
13 52 (5.14%) Front End Development
14 49 (4.84%) Computer Science
15 47 (4.64%) User Experience
16 45 (4.45%) E-Commerce
17 44 (4.35%) Containerisation
18 40 (3.95%) SDLC
18 40 (3.95%) TDD
19 39 (3.85%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 326 (32.21%) JavaScript
2 299 (29.55%) TypeScript
3 189 (18.68%) Python
4 169 (16.70%) Java
5 168 (16.60%) C#
6 105 (10.38%) SQL
7 61 (6.03%) PHP
8 40 (3.95%) Ruby
9 20 (1.98%) Groovy
10 18 (1.78%) Bash
11 12 (1.19%) Go
12 10 (0.99%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.79%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.69%) C++
15 4 (0.40%) C
16 2 (0.20%) Bicep
16 2 (0.20%) R
16 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.099%) Dart
Qualifications
1 79 (7.81%) Security Cleared
2 69 (6.82%) SC Cleared
3 51 (5.04%) Degree
4 44 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (1.58%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 11 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (0.59%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (0.49%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.099%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.099%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.19%) Accessibility
2 10 (0.99%) QA
3 9 (0.89%) WCAG
4 1 (0.099%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.099%) HL7
4 1 (0.099%) SLA
4 1 (0.099%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 104 (10.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 56 (5.53%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.26%) Terraform
3 11 (1.09%) HP Fortify
4 7 (0.69%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.59%) Ansible
5 6 (0.59%) Grafana
6 5 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.30%) Argo
7 3 (0.30%) Kibana
8 2 (0.20%) Nagios
8 2 (0.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 48 (4.74%) Microsoft
2 18 (1.78%) Oracle
3 11 (1.09%) OpenAI
4 8 (0.79%) OneLogin
5 6 (0.59%) Google
6 5 (0.49%) Dynatrace
6 5 (0.49%) Peregrine
7 4 (0.40%) Pega
8 3 (0.30%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.20%) Aderant
9 2 (0.20%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.20%) iManage
9 2 (0.20%) Intapp
9 2 (0.20%) Splunk
9 2 (0.20%) WooCommerce
9 2 (0.20%) WSO2
10 1 (0.099%) Adobe
10 1 (0.099%) Confluent
10 1 (0.099%) Databricks