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 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 287 177
Rank change year-on-year +73 -110 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 1,023 482 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.93% 0.96% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 1.07% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 889 356 810
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,875 £39,200
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -5.17%

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 103,099 44,902 77,500
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 89.81% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 70,871 26,693 49,456
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

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 1 September 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 IT jobs citing Full-Stack Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 September 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 +81 908 £60,000 - 216
UK excluding London +101 793 £60,000 +4.35% 145
Work from Home +72 364 £60,000 - 117
North of England +100 232 £65,000 +8.33% 49
South East +62 232 £60,000 +4.35% 28
London -45 180 £70,000 -6.67% 106
Midlands +24 117 £60,000 +4.35% 21
South West +2 108 £60,000 - 19
Yorkshire +48 106 £75,000 +25.00% 18
North West +40 95 £65,000 +8.33% 25
West Midlands +11 68 £70,000 +16.67% 17
Scotland +29 49 £55,000 -8.33% 11
East Midlands +12 49 £60,000 +26.32% 4
East of England -11 41 £55,000 +25.71% 10
North East -33 31 £47,500 -40.63% 7
Wales -68 14 £62,500 +4.17%

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

For the 6 months to 1 September 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 1,023 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 351 (34.31%) JavaScript
3 315 (30.79%) React
4 308 (30.11%) TypeScript
5 293 (28.64%) AWS
6 225 (21.99%) Node.js
7 193 (18.87%) CI/CD
8 190 (18.57%) Agile
9 187 (18.28%) .NET
10 174 (17.01%) C#
11 171 (16.72%) Azure
12 162 (15.84%) Microservices
13 158 (15.44%) Python
14 153 (14.96%) Java
15 150 (14.66%) AI
16 130 (12.71%) CSS
17 126 (12.32%) Software Engineering
18 123 (12.02%) HTML
19 118 (11.53%) AngularJS
20 111 (10.85%) SQL
21 110 (10.75%) Docker
22 109 (10.65%) SaaS
23 103 (10.07%) DevOps
24 101 (9.87%) Git
25 99 (9.68%) Serverless
25 99 (9.68%) SQL Server
25 99 (9.68%) Vue
26 96 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
27 93 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
28 88 (8.60%) REST

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 (1.27%) WordPress
2 12 (1.17%) Confluence
3 11 (1.08%) CMS
4 7 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.59%) ColdFusion
6 4 (0.39%) IIS
7 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.098%) Apache
8 1 (0.098%) CICS
8 1 (0.098%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Elementor
3 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.49%) Shopify
2 1 (0.098%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 293 (28.64%) AWS
2 171 (16.72%) Azure
3 109 (10.65%) SaaS
4 99 (9.68%) Serverless
5 83 (8.11%) AWS Lambda
6 79 (7.72%) Amazon S3
6 79 (7.72%) GitHub
7 73 (7.14%) Amazon ECS
8 49 (4.79%) Amazon SQS
9 47 (4.59%) GCP
10 37 (3.62%) Amazon EC2
11 29 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
12 28 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
13 27 (2.64%) AWS Step Functions
14 25 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
14 25 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
15 21 (2.05%) Snowflake
16 18 (1.76%) Amazon ECR
17 17 (1.66%) Anthropic Claude
17 17 (1.66%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.78%) Broadband
2 4 (0.39%) DNS
2 4 (0.39%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Firewall
3 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.098%) Internet
4 1 (0.098%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 87 (8.50%) PostgreSQL
3 54 (5.28%) MongoDB
4 43 (4.20%) DynamoDB
5 35 (3.42%) MySQL
6 30 (2.93%) NoSQL
7 25 (2.44%) Relational Database
8 23 (2.25%) Redis
9 17 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.08%) Power BI
11 8 (0.78%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.39%) GIS
12 4 (0.39%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.29%) Spatial Data
14 2 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
15 1 (0.098%) Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.098%) Db2
15 1 (0.098%) DocumentDB
15 1 (0.098%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 101 (9.87%) Git
2 54 (5.28%) Jenkins
3 42 (4.11%) Cypress.io
4 27 (2.64%) GitLab
5 21 (2.05%) Maven
6 19 (1.86%) JUnit
7 17 (1.66%) JIRA
8 14 (1.37%) Claude Code
9 12 (1.17%) Mockito
10 9 (0.88%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.78%) Storybook
12 6 (0.59%) Eclipse
12 6 (0.59%) Postman
12 6 (0.59%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.49%) Selenium
14 4 (0.39%) NUnit
14 4 (0.39%) Subversion
14 4 (0.39%) Vite
15 3 (0.29%) TeamCity
15 3 (0.29%) webpack
General
1 99 (9.68%) Social Skills
2 59 (5.77%) Public Sector
3 55 (5.38%) Finance
4 20 (1.96%) Retail
5 13 (1.27%) Marketing
6 12 (1.17%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.08%) Legal
8 7 (0.68%) Legal Technology
9 6 (0.59%) Games
10 5 (0.49%) Advertising
10 5 (0.49%) Banking
10 5 (0.49%) Local Government
10 5 (0.49%) Tech for Good
11 4 (0.39%) Aviation
12 3 (0.29%) Automotive
12 3 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.29%) Law
12 3 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.29%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 315 (30.79%) React
2 225 (21.99%) Node.js
3 187 (18.28%) .NET
4 130 (12.71%) CSS
5 123 (12.02%) HTML
6 118 (11.53%) AngularJS
7 99 (9.68%) Vue
8 88 (8.60%) REST
9 74 (7.23%) Spring
10 73 (7.14%) RESTful
11 66 (6.45%) Spring Boot
12 58 (5.67%) Next.js
13 51 (4.99%) Jest
13 51 (4.99%) Ruby on Rails
14 43 (4.20%) Terraform
15 40 (3.91%) .NET Core
15 40 (3.91%) ASP.NET
16 38 (3.71%) .NET Framework
17 35 (3.42%) Entity Framework
17 35 (3.42%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 78 (7.62%) Cloud Native
2 49 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (2.05%) Mobile App
4 19 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (1.76%) Product Ownership
6 16 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (0.88%) IoT
8 7 (0.68%) AI Agents
8 7 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (0.68%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.59%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.39%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (0.39%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.39%) Mainframe
10 4 (0.39%) NHS
10 4 (0.39%) PropTech
10 4 (0.39%) Sports Betting
11 3 (0.29%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.37%) Linux
2 3 (0.29%) AIX
3 1 (0.098%) Windows
3 1 (0.098%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,023 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 193 (18.87%) CI/CD
3 190 (18.57%) Agile
4 162 (15.84%) Microservices
5 150 (14.66%) AI
6 126 (12.32%) Software Engineering
7 103 (10.07%) DevOps
8 96 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
9 93 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 83 (8.11%) Web Development
11 76 (7.43%) Clean Code
12 65 (6.35%) Mentoring
13 57 (5.57%) Computer Science
13 57 (5.57%) E-Commerce
14 56 (5.47%) User Experience
15 52 (5.08%) Front End Development
16 50 (4.89%) SDLC
17 49 (4.79%) Technical Leadership
18 47 (4.59%) Test Automation
19 43 (4.20%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 351 (34.31%) JavaScript
2 308 (30.11%) TypeScript
3 174 (17.01%) C#
4 158 (15.44%) Python
5 153 (14.96%) Java
6 111 (10.85%) SQL
7 53 (5.18%) PHP
7 53 (5.18%) Ruby
8 32 (3.13%) Kotlin
9 20 (1.96%) Bash
10 18 (1.76%) Groovy
11 12 (1.17%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.68%) C++
13 3 (0.29%) Go
14 2 (0.20%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.20%) Perl
14 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.098%) C
15 1 (0.098%) CFML
15 1 (0.098%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (6.55%) Security Cleared
2 59 (5.77%) Degree
3 58 (5.67%) SC Cleared
4 52 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.96%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.08%) AWS Certified Developer
7 9 (0.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 9 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.49%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.098%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (1.96%) Accessibility
2 11 (1.08%) QA
2 11 (1.08%) WCAG
3 4 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.39%) SOC 2
4 3 (0.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.098%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.098%) GRC
5 1 (0.098%) SLA
System Software
1 110 (10.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 69 (6.74%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.88%) HP Fortify
3 6 (0.59%) Ansible
4 5 (0.49%) Grafana
5 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.20%) Argo
7 2 (0.20%) Kibana
7 2 (0.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 64 (6.26%) Microsoft
2 21 (2.05%) Oracle
3 17 (1.66%) Google
4 15 (1.47%) OpenAI
5 9 (0.88%) OneLogin
6 5 (0.49%) Dynatrace
6 5 (0.49%) Peregrine
7 4 (0.39%) Pega
7 4 (0.39%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.29%) OutSystems
8 3 (0.29%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.20%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.20%) Splunk
9 2 (0.20%) WooCommerce
9 2 (0.20%) WSO2
10 1 (0.098%) Adobe
10 1 (0.098%) Confluent
10 1 (0.098%) Mistral