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 13 May 2026.

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 302 169
Rank change year-on-year +115 -133 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 988 438 1,618
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.10% 1.01% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 1.13% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 850 342 1,293
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £39,400
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £45,000
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,375 £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 83,861 38,850 91,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.26% 89.47% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 55,212 22,832 66,939
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,670 £52,686
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +9.46% -12.19%
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 13 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 13 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 +120 892 £67,500 +12.50% 127
UK excluding London +110 688 £60,000 +9.09% 110
Work from Home +109 338 £65,000 +8.33% 58
London +56 231 £80,000 +10.34% 32
South East +74 225 £60,000 +4.35% 33
North of England +109 216 £70,000 +27.27% 37
Yorkshire +22 99 £75,000 +36.36% 13
North West +70 98 £67,500 +22.73% 15
Midlands +11 96 £60,000 +14.29% 23
South West +1 78 £55,000 -8.33% 13
West Midlands -2 54 £65,000 +10.64% 14
East of England +2 45 £100,000 +122.22% 2
East Midlands +3 42 £57,500 +21.05% 9
Scotland +9 20 £60,000 +17.07% 4
North East -27 19 £50,000 -2.44% 9
Wales -30 9 £48,750 -30.36%
Northern Ireland - 2 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 13 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.

1 988 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 341 (34.51%) React
3 322 (32.59%) JavaScript
4 273 (27.63%) TypeScript
5 236 (23.89%) AWS
6 227 (22.98%) Node.js
7 188 (19.03%) Python
8 185 (18.72%) .NET
9 169 (17.11%) C#
10 163 (16.50%) Java
11 139 (14.07%) Agile
12 136 (13.77%) Azure
13 135 (13.66%) Software Engineering
14 133 (13.46%) CI/CD
15 129 (13.06%) Microservices
16 127 (12.85%) CSS
17 120 (12.15%) HTML
18 117 (11.84%) DevOps
19 116 (11.74%) AngularJS
20 112 (11.34%) AI
21 110 (11.13%) SQL
21 110 (11.13%) Vue
22 95 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
23 93 (9.41%) Docker
23 93 (9.41%) Git
23 93 (9.41%) Web Development
24 89 (9.01%) SaaS
25 88 (8.91%) Serverless
26 83 (8.40%) Security Cleared
27 82 (8.30%) 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 15 (1.52%) Confluence
2 11 (1.11%) CMS
3 9 (0.91%) ColdFusion
4 8 (0.81%) OpenStack
5 5 (0.51%) 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
9 1 (0.10%) CICS
9 1 (0.10%) NServiceBus
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
1 236 (23.89%) AWS
2 136 (13.77%) Azure
3 89 (9.01%) SaaS
4 88 (8.91%) Serverless
5 64 (6.48%) AWS Lambda
6 59 (5.97%) Amazon S3
7 52 (5.26%) Amazon ECS
8 42 (4.25%) Amazon SQS
9 37 (3.74%) GCP
10 34 (3.44%) GitHub
11 28 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
13 17 (1.72%) Power Platform
14 14 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (1.32%) Apigee
15 13 (1.32%) AWS Step Functions
16 12 (1.21%) Amazon ECR
17 11 (1.11%) GitHub Copilot
18 10 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
19 7 (0.71%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.61%) HTTP
2 5 (0.51%) 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 (8.30%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (6.38%) SQL Server
3 42 (4.25%) MongoDB
4 39 (3.95%) NoSQL
5 33 (3.34%) MySQL
6 20 (2.02%) DynamoDB
7 18 (1.82%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
8 12 (1.21%) Power BI
9 9 (0.91%) Redis
10 8 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.71%) DB2
12 4 (0.40%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.30%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
13 3 (0.30%) TimescaleDB
14 2 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
14 2 (0.20%) ClickHouse
14 2 (0.20%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.20%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 93 (9.41%) Git
2 35 (3.54%) Cypress.io
2 35 (3.54%) Jenkins
3 23 (2.33%) JIRA
4 16 (1.62%) GitLab
4 16 (1.62%) Maven
5 9 (0.91%) JUnit
6 7 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.71%) Mockito
7 6 (0.61%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.61%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.51%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.51%) Selenium
9 3 (0.30%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.30%) ESLint
9 3 (0.30%) webpack
10 2 (0.20%) Claude Code
10 2 (0.20%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.20%) Storybook
10 2 (0.20%) Vite
General
1 84 (8.50%) Social Skills
2 78 (7.89%) Finance
3 32 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (2.43%) Aviation
4 24 (2.43%) Retail
5 21 (2.13%) Public Sector
6 19 (1.92%) Banking
7 11 (1.11%) Front Office
7 11 (1.11%) Games
8 9 (0.91%) Tech for Good
9 8 (0.81%) Marketing
10 7 (0.71%) Local Government
11 6 (0.61%) Advertising
11 6 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.61%) Investment Banking
11 6 (0.61%) Law
12 5 (0.51%) Health Technology
13 4 (0.40%) Legal
13 4 (0.40%) Publishing
14 3 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 341 (34.51%) React
2 227 (22.98%) Node.js
3 185 (18.72%) .NET
4 127 (12.85%) CSS
5 120 (12.15%) HTML
6 116 (11.74%) AngularJS
7 110 (11.13%) Vue
8 67 (6.78%) Spring
9 66 (6.68%) REST
10 65 (6.58%) RESTful
11 56 (5.67%) Spring Boot
12 54 (5.47%) Laravel
13 53 (5.36%) .NET Core
14 44 (4.45%) Next.js
15 39 (3.95%) Jest
16 38 (3.85%) GraphQL
17 35 (3.54%) React Native
18 33 (3.34%) HTML5
18 33 (3.34%) Ruby on Rails
19 32 (3.24%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 45 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 31 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
3 24 (2.43%) Mobile App
4 17 (1.72%) Product Ownership
4 17 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (1.11%) Fixed Income
7 8 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (0.81%) Sports Betting
8 6 (0.61%) AI Agents
8 6 (0.61%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 5 (0.51%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.40%) IoT
10 4 (0.40%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.40%) NHS
10 4 (0.40%) PropTech
11 3 (0.30%) Augmented Reality
11 3 (0.30%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.52%) 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
1 988 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 139 (14.07%) Agile
3 135 (13.66%) Software Engineering
4 133 (13.46%) CI/CD
5 129 (13.06%) Microservices
6 117 (11.84%) DevOps
7 112 (11.34%) AI
8 95 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
9 93 (9.41%) Web Development
10 66 (6.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 59 (5.97%) Mentoring
12 50 (5.06%) Clean Code
13 49 (4.96%) User Experience
14 46 (4.66%) Front End Development
15 43 (4.35%) Scrum
16 42 (4.25%) API Development
16 42 (4.25%) Containerisation
16 42 (4.25%) SDLC
17 40 (4.05%) TDD
18 39 (3.95%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 322 (32.59%) JavaScript
2 273 (27.63%) TypeScript
3 188 (19.03%) Python
4 169 (17.11%) C#
5 163 (16.50%) Java
6 110 (11.13%) SQL
7 67 (6.78%) PHP
8 33 (3.34%) Ruby
9 13 (1.32%) Bash
9 13 (1.32%) C
10 12 (1.21%) PL/SQL
11 9 (0.91%) Go
12 8 (0.81%) Groovy
12 8 (0.81%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.71%) C++
14 5 (0.51%) R
15 3 (0.30%) COBOL
16 2 (0.20%) Bicep
16 2 (0.20%) RPG
16 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (8.40%) Security Cleared
2 69 (6.98%) SC Cleared
3 38 (3.85%) Degree
4 32 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.01%) DV Cleared
6 9 (0.91%) AWS Certification
7 6 (0.61%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 6 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (0.51%) 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 16 (1.62%) QA
2 11 (1.11%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.20%) HL7
3 2 (0.20%) WCAG
4 1 (0.10%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 93 (9.41%) Docker
2 1 (0.10%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 50 (5.06%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.33%) Terraform
3 8 (0.81%) Ansible
4 6 (0.61%) HP Fortify
5 5 (0.51%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.51%) 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 28 (2.83%) Microsoft
2 22 (2.23%) Oracle
3 12 (1.21%) OpenAI
4 5 (0.51%) 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