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 9 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 297 170
Rank change year-on-year +99 -127 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 1,049 493 1,322
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.00% 0.99% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.10% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 914 368 936
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,125 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £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% -4.35%

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 99,120 44,882 78,754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.95% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 67,762 26,708 53,085
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,425
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,924 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.31% -2.15% -6.54%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 +84 927 £60,000 - 118
UK excluding London +111 801 £60,000 +4.35% 103
Work from Home +88 390 £60,000 - 72
North of England +118 248 £65,000 +8.33% 22
South East +55 225 £60,000 +4.35% 26
London -48 189 £76,750 +2.33% 33
Midlands +37 123 £60,000 +2.13% 17
North West +69 113 £65,000 +10.64% 9
Yorkshire +44 102 £75,000 +25.00% 13
South West +6 100 £57,500 -4.17% 24
West Midlands +11 76 £70,000 +16.67% 11
East Midlands +5 47 £60,000 +26.32% 6
Scotland +30 45 £55,000 -4.35% 9
East of England -19 45 £60,000 +33.33% 3
North East -23 33 £47,500 -40.63%
Wales -66 13 £70,000 +16.67% 1
Northern Ireland -71 2 £60,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 9 August 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 1,049 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 354 (33.75%) JavaScript
3 331 (31.55%) React
4 313 (29.84%) TypeScript
5 304 (28.98%) AWS
6 233 (22.21%) Node.js
7 196 (18.68%) Agile
8 195 (18.59%) .NET
9 190 (18.11%) CI/CD
10 181 (17.25%) C#
11 174 (16.59%) Python
12 169 (16.11%) Azure
13 165 (15.73%) Microservices
14 164 (15.63%) Java
15 152 (14.49%) AI
16 144 (13.73%) Software Engineering
17 131 (12.49%) AngularJS
18 129 (12.30%) CSS
19 124 (11.82%) HTML
20 115 (10.96%) SQL
21 114 (10.87%) DevOps
22 112 (10.68%) Docker
22 112 (10.68%) Vue
23 105 (10.01%) SaaS
23 105 (10.01%) Serverless
24 103 (9.82%) Git
25 94 (8.96%) SQL Server
26 93 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
26 93 (8.87%) Problem-Solving
26 93 (8.87%) Web Development

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 (1.24%) Confluence
2 11 (1.05%) CMS
2 11 (1.05%) WordPress
3 7 (0.67%) ColdFusion
3 7 (0.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.38%) IIS
5 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.19%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.095%) Apache
7 1 (0.095%) CICS
7 1 (0.095%) Drupal
7 1 (0.095%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.095%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.095%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.67%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.19%) Elementor
3 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.48%) Shopify
2 1 (0.095%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.095%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 304 (28.98%) AWS
2 169 (16.11%) Azure
3 105 (10.01%) SaaS
3 105 (10.01%) Serverless
4 87 (8.29%) AWS Lambda
5 80 (7.63%) Amazon S3
6 75 (7.15%) Amazon ECS
7 74 (7.05%) GitHub
8 50 (4.77%) GCP
9 49 (4.67%) Amazon SQS
10 38 (3.62%) Amazon EC2
11 27 (2.57%) AWS Step Functions
12 26 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
12 26 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
13 25 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (2.38%) GitHub Copilot
14 19 (1.81%) Snowflake
15 18 (1.72%) Amazon ECR
16 17 (1.62%) Apigee
17 16 (1.53%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.76%) Broadband
2 4 (0.38%) DNS
2 4 (0.38%) HTTP
3 2 (0.19%) Firewall
3 2 (0.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.095%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 88 (8.39%) PostgreSQL
3 51 (4.86%) MongoDB
4 41 (3.91%) DynamoDB
5 36 (3.43%) MySQL
6 32 (3.05%) NoSQL
7 26 (2.48%) Relational Database
8 22 (2.10%) Redis
9 17 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.05%) Power BI
11 8 (0.76%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.38%) GIS
12 4 (0.38%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.29%) Spatial Data
14 2 (0.19%) Amazon Aurora
14 2 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
15 1 (0.095%) Db2
15 1 (0.095%) Elasticsearch
15 1 (0.095%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 103 (9.82%) Git
2 53 (5.05%) Jenkins
3 40 (3.81%) Cypress.io
4 27 (2.57%) GitLab
5 22 (2.10%) Maven
6 21 (2.00%) JIRA
7 19 (1.81%) JUnit
8 14 (1.33%) Claude Code
9 12 (1.14%) Mockito
10 9 (0.86%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.57%) Postman
12 5 (0.48%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.48%) Selenium
13 4 (0.38%) Storybook
13 4 (0.38%) Vite
14 3 (0.29%) Subversion
14 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.29%) webpack
15 2 (0.19%) IntelliJ
15 2 (0.19%) JMeter
General
1 100 (9.53%) Social Skills
2 66 (6.29%) Finance
3 45 (4.29%) Public Sector
4 25 (2.38%) Retail
5 16 (1.53%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (1.24%) Legal
7 12 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (1.14%) Marketing
8 9 (0.86%) Legal Technology
9 8 (0.76%) Front Office
9 8 (0.76%) Games
9 8 (0.76%) Tech for Good
10 6 (0.57%) Advertising
10 6 (0.57%) Banking
11 5 (0.48%) Law
11 5 (0.48%) Local Government
12 4 (0.38%) Aviation
12 4 (0.38%) Publishing
13 3 (0.29%) Automotive
13 3 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 331 (31.55%) React
2 233 (22.21%) Node.js
3 195 (18.59%) .NET
4 131 (12.49%) AngularJS
5 129 (12.30%) CSS
6 124 (11.82%) HTML
7 112 (10.68%) Vue
8 85 (8.10%) REST
9 75 (7.15%) Spring
10 72 (6.86%) RESTful
11 66 (6.29%) Spring Boot
12 56 (5.34%) Next.js
13 49 (4.67%) Jest
14 48 (4.58%) Ruby on Rails
15 43 (4.10%) .NET Core
16 40 (3.81%) ASP.NET
17 38 (3.62%) .NET Framework
18 37 (3.53%) Entity Framework
19 35 (3.34%) GraphQL
20 34 (3.24%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 81 (7.72%) Cloud Native
2 44 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (1.72%) Mobile App
4 18 (1.72%) Product Ownership
5 15 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (0.76%) IoT
8 7 (0.67%) Fixed Income
8 7 (0.67%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.57%) AI Agents
9 6 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (0.57%) NHS
9 6 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.48%) Sports Betting
11 4 (0.38%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.38%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.38%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.38%) PropTech
12 3 (0.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.53%) Linux
2 3 (0.29%) AIX
3 1 (0.095%) Windows
3 1 (0.095%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,049 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 196 (18.68%) Agile
3 190 (18.11%) CI/CD
4 165 (15.73%) Microservices
5 152 (14.49%) AI
6 144 (13.73%) Software Engineering
7 114 (10.87%) DevOps
8 93 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 93 (8.87%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (8.87%) Web Development
9 71 (6.77%) Clean Code
10 65 (6.20%) Mentoring
11 57 (5.43%) Computer Science
11 57 (5.43%) Front End Development
12 56 (5.34%) E-Commerce
13 55 (5.24%) User Experience
14 48 (4.58%) Technical Leadership
15 47 (4.48%) SDLC
16 44 (4.19%) Containerisation
17 42 (4.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 354 (33.75%) JavaScript
2 313 (29.84%) TypeScript
3 181 (17.25%) C#
4 174 (16.59%) Python
5 164 (15.63%) Java
6 115 (10.96%) SQL
7 55 (5.24%) PHP
8 50 (4.77%) Ruby
9 20 (1.91%) Bash
9 20 (1.91%) Kotlin
10 18 (1.72%) Groovy
11 12 (1.14%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.95%) Go
13 7 (0.67%) C++
14 2 (0.19%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.19%) C
14 2 (0.19%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.095%) Bicep
15 1 (0.095%) CFML
15 1 (0.095%) R
Qualifications
1 73 (6.96%) Security Cleared
2 64 (6.10%) SC Cleared
3 59 (5.62%) Degree
4 51 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (1.91%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.05%) AWS Certified Developer
7 9 (0.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 9 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.38%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.19%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.095%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (1.53%) Accessibility
2 10 (0.95%) WCAG
3 9 (0.86%) QA
4 3 (0.29%) GDPR
5 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.19%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.095%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.095%) HL7
6 1 (0.095%) SLA
6 1 (0.095%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 112 (10.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 69 (6.58%) Kubernetes
2 42 (4.00%) Terraform
3 9 (0.86%) HP Fortify
4 6 (0.57%) Ansible
4 6 (0.57%) Grafana
5 5 (0.48%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.29%) Kibana
8 2 (0.19%) Argo
8 2 (0.19%) Podman
9 1 (0.095%) Nagios
Vendors
1 66 (6.29%) Microsoft
2 20 (1.91%) Oracle
3 16 (1.53%) Google
4 14 (1.33%) OpenAI
5 9 (0.86%) OneLogin
6 5 (0.48%) Dynatrace
6 5 (0.48%) Peregrine
7 4 (0.38%) Pega
7 4 (0.38%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.19%) Aderant
8 2 (0.19%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.19%) iManage
8 2 (0.19%) Intapp
8 2 (0.19%) OutSystems
8 2 (0.19%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.19%) Splunk
8 2 (0.19%) WooCommerce
8 2 (0.19%) WSO2
9 1 (0.095%) Adobe
9 1 (0.095%) Confluent