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 March 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 285 179
Rank change year-on-year +65 -106 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 721 489 1,332
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.00% 1.07% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.17% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 588 329 1,190
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £49,140 £46,250
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 £97,750 £92,500
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 66,132 41,732 74,862
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.60% 91.05% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 41,854 22,904 57,825
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,472 £45,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,557
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -5.36%

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 March 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 March 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 +71 661 £65,000 +8.33% 179
UK excluding London +44 459 £60,000 +9.09% 158
Work from Home +57 250 £60,000 - 102
London +62 215 £80,000 +14.29% 41
South East -10 150 £60,000 +9.09% 42
North of England +61 138 £65,000 +18.18% 44
Midlands +22 77 £55,000 -4.35% 26
North West +38 68 £70,000 +27.27% 20
South West +11 53 £55,000 -8.33% 27
Yorkshire -7 44 £70,000 +27.27% 16
West Midlands +13 43 £60,000 +2.13% 16
East Midlands -8 34 £55,000 - 9
East of England +3 32 £100,000 +122.22% 12
North East +8 26 £50,000 +17.65% 9
Wales -12 8 £45,000 -14.69% 3
Scotland -27 2 £65,000 +25.60% 6
Northern Ireland - 2 £60,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 6 March 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.

1 721 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 313 (43.41%) React
3 261 (36.20%) JavaScript
4 210 (29.13%) AWS
5 201 (27.88%) TypeScript
6 172 (23.86%) .NET
7 161 (22.33%) C#
8 157 (21.78%) Java
9 153 (21.22%) Agile
9 153 (21.22%) Node.js
10 136 (18.86%) Azure
10 136 (18.86%) Python
11 134 (18.59%) CI/CD
12 120 (16.64%) CSS
13 118 (16.37%) HTML
14 117 (16.23%) AngularJS
15 111 (15.40%) Microservices
16 109 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
17 107 (14.84%) DevOps
17 107 (14.84%) SQL
18 102 (14.15%) Software Engineering
19 94 (13.04%) Vue
20 93 (12.90%) Docker
21 92 (12.76%) REST
22 86 (11.93%) Git
23 84 (11.65%) AI
24 80 (11.10%) Serverless
25 72 (9.99%) PostgreSQL
26 70 (9.71%) Security Cleared
27 60 (8.32%) Spring

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 10 (1.39%) CMS
2 9 (1.25%) Confluence
3 8 (1.11%) OpenStack
4 6 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 4 (0.55%) ColdFusion
5 4 (0.55%) nginx
6 3 (0.42%) Drupal
6 3 (0.42%) Liferay
6 3 (0.42%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.28%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.28%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.14%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) CICS
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) Kentico
Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Shopify
2 1 (0.14%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 210 (29.13%) AWS
2 136 (18.86%) Azure
3 80 (11.10%) Serverless
4 57 (7.91%) SaaS
5 47 (6.52%) AWS Lambda
6 46 (6.38%) Amazon S3
7 41 (5.69%) Amazon ECS
7 41 (5.69%) GCP
8 38 (5.27%) GitHub
9 30 (4.16%) Amazon SQS
10 25 (3.47%) Amazon EKS
11 23 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
12 21 (2.91%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.94%) Power Platform
14 11 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.25%) GitHub Copilot
16 8 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
17 6 (0.83%) Amazon EventBridge
18 5 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
19 4 (0.55%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.28%) AMQP
1 2 (0.28%) HTTP
2 1 (0.14%) Broadband
2 1 (0.14%) Internet
2 1 (0.14%) NetScaler
2 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (9.99%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (7.91%) SQL Server
3 44 (6.10%) NoSQL
4 39 (5.41%) Relational Database
5 30 (4.16%) MongoDB
5 30 (4.16%) MySQL
6 14 (1.94%) RDBMS
6 14 (1.94%) Redis
7 12 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
7 12 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.39%) DynamoDB
9 9 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (1.25%) DB2
9 9 (1.25%) Power BI
10 3 (0.42%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.42%) ClickHouse
10 3 (0.42%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.42%) TimescaleDB
11 2 (0.28%) Pinecone
11 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 86 (11.93%) Git
2 38 (5.27%) Jenkins
3 22 (3.05%) Cypress.io
4 17 (2.36%) JUnit
5 15 (2.08%) Mockito
6 14 (1.94%) JIRA
7 12 (1.66%) Maven
7 12 (1.66%) TeamCity
8 8 (1.11%) GitLab
9 7 (0.97%) Cucumber
9 7 (0.97%) JMeter
9 7 (0.97%) Selenium
10 6 (0.83%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.69%) git-flow
11 5 (0.69%) webpack
12 3 (0.42%) ESLint
12 3 (0.42%) Mocha
12 3 (0.42%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.28%) CircleCI
13 2 (0.28%) Storybook
General
1 93 (12.90%) Social Skills
2 73 (10.12%) Finance
3 39 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (4.58%) Banking
5 25 (3.47%) Public Sector
6 22 (3.05%) Aviation
7 20 (2.77%) Investment Banking
7 20 (2.77%) Retail
8 17 (2.36%) Front Office
9 16 (2.22%) Games
10 12 (1.66%) Law
11 10 (1.39%) Legal
11 10 (1.39%) Marketing
12 9 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.11%) Health Technology
14 7 (0.97%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.69%) Electronics
15 5 (0.69%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.42%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 313 (43.41%) React
2 172 (23.86%) .NET
3 153 (21.22%) Node.js
4 120 (16.64%) CSS
5 118 (16.37%) HTML
6 117 (16.23%) AngularJS
7 94 (13.04%) Vue
8 92 (12.76%) REST
9 60 (8.32%) Spring
10 53 (7.35%) .NET Core
10 53 (7.35%) RESTful
11 41 (5.69%) Laravel
11 41 (5.69%) Spring Boot
12 35 (4.85%) Kafka
13 34 (4.72%) ASP.NET
14 32 (4.44%) Next.js
15 29 (4.02%) GraphQL
15 29 (4.02%) HTML5
16 28 (3.88%) CSS3
17 24 (3.33%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 28 (3.88%) Cloud Native
2 24 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
2 24 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (3.19%) Product Ownership
4 21 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (2.08%) Mobile App
6 11 (1.53%) Fixed Income
7 10 (1.39%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (0.97%) Hedge funds
10 6 (0.83%) Reference Data
11 5 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (0.69%) Sports Betting
12 4 (0.55%) AI Agents
12 4 (0.55%) Client/Server
12 4 (0.55%) Distributed Architecture
12 4 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.55%) IoT
13 2 (0.28%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.08%) Linux
2 8 (1.11%) Android
2 8 (1.11%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.28%) Windows
4 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 721 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 153 (21.22%) Agile
3 134 (18.59%) CI/CD
4 111 (15.40%) Microservices
5 109 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
6 107 (14.84%) DevOps
7 102 (14.15%) Software Engineering
8 84 (11.65%) AI
9 59 (8.18%) User Experience
10 54 (7.49%) Web Development
11 51 (7.07%) API Development
11 51 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (6.52%) Scrum
13 45 (6.24%) SDLC
14 44 (6.10%) Clean Code
14 44 (6.10%) Front End Development
14 44 (6.10%) Mentoring
15 43 (5.96%) TDD
16 39 (5.41%) Containerisation
17 37 (5.13%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 261 (36.20%) JavaScript
2 201 (27.88%) TypeScript
3 161 (22.33%) C#
4 157 (21.78%) Java
5 136 (18.86%) Python
6 107 (14.84%) SQL
7 48 (6.66%) PHP
8 17 (2.36%) C
9 16 (2.22%) Ruby
10 14 (1.94%) Go
10 14 (1.94%) PL/SQL
11 9 (1.25%) Bash
11 9 (1.25%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.83%) C++
12 6 (0.83%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.83%) R
13 4 (0.55%) XAML
14 3 (0.42%) COBOL
14 3 (0.42%) Groovy
15 2 (0.28%) RPG
Qualifications
1 70 (9.71%) Security Cleared
2 45 (6.24%) SC Cleared
3 35 (4.85%) Degree
4 30 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.08%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.55%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 3 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.28%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.33%) Accessibility
2 23 (3.19%) QA
3 5 (0.69%) WCAG
4 2 (0.28%) HL7
5 1 (0.14%) GDPR
5 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 93 (12.90%) Docker
2 1 (0.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 58 (8.04%) Kubernetes
2 19 (2.64%) Terraform
3 8 (1.11%) Ansible
3 8 (1.11%) Kibana
4 5 (0.69%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.42%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.42%) Nagios
6 2 (0.28%) Argo
6 2 (0.28%) Grafana
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (3.33%) Oracle
2 19 (2.64%) Microsoft
3 9 (1.25%) OpenAI
4 8 (1.11%) Dynatrace
5 7 (0.97%) Google
5 7 (0.97%) Splunk
6 5 (0.69%) Pega
7 4 (0.55%) iManage
7 4 (0.55%) Telerik
8 3 (0.42%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.42%) WooCommerce
8 3 (0.42%) WSO2
8 3 (0.42%) Zoho
9 2 (0.28%) Aderant
9 2 (0.28%) Foundry
9 2 (0.28%) IBM
9 2 (0.28%) Intapp
9 2 (0.28%) SendGrid
10 1 (0.14%) Adobe
10 1 (0.14%) Databricks