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 12 November 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 294 215
Rank change year-on-year +36 -79 -23
Permanent Full-Stack Developer jobs 913 446 827
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 0.85% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.95% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 733 319 510
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £95,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,750
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.00% -4.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 113,326 47,055 63,902
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.78% 89.88% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 74,791 28,951 35,850
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,444 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.66% -7.30% -4.76%

Full-Stack Developer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Full-Stack Developer job postings 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 Full-Stack Developer jobs over the 6 months to 12 November 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 Full-Stack Developer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 12 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +45 813 £60,000 - 235
UK excluding London +38 674 £60,000 +4.35% 126
Work from Home +38 315 £60,000 - 118
North of England +46 204 £65,000 +8.33% 47
London -42 199 £60,000 -25.00% 111
South East -6 171 £60,000 +4.35% 23
Midlands +7 113 £55,000 -6.38% 12
Yorkshire +53 107 £70,000 +16.67% 18
South West +4 102 £65,000 +10.64% 9
North West -26 72 £65,000 +8.33% 23
West Midlands -13 66 £55,000 -8.33% 10
East Midlands -18 47 £55,000 +15.79% 2
Scotland +26 45 £55,000 -8.33% 9
East of England -57 27 £60,000 +41.18% 14
North East -61 25 £50,000 - 7
Wales -63 12 £70,000 +16.67% 3

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Full-Stack Developer job ads cited 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 Full-Stack Developer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Full-Stack Development100.0%913
2JavaScript32.5%297
3React29.4%268
4AWS28.3%258
4TypeScript28.3%258
6CI/CD21.9%200
7Node.js21.4%195
8Agile20.0%183
9.NET19.1%174
10Azure18.9%173
11C#17.5%160
12Microservices17.1%156
13AI14.7%134
14Java14.3%131
15Software Engineering14.1%129
16Docker12.3%112
17AngularJS11.4%104
18CSS11.2%102
19Git11.0%100
19HTML11.0%100
19REST11.0%100
22SaaS10.8%99
23Python10.7%98
24SQL Server10.5%96
25DevOps10.1%92
26Problem-Solving9.9%90
27SQL9.5%87
28Kotlin9.1%83
28Serverless9.1%83
30GitHub9.0%82

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Full-Stack Developer23.1%211
2Software Developer14.2%130
3Lead Full-Stack Developer9.5%87
4Full-Stack Java Developer9.3%85
5Full-Stack .NET Developer8.9%81
6React Developer7.7%70
7Lead Software Developer6.4%58
8Full-Stack C# Developer4.8%44
9AWS Developer3.4%31
10C# .NET Developer3.3%30
10Senior React Developer3.3%30
12Full-Stack Engineer2.5%23
12Full-Stack Python Developer2.5%23
14Azure Developer2.3%21
14Full-Stack Web Developer2.3%21
16Senior Java Developer2.0%18
16Senior Software Developer2.0%18
18Angular Developer1.9%17
19Developer/Software Engineer1.6%15
19Full-Stack Software Engineer1.6%15
284 Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide