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 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 286 168
Rank change year-on-year +91 -118 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 1,013 496 1,693
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.03% 1.01% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.13% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 891 383 1,284
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £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% -

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 92,213 43,991 96,659
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 89.88% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 63,185 25,842 69,287
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +91 901 £65,000 +8.33% 95
UK excluding London +111 758 £60,000 +4.35% 78
Work from Home +91 381 £60,000 -4.00% 48
North of England +114 250 £65,000 +8.33% 11
South East +61 218 £60,000 +4.35% 25
London -8 199 £80,000 +6.67% 37
North West +72 116 £65,000 +18.18% 8
Midlands +22 108 £60,000 +4.35% 19
Yorkshire +52 103 £75,000 +25.00% 1
South West +1 91 £57,500 -4.17% 8
West Midlands +7 59 £60,000 - 11
East Midlands +9 49 £55,000 +15.79% 8
Scotland +33 39 £55,000 -4.35% 9
East of England -15 38 £80,000 +77.78% 6
North East -19 31 £50,000 -37.50% 2
Wales -51 12 £70,000 +16.67%
Northern Ireland -61 2 £60,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 10 July 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 1,013 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 333 (32.87%) JavaScript
3 321 (31.69%) React
4 302 (29.81%) TypeScript
5 285 (28.13%) AWS
6 226 (22.31%) Node.js
7 192 (18.95%) .NET
8 186 (18.36%) Python
9 176 (17.37%) Agile
10 175 (17.28%) C#
11 168 (16.58%) CI/CD
12 166 (16.39%) Java
13 155 (15.30%) Azure
14 148 (14.61%) Microservices
15 141 (13.92%) Software Engineering
16 136 (13.43%) AngularJS
17 135 (13.33%) AI
18 126 (12.44%) CSS
19 122 (12.04%) HTML
20 119 (11.75%) Vue
21 110 (10.86%) DevOps
22 108 (10.66%) Docker
23 106 (10.46%) Serverless
24 104 (10.27%) SQL
25 94 (9.28%) SaaS
26 93 (9.18%) Problem-Solving
27 89 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
28 86 (8.49%) Git
28 86 (8.49%) Web Development
29 84 (8.29%) AWS Lambda

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 (1.48%) CMS
2 13 (1.28%) Confluence
3 11 (1.09%) WordPress
4 8 (0.79%) ColdFusion
5 3 (0.30%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.30%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.30%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.20%) Apache
6 2 (0.20%) IIS
6 2 (0.20%) nginx
7 1 (0.099%) CICS
7 1 (0.099%) Drupal
7 1 (0.099%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.20%) Elementor
3 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.30%) Shopify
2 1 (0.099%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.099%) Magento
2 1 (0.099%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 285 (28.13%) AWS
2 155 (15.30%) Azure
3 106 (10.46%) Serverless
4 94 (9.28%) SaaS
5 84 (8.29%) AWS Lambda
6 75 (7.40%) Amazon S3
7 71 (7.01%) Amazon ECS
8 59 (5.82%) GitHub
9 48 (4.74%) GCP
10 46 (4.54%) Amazon SQS
11 31 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (2.76%) AWS Step Functions
13 27 (2.67%) AWS CloudFormation
14 23 (2.27%) GitHub Copilot
15 21 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
16 20 (1.97%) Amazon ECR
16 20 (1.97%) Apigee
17 19 (1.88%) GitHub Actions
18 18 (1.78%) Power Platform
19 13 (1.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.79%) Broadband
2 4 (0.39%) DNS
2 4 (0.39%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Firewall
3 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.099%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (8.09%) PostgreSQL
2 79 (7.80%) SQL Server
3 48 (4.74%) MongoDB
4 43 (4.24%) MySQL
5 36 (3.55%) DynamoDB
6 30 (2.96%) NoSQL
7 26 (2.57%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.58%) Redis
9 12 (1.18%) Power BI
10 11 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.79%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.39%) MariaDB
14 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
15 2 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
15 2 (0.20%) ClickHouse
15 2 (0.20%) GIS
15 2 (0.20%) TimescaleDB
16 1 (0.099%) Apache Arrow
16 1 (0.099%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 86 (8.49%) Git
2 51 (5.03%) Jenkins
3 39 (3.85%) Cypress.io
4 27 (2.67%) GitLab
5 23 (2.27%) JIRA
6 20 (1.97%) Maven
7 14 (1.38%) JUnit
8 13 (1.28%) Claude Code
9 11 (1.09%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.79%) Mockito
11 4 (0.39%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.30%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.30%) Postman
12 3 (0.30%) Selenium
13 2 (0.20%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.20%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.20%) Karma Test Runner
13 2 (0.20%) Terragrunt
13 2 (0.20%) Vite
13 2 (0.20%) YouTrack
General
1 86 (8.49%) Social Skills
2 68 (6.71%) Finance
3 28 (2.76%) Public Sector
4 25 (2.47%) Retail
5 20 (1.97%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (1.28%) Aviation
7 11 (1.09%) Front Office
7 11 (1.09%) Legal
8 10 (0.99%) Banking
8 10 (0.99%) Marketing
9 9 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (0.89%) Tech for Good
10 7 (0.69%) Advertising
10 7 (0.69%) Games
10 7 (0.69%) Legal Technology
11 6 (0.59%) Law
12 5 (0.49%) Local Government
13 4 (0.39%) Publishing
14 3 (0.30%) Automotive
14 3 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 321 (31.69%) React
2 226 (22.31%) Node.js
3 192 (18.95%) .NET
4 136 (13.43%) AngularJS
5 126 (12.44%) CSS
6 122 (12.04%) HTML
7 119 (11.75%) Vue
8 75 (7.40%) REST
9 71 (7.01%) Spring
10 69 (6.81%) Spring Boot
11 63 (6.22%) RESTful
12 47 (4.64%) Laravel
13 45 (4.44%) Jest
13 45 (4.44%) Next.js
14 43 (4.24%) .NET Core
15 39 (3.85%) Ruby on Rails
16 38 (3.75%) GraphQL
17 30 (2.96%) ASP.NET
17 30 (2.96%) HTML5
18 28 (2.76%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 72 (7.11%) Cloud Native
2 30 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
3 19 (1.88%) Product Ownership
4 17 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (1.68%) Mobile App
5 12 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (1.09%) Fixed Income
7 7 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (0.69%) Sports Betting
8 6 (0.59%) IoT
9 5 (0.49%) AI Agents
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%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.30%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.58%) Linux
2 3 (0.30%) AIX
3 2 (0.20%) Windows
4 1 (0.099%) Android
4 1 (0.099%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.099%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,013 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 176 (17.37%) Agile
3 168 (16.58%) CI/CD
4 148 (14.61%) Microservices
5 141 (13.92%) Software Engineering
6 135 (13.33%) AI
7 110 (10.86%) DevOps
8 93 (9.18%) Problem-Solving
9 89 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 86 (8.49%) Web Development
11 65 (6.42%) Mentoring
12 61 (6.02%) Clean Code
13 53 (5.23%) Front End Development
14 49 (4.84%) Computer Science
14 49 (4.84%) E-Commerce
15 47 (4.64%) User Experience
16 44 (4.34%) Containerisation
17 41 (4.05%) Test Automation
18 40 (3.95%) SDLC
18 40 (3.95%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 333 (32.87%) JavaScript
2 302 (29.81%) TypeScript
3 186 (18.36%) Python
4 175 (17.28%) C#
5 166 (16.39%) Java
6 104 (10.27%) SQL
7 63 (6.22%) PHP
8 39 (3.85%) Ruby
9 20 (1.97%) Groovy
10 18 (1.78%) Bash
11 12 (1.18%) Go
12 10 (0.99%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.79%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.59%) C++
15 4 (0.39%) C
16 2 (0.20%) Bicep
16 2 (0.20%) R
16 2 (0.20%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.20%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.099%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 75 (7.40%) Security Cleared
2 66 (6.52%) SC Cleared
3 51 (5.03%) Degree
4 44 (4.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.78%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 11 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (0.79%) AWS Certified Developer
8 4 (0.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (0.39%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.099%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.099%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.18%) Accessibility
2 10 (0.99%) QA
3 9 (0.89%) WCAG
4 1 (0.099%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.099%) HL7
4 1 (0.099%) SLA
4 1 (0.099%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 108 (10.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 60 (5.92%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.46%) Terraform
3 11 (1.09%) HP Fortify
4 7 (0.69%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.59%) Ansible
5 6 (0.59%) Grafana
6 5 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.30%) Argo
7 3 (0.30%) Kibana
8 2 (0.20%) Nagios
8 2 (0.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 55 (5.43%) Microsoft
2 17 (1.68%) Oracle
3 13 (1.28%) Google
4 10 (0.99%) OpenAI
5 8 (0.79%) OneLogin
6 5 (0.49%) Dynatrace
6 5 (0.49%) Peregrine
7 4 (0.39%) Pega
8 3 (0.30%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.20%) Aderant
9 2 (0.20%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.20%) iManage
9 2 (0.20%) Intapp
9 2 (0.20%) Splunk
9 2 (0.20%) WooCommerce
9 2 (0.20%) WSO2
10 1 (0.099%) Adobe
10 1 (0.099%) Confluent
10 1 (0.099%) Databricks