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 31 August 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 298 179
Rank change year-on-year +93 -119 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 1,033 483 1,227
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.94% 0.96% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 1.07% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 897 357 813
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £39,400
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £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 103,220 45,012 77,418
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.83% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 70,861 26,764 49,481
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,521 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

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 31 August 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 IT jobs citing Full-Stack Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 +80 916 £60,000 - 112
UK excluding London +94 804 £60,000 +4.35% 86
Work from Home +61 369 £60,000 - 62
North of England +88 238 £65,000 +8.33% 28
South East +71 234 £60,000 +4.35% 23
London -44 178 £70,000 -6.67% 47
Midlands +31 118 £60,000 +4.35% 9
South West +4 109 £60,000 - 17
Yorkshire +51 108 £75,000 +25.00% 11
North West +54 99 £65,000 +8.33% 16
West Midlands +8 69 £70,000 +16.67% 5
Scotland +31 50 £55,000 -8.33% 4
East Midlands +7 49 £60,000 +26.32% 4
East of England -4 41 £55,000 +25.71% 5
North East -33 31 £47,500 -40.63% 2
Wales -69 14 £62,500 +4.17%

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 1,033 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 355 (34.37%) JavaScript
3 319 (30.88%) React
4 310 (30.01%) TypeScript
5 296 (28.65%) AWS
6 230 (22.27%) Node.js
7 197 (19.07%) CI/CD
8 190 (18.39%) Agile
9 189 (18.30%) .NET
10 174 (16.84%) C#
11 172 (16.65%) Azure
12 165 (15.97%) Microservices
13 161 (15.59%) Python
14 156 (15.10%) Java
15 153 (14.81%) AI
16 130 (12.58%) Software Engineering
17 129 (12.49%) CSS
18 122 (11.81%) HTML
19 119 (11.52%) AngularJS
20 113 (10.94%) SQL
21 111 (10.75%) Docker
21 111 (10.75%) SaaS
22 106 (10.26%) DevOps
23 103 (9.97%) Git
24 101 (9.78%) Serverless
24 101 (9.78%) Vue
25 99 (9.58%) SQL Server
26 96 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
27 92 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
28 88 (8.52%) 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 12 (1.16%) Confluence
1 12 (1.16%) WordPress
2 11 (1.06%) CMS
3 7 (0.68%) ColdFusion
3 7 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (0.39%) IIS
5 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.097%) Apache
6 1 (0.097%) CICS
6 1 (0.097%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.097%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (0.68%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.19%) Elementor
3 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.48%) Shopify
2 1 (0.097%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 296 (28.65%) AWS
2 172 (16.65%) Azure
3 111 (10.75%) SaaS
4 101 (9.78%) Serverless
5 85 (8.23%) AWS Lambda
6 80 (7.74%) GitHub
7 79 (7.65%) Amazon S3
8 74 (7.16%) Amazon ECS
9 49 (4.74%) Amazon SQS
10 47 (4.55%) GCP
11 37 (3.58%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
12 28 (2.71%) GitHub Actions
13 27 (2.61%) AWS Step Functions
14 26 (2.52%) GitHub Copilot
15 25 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
16 21 (2.03%) Snowflake
17 18 (1.74%) Amazon ECR
18 17 (1.65%) Anthropic Claude
18 17 (1.65%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.77%) Broadband
2 4 (0.39%) DNS
2 4 (0.39%) HTTP
3 2 (0.19%) Firewall
3 2 (0.19%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.097%) Internet
4 1 (0.097%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (9.58%) SQL Server
2 88 (8.52%) PostgreSQL
3 54 (5.23%) MongoDB
4 43 (4.16%) DynamoDB
5 37 (3.58%) MySQL
6 31 (3.00%) NoSQL
7 25 (2.42%) Relational Database
8 23 (2.23%) Redis
9 17 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.06%) Power BI
11 8 (0.77%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.39%) GIS
12 4 (0.39%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.29%) Spatial Data
14 2 (0.19%) Amazon Aurora
15 1 (0.097%) Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.097%) Db2
15 1 (0.097%) DocumentDB
15 1 (0.097%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 103 (9.97%) Git
2 55 (5.32%) Jenkins
3 42 (4.07%) Cypress.io
4 28 (2.71%) GitLab
5 21 (2.03%) Maven
6 19 (1.84%) JUnit
7 18 (1.74%) JIRA
8 14 (1.36%) Claude Code
9 12 (1.16%) Mockito
10 9 (0.87%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.77%) Storybook
12 6 (0.58%) Eclipse
12 6 (0.58%) Postman
12 6 (0.58%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.48%) Selenium
14 4 (0.39%) NUnit
14 4 (0.39%) Subversion
14 4 (0.39%) Vite
15 3 (0.29%) TeamCity
15 3 (0.29%) webpack
General
1 101 (9.78%) Social Skills
2 60 (5.81%) Public Sector
3 57 (5.52%) Finance
4 20 (1.94%) Retail
5 13 (1.26%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (1.26%) Marketing
6 12 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (1.06%) Legal
8 7 (0.68%) Legal Technology
9 6 (0.58%) Advertising
9 6 (0.58%) Games
10 5 (0.48%) Banking
10 5 (0.48%) Local Government
10 5 (0.48%) Tech for Good
11 4 (0.39%) Aviation
12 3 (0.29%) Automotive
12 3 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.29%) Law
12 3 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.29%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 319 (30.88%) React
2 230 (22.27%) Node.js
3 189 (18.30%) .NET
4 129 (12.49%) CSS
5 122 (11.81%) HTML
6 119 (11.52%) AngularJS
7 101 (9.78%) Vue
8 88 (8.52%) REST
9 77 (7.45%) Spring
10 75 (7.26%) RESTful
11 69 (6.68%) Spring Boot
12 59 (5.71%) Next.js
13 51 (4.94%) Jest
13 51 (4.94%) Ruby on Rails
14 43 (4.16%) Terraform
15 40 (3.87%) .NET Core
16 39 (3.78%) ASP.NET
17 37 (3.58%) .NET Framework
18 35 (3.39%) Entity Framework
18 35 (3.39%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 78 (7.55%) Cloud Native
2 48 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (1.94%) Mobile App
4 18 (1.74%) Product Ownership
5 16 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (0.87%) IoT
7 8 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (0.68%) AI Agents
8 7 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (0.68%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.48%) NHS
11 4 (0.39%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.39%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.39%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.39%) PropTech
11 4 (0.39%) Sports Betting
12 3 (0.29%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.29%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.36%) Linux
2 3 (0.29%) AIX
3 1 (0.097%) Windows
3 1 (0.097%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,033 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 197 (19.07%) CI/CD
3 190 (18.39%) Agile
4 165 (15.97%) Microservices
5 153 (14.81%) AI
6 130 (12.58%) Software Engineering
7 106 (10.26%) DevOps
8 96 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 85 (8.23%) Web Development
11 77 (7.45%) Clean Code
12 66 (6.39%) Mentoring
13 57 (5.52%) Computer Science
13 57 (5.52%) E-Commerce
14 55 (5.32%) User Experience
15 53 (5.13%) Front End Development
16 51 (4.94%) SDLC
17 49 (4.74%) Technical Leadership
18 47 (4.55%) Test Automation
19 43 (4.16%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 355 (34.37%) JavaScript
2 310 (30.01%) TypeScript
3 174 (16.84%) C#
4 161 (15.59%) Python
5 156 (15.10%) Java
6 113 (10.94%) SQL
7 54 (5.23%) PHP
8 53 (5.13%) Ruby
9 32 (3.10%) Kotlin
10 20 (1.94%) Bash
11 18 (1.74%) Groovy
12 12 (1.16%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.68%) C++
14 3 (0.29%) Go
15 2 (0.19%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.19%) Perl
15 2 (0.19%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.097%) C
16 1 (0.097%) CFML
16 1 (0.097%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (6.58%) Security Cleared
2 59 (5.71%) Degree
2 59 (5.71%) SC Cleared
3 52 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (1.94%) AWS Certification
5 11 (1.06%) AWS Certified Developer
6 9 (0.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 9 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (0.48%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.19%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.097%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (1.84%) Accessibility
2 11 (1.06%) QA
2 11 (1.06%) WCAG
3 4 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.39%) SOC 2
4 3 (0.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.097%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.097%) GRC
5 1 (0.097%) SLA
System Software
1 111 (10.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 70 (6.78%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.87%) HP Fortify
3 6 (0.58%) Ansible
4 5 (0.48%) Grafana
5 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.19%) Argo
7 2 (0.19%) Kibana
7 2 (0.19%) Podman
Vendors
1 65 (6.29%) Microsoft
2 21 (2.03%) Oracle
3 17 (1.65%) Google
4 15 (1.45%) OpenAI
5 9 (0.87%) OneLogin
6 5 (0.48%) Dynatrace
6 5 (0.48%) Peregrine
7 4 (0.39%) Pega
7 4 (0.39%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.29%) OutSystems
8 3 (0.29%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.19%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.19%) Splunk
9 2 (0.19%) WooCommerce
9 2 (0.19%) WSO2
10 1 (0.097%) Adobe
10 1 (0.097%) Confluent
10 1 (0.097%) Mistral