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 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 275 180
Rank change year-on-year +30 -95 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 537 579 960
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.89% 1.08% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.16% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 409 346 873
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,625
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,884 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.29% -7.39% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £96,250 £100,000
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 54,710 49,797 52,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 92.91% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,899 25,819 40,678
10th Percentile £28,560 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,325
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 +43 493 £65,000 +13.04% 200
UK excluding London +9 321 £60,000 +9.09% 173
London +55 182 £80,000 +16.36% 52
Work from Home +12 158 £60,000 - 116
South East +8 125 £60,000 +9.09% 62
North of England +35 80 £56,000 +17.89% 39
Midlands +18 51 £55,000 -8.33% 29
South West +1 38 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Yorkshire +3 29 £75,000 +39.53% 11
North West +18 28 £65,000 +36.84% 18
East Midlands -6 26 £55,000 -5.58% 18
West Midlands +11 25 £60,000 - 11
North East +25 23 £50,000 +17.65% 10
East of England +7 21 £60,000 +33.33% 18
Wales -4 7 £45,000 -40.00% 4
Scotland -12 2 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 15 January 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.

1 537 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 274 (51.02%) React
3 210 (39.11%) JavaScript
4 186 (34.64%) AWS
5 158 (29.42%) TypeScript
6 151 (28.12%) .NET
7 145 (27.00%) Agile
8 143 (26.63%) C#
9 132 (24.58%) Azure
9 132 (24.58%) Java
10 124 (23.09%) CI/CD
11 110 (20.48%) Python
11 110 (20.48%) SQL
12 108 (20.11%) AngularJS
13 107 (19.93%) Node.js
13 107 (19.93%) Problem-Solving
14 102 (18.99%) CSS
14 102 (18.99%) HTML
15 98 (18.25%) Microservices
16 95 (17.69%) DevOps
17 92 (17.13%) REST
18 80 (14.90%) Docker
19 74 (13.78%) Git
20 72 (13.41%) AI
21 71 (13.22%) Vue
22 69 (12.85%) Software Engineering
23 66 (12.29%) Serverless
24 65 (12.10%) Security Cleared
24 65 (12.10%) User Experience
25 64 (11.92%) 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 8 (1.49%) OpenStack
2 7 (1.30%) Confluence
3 6 (1.12%) CMS
3 6 (1.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.56%) Liferay
4 3 (0.56%) nginx
5 2 (0.37%) ColdFusion
5 2 (0.37%) Drupal
5 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.19%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) Kentico
6 1 (0.19%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.37%) S-PLUS
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 186 (34.64%) AWS
2 132 (24.58%) Azure
3 66 (12.29%) Serverless
4 43 (8.01%) GitHub
5 37 (6.89%) GCP
5 37 (6.89%) SaaS
6 34 (6.33%) Amazon ECS
7 33 (6.15%) Amazon EKS
8 32 (5.96%) Amazon S3
9 30 (5.59%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (3.91%) Amazon SQS
12 20 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.49%) Power Platform
14 7 (1.30%) GitHub Copilot
15 6 (1.12%) Amazon EventBridge
15 6 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (1.12%) Azure Service Bus
16 5 (0.93%) npm
17 4 (0.74%) Amazon Cognito
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.37%) AMQP
1 2 (0.37%) Broadband
1 2 (0.37%) HTTP
2 1 (0.19%) Internet
2 1 (0.19%) NetScaler
2 1 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (11.92%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (11.17%) SQL Server
3 46 (8.57%) NoSQL
4 41 (7.64%) Relational Database
5 25 (4.66%) MySQL
6 21 (3.91%) RDBMS
7 20 (3.72%) MongoDB
8 15 (2.79%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (2.42%) Redis
10 9 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (1.49%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (1.49%) DB2
12 7 (1.30%) DynamoDB
13 6 (1.12%) Power BI
14 3 (0.56%) BigQuery
15 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
15 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database
15 2 (0.37%) Pinecone
15 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 74 (13.78%) Git
2 34 (6.33%) Jenkins
3 20 (3.72%) JUnit
4 19 (3.54%) Mockito
5 14 (2.61%) Cypress.io
5 14 (2.61%) JIRA
6 12 (2.23%) TeamCity
7 11 (2.05%) JMeter
8 8 (1.49%) Maven
9 7 (1.30%) Cucumber
9 7 (1.30%) Selenium
10 6 (1.12%) webpack
11 5 (0.93%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.93%) git-flow
12 4 (0.74%) Mocha
12 4 (0.74%) Storybook
13 3 (0.56%) CircleCI
13 3 (0.56%) ESLint
13 3 (0.56%) GitLab
13 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 96 (17.88%) Social Skills
2 60 (11.17%) Finance
3 33 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (5.96%) Public Sector
5 29 (5.40%) Banking
6 21 (3.91%) Investment Banking
7 15 (2.79%) Aviation
8 14 (2.61%) Law
9 13 (2.42%) Retail
10 12 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.05%) Front Office
11 11 (2.05%) Games
11 11 (2.05%) Legal
12 9 (1.68%) Marketing
13 8 (1.49%) Health Technology
14 6 (1.12%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.93%) Electronics
16 3 (0.56%) Local Government
16 3 (0.56%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (51.02%) React
2 151 (28.12%) .NET
3 108 (20.11%) AngularJS
4 107 (19.93%) Node.js
5 102 (18.99%) CSS
5 102 (18.99%) HTML
6 92 (17.13%) REST
7 71 (13.22%) Vue
8 63 (11.73%) Spring
9 60 (11.17%) RESTful
10 48 (8.94%) .NET Core
11 39 (7.26%) ASP.NET
12 36 (6.70%) Spring Boot
13 30 (5.59%) .NET Framework
14 29 (5.40%) HTML5
15 28 (5.21%) CSS3
16 27 (5.03%) Kafka
17 25 (4.66%) Next.js
18 24 (4.47%) ASP.NET Core
18 24 (4.47%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.77%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (4.47%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.28%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (4.28%) Greenfield Project
4 22 (4.10%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.35%) Mobile App
6 14 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 10 (1.86%) Hedge funds
7 10 (1.86%) Reference Data
8 7 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.93%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.74%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.74%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.56%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.37%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 2 (0.37%) IoT
12 2 (0.37%) Social Media
12 2 (0.37%) Sports Betting
12 2 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.86%) Android
1 10 (1.86%) Apple iOS
2 9 (1.68%) Linux
3 2 (0.37%) Unix
4 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 145 (27.00%) Agile
3 124 (23.09%) CI/CD
4 107 (19.93%) Problem-Solving
5 98 (18.25%) Microservices
6 95 (17.69%) DevOps
7 72 (13.41%) AI
8 69 (12.85%) Software Engineering
9 65 (12.10%) User Experience
10 50 (9.31%) Clean Code
11 48 (8.94%) Scrum
12 47 (8.75%) TDD
13 45 (8.38%) SDLC
14 42 (7.82%) Web Development
15 39 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 39 (7.26%) Front End Development
16 35 (6.52%) API Development
16 35 (6.52%) Containerisation
17 34 (6.33%) Computer Science
18 33 (6.15%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 210 (39.11%) JavaScript
2 158 (29.42%) TypeScript
3 143 (26.63%) C#
4 132 (24.58%) Java
5 110 (20.48%) Python
5 110 (20.48%) SQL
6 32 (5.96%) PHP
7 15 (2.79%) C
8 13 (2.42%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.86%) PL/SQL
9 10 (1.86%) Ruby
10 9 (1.68%) Go
11 7 (1.30%) C++
12 6 (1.12%) Bash
12 6 (1.12%) R
13 4 (0.74%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.74%) XAML
14 3 (0.56%) COBOL
15 2 (0.37%) RPG
15 2 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (12.10%) Security Cleared
2 33 (6.15%) Degree
3 31 (5.77%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (3.91%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.37%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.15%) Accessibility
2 24 (4.47%) QA
3 8 (1.49%) WCAG
4 4 (0.74%) GDPR
5 1 (0.19%) HL7
System Software
1 80 (14.90%) Docker
2 1 (0.19%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 56 (10.43%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.91%) Terraform
3 11 (2.05%) Kibana
4 8 (1.49%) Ansible
5 2 (0.37%) Argo
5 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) Nagios
Vendors
1 20 (3.72%) Oracle
2 13 (2.42%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.23%) Dynatrace
4 11 (2.05%) Splunk
5 8 (1.49%) Google
6 7 (1.30%) OpenAI
7 4 (0.74%) Telerik
8 3 (0.56%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.56%) Pega
8 3 (0.56%) WooCommerce
8 3 (0.56%) WSO2
8 3 (0.56%) Zoho
9 2 (0.37%) Foundry
9 2 (0.37%) IBM
9 2 (0.37%) iManage
9 2 (0.37%) SendGrid
9 2 (0.37%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe
10 1 (0.19%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.19%) Red Hat