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 1 August 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 288 165
Rank change year-on-year +88 -123 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 1,030 496 1,356
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.00% 1.00% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.11% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 901 372 975
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,375 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £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% -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 97,263 44,589 81,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 90.05% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 66,554 26,541 55,776
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,250 £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 1 August 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 1 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 +101 914 £60,000 - 110
UK excluding London +102 784 £60,000 +4.35% 90
Work from Home +91 391 £60,000 - 63
North of England +122 249 £65,000 +8.33% 24
South East +61 223 £60,000 +4.35% 25
London -36 190 £80,000 +6.67% 34
Midlands +31 116 £60,000 +2.13% 17
North West +73 112 £65,000 +10.64% 13
Yorkshire +55 105 £75,000 +25.00% 10
South West -7 97 £56,250 -6.25% 15
West Midlands +7 70 £60,000 - 11
East Midlands +1 46 £60,000 +26.32% 6
East of England -13 43 £65,000 +44.44% 4
Scotland +34 42 £55,000 -4.35% 5
North East -24 32 £47,500 -40.63% 1
Wales -65 12 £70,000 +16.67% 1
Northern Ireland -73 2 £60,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 1,030 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 348 (33.79%) JavaScript
3 332 (32.23%) React
4 312 (30.29%) TypeScript
5 299 (29.03%) AWS
6 232 (22.52%) Node.js
7 195 (18.93%) Agile
8 194 (18.83%) .NET
9 184 (17.86%) CI/CD
10 181 (17.57%) C#
10 181 (17.57%) Python
11 168 (16.31%) Java
12 164 (15.92%) Azure
13 160 (15.53%) Microservices
14 147 (14.27%) AI
14 147 (14.27%) Software Engineering
15 136 (13.20%) AngularJS
16 130 (12.62%) CSS
17 124 (12.04%) HTML
18 117 (11.36%) Vue
19 116 (11.26%) SQL
20 112 (10.87%) DevOps
21 111 (10.78%) Docker
22 106 (10.29%) Serverless
23 103 (10.00%) SaaS
24 102 (9.90%) Git
25 92 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
25 92 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
26 91 (8.83%) Web Development
27 89 (8.64%) SQL Server

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 14 (1.36%) Confluence
2 13 (1.26%) CMS
3 11 (1.07%) WordPress
4 7 (0.68%) ColdFusion
5 6 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.39%) IIS
7 3 (0.29%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.19%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.097%) Apache
9 1 (0.097%) CICS
9 1 (0.097%) Drupal
9 1 (0.097%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.097%) NServiceBus
9 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 (0.49%) Shopify
2 1 (0.097%) CiviCRM
2 1 (0.097%) Magento
2 1 (0.097%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 299 (29.03%) AWS
2 164 (15.92%) Azure
3 106 (10.29%) Serverless
4 103 (10.00%) SaaS
5 87 (8.45%) AWS Lambda
6 79 (7.67%) Amazon S3
7 75 (7.28%) Amazon ECS
8 70 (6.80%) GitHub
9 50 (4.85%) GCP
10 48 (4.66%) Amazon SQS
11 35 (3.40%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (2.72%) AWS CloudFormation
12 28 (2.72%) AWS Step Functions
13 25 (2.43%) GitHub Copilot
14 24 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
15 23 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (1.84%) Amazon ECR
16 19 (1.84%) Apigee
17 16 (1.55%) Anthropic Claude
17 16 (1.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.78%) 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%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (8.64%) SQL Server
2 85 (8.25%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (4.85%) MongoDB
4 42 (4.08%) DynamoDB
5 38 (3.69%) MySQL
6 34 (3.30%) NoSQL
7 26 (2.52%) Relational Database
8 20 (1.94%) Redis
9 16 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.07%) Power BI
11 8 (0.78%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.39%) MariaDB
13 3 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.29%) GIS
13 3 (0.29%) Spatial Data
14 2 (0.19%) Amazon Aurora
15 1 (0.097%) Elasticsearch
15 1 (0.097%) Hazelcast
15 1 (0.097%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 102 (9.90%) Git
2 52 (5.05%) Jenkins
3 38 (3.69%) Cypress.io
4 28 (2.72%) GitLab
5 24 (2.33%) JIRA
6 22 (2.14%) Maven
7 18 (1.75%) JUnit
8 15 (1.46%) Claude Code
9 11 (1.07%) Mockito
10 10 (0.97%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.49%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.49%) Postman
11 5 (0.49%) Selenium
12 4 (0.39%) Vite
13 3 (0.29%) Storybook
13 3 (0.29%) Subversion
13 3 (0.29%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.29%) webpack
14 2 (0.19%) Karma Test Runner
14 2 (0.19%) YouTrack
General
1 94 (9.13%) Social Skills
2 70 (6.80%) Finance
3 30 (2.91%) Public Sector
4 25 (2.43%) Retail
5 17 (1.65%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (1.17%) Legal
6 12 (1.17%) Marketing
7 11 (1.07%) Front Office
7 11 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (0.87%) Banking
9 8 (0.78%) Games
9 8 (0.78%) Legal Technology
9 8 (0.78%) Tech for Good
10 7 (0.68%) Advertising
11 5 (0.49%) Aviation
11 5 (0.49%) Law
11 5 (0.49%) Local Government
12 4 (0.39%) Publishing
13 3 (0.29%) Automotive
13 3 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 332 (32.23%) React
2 232 (22.52%) Node.js
3 194 (18.83%) .NET
4 136 (13.20%) AngularJS
5 130 (12.62%) CSS
6 124 (12.04%) HTML
7 117 (11.36%) Vue
8 87 (8.45%) REST
9 75 (7.28%) Spring
10 70 (6.80%) RESTful
11 68 (6.60%) Spring Boot
12 55 (5.34%) Next.js
13 47 (4.56%) Jest
14 43 (4.17%) Ruby on Rails
15 41 (3.98%) .NET Core
16 39 (3.79%) ASP.NET
17 37 (3.59%) .NET Framework
17 37 (3.59%) GraphQL
18 36 (3.50%) Entity Framework
18 36 (3.50%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 78 (7.57%) Cloud Native
2 40 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (1.84%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (1.75%) Mobile App
4 18 (1.75%) Product Ownership
5 16 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (0.97%) Fixed Income
6 10 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (0.78%) IoT
8 7 (0.68%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.58%) AI Agents
10 5 (0.49%) NHS
10 5 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.49%) Sports Betting
11 4 (0.39%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.39%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.39%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.39%) PropTech
12 3 (0.29%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.55%) Linux
2 3 (0.29%) AIX
3 1 (0.097%) Windows
3 1 (0.097%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,030 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 195 (18.93%) Agile
3 184 (17.86%) CI/CD
4 160 (15.53%) Microservices
5 147 (14.27%) AI
5 147 (14.27%) Software Engineering
6 112 (10.87%) DevOps
7 92 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 92 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
8 91 (8.83%) Web Development
9 69 (6.70%) Clean Code
10 66 (6.41%) Mentoring
11 55 (5.34%) E-Commerce
11 55 (5.34%) Front End Development
12 53 (5.15%) Computer Science
12 53 (5.15%) User Experience
13 50 (4.85%) SDLC
14 46 (4.47%) Technical Leadership
15 43 (4.17%) Containerisation
16 42 (4.08%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 348 (33.79%) JavaScript
2 312 (30.29%) TypeScript
3 181 (17.57%) C#
3 181 (17.57%) Python
4 168 (16.31%) Java
5 116 (11.26%) SQL
6 56 (5.44%) PHP
7 44 (4.27%) Ruby
8 20 (1.94%) Bash
9 19 (1.84%) Groovy
10 12 (1.17%) Go
10 12 (1.17%) PL/SQL
11 10 (0.97%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.68%) C++
13 2 (0.19%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.19%) C
13 2 (0.19%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.097%) CFML
14 1 (0.097%) Perl
14 1 (0.097%) R
Qualifications
1 73 (7.09%) Security Cleared
2 64 (6.21%) SC Cleared
3 56 (5.44%) Degree
4 48 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.04%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.07%) AWS Certified Developer
7 10 (0.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 10 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.39%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.19%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.097%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.097%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.36%) Accessibility
2 9 (0.87%) QA
2 9 (0.87%) WCAG
3 2 (0.19%) GDPR
3 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.19%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.097%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.097%) HL7
4 1 (0.097%) SLA
4 1 (0.097%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 111 (10.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 68 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 42 (4.08%) Terraform
3 10 (0.97%) HP Fortify
4 6 (0.58%) Ansible
4 6 (0.58%) Grafana
5 5 (0.49%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.29%) Kibana
7 2 (0.19%) Argo
7 2 (0.19%) Podman
8 1 (0.097%) Nagios
Vendors
1 61 (5.92%) Microsoft
2 18 (1.75%) Oracle
3 16 (1.55%) Google
4 12 (1.17%) OpenAI
5 8 (0.78%) OneLogin
6 5 (0.49%) Dynatrace
6 5 (0.49%) Peregrine
7 4 (0.39%) Pega
7 4 (0.39%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.19%) Aderant
8 2 (0.19%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.19%) iManage
8 2 (0.19%) Intapp
8 2 (0.19%) Splunk
8 2 (0.19%) WooCommerce
8 2 (0.19%) WSO2
9 1 (0.097%) Adobe
9 1 (0.097%) Confluent
9 1 (0.097%) Databricks