Senior Full-Stack Developer Job Trends

Senior Full-Stack Developer
UK

The median Senior Full-Stack Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 546 548 557
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 -122
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Full-Stack Developer 149 100 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.24% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.27% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 123 76 273
10th Percentile £52,500 £49,140 £52,500
25th Percentile £59,375 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,813 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% -7.14%

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 70,665 37,313 82,697
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.05% 90.19% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 45,086 23,014 62,767
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £42,809 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%

Senior Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Full-Stack Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Full-Stack Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Full-Stack Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Full-Stack Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Full-Stack Developer over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Full-Stack Developer in the UK

Senior Full-Stack Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Full-Stack Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 24 March 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 -3 135 £70,000 +21.74% 39
UK excluding London -6 111 £70,000 +21.74% 34
Work from Home -11 33 £70,000 +16.67% 22
North of England -16 33 £70,000 +27.27% 11
South East -15 29 £70,000 +16.67% 9
London +10 28 £80,000 +33.33% 8
Midlands -22 27 £55,000 -8.33% 7
Yorkshire -30 18 £80,000 +33.33% 7
East Midlands -26 15 £55,000 - 2
East of England -5 14 £100,000 +42.86% 5
North West -8 14 £66,250 +20.45% 4
West Midlands -11 12 £62,500 +4.17% 5
Wales -15 4 £51,250 -2.38% 2
South West -29 4 £65,000 +18.18% 1
North East -22 1 £67,500 +17.39%

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

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, Senior 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 Senior Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 149 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 69 (46.31%) React
3 54 (36.24%) AWS
4 51 (34.23%) JavaScript
5 42 (28.19%) Azure
6 36 (24.16%) .NET
7 32 (21.48%) C#
8 31 (20.81%) TypeScript
9 30 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (20.13%) Python
10 29 (19.46%) Web Development
11 28 (18.79%) SQL
12 27 (18.12%) DevOps
13 26 (17.45%) Node.js
14 25 (16.78%) CI/CD
15 24 (16.11%) CSS
16 23 (15.44%) HTML
17 21 (14.09%) Agile
17 21 (14.09%) Microservices
18 20 (13.42%) Serverless
19 19 (12.75%) REST
20 18 (12.08%) SaaS
21 17 (11.41%) AWS Lambda
21 17 (11.41%) Mentoring
22 16 (10.74%) GCP
23 15 (10.07%) AngularJS
23 15 (10.07%) API Development
23 15 (10.07%) Docker
23 15 (10.07%) PHP
24 14 (9.40%) AI

Senior 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 4 (2.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (2.01%) ColdFusion
2 3 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.67%) CMS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 54 (36.24%) AWS
2 42 (28.19%) Azure
3 20 (13.42%) Serverless
4 18 (12.08%) SaaS
5 17 (11.41%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (10.74%) GCP
7 14 (9.40%) Amazon S3
8 12 (8.05%) GitHub
9 8 (5.37%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (3.36%) Amazon SQS
10 5 (3.36%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (2.01%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (2.01%) Amazon EventBridge
12 2 (1.34%) AWS Fargate
12 2 (1.34%) Azure AI
12 2 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.34%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.67%) Apigee
13 1 (0.67%) Firebase
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.40%) NoSQL
2 12 (8.05%) MySQL
3 8 (5.37%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (4.03%) DynamoDB
5 5 (3.36%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.68%) SQL Server
7 3 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.01%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.34%) ClickHouse
8 2 (1.34%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.67%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.67%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.67%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (4.70%) Git
2 6 (4.03%) JUnit
2 6 (4.03%) Maven
2 6 (4.03%) Mockito
3 5 (3.36%) git-flow
4 2 (1.34%) GitLab
4 2 (1.34%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.67%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.67%) Moq
General
1 23 (15.44%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.42%) Finance
3 16 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.03%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.68%) Law
6 3 (2.01%) Retail
7 2 (1.34%) Aviation
7 2 (1.34%) Health Technology
7 2 (1.34%) Legal
8 1 (0.67%) Back Office
8 1 (0.67%) Marketing
8 1 (0.67%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (46.31%) React
2 36 (24.16%) .NET
3 26 (17.45%) Node.js
4 24 (16.11%) CSS
5 23 (15.44%) HTML
6 19 (12.75%) REST
7 15 (10.07%) AngularJS
8 9 (6.04%) Django
8 9 (6.04%) Laravel
8 9 (6.04%) Vue
9 8 (5.37%) RabbitMQ
10 7 (4.70%) FastAPI
10 7 (4.70%) Flask
10 7 (4.70%) Kafka
11 6 (4.03%) .NET Framework
11 6 (4.03%) Symfony
12 5 (3.36%) .NET Core
12 5 (3.36%) ASP.NET
12 5 (3.36%) AWS CDK
12 5 (3.36%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.38%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.03%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.68%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.68%) NHS
4 4 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.01%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.67%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.67%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.67%) PropTech
6 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.36%) Linux
2 4 (2.68%) Android
2 4 (2.68%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 30 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (19.46%) Web Development
4 27 (18.12%) DevOps
5 25 (16.78%) CI/CD
6 21 (14.09%) Agile
6 21 (14.09%) Microservices
7 17 (11.41%) Mentoring
8 15 (10.07%) API Development
9 14 (9.40%) AI
10 12 (8.05%) Computer Science
10 12 (8.05%) Containerisation
10 12 (8.05%) Event-Driven
11 11 (7.38%) Data Modelling
11 11 (7.38%) Sprint Planning
12 10 (6.71%) Test Automation
13 9 (6.04%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 8 (5.37%) Scrum
14 8 (5.37%) SDLC
14 8 (5.37%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 51 (34.23%) JavaScript
2 32 (21.48%) C#
3 31 (20.81%) TypeScript
4 30 (20.13%) Python
5 28 (18.79%) SQL
6 15 (10.07%) PHP
7 10 (6.71%) Java
8 9 (6.04%) PL/SQL
9 4 (2.68%) Bash
9 4 (2.68%) C
9 4 (2.68%) R
10 1 (0.67%) Bicep
10 1 (0.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (6.04%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (5.37%) Degree
3 7 (4.70%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.71%) QA
2 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.67%) HL7
System Software
1 15 (10.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (7.38%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.01%) Terraform
3 1 (0.67%) Argo
Vendors
1 9 (6.04%) Oracle
2 3 (2.01%) WooCommerce
3 2 (1.34%) Aderant
3 2 (1.34%) iManage
3 2 (1.34%) Intapp
3 2 (1.34%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.34%) OpenAI