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 12 November 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 631 547 554
Rank change year-on-year -84 +7 -29
Permanent Senior Full-Stack Developer jobs 211 105 199
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.20% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.22% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 170 64 134
10th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £46,242
25th Percentile £65,000 £56,875 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £84,063
90th Percentile £87,000 £82,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 113,326 47,055 63,902
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.78% 89.88% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 74,791 28,951 35,850
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,444 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.66% -7.30% -4.76%

Senior Full-Stack Developer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior Full-Stack Developer job postings 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 Senior Full-Stack Developer jobs over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Full-Stack Developer in the UK

Senior Full-Stack Developer Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Senior Full-Stack Developer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 12 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -71 193 £70,000 - 75
UK excluding London -86 160 £70,000 +16.67% 43
North of England -9 75 £70,000 -6.67% 22
Work from Home -52 66 £70,000 -6.67% 47
Yorkshire +15 48 £70,000 -12.50% 11
Midlands -34 44 £70,000 - 5
London -57 44 £77,500 +3.33% 32
West Midlands -36 26 £77,500 - 5
North West -46 23 £70,000 - 9
East Midlands - 18 £65,000 -
South West -57 15 £70,000 +16.67% 2
South East -98 12 £65,000 +13.04% 6
Scotland -1 8 £90,000 - 2
North East -67 4 £92,500 +21.71% 3
East of England -53 3 £60,000 -14.29% 3
Wales -70 3 £72,500 +20.83%

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Senior Full-Stack Developer job ads cited 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 Senior Full-Stack Developer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Full-Stack Development100.0%211
2AWS28.9%61
3CI/CD24.6%52
4Kotlin23.2%49
4React23.2%49
6Azure21.8%46
7C#17.1%36
7TypeScript17.1%36
9.NET16.6%35
9AI16.6%35
11Python15.6%33
11Software Engineering15.6%33
13Microservices14.7%31
14Agile13.3%28
14Java13.3%28
14REST13.3%28
17Docker12.8%27
18Node.js12.3%26
19Mentoring11.8%25
20DevOps11.4%24
20Serverless11.4%24
22Kubernetes10.9%23
23AngularJS9.5%20
23AWS Lambda9.5%20
23Technical Leadership9.5%20
26JavaScript9.0%19
26Observability9.0%19
26SaaS9.0%19
29Amazon S38.5%18
29Oracle8.5%18

Senior Full-Stack Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior React Developer14.2%30
2Full-Stack Java Developer8.5%18
2Senior Java Developer8.5%18
2Senior Software Developer8.5%18
5AWS Developer8.1%17
6Full-Stack Python Developer6.6%14
6Senior Python Developer6.6%14
8Developer/Software Engineer5.2%11
8Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer5.2%11
10Full-Stack C# Developer3.8%8
10Senior C# Developer3.8%8
12Azure Developer3.3%7
12Full-Stack .NET Developer3.3%7
12Node.js Developer3.3%7
12Senior .NET Developer3.3%7
12Shopify Developer3.3%7
12Software Developer3.3%7
18Lead Full-Stack Developer2.4%5
19Angular Developer1.9%4
20Technical Developer1.4%3
90 Senior Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide