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 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 543 557 559
Rank change year-on-year +14 +2 -141
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Full-Stack Developer 131 114 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.25% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.27% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 105 74 240
10th Percentile £52,500 £49,140 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £57,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,688 £82,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,125 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% -

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 64,631 41,533 74,664
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.51% 91.12% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 40,860 22,616 57,810
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £39,073
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 £73,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -5.25%

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 3 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 3 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 +20 118 £70,000 +16.67% 48
UK excluding London +15 93 £70,000 +21.74% 47
London +24 29 £75,000 +20.97% 8
Work from Home -8 28 £75,000 +25.00% 39
South East -9 26 £72,500 +20.83% 14
North of England -12 25 £70,000 +27.27% 11
Midlands -16 23 £62,500 +4.17% 5
East Midlands -20 15 £55,000 -12.00% 1
Yorkshire -26 13 £80,000 +39.13% 5
East of England +16 11 £100,000 - 10
North West +14 11 £65,000 +18.18% 6
West Midlands +10 8 £70,000 +16.67% 4
Wales -12 4 £51,250 -19.61% 2
South West -27 4 £65,000 +18.18% 4
North East -15 1 £76,000 +32.17%

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

For the 6 months to 3 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.

1 131 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 63 (48.09%) React
3 47 (35.88%) JavaScript
4 46 (35.11%) AWS
5 39 (29.77%) Azure
6 36 (27.48%) .NET
7 31 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (22.90%) TypeScript
9 29 (22.14%) C#
10 28 (21.37%) SQL
11 26 (19.85%) Python
12 25 (19.08%) CSS
12 25 (19.08%) Web Development
13 24 (18.32%) HTML
14 21 (16.03%) CI/CD
14 21 (16.03%) Microservices
15 20 (15.27%) DevOps
15 20 (15.27%) Node.js
16 19 (14.50%) REST
17 18 (13.74%) Agile
18 17 (12.98%) SaaS
18 17 (12.98%) Serverless
19 16 (12.21%) AngularJS
20 15 (11.45%) API Development
20 15 (11.45%) Docker
20 15 (11.45%) Mentoring
21 14 (10.69%) AI
21 14 (10.69%) AWS Lambda
21 14 (10.69%) GCP
21 14 (10.69%) GitHub

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 (3.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (2.29%) ColdFusion
2 3 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.76%) CMS
Business Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 46 (35.11%) AWS
2 39 (29.77%) Azure
3 17 (12.98%) SaaS
3 17 (12.98%) Serverless
4 14 (10.69%) AWS Lambda
4 14 (10.69%) GCP
4 14 (10.69%) GitHub
5 13 (9.92%) Amazon S3
6 8 (6.11%) Azure Service Bus
7 5 (3.82%) Amazon SQS
7 5 (3.82%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.29%) Amazon EventBridge
9 2 (1.53%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.53%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (1.53%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.76%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.76%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.76%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.16%) NoSQL
2 11 (8.40%) MySQL
3 8 (6.11%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.82%) DynamoDB
5 4 (3.05%) SQL Server
6 3 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (2.29%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.53%) ClickHouse
7 2 (1.53%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.76%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.76%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (5.34%) Git
2 6 (4.58%) JUnit
2 6 (4.58%) Maven
2 6 (4.58%) Mockito
3 5 (3.82%) git-flow
4 1 (0.76%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.76%) GitLab
4 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.76%) Moq
General
1 20 (15.27%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.74%) Finance
3 15 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.05%) Law
6 3 (2.29%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.29%) Retail
7 2 (1.53%) Aviation
7 2 (1.53%) Legal
8 1 (0.76%) Back Office
8 1 (0.76%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.76%) Marketing
8 1 (0.76%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (48.09%) React
2 36 (27.48%) .NET
3 25 (19.08%) CSS
4 24 (18.32%) HTML
5 20 (15.27%) Node.js
6 19 (14.50%) REST
7 16 (12.21%) AngularJS
8 10 (7.63%) Django
9 8 (6.11%) FastAPI
9 8 (6.11%) Flask
9 8 (6.11%) RabbitMQ
9 8 (6.11%) Vue
10 7 (5.34%) Kafka
10 7 (5.34%) Laravel
11 6 (4.58%) .NET Framework
11 6 (4.58%) Symfony
12 5 (3.82%) ASP.NET
12 5 (3.82%) ASP.NET Core
12 5 (3.82%) AWS CDK
12 5 (3.82%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.87%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.58%) Product Ownership
3 5 (3.82%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.05%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.76%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.76%) NHS
6 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.82%) Linux
2 4 (3.05%) Android
2 4 (3.05%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 31 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (19.08%) Web Development
4 21 (16.03%) CI/CD
4 21 (16.03%) Microservices
5 20 (15.27%) DevOps
6 18 (13.74%) Agile
7 15 (11.45%) API Development
7 15 (11.45%) Mentoring
8 14 (10.69%) AI
9 12 (9.16%) Computer Science
10 11 (8.40%) Containerisation
11 10 (7.63%) Data Modelling
12 9 (6.87%) Event-Driven
13 8 (6.11%) Scrum
13 8 (6.11%) Sprint Planning
13 8 (6.11%) TDD
14 7 (5.34%) Continuous Integration
14 7 (5.34%) SDLC
14 7 (5.34%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 47 (35.88%) JavaScript
2 30 (22.90%) TypeScript
3 29 (22.14%) C#
4 28 (21.37%) SQL
5 26 (19.85%) Python
6 14 (10.69%) PHP
7 9 (6.87%) PL/SQL
8 8 (6.11%) Java
9 4 (3.05%) Bash
9 4 (3.05%) C
9 4 (3.05%) R
10 1 (0.76%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 11 (8.40%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.87%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (6.11%) Degree
4 2 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.63%) QA
2 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.76%) HL7
System Software
1 15 (11.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (8.40%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.29%) Terraform
3 1 (0.76%) Argo
Vendors
1 9 (6.87%) Oracle
2 3 (2.29%) WooCommerce
3 2 (1.53%) Aderant
3 2 (1.53%) iManage
3 2 (1.53%) Intapp
3 2 (1.53%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.53%) OpenAI