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 15 November 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 617 560 559
Rank change year-on-year -57 -1 -34
Permanent Senior Full-Stack Developer jobs 211 109 199
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.21% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.23% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 170 68 135
10th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £46,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £58,438 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £83,125
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
15 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 112,497 47,406 64,244
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.76% 89.97% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 74,124 29,520 36,140
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,492
25th Percentile £41,788 £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 £76,832 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +17.02% -6.93% -3.81%

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 15 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 15 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 -76 193 £70,000 - 63
UK excluding London -101 159 £70,000 +16.67% 33
North of England -22 75 £70,000 -6.67% 18
Work from Home -77 67 £70,000 -6.67% 39
Yorkshire +3 47 £70,000 -12.50% 9
London -60 45 £75,000 - 28
Midlands -38 43 £70,000 - 5
West Midlands -37 25 £80,000 - 5
North West -55 24 £70,000 - 8
East Midlands -35 18 £65,000 -7.14%
South West -64 15 £70,000 +16.67% 3
South East -100 12 £65,000 +13.04% 1
Scotland +3 8 £90,000 - 2
North East -66 4 £92,500 +21.71% 2
East of England -58 3 £60,000 -14.29% 3
Wales -87 3 £72,500 +20.83%

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

For the 6 months to 15 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
2AWS28.4%60
3CI/CD25.1%53
4React23.7%50
5Kotlin23.2%49
6Azure22.3%47
7TypeScript17.5%37
8.NET17.1%36
8AI17.1%36
8C#17.1%36
11Software Engineering16.6%35
12Python16.1%34
13Microservices15.2%32
14Agile13.7%29
14REST13.7%29
16Docker13.3%28
17Java12.8%27
17Node.js12.8%27
19Mentoring12.3%26
20DevOps11.4%24
20Serverless11.4%24
22Kubernetes10.9%23
23AWS Lambda9.5%20
23JavaScript9.5%20
23Technical Leadership9.5%20
26AngularJS9.0%19
26Observability9.0%19
26SaaS9.0%19
29Amazon S38.5%18
29Git8.5%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
2Senior Software Developer9.0%19
3Full-Stack Java Developer8.1%17
3Senior Java Developer8.1%17
5AWS Developer7.6%16
6Full-Stack Python Developer6.6%14
6Senior Python Developer6.6%14
8Developer/Software Engineer5.7%12
8Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer5.7%12
10Full-Stack .NET Developer3.3%7
10Full-Stack C# Developer3.3%7
10Node.js Developer3.3%7
10Senior .NET Developer3.3%7
10Senior C# Developer3.3%7
10Shopify Developer3.3%7
10Software Developer3.3%7
17Azure Developer2.8%6
18Lead Full-Stack Developer2.4%5
19Angular Developer1.4%3
19Technical Developer1.4%3
74 Senior Full-Stack Developer jobs Nationwide