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 29 May 2026.

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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 566 567
Rank change year-on-year +13 +1 -162
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Full-Stack Developer 185 85 352
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.20% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.22% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 161 66 300
10th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £68,750 £80,313
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -4.17% -20.00%

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 87,064 38,294 94,653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 89.31% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 57,954 21,519 69,253
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +24 172 £70,000 +16.67% 15
UK excluding London +12 144 £70,000 +21.74% 8
North of England -3 53 £70,000 +27.27%
South East -22 36 £70,000 +16.67% 5
Work from Home +11 35 £70,000 +10.67% 8
London -2 32 £84,000 +35.48% 10
Yorkshire -27 30 £75,000 +20.00%
Midlands -21 27 £55,000 -8.33% 3
North West +12 20 £70,000 +27.27%
East of England -6 16 £100,000 +42.86% 1
West Midlands -35 16 £70,000 +14.29% 2
East Midlands -24 11 £55,000 - 1
South West -53 9 £65,000 +10.64%
Wales -34 3 £55,000 -13.73%
North East -35 3 £52,000 -11.49%

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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.

1 185 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 69 (37.30%) React
3 62 (33.51%) AWS
4 58 (31.35%) JavaScript
5 44 (23.78%) TypeScript
6 41 (22.16%) Node.js
7 40 (21.62%) Azure
8 35 (18.92%) Python
9 34 (18.38%) .NET
10 31 (16.76%) DevOps
11 29 (15.68%) AngularJS
11 29 (15.68%) C#
12 25 (13.51%) Mentoring
12 25 (13.51%) Web Development
13 23 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (11.89%) PHP
15 20 (10.81%) CSS
15 20 (10.81%) HTML
15 20 (10.81%) Security Cleared
15 20 (10.81%) Serverless
16 19 (10.27%) SQL
17 18 (9.73%) AI
17 18 (9.73%) AWS Lambda
17 18 (9.73%) CI/CD
17 18 (9.73%) Java
17 18 (9.73%) Vue
18 17 (9.19%) Agile
18 17 (9.19%) Laravel
18 17 (9.19%) Microservices
18 17 (9.19%) SC Cleared

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 6 (3.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (1.62%) Confluence
2 3 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) CMS
3 1 (0.54%) ColdFusion
Business Applications
1 3 (1.62%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 62 (33.51%) AWS
2 40 (21.62%) Azure
3 20 (10.81%) Serverless
4 18 (9.73%) AWS Lambda
5 14 (7.57%) Amazon S3
5 14 (7.57%) GitHub
6 13 (7.03%) GCP
7 11 (5.95%) SaaS
8 10 (5.41%) Amazon ECS
9 5 (2.70%) AWS Step Functions
9 5 (2.70%) GitHub Copilot
10 4 (2.16%) Amazon ECR
10 4 (2.16%) Apigee
11 3 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.62%) Amazon EventBridge
11 3 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.62%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.08%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.95%) NoSQL
2 9 (4.86%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (4.32%) Amazon Redshift
4 7 (3.78%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (3.24%) MySQL
6 5 (2.70%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.62%) MongoDB
7 3 (1.62%) Spatial Data
8 2 (1.08%) ClickHouse
8 2 (1.08%) GIS
8 2 (1.08%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.54%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.54%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.54%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (3.24%) JUnit
1 6 (3.24%) Maven
1 6 (3.24%) Mockito
2 5 (2.70%) Git
3 3 (1.62%) JIRA
4 2 (1.08%) GitLab
4 2 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.54%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.54%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.54%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.54%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (0.54%) YouTrack
General
1 22 (11.89%) Finance
2 19 (10.27%) Social Skills
3 14 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (2.70%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.16%) Law
6 3 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.08%) Aviation
7 2 (1.08%) Health Technology
7 2 (1.08%) Legal
8 1 (0.54%) Back Office
8 1 (0.54%) Marketing
8 1 (0.54%) Retail
8 1 (0.54%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (37.30%) React
2 41 (22.16%) Node.js
3 34 (18.38%) .NET
4 29 (15.68%) AngularJS
5 20 (10.81%) CSS
5 20 (10.81%) HTML
6 18 (9.73%) Vue
7 17 (9.19%) Laravel
8 11 (5.95%) REST
9 7 (3.78%) .NET Core
9 7 (3.78%) Flask
9 7 (3.78%) Spring
10 6 (3.24%) ASP.NET
10 6 (3.24%) CSS3
10 6 (3.24%) HTML5
10 6 (3.24%) NestJS
10 6 (3.24%) RESTful
10 6 (3.24%) Ruby on Rails
11 5 (2.70%) hapi
11 5 (2.70%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.32%) Cloud Native
1 8 (4.32%) Mobile App
2 6 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.16%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.16%) NHS
4 3 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.08%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.08%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.08%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (0.54%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.54%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.54%) PropTech
6 1 (0.54%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.78%) Linux
2 4 (2.16%) Android
2 4 (2.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 31 (16.76%) DevOps
3 25 (13.51%) Mentoring
3 25 (13.51%) Web Development
4 23 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (9.73%) AI
5 18 (9.73%) CI/CD
6 17 (9.19%) Agile
6 17 (9.19%) Microservices
7 14 (7.57%) Computer Science
8 13 (7.03%) Containerisation
9 12 (6.49%) Sprint Planning
9 12 (6.49%) TDD
10 11 (5.95%) Software Engineering
11 10 (5.41%) Technical Leadership
11 10 (5.41%) Test Automation
12 9 (4.86%) API Development
12 9 (4.86%) Event-Driven
13 8 (4.32%) Code Quality
13 8 (4.32%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 58 (31.35%) JavaScript
2 44 (23.78%) TypeScript
3 35 (18.92%) Python
4 29 (15.68%) C#
5 22 (11.89%) PHP
6 19 (10.27%) SQL
7 18 (9.73%) Java
8 7 (3.78%) PL/SQL
9 6 (3.24%) Bash
9 6 (3.24%) Ruby
10 5 (2.70%) C
11 4 (2.16%) R
12 2 (1.08%) Bicep
13 1 (0.54%) C++
Qualifications
1 20 (10.81%) Security Cleared
2 17 (9.19%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.41%) Degree
4 8 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.62%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
6 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 15 (8.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (7.57%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.08%) Terraform
3 1 (0.54%) Argo
Vendors
1 7 (3.78%) Oracle
2 3 (1.62%) WooCommerce
3 2 (1.08%) Aderant
3 2 (1.08%) iManage
3 2 (1.08%) Intapp
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.08%) OpenAI