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 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 556 522
Rank change year-on-year -54 -34 -134
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Full-Stack Developer 164 118 332
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.24% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.27% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 145 74 270
10th Percentile £55,000 - £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £56,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £67,125
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.61% -7.41%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -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 95,972 44,419 82,565
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.36% 90.03% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 65,619 26,374 56,860
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 July 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 July 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 -35 153 £70,000 +7.69% 25
UK excluding London -38 135 £70,000 +16.67% 19
North of England +3 46 £70,000 +16.67% 7
Work from Home -36 42 £70,000 +5.66% 10
Midlands -10 40 £70,000 +9.80% 5
South East -55 26 £65,000 +13.04% 1
West Midlands -18 25 £70,000 +9.80% 4
London -28 24 £84,500 +12.67% 12
Yorkshire -7 23 £75,000 +7.14% 2
North West +1 20 £70,000 +12.00% 5
East Midlands - 15 £65,000 - 1
East of England -16 10 £100,000 +42.86%
South West -57 8 £66,250 +8.16% 2
Wales -62 5 £72,500 +20.83%
North East -50 3 £52,000 -11.49%

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

For the 6 months to 29 July 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.

1 164 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 74 (45.12%) AWS
3 60 (36.59%) React
4 49 (29.88%) JavaScript
5 43 (26.22%) Node.js
5 43 (26.22%) TypeScript
6 39 (23.78%) Python
7 35 (21.34%) Azure
8 32 (19.51%) CI/CD
9 31 (18.90%) DevOps
10 30 (18.29%) C#
10 30 (18.29%) Serverless
11 29 (17.68%) AWS Lambda
12 26 (15.85%) AngularJS
13 25 (15.24%) .NET
14 24 (14.63%) Amazon S3
14 24 (14.63%) Mentoring
15 22 (13.41%) Agile
16 21 (12.80%) AI
16 21 (12.80%) Java
16 21 (12.80%) Security Cleared
17 19 (11.59%) HTML
18 18 (10.98%) Amazon ECS
18 18 (10.98%) GitHub
18 18 (10.98%) SC Cleared
18 18 (10.98%) Vue
19 17 (10.37%) CSS
20 16 (9.76%) Docker
20 16 (9.76%) Software Engineering
21 15 (9.15%) Kubernetes

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 (3.66%) Confluence
2 5 (3.05%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.22%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.61%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 74 (45.12%) AWS
2 35 (21.34%) Azure
3 30 (18.29%) Serverless
4 29 (17.68%) AWS Lambda
5 24 (14.63%) Amazon S3
6 18 (10.98%) Amazon ECS
6 18 (10.98%) GitHub
7 13 (7.93%) GCP
8 12 (7.32%) SaaS
9 9 (5.49%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (4.88%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (4.27%) Anthropic Claude
11 7 (4.27%) AWS Step Functions
12 6 (3.66%) Amazon SQS
12 6 (3.66%) AWS CodePipeline
13 5 (3.05%) GitHub Copilot
14 4 (2.44%) Amazon ECR
14 4 (2.44%) Apigee
15 3 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
15 3 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.22%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.54%) DynamoDB
1 14 (8.54%) NoSQL
2 9 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (5.49%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.88%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (1.83%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.83%) MySQL
4 3 (1.83%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.83%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.83%) Spatial Data
5 2 (1.22%) GIS
6 1 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.61%) ClickHouse
6 1 (0.61%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (4.88%) Git
1 8 (4.88%) JUnit
2 6 (3.66%) JIRA
3 5 (3.05%) Maven
3 5 (3.05%) Mockito
4 3 (1.83%) Claude Code
4 3 (1.83%) Selenium
5 2 (1.22%) GitLab
5 2 (1.22%) Jasmine
5 2 (1.22%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.22%) Karma Test Runner
5 2 (1.22%) YouTrack
General
1 14 (8.54%) Finance
2 12 (7.32%) Social Skills
3 8 (4.88%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.22%) Back Office
6 2 (1.22%) Health Technology
6 2 (1.22%) Law
6 2 (1.22%) Legal
6 2 (1.22%) Legal Technology
7 1 (0.61%) Aviation
7 1 (0.61%) Banking
7 1 (0.61%) Front Office
7 1 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.61%) Marketing
7 1 (0.61%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (36.59%) React
2 43 (26.22%) Node.js
3 26 (15.85%) AngularJS
4 25 (15.24%) .NET
5 19 (11.59%) HTML
6 18 (10.98%) Vue
7 17 (10.37%) CSS
8 13 (7.93%) REST
8 13 (7.93%) Spring
9 12 (7.32%) Laravel
10 11 (6.71%) ASP.NET
11 9 (5.49%) NestJS
11 9 (5.49%) Ruby on Rails
12 8 (4.88%) CSS3
12 8 (4.88%) HTML5
12 8 (4.88%) Spring Boot
13 7 (4.27%) .NET Framework
13 7 (4.27%) Express.js
13 7 (4.27%) OAuth
13 7 (4.27%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.54%) Cloud Native
2 5 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (3.05%) Mobile App
2 5 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.44%) NHS
4 3 (1.83%) Mainframe
4 3 (1.83%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.22%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.22%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.22%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.22%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (0.61%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.61%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.61%) PropTech
6 1 (0.61%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.05%) Linux
2 3 (1.83%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 32 (19.51%) CI/CD
3 31 (18.90%) DevOps
4 24 (14.63%) Mentoring
5 22 (13.41%) Agile
6 21 (12.80%) AI
7 16 (9.76%) Software Engineering
8 15 (9.15%) Microservices
9 14 (8.54%) Event-Driven
9 14 (8.54%) TDD
9 14 (8.54%) Technical Leadership
10 13 (7.93%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (7.32%) Roadmaps
11 12 (7.32%) Web Development
12 11 (6.71%) LLM
12 11 (6.71%) Sprint Planning
13 9 (5.49%) Code Quality
13 9 (5.49%) Containerisation
13 9 (5.49%) Front End Development
13 9 (5.49%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 49 (29.88%) JavaScript
2 43 (26.22%) TypeScript
3 39 (23.78%) Python
4 30 (18.29%) C#
5 21 (12.80%) Java
6 15 (9.15%) SQL
7 12 (7.32%) PHP
8 9 (5.49%) Ruby
9 5 (3.05%) Bash
9 5 (3.05%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.61%) Bicep
10 1 (0.61%) C
10 1 (0.61%) C++
Qualifications
1 21 (12.80%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.98%) SC Cleared
3 8 (4.88%) AWS Certification
4 6 (3.66%) AWS Certified Developer
4 6 (3.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (3.05%) Degree
6 3 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.83%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (9.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (9.15%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.49%) Terraform
3 1 (0.61%) Grafana
Vendors
1 8 (4.88%) Oracle
2 3 (1.83%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.83%) OneLogin
3 2 (1.22%) Aderant
3 2 (1.22%) iManage
3 2 (1.22%) Intapp
3 2 (1.22%) OpenAI