Full-Stack Developer Job Trends in Wales

Full-Stack Developer
UK > Wales

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in Wales is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 54 66
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 14 30 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.39% 2.42% 2.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% 2.50% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 14 21 23
10th Percentile £50,750 - £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £45,000 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile - £75,000 £64,375
90th Percentile - £77,500 £68,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 876 1,200 863
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.16% 96.85% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 652 764 675
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,225 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,875 £45,000 £46,131
Median % change year-on-year +10.83% -2.45% -7.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,810 £70,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Full-Stack Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Full-Stack Developer job vacancy trend in Wales

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in Wales

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Developer in Wales over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Developer in Wales

Full-Stack Developer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack Developer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 15 November 2025. 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
South Wales -8 14 £60,000 +14.29% 7
Full-Stack Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, 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 across the Wales region featuring Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (64.29%) Web Development
3 8 (57.14%) Mentoring
4 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
5 6 (42.86%) Git
5 6 (42.86%) HTML
6 5 (35.71%) MySQL
6 5 (35.71%) Sass
6 5 (35.71%) Symfony
6 5 (35.71%) Vue
7 2 (14.29%) Azure
7 2 (14.29%) C#
7 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
7 2 (14.29%) CRM
7 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (14.29%) SaaS
7 2 (14.29%) SQL
8 1 (7.14%) .NET
8 1 (7.14%) API Development
8 1 (7.14%) API Integration
8 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (7.14%) C
8 1 (7.14%) C++
8 1 (7.14%) CMS
8 1 (7.14%) Coaching
8 1 (7.14%) ColdFusion
8 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (7.14%) CSS
8 1 (7.14%) CSS3

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (7.14%) CMS
1 1 (7.14%) ColdFusion
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) NetScaler
1 1 (7.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) MySQL
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Database
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Git
General
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (14.29%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (42.86%) HTML
2 5 (35.71%) Sass
2 5 (35.71%) Symfony
2 5 (35.71%) Vue
3 1 (7.14%) .NET
3 1 (7.14%) CSS
3 1 (7.14%) CSS3
3 1 (7.14%) HTML5
3 1 (7.14%) Laravel
3 1 (7.14%) REST
3 1 (7.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Legacy Code
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (64.29%) Web Development
3 8 (57.14%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 2 (14.29%) CRM
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) API Development
5 1 (7.14%) API Integration
5 1 (7.14%) Coaching
5 1 (7.14%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (7.14%) Decarbonisation
5 1 (7.14%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (7.14%) DevOps
5 1 (7.14%) ERP
5 1 (7.14%) Front End Development
5 1 (7.14%) High Availability
5 1 (7.14%) Load Balancing
5 1 (7.14%) Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) C
3 1 (7.14%) C++
3 1 (7.14%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) PHP
3 1 (7.14%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle