Full-Stack Developer Job Trends in the West Midlands

Full-Stack Developer
England > West Midlands

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 171 151
Rank change year-on-year +17 -20 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Developer 21 36 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.41% 0.80% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.86% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 16 15 20
10th Percentile £45,625 £38,000 £32,375
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £45,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,938 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,375 £64,000 £65,500
England median annual salary £63,750 £57,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.87% -14.81% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 4,614 4,181 2,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.38% 93.26% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,634 2,039 2,465
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Full-Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Full-Stack Developer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Developer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Full-Stack Developer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Developer in the West Midlands

Full-Stack Developer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Birmingham +27 13 £57,500 +2.22% 2
Coventry - 5 £68,750 - 2
Staffordshire -7 3 £65,000 +18.18%
Full-Stack Developer
England

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 December 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 West Midlands region featuring Full-Stack Developer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 12 (57.14%) Azure
3 10 (47.62%) React
4 8 (38.10%) C#
5 7 (33.33%) DevOps
5 7 (33.33%) SQL
5 7 (33.33%) TypeScript
6 6 (28.57%) AWS
7 5 (23.81%) CI/CD
7 5 (23.81%) Docker
7 5 (23.81%) Java
7 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
7 5 (23.81%) Kubernetes
7 5 (23.81%) Microservices
7 5 (23.81%) Node.js
8 4 (19.05%) .NET
8 4 (19.05%) Agile
8 4 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (19.05%) Clean Code
8 4 (19.05%) CRM
8 4 (19.05%) JUnit
8 4 (19.05%) Maven
8 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
8 4 (19.05%) Mockito
8 4 (19.05%) Oracle
8 4 (19.05%) PL/SQL
8 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (19.05%) REST
8 4 (19.05%) SaaS
8 4 (19.05%) Scrum

Full-Stack Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (9.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (57.14%) Azure
2 6 (28.57%) AWS
3 4 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (19.05%) SaaS
4 2 (9.52%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.76%) GCP
5 1 (4.76%) GitHub
5 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.76%) InfluxDB
2 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.76%) Redis
2 1 (4.76%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 4 (19.05%) JUnit
1 4 (19.05%) Maven
1 4 (19.05%) Mockito
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) GitLab
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.76%) Automotive
3 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (47.62%) React
2 5 (23.81%) Node.js
3 4 (19.05%) .NET
3 4 (19.05%) REST
3 4 (19.05%) Spring
4 3 (14.29%) Blazor
4 3 (14.29%) Vue
5 2 (9.52%) .NET Framework
5 2 (9.52%) Entity Framework
5 2 (9.52%) Laravel
6 1 (4.76%) .NET Core
6 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
6 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
6 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (4.76%) GraphQL
6 1 (4.76%) HTML
6 1 (4.76%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
1 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 7 (33.33%) DevOps
3 5 (23.81%) CI/CD
3 5 (23.81%) Microservices
4 4 (19.05%) Agile
4 4 (19.05%) Clean Code
4 4 (19.05%) CRM
4 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (19.05%) Scrum
4 4 (19.05%) TDD
5 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (14.29%) SDLC
5 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 3 (14.29%) User Experience
6 2 (9.52%) AI
6 2 (9.52%) Client Onboarding
6 2 (9.52%) Sprint Planning
6 2 (9.52%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (9.52%) Unit Testing
6 2 (9.52%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) C#
2 7 (33.33%) SQL
2 7 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 5 (23.81%) Java
3 5 (23.81%) JavaScript
4 4 (19.05%) PL/SQL
5 2 (9.52%) Bash
5 2 (9.52%) Bicep
5 2 (9.52%) PHP
5 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.76%) C
6 1 (4.76%) C++
6 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) QA
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.52%) Terraform
3 1 (4.76%) Nagios
3 1 (4.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (19.05%) Oracle