Full-Stack Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack Developer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 176 156
Rank change year-on-year -3 -20 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Full Stack Developer 1,620 2,134 4,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.63% 2.11% 2.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 2.30% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,295 1,407 1,948
10th Percentile £39,550 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Full Stack Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Full Stack Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Full Stack Developer.

Salary trend for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full Stack Developer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Full Stack Developer in the UK

Full Stack Developer
Top 17 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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 +3 1,468 £60,000 -11.11% 188
UK excluding London -21 1,021 £52,500 -4.55% 116
Work from Home -26 598 £60,000 -7.69% 127
London +3 514 £80,000 +10.34% 78
South East -48 270 £55,000 -12.00% 17
North of England +39 269 £55,000 +15.79% 33
Midlands -13 184 £50,000 -9.09% 24
North West +44 172 £55,000 +4.76% 25
South West -16 146 £52,500 +5.00% 19
West Midlands +29 112 £55,000 +15.79% 12
East of England +57 85 £45,000 -16.28% 11
East Midlands -40 72 £50,000 -9.09% 12
Yorkshire +41 68 £55,000 +22.22% 5
Scotland -96 50 £52,500 -12.50% 7
North East -10 29 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Wales -13 16 £50,000 -2.44% 7
Northern Ireland -1 1 £45,000 -10.89% 1

Full Stack Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Full Stack Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Full Stack Developer in the job title.

1 1,620 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 935 (57.72%) JavaScript
3 800 (49.38%) React
4 631 (38.95%) C#
5 624 (38.52%) .NET
6 543 (33.52%) Azure
7 541 (33.40%) HTML
8 518 (31.98%) CSS
9 499 (30.80%) SQL
10 487 (30.06%) AngularJS
11 465 (28.70%) Agile
12 452 (27.90%) AWS
13 431 (26.60%) Node.js
14 406 (25.06%) TypeScript
15 398 (24.57%) Java
16 382 (23.58%) DevOps
17 371 (22.90%) Vue
18 360 (22.22%) Python
19 310 (19.14%) MVC
20 292 (18.02%) ASP.NET
21 283 (17.47%) Web Development
22 269 (16.60%) PostgreSQL
23 259 (15.99%) User Experience
24 258 (15.93%) jQuery
25 251 (15.49%) Social Skills
26 244 (15.06%) Finance
27 243 (15.00%) PHP
28 240 (14.81%) Git
29 237 (14.63%) Web Services
30 234 (14.44%) Artificial Intelligence

Full Stack Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 59 (3.64%) CMS
2 54 (3.33%) Apache
3 39 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
4 37 (2.28%) WordPress
5 20 (1.23%) Umbraco
6 18 (1.11%) nginx
7 14 (0.86%) IIS
7 14 (0.86%) OpenStack
8 13 (0.80%) Apache Spark
8 13 (0.80%) Confluence
9 12 (0.74%) Tomcat
10 11 (0.68%) SharePoint
11 6 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 5 (0.31%) Apache Solr
13 4 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.19%) Orchard CMS
15 2 (0.12%) Ethereum
15 2 (0.12%) Hyperledger
15 2 (0.12%) JBoss
15 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 18 (1.11%) Photoshop
2 7 (0.43%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 26 (1.60%) SDL Web 8
2 18 (1.11%) Payment Gateway
3 10 (0.62%) Shopify
4 9 (0.56%) Magento
5 5 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
6 2 (0.12%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.12%) nopCommerce
6 2 (0.12%) R3 Corda
6 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 543 (33.52%) Azure
2 452 (27.90%) AWS
3 224 (13.83%) Serverless
4 212 (13.09%) Azure DevOps
5 137 (8.46%) Azure Functions
6 134 (8.27%) Azure Service Bus
7 128 (7.90%) Azure Logic Apps
8 126 (7.78%) Azure API Management
8 126 (7.78%) IBM Cloud
9 114 (7.04%) SaaS
10 108 (6.67%) GCP
11 73 (4.51%) GitHub
12 45 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
13 29 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
13 29 (1.79%) Power Platform
14 26 (1.60%) Amazon ECS
15 22 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
16 21 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
17 16 (0.99%) Amazon S3
17 16 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.74%) MQTT
2 11 (0.68%) HTTP
3 6 (0.37%) Internet
4 5 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (0.31%) VPN
5 4 (0.25%) DNS
6 2 (0.12%) SSH
6 2 (0.12%) SSL
7 1 (0.062%) Firewall
7 1 (0.062%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 269 (16.60%) PostgreSQL
2 199 (12.28%) Relational Database
3 194 (11.98%) SQL Server
4 188 (11.60%) MongoDB
4 188 (11.60%) NoSQL
5 173 (10.68%) MySQL
6 135 (8.33%) DB2
7 39 (2.41%) Apache Ignite
8 24 (1.48%) Redis
9 23 (1.42%) DynamoDB
10 16 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.80%) Apache Hive
12 13 (0.80%) Big Data
12 13 (0.80%) Power BI
12 13 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (0.62%) Oracle Database
16 7 (0.43%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 240 (14.81%) Git
2 91 (5.62%) JIRA
3 64 (3.95%) Visual Studio
4 54 (3.33%) GitLab
5 47 (2.90%) NUnit
6 43 (2.65%) TeamCity
7 42 (2.59%) Jenkins
8 32 (1.98%) Cypress.io
8 32 (1.98%) Moq
9 20 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
10 18 (1.11%) Octopus Deploy
11 17 (1.05%) MSTest
12 16 (0.99%) SpecFlow
13 14 (0.86%) Bitbucket
13 14 (0.86%) git-flow
13 14 (0.86%) JUnit
13 14 (0.86%) Sourcetree
14 12 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
15 11 (0.68%) webpack
16 9 (0.56%) SonarQube
General
1 251 (15.49%) Social Skills
2 244 (15.06%) Finance
3 212 (13.09%) Public Sector
4 108 (6.67%) Banking
5 71 (4.38%) Marketing
6 63 (3.89%) Retail
7 61 (3.77%) Front Office
8 37 (2.28%) Analytical Skills
8 37 (2.28%) Games
9 32 (1.98%) Tech for Good
10 31 (1.91%) Law
11 23 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 23 (1.42%) Telecoms
12 19 (1.17%) Health Technology
13 18 (1.11%) Legal
13 18 (1.11%) Manufacturing
14 16 (0.99%) Advertising
15 15 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (0.80%) Investment Banking
16 13 (0.80%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 800 (49.38%) React
2 624 (38.52%) .NET
3 541 (33.40%) HTML
4 518 (31.98%) CSS
5 487 (30.06%) AngularJS
6 431 (26.60%) Node.js
7 371 (22.90%) Vue
8 292 (18.02%) ASP.NET
9 258 (15.93%) jQuery
10 237 (14.63%) Web Services
11 210 (12.96%) REST
12 195 (12.04%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 190 (11.73%) Laravel
14 156 (9.63%) RESTful
15 147 (9.07%) ASP.NET Core
16 145 (8.95%) .NET Framework
17 133 (8.21%) .NET Core
18 128 (7.90%) Ember.js
19 125 (7.72%) Backbone.js
20 110 (6.79%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 152 (9.38%) Data Structures
2 144 (8.89%) Algorithms
3 136 (8.40%) Blockchain
4 126 (7.78%) Hybrid Cloud
5 99 (6.11%) Greenfield Project
6 57 (3.52%) Fixed Income
7 52 (3.21%) Hedge funds
8 51 (3.15%) Mobile App
9 38 (2.35%) Private Cloud
10 30 (1.85%) Legacy Code
11 28 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
12 24 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 24 (1.48%) Product Ownership
13 23 (1.42%) Cloud Native
14 22 (1.36%) Equities
15 20 (1.23%) IoT
15 20 (1.23%) Onboarding
16 18 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
17 14 (0.86%) Blog
17 14 (0.86%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 185 (11.42%) Linux
2 145 (8.95%) Windows
3 130 (8.02%) Android
3 130 (8.02%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.31%) Unix
4 5 (0.31%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.062%) Alpine Linux
7 1 (0.062%) Solaris
7 1 (0.062%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,620 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 465 (28.70%) Agile
3 382 (23.58%) DevOps
4 310 (19.14%) MVC
5 283 (17.47%) Web Development
6 259 (15.99%) User Experience
7 234 (14.44%) Artificial Intelligence
8 222 (13.70%) Software Engineering
9 220 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
10 206 (12.72%) Design Patterns
11 200 (12.35%) OOP
12 196 (12.10%) CI/CD
13 182 (11.23%) OO
14 173 (10.68%) SOLID
15 159 (9.81%) Responsive Web Design
16 149 (9.20%) TDD
17 134 (8.27%) Computer Science
18 131 (8.09%) Generative AI
19 125 (7.72%) API Management
19 125 (7.72%) Co-Creation
Programming Languages
1 935 (57.72%) JavaScript
2 631 (38.95%) C#
3 499 (30.80%) SQL
4 406 (25.06%) TypeScript
5 398 (24.57%) Java
6 360 (22.22%) Python
7 243 (15.00%) PHP
8 65 (4.01%) T-SQL
9 43 (2.65%) Go
10 26 (1.60%) Ruby
11 22 (1.36%) Kotlin
12 15 (0.93%) Delphi
12 15 (0.93%) Shell Script
12 15 (0.93%) XPath
13 9 (0.56%) PowerShell
14 8 (0.49%) C++
15 7 (0.43%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.43%) VBA
16 6 (0.37%) Bash
16 6 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 160 (9.88%) Degree
2 96 (5.93%) Security Cleared
3 73 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 69 (4.26%) SC Cleared
5 23 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (0.93%) Azure Certification
7 12 (0.74%) AWS Certification
8 11 (0.68%) Postgraduate
9 7 (0.43%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.25%) HND
11 3 (0.19%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.12%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.062%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.062%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.062%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (3.02%) QA
2 33 (2.04%) Accessibility
3 13 (0.80%) GDPR
4 5 (0.31%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.19%) ISO 13485
5 3 (0.19%) PMO
6 2 (0.12%) HL7
6 2 (0.12%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.062%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.062%) SLA
7 1 (0.062%) WAI
System Software
1 184 (11.36%) Docker
2 9 (0.56%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.31%) Firmware
4 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.19%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.062%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 104 (6.42%) Kubernetes
2 58 (3.58%) Terraform
3 21 (1.30%) Ansible
4 7 (0.43%) Grafana
4 7 (0.43%) Kibana
5 4 (0.25%) Control-M
5 4 (0.25%) Rancher
6 1 (0.062%) Consul
6 1 (0.062%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.062%) Kiali
6 1 (0.062%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.062%) Packer
Vendors
1 128 (7.90%) IBM
2 126 (7.78%) Red Hat
3 84 (5.19%) Microsoft
4 60 (3.70%) Google
5 27 (1.67%) Adobe
6 26 (1.60%) Oracle
7 16 (0.99%) Sitecore
8 15 (0.93%) OpenAI
9 14 (0.86%) Cognizant
9 14 (0.86%) WSO2
10 10 (0.62%) SAP
11 9 (0.56%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.43%) F5
13 6 (0.37%) UiPath
13 6 (0.37%) VMware
13 6 (0.37%) Xamarin
14 5 (0.31%) Facebook
14 5 (0.31%) PayPal
14 5 (0.31%) WorldPay
14 5 (0.31%) Zend