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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 177 153
Rank change year-on-year -2 -24 -40
Permanent jobs requiring a Full Stack Developer 1,622 2,133 4,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.63% 2.11% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 2.31% 2.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,297 1,405 1,960
10th Percentile £39,700 £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 £76,250 £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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
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 £81,000 £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 10 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 10 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 +10 1,469 £60,000 -11.11% 197
UK excluding London -30 1,022 £52,500 -4.55% 120
Work from Home -26 600 £60,000 -7.69% 133
London +8 514 £80,000 +10.34% 83
South East -37 270 £55,000 -12.00% 18
North of England +40 269 £55,000 +15.79% 33
Midlands -17 184 £50,000 -9.09% 25
North West +32 172 £55,000 +4.76% 26
South West -13 146 £52,500 +5.00% 22
West Midlands +19 112 £55,000 +15.79% 14
East of England +56 85 £45,000 -16.28% 11
East Midlands -41 72 £50,000 -9.09% 11
Yorkshire +41 68 £55,000 +22.22% 5
Scotland -87 50 £52,500 -12.50% 7
North East -11 29 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Wales -10 17 £50,000 - 6
Northern Ireland -6 1 £45,000 -10.89% 1

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 1,622 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 937 (57.77%) JavaScript
3 801 (49.38%) React
4 632 (38.96%) C#
5 625 (38.53%) .NET
6 544 (33.54%) Azure
7 542 (33.42%) HTML
8 519 (32.00%) CSS
9 500 (30.83%) SQL
10 487 (30.02%) AngularJS
11 465 (28.67%) Agile
12 452 (27.87%) AWS
13 431 (26.57%) Node.js
14 406 (25.03%) TypeScript
15 398 (24.54%) Java
16 382 (23.55%) DevOps
17 372 (22.93%) Vue
18 360 (22.19%) Python
19 309 (19.05%) MVC
20 291 (17.94%) ASP.NET
21 284 (17.51%) Web Development
22 270 (16.65%) PostgreSQL
23 259 (15.97%) User Experience
24 258 (15.91%) jQuery
25 252 (15.54%) Social Skills
26 243 (14.98%) PHP
26 243 (14.98%) Finance
27 241 (14.86%) Git
28 236 (14.55%) Web Services
29 234 (14.43%) 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 (2.40%) Apache Airflow
4 37 (2.28%) WordPress
5 20 (1.23%) Umbraco
6 18 (1.11%) nginx
7 14 (0.86%) OpenStack
8 13 (0.80%) Apache Spark
8 13 (0.80%) Confluence
8 13 (0.80%) IIS
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 (0.18%) 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 19 (1.17%) Payment Gateway
3 10 (0.62%) Shopify
4 9 (0.55%) 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
1 544 (33.54%) Azure
2 452 (27.87%) AWS
3 224 (13.81%) Serverless
4 212 (13.07%) Azure DevOps
5 137 (8.45%) Azure Functions
6 134 (8.26%) Azure Service Bus
7 128 (7.89%) Azure Logic Apps
8 126 (7.77%) Azure API Management
8 126 (7.77%) IBM Cloud
9 115 (7.09%) SaaS
10 108 (6.66%) GCP
11 73 (4.50%) GitHub
12 45 (2.77%) 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 (1.29%) 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 5 (0.31%) Internet
3 5 (0.31%) Reverse Proxy
3 5 (0.31%) VPN
4 4 (0.25%) DNS
5 2 (0.12%) SSH
5 2 (0.12%) SSL
6 1 (0.062%) Firewall
6 1 (0.062%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 270 (16.65%) PostgreSQL
2 200 (12.33%) Relational Database
3 194 (11.96%) SQL Server
4 188 (11.59%) MongoDB
4 188 (11.59%) NoSQL
5 174 (10.73%) MySQL
6 135 (8.32%) DB2
7 39 (2.40%) 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
1 241 (14.86%) Git
2 91 (5.61%) JIRA
3 64 (3.95%) Visual Studio
4 54 (3.33%) GitLab
5 47 (2.90%) NUnit
6 42 (2.59%) Jenkins
6 42 (2.59%) TeamCity
7 32 (1.97%) Cypress.io
7 32 (1.97%) Moq
8 20 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
9 17 (1.05%) MSTest
9 17 (1.05%) Octopus Deploy
10 16 (0.99%) SpecFlow
11 14 (0.86%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.86%) git-flow
11 14 (0.86%) JUnit
11 14 (0.86%) Sourcetree
12 12 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
13 11 (0.68%) webpack
14 9 (0.55%) IntelliJ
General
1 252 (15.54%) Social Skills
2 243 (14.98%) Finance
3 213 (13.13%) Public Sector
4 107 (6.60%) Banking
5 71 (4.38%) Marketing
6 63 (3.88%) Retail
7 61 (3.76%) Front Office
8 39 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
9 37 (2.28%) Games
10 32 (1.97%) Tech for Good
11 31 (1.91%) Law
12 24 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 23 (1.42%) Telecoms
14 19 (1.17%) Health Technology
15 18 (1.11%) Manufacturing
16 17 (1.05%) Legal
17 16 (0.99%) Advertising
18 15 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
19 13 (0.80%) Private Banking
20 12 (0.74%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 801 (49.38%) React
2 625 (38.53%) .NET
3 542 (33.42%) HTML
4 519 (32.00%) CSS
5 487 (30.02%) AngularJS
6 431 (26.57%) Node.js
7 372 (22.93%) Vue
8 291 (17.94%) ASP.NET
9 258 (15.91%) jQuery
10 236 (14.55%) Web Services
11 210 (12.95%) REST
12 195 (12.02%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 191 (11.78%) Laravel
14 156 (9.62%) RESTful
15 147 (9.06%) ASP.NET Core
16 146 (9.00%) .NET Framework
17 134 (8.26%) .NET Core
18 128 (7.89%) Ember.js
19 125 (7.71%) Backbone.js
20 110 (6.78%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 152 (9.37%) Data Structures
2 144 (8.88%) Algorithms
3 136 (8.38%) Blockchain
4 126 (7.77%) Hybrid Cloud
5 99 (6.10%) Greenfield Project
6 57 (3.51%) Fixed Income
7 52 (3.21%) Hedge funds
7 52 (3.21%) Mobile App
8 38 (2.34%) Private Cloud
9 30 (1.85%) Legacy Code
10 28 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 24 (1.48%) Product Ownership
12 23 (1.42%) Cloud Native
13 22 (1.36%) Equities
14 20 (1.23%) IoT
14 20 (1.23%) Onboarding
15 18 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (0.86%) Blog
16 14 (0.86%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 185 (11.41%) Linux
2 145 (8.94%) Windows
3 130 (8.01%) Android
3 130 (8.01%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.31%) Unix
4 5 (0.31%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.18%) 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 1,622 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
2 465 (28.67%) Agile
3 382 (23.55%) DevOps
4 309 (19.05%) MVC
5 284 (17.51%) Web Development
6 259 (15.97%) User Experience
7 234 (14.43%) Artificial Intelligence
8 223 (13.75%) Software Engineering
9 222 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
10 206 (12.70%) Design Patterns
11 201 (12.39%) OOP
12 196 (12.08%) CI/CD
13 184 (11.34%) OO
14 172 (10.60%) SOLID
15 159 (9.80%) Responsive Web Design
16 148 (9.12%) TDD
17 134 (8.26%) Computer Science
18 131 (8.08%) Generative AI
19 125 (7.71%) API Management
19 125 (7.71%) Co-Creation
Programming Languages
1 937 (57.77%) JavaScript
2 632 (38.96%) C#
3 500 (30.83%) SQL
4 406 (25.03%) TypeScript
5 398 (24.54%) Java
6 360 (22.19%) Python
7 243 (14.98%) PHP
8 65 (4.01%) T-SQL
9 43 (2.65%) Go
10 26 (1.60%) Ruby
11 22 (1.36%) Kotlin
12 15 (0.92%) Delphi
12 15 (0.92%) Shell Script
12 15 (0.92%) XPath
13 8 (0.49%) C++
13 8 (0.49%) PowerShell
14 7 (0.43%) VB.NET
14 7 (0.43%) VBA
15 6 (0.37%) Bash
15 6 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 161 (9.93%) Degree
2 96 (5.92%) Security Cleared
3 73 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 69 (4.25%) SC Cleared
5 23 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (0.92%) Azure Certification
7 12 (0.74%) AWS Certification
8 11 (0.68%) Postgraduate
9 7 (0.43%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.25%) HND
10 4 (0.25%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.12%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.062%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.062%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.062%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (3.02%) QA
2 33 (2.03%) Accessibility
3 13 (0.80%) GDPR
4 5 (0.31%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.18%) ISO 13485
5 3 (0.18%) 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 (11.34%) Docker
2 9 (0.55%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.31%) Firmware
4 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.18%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.062%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 104 (6.41%) Kubernetes
2 58 (3.58%) Terraform
3 21 (1.29%) Ansible
4 7 (0.43%) Grafana
4 7 (0.43%) Kibana
5 4 (0.25%) Rancher
6 3 (0.18%) Control-M
7 1 (0.062%) Consul
7 1 (0.062%) Hadoop YARN
7 1 (0.062%) Kiali
7 1 (0.062%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.062%) Packer
Vendors
1 128 (7.89%) IBM
2 126 (7.77%) Red Hat
3 85 (5.24%) Microsoft
4 60 (3.70%) Google
5 27 (1.66%) Adobe
6 26 (1.60%) Oracle
7 16 (0.99%) Sitecore
8 15 (0.92%) OpenAI
9 14 (0.86%) Cognizant
9 14 (0.86%) WSO2
10 10 (0.62%) SAP
11 9 (0.55%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.43%) F5
12 7 (0.43%) Xamarin
13 6 (0.37%) UiPath
13 6 (0.37%) VMware
14 5 (0.31%) Facebook
14 5 (0.31%) PayPal
14 5 (0.31%) WorldPay
14 5 (0.31%) Zend