Full-Stack Java Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Full-Stack Java Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Full-Stack Java Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 494 524 602
Rank change year-on-year +30 +78 +131
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Java Developer 37 20 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.082% 0.058% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.063% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 13
10th Percentile £62,000 - £50,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -20.00% +3.45%
75th Percentile £77,500 £66,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £89,500
UK median annual salary £105,000 £60,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +75.00% -27.27% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 41,042 31,779 44,485
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 92.15% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 25,313 15,288 34,608
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +8.88% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Full-Stack Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Full-Stack Java Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Full-Stack Java Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Java Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Java Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Full-Stack Java Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack Java Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack Java Developer in the UK excluding London

Full-Stack Java Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack Java Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 February 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
South East +28 15 £80,000 +33.33% 5
North of England +9 13 £70,000 - 5
Yorkshire -6 9 £72,500 - 3
Midlands - 8 - - 1
West Midlands - 8 - -
North West - 4 £65,000 - 2
Scotland +1 3 - -
South West - 1 £65,000 - 2
Full-Stack Java Developer
UK

Full-Stack Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, Full-Stack Java 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 UK excluding London region featuring Full-Stack Java Developer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 37 (100.00%) Java
2 34 (91.89%) AWS
3 29 (78.38%) Agile
3 29 (78.38%) Microservices
4 27 (72.97%) REST
4 27 (72.97%) TDD
5 26 (70.27%) Docker
5 26 (70.27%) Spring
6 24 (64.86%) Kubernetes
6 24 (64.86%) Spring Boot
7 23 (62.16%) JavaScript
8 22 (59.46%) CI/CD
9 21 (56.76%) Amazon ECS
9 21 (56.76%) Jenkins
9 21 (56.76%) Serverless
10 20 (54.05%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (54.05%) SDLC
11 19 (51.35%) Amazon EKS
12 18 (48.65%) JUnit
12 18 (48.65%) Security Cleared
13 17 (45.95%) Mockito
13 17 (45.95%) Relational Database
14 16 (43.24%) Scrum
15 15 (40.54%) Web Services
16 14 (37.84%) BDD
17 12 (32.43%) Apache Camel
17 12 (32.43%) DevOps
17 12 (32.43%) Process Management
17 12 (32.43%) React

Full-Stack Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (18.92%) OpenStack
2 6 (16.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
Cloud Services
1 34 (91.89%) AWS
2 21 (56.76%) Amazon ECS
2 21 (56.76%) Serverless
3 19 (51.35%) Amazon EKS
4 11 (29.73%) Azure
5 9 (24.32%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (13.51%) Amazon S3
6 5 (13.51%) Amazon SQS
7 2 (5.41%) Amazon ECR
7 2 (5.41%) Apigee
7 2 (5.41%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (5.41%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (5.41%) AWS Step Functions
7 2 (5.41%) GitHub
7 2 (5.41%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (54.05%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (45.95%) Relational Database
3 9 (24.32%) RDBMS
4 2 (5.41%) DynamoDB
5 1 (2.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (56.76%) Jenkins
2 18 (48.65%) JUnit
3 17 (45.95%) Mockito
4 10 (27.03%) Git
4 10 (27.03%) Maven
5 9 (24.32%) JMeter
6 2 (5.41%) Cypress.io
6 2 (5.41%) GitLab
6 2 (5.41%) SonarQube
General
1 16 (43.24%) Public Sector
2 8 (21.62%) Finance
3 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Aviation
4 2 (5.41%) Health Technology
4 2 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (72.97%) REST
2 26 (70.27%) Spring
3 24 (64.86%) Spring Boot
4 15 (40.54%) Web Services
5 12 (32.43%) Apache Camel
5 12 (32.43%) React
6 11 (29.73%) Hibernate
7 10 (27.03%) JSON
7 10 (27.03%) Node.js
7 10 (27.03%) XML
8 9 (24.32%) ActiveMQ
8 9 (24.32%) HTML
8 9 (24.32%) jQuery
8 9 (24.32%) WireMock
9 8 (21.62%) AngularJS
10 7 (18.92%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (10.81%) Kafka
11 4 (10.81%) Mustache
12 2 (5.41%) Gherkin
12 2 (5.41%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 16 (43.24%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (16.22%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 29 (78.38%) Agile
2 29 (78.38%) Microservices
3 27 (72.97%) TDD
4 22 (59.46%) CI/CD
5 20 (54.05%) SDLC
6 16 (43.24%) Scrum
7 14 (37.84%) BDD
8 12 (32.43%) DevOps
8 12 (32.43%) Process Management
8 12 (32.43%) Workflow
9 9 (24.32%) Sprint Planning
10 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (16.22%) Computer Science
11 6 (16.22%) SOA
11 6 (16.22%) Unit Testing
12 5 (13.51%) Containerisation
12 5 (13.51%) Kanban
13 4 (10.81%) Continuous Integration
13 4 (10.81%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (100.00%) Java
2 23 (62.16%) JavaScript
3 10 (27.03%) SQL
4 9 (24.32%) Python
4 9 (24.32%) Shell Script
5 8 (21.62%) Bash
5 8 (21.62%) PL/SQL
6 6 (16.22%) TypeScript
7 4 (10.81%) C
7 4 (10.81%) R
8 2 (5.41%) Go
8 2 (5.41%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 18 (48.65%) Security Cleared
2 9 (24.32%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) AWS Certification
3 2 (5.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.41%) Degree
3 2 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) QA
System Software
1 26 (70.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (64.86%) Kubernetes
2 9 (24.32%) Kibana
3 7 (18.92%) Ansible
4 3 (8.11%) Terraform
5 2 (5.41%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Dynatrace
1 9 (24.32%) Oracle
1 9 (24.32%) Splunk
2 3 (8.11%) Pega
2 3 (8.11%) WSO2