The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Developer
Rank 92 61 85
Rank change year-on-year
-31 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 141 215 129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.703% 3.503% 2.526%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.873% 3.706% 2.680%
Number of salaries quoted 135 190 124
Average salary £35,500 £35,250 £35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.70% -1.39%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,250 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,400 £47,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4908 5802 4813
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.10% 94.54% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3903 4946 3993
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Developer
South East

Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +2 71 £40,000 +6.66%
Newbury +1 14 £32,500 -
Slough -2 14 £32,125 -19.68%
Bracknell -19 14 £45,000 +28.57%
Wokingham -2 1 £22,500 -52.63%
Maidenhead -6 1 £50,000 +66.66%
Software Developer
South East

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Software Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Software Developer in their job title.

1 181 (68.82%) C#
2 178 (67.68%) .NET
3 142 (53.99%) SQL Server
4 123 (46.77%) ASP.NET
5 97 (36.88%) SQL
6 90 (34.22%) JavaScript
7 84 (31.94%) HTML
8 75 (28.52%) CSS
8 75 (28.52%) XML
9 69 (26.24%) Degree
10 67 (25.48%) Web Services
11 66 (25.10%) Agile Software Development
12 64 (24.33%) Microsoft
13 56 (21.29%) Finance
14 54 (20.53%) C++
15 49 (18.63%) Scrum
15 49 (18.63%) Computer Science
16 48 (18.25%) WCF
17 47 (17.87%) TDD
17 47 (17.87%) Java
18 46 (17.49%) OO
19 45 (17.11%) jQuery
20 43 (16.35%) SQL Server 2005
21 39 (14.83%) SQL Server 2008
22 36 (13.69%) Visual Studio
23 34 (12.93%) XSLT
24 31 (11.79%) Windows
24 31 (11.79%) C
25 30 (11.41%) VB
25 30 (11.41%) Python

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Software Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 178 (67.68%) .NET
2 123 (46.77%) ASP.NET
3 84 (31.94%) HTML
4 75 (28.52%) CSS
4 75 (28.52%) XML
5 67 (25.48%) Web Services
6 48 (18.25%) WCF
7 45 (17.11%) jQuery
8 34 (12.93%) XSLT
9 28 (10.65%) Ajax
10 27 (10.27%) Silverlight
11 15 (5.703%) J2EE
12 14 (5.323%) WinForms
12 14 (5.323%) Spring
13 11 (4.183%) Hibernate
14 10 (3.802%) RESTful
14 10 (3.802%) ASP.NET MVC
14 10 (3.802%) Flash
15 9 (3.422%) LAMP
15 9 (3.422%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 12 (4.563%) IIS
2 10 (3.802%) Apache
3 9 (3.422%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.662%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.521%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.760%) Force.com
6 2 (0.760%) Windows Azure
7 1 (0.380%) MSMQ
7 1 (0.380%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.380%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.380%) RabbitMQ
Applications
1 28 (10.65%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.901%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (0.760%) SketchUp
3 2 (0.760%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.760%) Revit
4 1 (0.380%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.901%) FTP
1 5 (1.901%) TCP/IP
1 5 (1.901%) NAS
2 4 (1.521%) GSM
2 4 (1.521%) UMTS
3 3 (1.141%) HTTP
3 3 (1.141%) Internet
4 1 (0.380%) ATM
4 1 (0.380%) Intranet
4 1 (0.380%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (53.99%) SQL Server
2 43 (16.35%) SQL Server 2005
3 39 (14.83%) SQL Server 2008
4 15 (5.703%) MySQL
5 7 (2.662%) SQLPlus
6 6 (2.281%) GIS
7 4 (1.521%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.141%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.141%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.760%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.380%) Oracle 11g
10 1 (0.380%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.380%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.380%) DB2
10 1 (0.380%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.380%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.380%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.380%) Big Data
10 1 (0.380%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 36 (13.69%) Visual Studio
2 20 (7.605%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (2.281%) Eclipse
3 6 (2.281%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 5 (1.901%) Maven
5 4 (1.521%) Rhino Mocks
5 4 (1.521%) Ant
6 3 (1.141%) JUnit
7 2 (0.760%) C++Builder
7 2 (0.760%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.380%) Subversion
8 1 (0.380%) Rational Robot
General
1 56 (21.29%) Finance
2 12 (4.563%) Telecoms
3 11 (4.183%) Financial Institution
4 3 (1.141%) Marketing
4 3 (1.141%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.760%) Banking
6 1 (0.380%) Retail
6 1 (0.380%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.380%) Local Government
6 1 (0.380%) Games
6 1 (0.380%) Advertising
6 1 (0.380%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 49 (18.63%) Computer Science
2 14 (5.323%) Mathematics
3 11 (4.183%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.802%) RIA
5 9 (3.422%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (2.662%) Client/Server
7 6 (2.281%) Open Source
8 5 (1.901%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 5 (1.901%) N-Tier
9 4 (1.521%) EPoS
10 3 (1.141%) Blog
10 3 (1.141%) Physics
10 3 (1.141%) SaaS
11 2 (0.760%) Visualisation
11 2 (0.760%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.760%) FMCG
12 1 (0.380%) Smartphone
12 1 (0.380%) Blackberry
12 1 (0.380%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.79%) Windows
2 18 (6.844%) Linux
3 11 (4.183%) UNIX
4 2 (0.760%) Android
5 1 (0.380%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.380%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.380%) Windows Phone
5 1 (0.380%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (25.10%) Agile Software Development
2 49 (18.63%) Scrum
3 47 (17.87%) TDD
4 46 (17.49%) OO
5 29 (11.03%) Unit Testing
6 28 (10.65%) MVC
7 19 (7.224%) Software Engineering
8 17 (6.464%) OOP
9 13 (4.943%) CAD
10 12 (4.563%) RAD
11 11 (4.183%) Data Modelling
12 10 (3.802%) BDD
12 10 (3.802%) Risk Management
12 10 (3.802%) OOD
12 10 (3.802%) OOA/OOD
12 10 (3.802%) Refactoring
12 10 (3.802%) Continuous Integration
13 9 (3.422%) E-Commerce
13 9 (3.422%) Workflow
14 8 (3.042%) UML
Programming Languages
1 181 (68.82%) C#
2 97 (36.88%) SQL
3 90 (34.22%) JavaScript
4 54 (20.53%) C++
5 47 (17.87%) Java
6 31 (11.79%) C
7 30 (11.41%) VB
7 30 (11.41%) Python
8 28 (10.65%) VB6
9 25 (9.506%) PHP
10 24 (9.125%) VB.NET
11 18 (6.844%) Perl
12 16 (6.084%) T-SQL
13 10 (3.802%) Ruby
14 5 (1.901%) PHP5
14 5 (1.901%) Objective-C
15 4 (1.521%) Ada
16 3 (1.141%) PL/SQL
17 2 (0.760%) Apex Code
17 2 (0.760%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 69 (26.24%) Degree
2 27 (10.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (3.042%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.901%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.380%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.380%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.422%) QA
2 4 (1.521%) DO-178B
System Software
1 5 (1.901%) NFS
2 3 (1.141%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 64 (24.33%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.125%) Oracle
3 10 (3.802%) Zend
4 6 (2.281%) Borland
5 5 (1.901%) IBM
5 5 (1.901%) Hitachi
6 3 (1.141%) JBoss
6 3 (1.141%) Sun
7 2 (0.760%) Autodesk
7 2 (0.760%) Salesforce.com
8 1 (0.380%) Google
8 1 (0.380%) Northgate
8 1 (0.380%) Sybase
8 1 (0.380%) Cisco
8 1 (0.380%) Apple
8 1 (0.380%) Epicor
8 1 (0.380%) Lotus
8 1 (0.380%) Interwoven
Reading, Berkshire
C#.Net Developer to work for a industry leading Software House... Key Skills Required: C# ASP.NET. MVC. PHP (Not essential but preferred) The role will be of...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Company Car
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
C#.Net Developer to work for a industry leading Software House... Key Skills Required: C# ASP.NET MVC PHP (Not essential but preferred) The role will be of...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Company Car
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Software Developer / Engineer Skills Required to be successful - Solid commercial experience of C#.Net - Solid experience of SQL Server Desirable skills - TDD experience - Experience of using Rhino Mocks -...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Software Developer / Engineer Skills Required to be successful - Solid commercial experience of C#.Net - Solid experience of SQL Server Desirable skills - TDD experience - Experience of using Rhino Mocks -...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Shares
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Job Title: Software Developer (Website)Location: Reading Experience: 3-5 years within .NET software development5 traits we are looking for in a candidate: A self-starter who is...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pension Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Key skills: C#, C++, GUI, STL, GUI, OOP, UML... The successful applicant must be an IT graduate with a 1st class or 2.1 degree and have at...
Dakota 6
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
As an established solutions provider they work with well known technology innovators such as Cisco and Microsoft... Key skills:C#.NET (3.5, 4.0, 4.5) / ASP...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
As an established solutions provider they work with well known technology innovators such as Cisco and Microsoft... Key skills: C# .NET (3.5, 4.0, 4.5) / ASP...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
The Developer must have excellent communication skills (English) and have a development background in an agile environment (TDD, etc) Technical Skills: ASP.NET, .NET, C#, Entity Framework, Test...
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Berkshire
Key Requirements - At least two years commercial software development/engineering experience - Knowledge of C#, ASP.NET and WCF/Web Services - Candidates must have experience with C++ - Experience of...
IT Connections
Salary: £35.000-£45,000 dependant on experience.
Posted: 17 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Graduate Software Engineer C++ / VC++ / C / C# SQL (Berkshire) Graduate Software Engineer /Graduate Software Developer C++, VC++, SQL Server, T-SQL, C# (Winforms), xml, JavaScript, STL Slough, Maidenhead,...
KV Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum + Bonus + Excellent Benefit Scheme
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Due to a recent expansion drive, our client are now seeking multiple Software Developers with extensive experience in C++ within a commercial IT environment... - OOD - Object Orientated Design. -...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum Up to £55k plus Corporate Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Berkshire
Oracle. Visual Basic. SQL... This is a fantastic opportunity for a Computer Science Graduate to begin their career in software development. You will be joining a highly skilled...
F5 IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £18,000 to £22,500 per annum plus bonus + excellent bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Berkshire Wilts Oxon Newbury Swindon, Thames...
Software Developers Knowledge/Experience Essential Requires knowledge ordinarily acquired from a 2.1 degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or other scientific disciplines containing considerable computing...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: To £22,500 + Bonus to 8% + Laptop
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
SPARK Ada, Misra C) - Exposure of developing applications on both Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems Exposure any of the following: - Scripting (e.g. Shell, Perl, Python etc) -...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25000 - 45000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
To be considered for this role, we are looking for candidates with technical skills to include, at a minimum: PHP5, SQL, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, object oriented development and...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
THis is an amazing opportunity to learn new skills and join an amazing team.Essancial skills:Degree qualified or equivalent experience, with a background in Business Analysis and...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Knowledge of Object Oriented Design (OOD) Knowledge of modelling techniques, Unified Modeling Language (UML) and documenting software design using UML Knowledge of formal development methodologies such as Agile,...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013