Software Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Software Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Berkshire is £58,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 114 44
Rank change year-on-year +74 -70 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 165 75 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.37% 2.41% 6.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.63% 2.61% 6.27%
Number of salaries quoted 98 36 96
10th Percentile £38,375 £47,025 £33,125
25th Percentile £46,563 £57,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £75,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% +50.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £71,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +9.65% +14.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,932 2,876 3,317
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.47% 92.51% 96.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,067 1,635 2,109
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Berkshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Berkshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Berkshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Reading +54 99 £58,000 -22.67% 20
Bracknell +21 18 £60,000 -14.29% 1
Hungerford - 6 £50,000 -
Crowthorne - 5 £35,000 -
Windsor - 5 - -
Thatcham - 4 £50,000 - 2
Maidenhead +17 2 £47,500 -
Newbury +10 2 £47,500 -7.50% 3
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Software Engineer 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 across the Berkshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 165 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 57 (34.55%) .NET
3 52 (31.52%) Azure
4 51 (30.91%) Python
5 49 (29.70%) Security Cleared
6 48 (29.09%) Agile
7 46 (27.88%) DevOps
8 44 (26.67%) Actionable Insight
9 43 (26.06%) C#
10 41 (24.85%) AWS
11 40 (24.24%) SC Cleared
11 40 (24.24%) React
12 39 (23.64%) Degree
12 39 (23.64%) JavaScript
13 37 (22.42%) Linux
14 35 (21.21%) C++
15 32 (19.39%) C
15 32 (19.39%) PostgreSQL
15 32 (19.39%) Computer Science
15 32 (19.39%) .NET Core
16 31 (18.79%) GIS
17 29 (17.58%) QGIS
17 29 (17.58%) GeoServer
17 29 (17.58%) OpenLayers
17 29 (17.58%) PostGIS
17 29 (17.58%) Leaflet
17 29 (17.58%) ESRI
17 29 (17.58%) ArcGIS
17 29 (17.58%) Web Development
18 25 (15.15%) CSS

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 29 (17.58%) ArcGIS
1 29 (17.58%) GeoServer
2 1 (0.61%) Apache
2 1 (0.61%) Confluence
2 1 (0.61%) JBoss
2 1 (0.61%) nginx
2 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 52 (31.52%) Azure
2 41 (24.85%) AWS
3 8 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 5 (3.03%) Datadog
6 3 (1.82%) Serverless
7 2 (1.21%) GitHub
7 2 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (1.21%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.21%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.21%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.61%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.06%) Wireless
2 5 (3.03%) Ethernet
2 5 (3.03%) GPRS
3 3 (1.82%) RS-485
4 2 (1.21%) Internet
5 1 (0.61%) MQTT
5 1 (0.61%) RS-232
5 1 (0.61%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (19.39%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (18.79%) GIS
3 29 (17.58%) QGIS
4 6 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.42%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.82%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.82%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.82%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.21%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.21%) Power BI
7 2 (1.21%) Redis
8 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.61%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (6.06%) Git
2 7 (4.24%) Jenkins
2 7 (4.24%) Visual Studio
3 4 (2.42%) Subversion
4 3 (1.82%) JDeveloper
5 1 (0.61%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.61%) JIRA
5 1 (0.61%) Sourcetree
General
1 19 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (9.70%) Social Skills
3 10 (6.06%) Electronics
4 9 (5.45%) Aerospace
5 7 (4.24%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.64%) Finance
6 6 (3.64%) Health Technology
6 6 (3.64%) Legal
6 6 (3.64%) Retail
6 6 (3.64%) Tech for Good
7 2 (1.21%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.61%) Marketing
8 1 (0.61%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (34.55%) .NET
2 40 (24.24%) React
3 32 (19.39%) .NET Core
4 29 (17.58%) Leaflet
4 29 (17.58%) OpenLayers
4 29 (17.58%) PostGIS
5 25 (15.15%) CSS
6 21 (12.73%) ASP.NET
7 8 (4.85%) AngularJS
8 7 (4.24%) Vue
9 6 (3.64%) Blazor
9 6 (3.64%) Django
10 4 (2.42%) Node.js
10 4 (2.42%) Qt
11 2 (1.21%) Celery
11 2 (1.21%) Dask
11 2 (1.21%) Flask
11 2 (1.21%) NumPy
11 2 (1.21%) PySpark
11 2 (1.21%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.67%) IoT
2 10 (6.06%) Algorithms
3 8 (4.85%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (3.03%) Hackathon
5 3 (1.82%) Arduino
5 3 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (1.82%) FPGA
5 3 (1.82%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (1.21%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.21%) Mixed Reality
6 2 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.61%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.61%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 37 (22.42%) Linux
2 23 (13.94%) Windows
3 20 (12.12%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (4.24%) Unix
5 4 (2.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 48 (29.09%) Agile
3 46 (27.88%) DevOps
4 44 (26.67%) Actionable Insight
5 32 (19.39%) Computer Science
6 29 (17.58%) Web Development
7 22 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (9.09%) Mathematics
8 15 (9.09%) Physics
9 14 (8.48%) Multithreading
10 12 (7.27%) Deployment Automation
10 12 (7.27%) Open Source
11 11 (6.67%) Mentoring
12 10 (6.06%) Clean Code
12 10 (6.06%) Collaborative Working
12 10 (6.06%) Unit Testing
13 9 (5.45%) Coaching
13 9 (5.45%) Full Stack Development
13 9 (5.45%) Software Testing
14 8 (4.85%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 51 (30.91%) Python
2 43 (26.06%) C#
3 39 (23.64%) JavaScript
4 35 (21.21%) C++
5 32 (19.39%) C
6 19 (11.52%) SQL
7 11 (6.67%) Java
8 10 (6.06%) Bash
9 9 (5.45%) TypeScript
10 7 (4.24%) Fortran
10 7 (4.24%) PowerShell
11 6 (3.64%) VB.NET
12 5 (3.03%) Embedded C
12 5 (3.03%) Go
13 4 (2.42%) Perl
13 4 (2.42%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.82%) Ruby
15 2 (1.21%) Haskell
15 2 (1.21%) Rust
16 1 (0.61%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 49 (29.70%) Security Cleared
2 40 (24.24%) SC Cleared
3 39 (23.64%) Degree
4 17 (10.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (6.06%) Master's Degree
6 9 (5.45%) PhD
7 2 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.45%) QA
2 1 (0.61%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (3.03%) Docker
2 1 (0.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (4.24%) Ansible
2 3 (1.82%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.21%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (17.58%) ESRI
2 20 (12.12%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.82%) Oracle
4 2 (1.21%) IFS
4 2 (1.21%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.61%) SAP