Developer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Developer salary in the Thames Valley 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 9 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 868 939 1,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.91% 15.72% 19.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.64% 17.51% 19.96%
Number of salaries quoted 748 722 889
10th Percentile £41,100 £36,713 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,120
% change year-on-year - +4.32% +4.99%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,365 5,363 6,679
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 89.76% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,462 3,150 4,126
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,438
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,938 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,375 £81,813
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the Thames Valley

Developer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Developer in the Thames Valley

Developer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in the Thames Valley

Developer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Thames Valley region 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
Berkshire -2 445 £65,000 +4.00% 37
Buckinghamshire 0 228 £55,000 -3.51% 29
Oxfordshire +2 195 £57,500 -4.17% 18
Developer
South East

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 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 across the Thames Valley region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 367 (42.28%) JavaScript
2 354 (40.78%) C#
3 301 (34.68%) .NET
4 286 (32.95%) Agile
5 256 (29.49%) Azure
6 235 (27.07%) React
7 185 (21.31%) SQL
8 175 (20.16%) Docker
9 172 (19.82%) HTML
10 171 (19.70%) TypeScript
11 167 (19.24%) CSS
12 165 (19.01%) DevOps
13 157 (18.09%) SQL Server
14 156 (17.97%) Microsoft
14 156 (17.97%) Degree
14 156 (17.97%) Git
15 153 (17.63%) Kubernetes
16 150 (17.28%) Full Stack Development
17 143 (16.47%) Computer Science
18 141 (16.24%) AWS
19 127 (14.63%) Artificial Intelligence
20 118 (13.59%) Propensity Modelling
21 116 (13.36%) ASP.NET
22 111 (12.79%) Java
22 111 (12.79%) AngularJS
23 104 (11.98%) Microservices
24 102 (11.75%) Security Cleared
24 102 (11.75%) .NET Core
25 100 (11.52%) TDD
25 100 (11.52%) MVC

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 44 (5.07%) CMS
2 28 (3.23%) OpenStack
3 24 (2.76%) Headless CMS
3 24 (2.76%) Kentico
4 23 (2.65%) IIS
5 19 (2.19%) Sitecore CMS
5 19 (2.19%) Umbraco
6 18 (2.07%) SharePoint
7 11 (1.27%) IBM Domino
7 11 (1.27%) JBoss
7 11 (1.27%) nginx
8 10 (1.15%) Apache
8 10 (1.15%) Red Hat Fuse
8 10 (1.15%) WordPress
9 4 (0.46%) Confluence
10 3 (0.35%) SAS
11 2 (0.23%) Joomla!
11 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 9 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 19 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.96%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.23%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 256 (29.49%) Azure
2 141 (16.24%) AWS
3 83 (9.56%) Azure DevOps
4 51 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
4 51 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 45 (5.18%) Serverless
6 39 (4.49%) Amazon ECS
6 39 (4.49%) Amazon EKS
7 30 (3.46%) SaaS
8 19 (2.19%) Kontent
9 18 (2.07%) GitHub
9 18 (2.07%) Power Automate
10 14 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (1.27%) PowerApps
12 10 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (0.81%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 5 (0.58%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.58%) PaaS
15 4 (0.46%) Amazon ELB
15 4 (0.46%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.15%) DNS
1 10 (1.15%) Firewall
1 10 (1.15%) SSL
2 9 (1.04%) Internet
3 4 (0.46%) MQTT
3 4 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
3 4 (0.46%) VPN
4 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (18.09%) SQL Server
2 94 (10.83%) NoSQL
3 67 (7.72%) PostgreSQL
4 64 (7.37%) Relational Database
5 49 (5.65%) MySQL
6 39 (4.49%) Power BI
7 30 (3.46%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (2.30%) MongoDB
9 19 (2.19%) Data Lake
9 19 (2.19%) Power Query
10 14 (1.61%) Oracle Database
11 13 (1.50%) OLTP
11 13 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (1.04%) Redis
15 8 (0.92%) Oracle Database 11g
16 6 (0.69%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 4 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 156 (17.97%) Git
2 50 (5.76%) Jenkins
3 39 (4.49%) Cypress.io
4 36 (4.15%) Selenium
5 34 (3.92%) Visual Studio
6 25 (2.88%) JIRA
7 23 (2.65%) NUnit
8 16 (1.84%) JUnit
9 12 (1.38%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.15%) MorphX
11 9 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (0.69%) GitLab
12 6 (0.69%) JMeter
12 6 (0.69%) Vite
13 5 (0.58%) Bugzilla
13 5 (0.58%) MSTest
13 5 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
13 5 (0.58%) Zephyr
14 4 (0.46%) Mockito
15 3 (0.35%) Cucumber
General
1 87 (10.02%) Social Skills
2 49 (5.65%) Public Sector
3 35 (4.03%) Marketing
4 34 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (3.69%) Finance
6 27 (3.11%) Law
7 26 (3.00%) Retail
7 26 (3.00%) Tech for Good
8 16 (1.84%) Back Office
9 10 (1.15%) Health Technology
9 10 (1.15%) Telecoms
10 8 (0.92%) Banking
10 8 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (0.92%) Police
11 7 (0.81%) Games
12 6 (0.69%) Local Government
12 6 (0.69%) Multimedia
13 5 (0.58%) Billing
13 5 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 301 (34.68%) .NET
2 235 (27.07%) React
3 172 (19.82%) HTML
4 167 (19.24%) CSS
5 116 (13.36%) ASP.NET
6 111 (12.79%) AngularJS
7 102 (11.75%) .NET Core
8 84 (9.68%) .NET Framework
9 82 (9.45%) Node.js
10 66 (7.60%) Web Services
11 65 (7.49%) ASP.NET MVC
12 57 (6.57%) REST
13 56 (6.45%) HTML5
14 53 (6.11%) RESTful
15 50 (5.76%) CSS3
15 50 (5.76%) Vue
16 47 (5.41%) Spring
17 46 (5.30%) XML
18 45 (5.18%) Spring Boot
19 41 (4.72%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
2 34 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (2.42%) Mobile App
4 19 (2.19%) Mainframe
5 18 (2.07%) Algorithms
6 15 (1.73%) e-Learning
6 15 (1.73%) Management Information System
7 11 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.04%) IoT
9 9 (1.04%) Product Ownership
10 8 (0.92%) BBC
10 8 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (0.92%) Social Media
11 7 (0.81%) Client/Server
11 7 (0.81%) NHS
12 6 (0.69%) CMDB
12 6 (0.69%) SCORM
12 6 (0.69%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.53%) Linux
2 14 (1.61%) Windows
3 11 (1.27%) Android
3 11 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (32.95%) Agile
2 165 (19.01%) DevOps
3 150 (17.28%) Full Stack Development
4 143 (16.47%) Computer Science
5 127 (14.63%) Artificial Intelligence
6 118 (13.59%) Propensity Modelling
7 104 (11.98%) Microservices
8 100 (11.52%) MVC
8 100 (11.52%) TDD
9 91 (10.48%) Scrum
10 83 (9.56%) Problem-Solving
11 79 (9.10%) Front End Development
12 70 (8.06%) Web Development
13 66 (7.60%) Kanban
14 65 (7.49%) BDD
15 64 (7.37%) CI/CD
16 62 (7.14%) Software Engineering
17 57 (6.57%) CRM
18 48 (5.53%) Unit Testing
19 44 (5.07%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 367 (42.28%) JavaScript
2 354 (40.78%) C#
3 185 (21.31%) SQL
4 171 (19.70%) TypeScript
5 111 (12.79%) Java
6 90 (10.37%) Python
7 79 (9.10%) PHP
8 35 (4.03%) T-SQL
9 28 (3.23%) C++
9 28 (3.23%) PL/SQL
10 25 (2.88%) C
11 19 (2.19%) COBOL
12 18 (2.07%) Kotlin
13 12 (1.38%) Go
14 11 (1.27%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.81%) Ruby
16 6 (0.69%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.69%) Fortran
16 6 (0.69%) Scala
16 6 (0.69%) XAML
Qualifications
1 156 (17.97%) Degree
2 102 (11.75%) Security Cleared
3 82 (9.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 39 (4.49%) CTC Cleared
6 16 (1.84%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.50%) PhD
8 12 (1.38%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.27%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.15%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.58%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.12%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.80%) WCAG
2 24 (2.76%) QA
3 5 (0.58%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
System Software
1 175 (20.16%) Docker
2 20 (2.30%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.92%) Firmware
4 4 (0.46%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 153 (17.63%) Kubernetes
2 38 (4.38%) Ansible
3 25 (2.88%) Terraform
4 5 (0.58%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (0.58%) Kibana
5 4 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 156 (17.97%) Microsoft
2 43 (4.95%) Oracle
3 28 (3.23%) WSO2
4 21 (2.42%) Xamarin
5 19 (2.19%) Optimizely
5 19 (2.19%) Sitecore
5 19 (2.19%) Unisys
6 12 (1.38%) Google
6 12 (1.38%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.15%) HP
8 9 (1.04%) Facebook
8 9 (1.04%) ServiceNow
9 8 (0.92%) Apple
9 8 (0.92%) Sony
9 8 (0.92%) Yahoo!
10 7 (0.81%) Adobe
10 7 (0.81%) IBM
11 4 (0.46%) BMC
11 4 (0.46%) Remedy
11 4 (0.46%) Splunk