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 5 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
5 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 881 960 1,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.16% 15.68% 19.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.89% 17.45% 19.89%
Number of salaries quoted 761 733 908
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,713 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,100
% change year-on-year - +4.36% +4.95%

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 6,341 5,501 6,708
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.87% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,512 3,210 4,185
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,954 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,438 £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 £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
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 5 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 5 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 -2 452 £65,000 +4.00% 47
Buckinghamshire +1 233 £55,000 -3.51% 45
Oxfordshire +2 196 £57,500 -4.17% 28
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 5 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.

1 375 (42.57%) JavaScript
2 360 (40.86%) C#
3 304 (34.51%) .NET
4 288 (32.69%) Agile
5 257 (29.17%) Azure
6 240 (27.24%) React
7 194 (22.02%) SQL
8 181 (20.54%) Docker
9 176 (19.98%) TypeScript
9 176 (19.98%) HTML
10 171 (19.41%) CSS
11 165 (18.73%) DevOps
12 160 (18.16%) Git
12 160 (18.16%) Degree
13 159 (18.05%) SQL Server
13 159 (18.05%) Microsoft
14 155 (17.59%) Kubernetes
15 153 (17.37%) Full Stack Development
16 146 (16.57%) AWS
17 145 (16.46%) Computer Science
18 130 (14.76%) Artificial Intelligence
19 121 (13.73%) Propensity Modelling
20 117 (13.28%) ASP.NET
21 114 (12.94%) Java
22 113 (12.83%) AngularJS
23 107 (12.15%) Microservices
24 102 (11.58%) Security Cleared
24 102 (11.58%) .NET Core
25 101 (11.46%) TDD
26 100 (11.35%) 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 (4.99%) CMS
2 28 (3.18%) OpenStack
3 24 (2.72%) Headless CMS
3 24 (2.72%) Kentico
4 23 (2.61%) IIS
5 19 (2.16%) Sitecore CMS
5 19 (2.16%) Umbraco
6 18 (2.04%) SharePoint
7 11 (1.25%) IBM Domino
7 11 (1.25%) JBoss
7 11 (1.25%) nginx
8 10 (1.14%) Apache
8 10 (1.14%) Red Hat Fuse
8 10 (1.14%) WordPress
9 4 (0.45%) Confluence
10 3 (0.34%) SAS
11 2 (0.23%) Joomla!
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.11%) Drupal
12 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 20 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.93%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.23%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.23%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 257 (29.17%) Azure
2 146 (16.57%) AWS
3 83 (9.42%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (6.02%) Dynamics 365
4 53 (6.02%) Power Platform
5 45 (5.11%) Serverless
6 39 (4.43%) Amazon ECS
6 39 (4.43%) Amazon EKS
7 29 (3.29%) SaaS
8 19 (2.16%) Kontent
9 18 (2.04%) GitHub
9 18 (2.04%) Power Automate
10 13 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (1.36%) PowerApps
12 10 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (0.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 5 (0.57%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.57%) PaaS
14 5 (0.57%) WhatsApp
15 4 (0.45%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.14%) DNS
1 10 (1.14%) Firewall
1 10 (1.14%) SSL
2 9 (1.02%) Internet
3 4 (0.45%) MQTT
3 4 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
3 4 (0.45%) VPN
4 3 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (18.05%) SQL Server
2 98 (11.12%) NoSQL
3 68 (7.72%) PostgreSQL
4 66 (7.49%) Relational Database
5 49 (5.56%) MySQL
6 40 (4.54%) Power BI
7 30 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (2.27%) Data Lake
8 20 (2.27%) MongoDB
8 20 (2.27%) Power Query
9 15 (1.70%) Oracle Database
10 14 (1.59%) OLTP
11 13 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
13 10 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
14 9 (1.02%) Oracle Database 11g
14 9 (1.02%) Redis
15 6 (0.68%) RDBMS
15 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 5 (0.57%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 160 (18.16%) Git
2 50 (5.68%) Jenkins
3 41 (4.65%) Cypress.io
4 38 (4.31%) Selenium
5 35 (3.97%) Visual Studio
6 25 (2.84%) JIRA
7 24 (2.72%) NUnit
8 16 (1.82%) JUnit
9 11 (1.25%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.14%) MorphX
11 9 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (0.79%) Vite
13 6 (0.68%) GitLab
13 6 (0.68%) JMeter
13 6 (0.68%) Mockito
14 5 (0.57%) Bugzilla
14 5 (0.57%) MSTest
14 5 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
14 5 (0.57%) Zephyr
15 4 (0.45%) PostCSS
General
1 88 (9.99%) Social Skills
2 49 (5.56%) Public Sector
3 36 (4.09%) Marketing
4 34 (3.86%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (3.86%) Finance
5 28 (3.18%) Law
6 26 (2.95%) Retail
6 26 (2.95%) Tech for Good
7 16 (1.82%) Back Office
8 10 (1.14%) Health Technology
8 10 (1.14%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.02%) Banking
10 8 (0.91%) Games
10 8 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (0.91%) Police
11 6 (0.68%) Local Government
11 6 (0.68%) Multimedia
12 5 (0.57%) Billing
12 5 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 304 (34.51%) .NET
2 240 (27.24%) React
3 176 (19.98%) HTML
4 171 (19.41%) CSS
5 117 (13.28%) ASP.NET
6 113 (12.83%) AngularJS
7 102 (11.58%) .NET Core
8 85 (9.65%) .NET Framework
9 82 (9.31%) Node.js
10 66 (7.49%) Web Services
11 65 (7.38%) ASP.NET MVC
12 59 (6.70%) HTML5
13 57 (6.47%) REST
14 54 (6.13%) RESTful
15 52 (5.90%) CSS3
16 50 (5.68%) Vue
17 47 (5.33%) Spring
17 47 (5.33%) Spring Boot
17 47 (5.33%) XML
18 41 (4.65%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 35 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
2 34 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (2.50%) Mobile App
4 19 (2.16%) Mainframe
5 18 (2.04%) Algorithms
6 15 (1.70%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.59%) e-Learning
8 11 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.14%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.02%) IoT
11 8 (0.91%) BBC
11 8 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (0.91%) Social Media
12 7 (0.79%) Client/Server
12 7 (0.79%) NHS
13 6 (0.68%) CMDB
13 6 (0.68%) SCORM
13 6 (0.68%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.50%) Linux
2 15 (1.70%) Windows
3 12 (1.36%) Android
3 12 (1.36%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (32.69%) Agile
2 165 (18.73%) DevOps
3 153 (17.37%) Full Stack Development
4 145 (16.46%) Computer Science
5 130 (14.76%) Artificial Intelligence
6 121 (13.73%) Propensity Modelling
7 107 (12.15%) Microservices
8 101 (11.46%) TDD
9 100 (11.35%) MVC
10 91 (10.33%) Scrum
11 85 (9.65%) Problem-Solving
12 82 (9.31%) Front End Development
13 69 (7.83%) Web Development
14 66 (7.49%) BDD
14 66 (7.49%) Kanban
15 65 (7.38%) CI/CD
16 64 (7.26%) Software Engineering
17 58 (6.58%) CRM
18 50 (5.68%) Unit Testing
19 45 (5.11%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 375 (42.57%) JavaScript
2 360 (40.86%) C#
3 194 (22.02%) SQL
4 176 (19.98%) TypeScript
5 114 (12.94%) Java
6 90 (10.22%) Python
7 82 (9.31%) PHP
8 36 (4.09%) T-SQL
9 30 (3.41%) PL/SQL
10 29 (3.29%) C++
11 25 (2.84%) C
12 19 (2.16%) COBOL
13 17 (1.93%) Kotlin
14 11 (1.25%) Go
14 11 (1.25%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.79%) Ruby
15 7 (0.79%) XAML
16 6 (0.68%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.68%) Fortran
16 6 (0.68%) Scala
Qualifications
1 160 (18.16%) Degree
2 102 (11.58%) Security Cleared
3 83 (9.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 51 (5.79%) SC Cleared
5 39 (4.43%) CTC Cleared
6 16 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.48%) PhD
8 12 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.25%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.14%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.57%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.97%) WCAG
2 25 (2.84%) QA
3 5 (0.57%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
System Software
1 181 (20.54%) Docker
2 20 (2.27%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.91%) Firmware
4 4 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 155 (17.59%) Kubernetes
2 37 (4.20%) Ansible
3 24 (2.72%) Terraform
4 5 (0.57%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (0.57%) Kibana
5 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 159 (18.05%) Microsoft
2 45 (5.11%) Oracle
3 28 (3.18%) WSO2
4 21 (2.38%) Xamarin
5 19 (2.16%) Optimizely
5 19 (2.16%) Sitecore
5 19 (2.16%) Unisys
6 12 (1.36%) Google
6 12 (1.36%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.14%) HP
8 9 (1.02%) Facebook
8 9 (1.02%) IBM
8 9 (1.02%) ServiceNow
9 8 (0.91%) Apple
9 8 (0.91%) Sony
9 8 (0.91%) Yahoo!
10 7 (0.79%) Adobe
11 4 (0.45%) BMC
11 4 (0.45%) Remedy
11 4 (0.45%) Telerik