Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Developer salary in Berkshire is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2026.

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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 19 7
Rank change year-on-year +12 -12 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 228 155 438
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.94% 10.20% 15.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.59% 13.23% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 196 107 365
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £92,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 2,378 1,172 2,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 77.16% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,486 564 2,121
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,150 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,240 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Developer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Developer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Berkshire

Developer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Berkshire

Developer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Reading -2 118 £60,000 -4.00% 11
Slough +15 36 £70,000 +3.70% 6
Bracknell +2 32 £85,000 +9.68% 5
Wokingham +1 13 £50,000 - 1
Windsor +36 5 £70,000 -
Maidenhead +3 5 £67,500 +17.39%
Developer
South East

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 3 May 2026, 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 Berkshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 58 (25.44%) SQL
2 49 (21.49%) Java
3 47 (20.61%) Full-Stack Development
4 46 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (19.30%) Oracle
6 42 (18.42%) PL/SQL
7 40 (17.54%) JavaScript
8 37 (16.23%) AWS
8 37 (16.23%) React
9 36 (15.79%) Azure
10 35 (15.35%) C#
11 34 (14.91%) CI/CD
12 33 (14.47%) OLTP
13 31 (13.60%) Agile
13 31 (13.60%) DevOps
14 30 (13.16%) HTML
15 28 (12.28%) Degree
15 28 (12.28%) Python
16 25 (10.96%) .NET
16 25 (10.96%) Microsoft
16 25 (10.96%) SC Cleared
16 25 (10.96%) Security Cleared
17 24 (10.53%) Power Platform
17 24 (10.53%) REST
18 23 (10.09%) Git
19 22 (9.65%) Microservices
19 22 (9.65%) Node.js
20 21 (9.21%) TypeScript
21 19 (8.33%) Kubernetes
22 18 (7.89%) SOAP

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 10 (4.39%) WordPress
2 7 (3.07%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.88%) SAS
4 1 (0.44%) Apache
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) IIS
4 1 (0.44%) JBoss
4 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 37 (16.23%) AWS
2 36 (15.79%) Azure
3 24 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 17 (7.46%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (7.46%) Azure Logic Apps
5 16 (7.02%) Serverless
6 14 (6.14%) Amazon EKS
7 13 (5.70%) Amazon ECS
8 10 (4.39%) Amazon S3
8 10 (4.39%) SaaS
9 7 (3.07%) Amazon SQS
10 6 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.75%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.32%) GCP
13 2 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
13 2 (0.88%) BigCommerce
13 2 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.88%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.88%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (14.47%) OLTP
2 16 (7.02%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (5.70%) Relational Database
4 7 (3.07%) MySQL
4 7 (3.07%) Power BI
4 7 (3.07%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.44%) Looker
8 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.44%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (10.09%) Git
2 14 (6.14%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.32%) JIRA
3 3 (1.32%) JUnit
4 2 (0.88%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.88%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.88%) GitLab
4 2 (0.88%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.44%) git-flow
5 1 (0.44%) JMeter
5 1 (0.44%) Mockito
5 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 30 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (12.72%) Finance
3 18 (7.89%) Social Skills
4 13 (5.70%) Retail
5 11 (4.82%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.63%) Health Technology
7 5 (2.19%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.75%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.32%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.44%) Billing
10 1 (0.44%) Digital Healthcare
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.23%) React
2 30 (13.16%) HTML
3 25 (10.96%) .NET
4 24 (10.53%) REST
5 22 (9.65%) Node.js
6 18 (7.89%) SOAP
7 17 (7.46%) Spring
7 17 (7.46%) Spring Boot
8 16 (7.02%) XML
9 13 (5.70%) Elastic Stack
9 13 (5.70%) JSON
10 11 (4.82%) Web Services
11 9 (3.95%) ASP.NET
11 9 (3.95%) NumPy
11 9 (3.95%) Pandas
11 9 (3.95%) Ruby on Rails
12 7 (3.07%) CSS
12 7 (3.07%) Kafka
12 7 (3.07%) Mustache
12 7 (3.07%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.33%) Mobile App
2 15 (6.58%) Low-Code
3 14 (6.14%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (3.95%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.07%) IoT
6 5 (2.19%) NHS
7 3 (1.32%) Arduino
7 3 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.32%) PMI
7 3 (1.32%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (0.88%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.88%) Robotics
8 2 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.44%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.44%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.44%) Social Network
9 1 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.26%) Apple iOS
2 9 (3.95%) Android
3 8 (3.51%) Linux
4 2 (0.88%) Windows
5 1 (0.44%) Unix
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (20.61%) Full-Stack Development
2 46 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (14.91%) CI/CD
4 31 (13.60%) Agile
4 31 (13.60%) DevOps
5 22 (9.65%) Microservices
6 18 (7.89%) Software Testing
7 17 (7.46%) Deployment Automation
8 16 (7.02%) Data Governance
9 15 (6.58%) Business Process Analysis
9 15 (6.58%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (6.14%) Scrum
11 13 (5.70%) Software Engineering
11 13 (5.70%) TDD
12 11 (4.82%) Clean Code
12 11 (4.82%) Configuration Management
12 11 (4.82%) Issue Tracking
12 11 (4.82%) SDLC
13 10 (4.39%) Propensity Modelling
14 9 (3.95%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 58 (25.44%) SQL
2 49 (21.49%) Java
3 42 (18.42%) PL/SQL
4 40 (17.54%) JavaScript
5 35 (15.35%) C#
6 28 (12.28%) Python
7 21 (9.21%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.95%) Ruby
9 8 (3.51%) C++
10 5 (2.19%) Kotlin
10 5 (2.19%) Swift
11 4 (1.75%) ABAP
11 4 (1.75%) PHP
11 4 (1.75%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.32%) C
12 3 (1.32%) Pascal
13 2 (0.88%) Groovy
14 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.44%) R
14 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (12.28%) Degree
2 25 (10.96%) SC Cleared
2 25 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.32%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.32%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.32%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.88%) PhD
5 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.19%) GDPR
1 5 (2.19%) QA
2 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 16 (7.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.07%) Ansible
2 7 (3.07%) Terraform
3 5 (2.19%) Kibana
4 2 (0.88%) Packer
Vendors
1 44 (19.30%) Oracle
2 25 (10.96%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.63%) AppDynamics
3 6 (2.63%) IBM
4 4 (1.75%) SAP
5 3 (1.32%) Motorola
6 2 (0.88%) Databricks
7 1 (0.44%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.44%) Informatica
7 1 (0.44%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.44%) Splunk