Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Developer salary in Berkshire is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 24 7
Rank change year-on-year +17 -17 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 237 147 430
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 9.25% 9.26% 15.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.89% 11.74% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 201 99 357
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +2.77%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,125 £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 2,396 1,252 2,723
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 78.84% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,518 567 2,077
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -9.87%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% -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 15 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 15 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 -2 124 £60,000 -4.76% 5
Slough +18 38 £70,000 +7.69% 10
Bracknell +5 33 £85,000 +9.68% 3
Wokingham +2 13 £50,000 - 1
Windsor +38 5 £70,000 - 3
Maidenhead +12 5 £67,500 +17.39% 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 62 (26.16%) SQL
2 54 (22.78%) Full-Stack Development
3 51 (21.52%) Java
4 48 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (18.99%) Oracle
6 44 (18.57%) AWS
6 44 (18.57%) JavaScript
7 43 (18.14%) PL/SQL
8 42 (17.72%) React
9 39 (16.46%) Azure
10 37 (15.61%) Agile
10 37 (15.61%) C#
11 36 (15.19%) CI/CD
12 35 (14.77%) OLTP
13 33 (13.92%) DevOps
14 32 (13.50%) HTML
15 31 (13.08%) Degree
16 30 (12.66%) Python
17 29 (12.24%) Microsoft
18 28 (11.81%) .NET
19 27 (11.39%) Node.js
19 27 (11.39%) SC Cleared
19 27 (11.39%) Security Cleared
20 26 (10.97%) Microservices
21 25 (10.55%) REST
22 24 (10.13%) Power Platform
23 23 (9.70%) Git
23 23 (9.70%) Kubernetes
24 22 (9.28%) TypeScript
25 21 (8.86%) PostgreSQL

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 9 (3.80%) WordPress
2 8 (3.38%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.84%) SAS
4 1 (0.42%) Apache
4 1 (0.42%) CMS
4 1 (0.42%) IIS
4 1 (0.42%) JBoss
4 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 44 (18.57%) AWS
2 39 (16.46%) Azure
3 24 (10.13%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (7.59%) Serverless
5 17 (7.17%) Amazon EKS
5 17 (7.17%) Azure Logic Apps
6 16 (6.75%) Amazon ECS
7 11 (4.64%) SaaS
8 10 (4.22%) Amazon S3
9 7 (2.95%) Amazon SQS
10 6 (2.53%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.69%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.27%) Azure AI
14 2 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.84%) BigCommerce
14 2 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (0.84%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.84%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.53%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (14.77%) OLTP
2 21 (8.86%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (6.75%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.95%) MySQL
4 7 (2.95%) Power BI
4 7 (2.95%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (2.11%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.42%) Looker
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (9.70%) Git
2 17 (7.17%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.11%) JUnit
4 3 (1.27%) JIRA
4 3 (1.27%) JMeter
4 3 (1.27%) Mockito
5 2 (0.84%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.84%) GitLab
5 2 (0.84%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 30 (12.66%) Finance
2 28 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (7.59%) Social Skills
4 15 (6.33%) Retail
5 13 (5.49%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.53%) Health Technology
7 5 (2.11%) Digital Health
7 5 (2.11%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.69%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.42%) Billing
9 1 (0.42%) Digital Healthcare
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (17.72%) React
2 32 (13.50%) HTML
3 28 (11.81%) .NET
4 27 (11.39%) Node.js
5 25 (10.55%) REST
6 20 (8.44%) SOAP
6 20 (8.44%) Spring
6 20 (8.44%) Spring Boot
7 18 (7.59%) XML
8 14 (5.91%) Elastic Stack
9 13 (5.49%) ASP.NET
10 12 (5.06%) Web Services
11 11 (4.64%) JSON
12 10 (4.22%) Mustache
12 10 (4.22%) RESTful
13 9 (3.80%) .NET Core
13 9 (3.80%) NumPy
13 9 (3.80%) Pandas
13 9 (3.80%) Ruby on Rails
14 8 (3.38%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.44%) Mobile App
2 15 (6.33%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (6.33%) Low-Code
3 9 (3.80%) Algorithms
4 7 (2.95%) IoT
4 7 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.11%) NHS
6 3 (1.27%) Arduino
6 3 (1.27%) PMI
6 3 (1.27%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (0.84%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.84%) Robotics
7 2 (0.84%) Social Network
7 2 (0.84%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.42%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.42%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.49%) Apple iOS
2 9 (3.80%) Android
3 8 (3.38%) Linux
4 2 (0.84%) Windows
5 1 (0.42%) Unix
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (22.78%) Full-Stack Development
2 48 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (15.61%) Agile
4 36 (15.19%) CI/CD
5 33 (13.92%) DevOps
6 26 (10.97%) Microservices
7 20 (8.44%) Software Testing
8 19 (8.02%) Scrum
9 17 (7.17%) Deployment Automation
10 16 (6.75%) Data Governance
10 16 (6.75%) TDD
11 15 (6.33%) Business Process Analysis
11 15 (6.33%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (5.49%) SDLC
13 11 (4.64%) AI
14 10 (4.22%) B2B
14 10 (4.22%) OO
14 10 (4.22%) Software Engineering
15 9 (3.80%) Analytics
15 9 (3.80%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 62 (26.16%) SQL
2 51 (21.52%) Java
3 44 (18.57%) JavaScript
4 43 (18.14%) PL/SQL
5 37 (15.61%) C#
6 30 (12.66%) Python
7 22 (9.28%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.80%) Ruby
9 6 (2.53%) C++
9 6 (2.53%) Swift
10 5 (2.11%) ABAP
10 5 (2.11%) Kotlin
10 5 (2.11%) PHP
11 4 (1.69%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.27%) C
12 3 (1.27%) Pascal
12 3 (1.27%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.84%) Groovy
14 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 31 (13.08%) Degree
2 27 (11.39%) SC Cleared
2 27 (11.39%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.27%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.27%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.84%) PhD
5 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.11%) GDPR
2 4 (1.69%) QA
3 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
System Software
1 20 (8.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (9.70%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.95%) Ansible
2 7 (2.95%) Kibana
2 7 (2.95%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Packer
Vendors
1 45 (18.99%) Oracle
2 29 (12.24%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.53%) AppDynamics
3 6 (2.53%) IBM
4 5 (2.11%) SAP
5 3 (1.27%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.27%) Motorola
5 3 (1.27%) Splunk
6 2 (0.84%) Databricks
7 1 (0.42%) Informatica
7 1 (0.42%) Salesforce