Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Developer salary in Berkshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 16 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 -8 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 173 165 419
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.87% 11.64% 14.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.53% 15.26% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 139 119 355
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £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 2,027 1,081 2,706
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 76.23% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 537 2,131
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £29,175
25th Percentile £35,125 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £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 24 March 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 24 March 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 78 £55,000 -10.20% 24
Slough +5 31 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Bracknell 0 17 £80,000 +14.29% 9
Wokingham +2 13 £50,000 - 5
Maidenhead -12 5 £67,500 +17.39%
Windsor +10 4 £70,000 -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 24 March 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 50 (28.90%) SQL
2 43 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (24.28%) JavaScript
4 41 (23.70%) Full-Stack Development
5 37 (21.39%) CI/CD
6 36 (20.81%) C#
6 36 (20.81%) Oracle
6 36 (20.81%) PL/SQL
7 35 (20.23%) HTML
8 34 (19.65%) Azure
8 34 (19.65%) Java
9 29 (16.76%) OLTP
10 27 (15.61%) DevOps
10 27 (15.61%) React
11 26 (15.03%) Degree
11 26 (15.03%) Python
12 25 (14.45%) AWS
13 24 (13.87%) Agile
14 23 (13.29%) Microservices
14 23 (13.29%) Microsoft
14 23 (13.29%) Power Platform
15 20 (11.56%) XML
16 19 (10.98%) .NET
17 18 (10.40%) REST
17 18 (10.40%) Software Testing
18 17 (9.83%) Azure DevOps
18 17 (9.83%) Azure Logic Apps
18 17 (9.83%) Serverless
19 16 (9.25%) Kubernetes
19 16 (9.25%) Spring Boot

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 (5.20%) WordPress
2 6 (3.47%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.16%) SAS
4 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.58%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 34 (19.65%) Azure
2 25 (14.45%) AWS
3 23 (13.29%) Power Platform
4 17 (9.83%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (9.83%) Azure Logic Apps
4 17 (9.83%) Serverless
5 12 (6.94%) Amazon ECS
5 12 (6.94%) Amazon S3
6 11 (6.36%) Amazon EKS
6 11 (6.36%) Amazon SQS
6 11 (6.36%) SaaS
7 7 (4.05%) GCP
8 6 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.89%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.89%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (2.89%) GitHub
10 4 (2.31%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.16%) BigCommerce
11 2 (1.16%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (16.76%) OLTP
2 15 (8.67%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (7.51%) Relational Database
4 9 (5.20%) MySQL
5 6 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.47%) Power BI
6 5 (2.89%) DynamoDB
6 5 (2.89%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.89%) RDBMS
6 5 (2.89%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.58%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.58%) Looker
7 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.58%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (7.51%) Git
2 11 (6.36%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.47%) JUnit
4 5 (2.89%) git-flow
4 5 (2.89%) JMeter
4 5 (2.89%) Mockito
5 1 (0.58%) JIRA
5 1 (0.58%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 30 (17.34%) Finance
2 28 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (11.56%) Social Skills
4 9 (5.20%) Retail
5 6 (3.47%) Health Technology
5 6 (3.47%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.89%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.31%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.58%) Digital Healthcare
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (20.23%) HTML
2 27 (15.61%) React
3 20 (11.56%) XML
4 19 (10.98%) .NET
5 18 (10.40%) REST
6 16 (9.25%) Spring Boot
7 15 (8.67%) SOAP
8 14 (8.09%) JSON
9 11 (6.36%) Kafka
9 11 (6.36%) Node.js
9 11 (6.36%) Spring
10 10 (5.78%) Web Services
11 9 (5.20%) CSS
12 8 (4.62%) ASP.NET
13 6 (3.47%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (3.47%) Mustache
14 5 (2.89%) Apache Camel
14 5 (2.89%) NumPy
14 5 (2.89%) Pandas
14 5 (2.89%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.67%) Low-Code
2 11 (6.36%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (6.36%) Mobile App
3 9 (5.20%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.05%) IoT
5 5 (2.89%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.89%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.89%) NHS
5 5 (2.89%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.73%) Arduino
6 3 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.73%) PMI
6 3 (1.73%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (1.16%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.16%) Robotics
7 2 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.58%) Social Network
8 1 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.62%) Apple iOS
2 5 (2.89%) Android
2 5 (2.89%) Linux
3 1 (0.58%) Unix
3 1 (0.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (23.70%) Full-Stack Development
3 37 (21.39%) CI/CD
4 27 (15.61%) DevOps
5 24 (13.87%) Agile
6 23 (13.29%) Microservices
7 18 (10.40%) Software Testing
8 15 (8.67%) Business Process Analysis
8 15 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (8.67%) Data Governance
8 15 (8.67%) Deployment Automation
8 15 (8.67%) SDLC
9 13 (7.51%) Configuration Management
10 12 (6.94%) Software Engineering
11 11 (6.36%) TDD
12 10 (5.78%) Propensity Modelling
13 9 (5.20%) B2B
13 9 (5.20%) Issue Tracking
14 8 (4.62%) Clean Code
15 7 (4.05%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 50 (28.90%) SQL
2 42 (24.28%) JavaScript
3 36 (20.81%) C#
3 36 (20.81%) PL/SQL
4 34 (19.65%) Java
5 26 (15.03%) Python
6 15 (8.67%) TypeScript
7 8 (4.62%) C++
8 5 (2.89%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.73%) C
9 3 (1.73%) Pascal
9 3 (1.73%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.16%) PHP
10 2 (1.16%) Ruby
11 1 (0.58%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.58%) R
11 1 (0.58%) Swift
Qualifications
1 26 (15.03%) Degree
2 8 (4.62%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.73%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.73%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.73%) PMI Certification
3 3 (1.73%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.16%) PhD
5 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.47%) QA
2 5 (2.89%) GDPR
3 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (8.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (9.25%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.89%) Kibana
3 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (20.81%) Oracle
2 23 (13.29%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.89%) Dynatrace
3 5 (2.89%) Splunk
4 3 (1.73%) Motorola
5 1 (0.58%) Databricks
5 1 (0.58%) Informatica
5 1 (0.58%) Salesforce