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 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 155 278 312
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.92% 16.77% 14.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.59% 20.26% 15.88%
Number of salaries quoted 111 176 251
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,875 £90,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +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 1,805 1,372 1,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 82.75% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 908 710 1,440
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,125 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% -4.55%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 67 £51,250 -18.65% 18
Slough -18 33 £70,000 +5.66% 71
Bracknell 0 18 £75,000 +7.14% 6
Maidenhead - 9 £65,000 -
Wokingham -1 5 £50,000 -33.33% 4
Windsor -30 4 £70,000 - 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 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 54 (34.84%) JavaScript
2 51 (32.90%) HTML
3 45 (29.03%) Full-Stack Development
3 45 (29.03%) SQL
4 43 (27.74%) CI/CD
5 40 (25.81%) Java
6 35 (22.58%) Agile
6 35 (22.58%) AWS
6 35 (22.58%) Azure
7 33 (21.29%) Oracle
7 33 (21.29%) PL/SQL
7 33 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (20.65%) React
9 31 (20.00%) C#
10 30 (19.35%) Kubernetes
11 28 (18.06%) Microservices
12 26 (16.77%) Docker
12 26 (16.77%) OLTP
13 25 (16.13%) DevOps
13 25 (16.13%) REST
14 24 (15.48%) JSON
15 22 (14.19%) Python
15 22 (14.19%) Serverless
15 22 (14.19%) Spring Boot
16 21 (13.55%) Git
16 21 (13.55%) XML
17 20 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
17 20 (12.90%) SDLC
18 19 (12.26%) .NET
18 19 (12.26%) CSS

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 (5.81%) WordPress
2 6 (3.87%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.29%) CMS
3 2 (1.29%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 35 (22.58%) AWS
1 35 (22.58%) Azure
2 22 (14.19%) Serverless
3 17 (10.97%) Amazon ECS
3 17 (10.97%) Amazon EKS
4 15 (9.68%) GCP
5 14 (9.03%) Power Platform
6 11 (7.10%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (7.10%) Amazon S3
6 11 (7.10%) Amazon SQS
7 10 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (5.81%) SaaS
9 8 (5.16%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (4.52%) GitHub
11 5 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (1.94%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.94%) Zapier
13 2 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (16.77%) OLTP
2 20 (12.90%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (12.26%) Relational Database
4 11 (7.10%) RDBMS
5 8 (5.16%) MySQL
6 6 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (3.87%) DynamoDB
6 6 (3.87%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.87%) Power BI
7 5 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (2.58%) SQL Server
9 3 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.65%) Looker
10 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.65%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (13.55%) Git
2 17 (10.97%) Jenkins
3 12 (7.74%) JUnit
4 11 (7.10%) JMeter
4 11 (7.10%) Mockito
5 5 (3.23%) git-flow
6 1 (0.65%) TeamCity
General
1 29 (18.71%) Social Skills
2 26 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (14.19%) Finance
4 12 (7.74%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.16%) Law
5 8 (5.16%) Marketing
6 4 (2.58%) Tech for Good
7 3 (1.94%) Humanities
8 2 (1.29%) Health Technology
8 2 (1.29%) Multimedia
8 2 (1.29%) Retail
9 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (32.90%) HTML
2 32 (20.65%) React
3 25 (16.13%) REST
4 24 (15.48%) JSON
5 22 (14.19%) Spring Boot
6 21 (13.55%) XML
7 19 (12.26%) .NET
7 19 (12.26%) CSS
8 18 (11.61%) Web Services
9 17 (10.97%) Spring
10 16 (10.32%) Node.js
11 12 (7.74%) RESTful
12 11 (7.10%) ActiveMQ
12 11 (7.10%) Apache Camel
12 11 (7.10%) Hibernate
12 11 (7.10%) jQuery
12 11 (7.10%) Kafka
12 11 (7.10%) WireMock
13 10 (6.45%) SOAP
14 6 (3.87%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.97%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (8.39%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.16%) IoT
3 8 (5.16%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.29%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.29%) NHS
5 2 (1.29%) PMI
5 2 (1.29%) Robotics
5 2 (1.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.65%) Social Network
6 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.58%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.65%) Android
2 1 (0.65%) Linux
2 1 (0.65%) Unix
2 1 (0.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (29.03%) Full-Stack Development
2 43 (27.74%) CI/CD
3 35 (22.58%) Agile
4 33 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (18.06%) Microservices
6 25 (16.13%) DevOps
7 20 (12.90%) SDLC
8 18 (11.61%) Configuration Management
9 17 (10.97%) TDD
10 14 (9.03%) Clean Code
11 13 (8.39%) Issue Tracking
12 12 (7.74%) Software Testing
12 12 (7.74%) Web Development
13 11 (7.10%) BDD
13 11 (7.10%) Process Management
13 11 (7.10%) Propensity Modelling
13 11 (7.10%) User Experience
13 11 (7.10%) Workflow
14 10 (6.45%) Containerisation
14 10 (6.45%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 54 (34.84%) JavaScript
2 45 (29.03%) SQL
3 40 (25.81%) Java
4 33 (21.29%) PL/SQL
5 31 (20.00%) C#
6 22 (14.19%) Python
7 12 (7.74%) TypeScript
8 11 (7.10%) Shell Script
9 7 (4.52%) C++
10 3 (1.94%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.29%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.65%) PHP
12 1 (0.65%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (11.61%) Degree
2 11 (7.10%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.29%) AWS Certification
3 2 (1.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (1.29%) Azure Certification
3 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.29%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (1.29%) PhD
3 2 (1.29%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.03%) QA
2 3 (1.94%) GDPR
3 2 (1.29%) SLA
4 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 26 (16.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 30 (19.35%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.10%) Kibana
3 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (21.29%) Oracle
2 12 (7.74%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.10%) Dynatrace
3 11 (7.10%) Splunk
4 1 (0.65%) Informatica