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 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 35 6
Rank change year-on-year +22 -29 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 247 143 360
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 6.96% 7.46% 15.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.51% 8.02% 16.14%
Number of salaries quoted 190 85 239
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,750 £41,254
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,848 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 3,288 1,782 2,231
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 93.01% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,227 774 1,213
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,800 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £59,125
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -19.66% +7.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -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 3 October 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 October 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 -5 105 £75,000 +34.98% 32
Slough +30 45 £70,000 - 25
Bracknell +2 40 £85,000 - 9
Wokingham -6 10 £70,000 +150.00% 6
Windsor +46 7 £50,000 -
Maidenhead +36 6 £85,000 +41.67% 1
Hungerford - 1 - -
Thatcham - 1 - - 3
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 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 53 (21.46%) Full-Stack Development
2 49 (19.84%) SQL
3 47 (19.03%) AI
4 44 (17.81%) C#
4 44 (17.81%) Java
5 42 (17.00%) .NET
6 38 (15.38%) Agile
7 37 (14.98%) Azure
8 35 (14.17%) AWS
9 33 (13.36%) React
10 31 (12.55%) JavaScript
11 28 (11.34%) Microsoft
12 25 (10.12%) Node.js
13 24 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (9.31%) CI/CD
15 21 (8.50%) Oracle
16 20 (8.10%) Python
16 20 (8.10%) TypeScript
17 19 (7.69%) .NET Core
17 19 (7.69%) ASP.NET
17 19 (7.69%) Microservices
17 19 (7.69%) PL/SQL
17 19 (7.69%) REST
18 18 (7.29%) SC Cleared
18 18 (7.29%) Scrum
18 18 (7.29%) Security Cleared
19 17 (6.88%) HTML
19 17 (6.88%) OLTP
20 16 (6.48%) ASP.NET Core
20 16 (6.48%) Azure SQL Database

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 8 (3.24%) CMS
2 7 (2.83%) Jadu
3 3 (1.21%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.81%) Apache
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.40%) IIS
5 1 (0.40%) JBoss
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.40%) SAS
5 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 37 (14.98%) Azure
2 35 (14.17%) AWS
3 14 (5.67%) GitHub
4 13 (5.26%) SaaS
5 12 (4.86%) Azure AI
6 10 (4.05%) Amazon ECS
6 10 (4.05%) Serverless
7 9 (3.64%) GitHub Copilot
7 9 (3.64%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.24%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (3.24%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.43%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.62%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.21%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (1.21%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 3 (1.21%) Azure Machine Learning
11 3 (1.21%) BigCommerce
12 2 (0.81%) Amazon ECR
12 2 (0.81%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.02%) Internet
2 1 (0.40%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.88%) OLTP
2 16 (6.48%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (6.48%) MongoDB
2 16 (6.48%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.24%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.83%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.83%) Power BI
5 4 (1.62%) MySQL
5 4 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.21%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.81%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.81%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.40%) Power Query
8 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.67%) Git
2 10 (4.05%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.02%) JUnit
4 4 (1.62%) JMeter
4 4 (1.62%) Mockito
5 3 (1.21%) IntelliJ
5 3 (1.21%) JIRA
5 3 (1.21%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.81%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.81%) GitLab
6 2 (0.81%) Maven
6 2 (0.81%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
General
1 21 (8.50%) Finance
2 13 (5.26%) Health Technology
3 12 (4.86%) Social Skills
4 11 (4.45%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.64%) Retail
6 8 (3.24%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.24%) Automotive
6 8 (3.24%) Digital Health
7 7 (2.83%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.02%) Electronics
8 5 (2.02%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.62%) Law
10 2 (0.81%) Marketing
11 1 (0.40%) Billing
11 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (17.00%) .NET
2 33 (13.36%) React
3 25 (10.12%) Node.js
4 19 (7.69%) .NET Core
4 19 (7.69%) ASP.NET
4 19 (7.69%) REST
5 17 (6.88%) HTML
6 16 (6.48%) ASP.NET Core
7 14 (5.67%) Spring
8 13 (5.26%) Ruby on Rails
9 12 (4.86%) XML
10 11 (4.45%) Blazor
10 11 (4.45%) SOAP
10 11 (4.45%) Spring Boot
11 10 (4.05%) .NET Framework
11 10 (4.05%) RESTful
12 9 (3.64%) ML.NET
13 8 (3.24%) JSON
13 8 (3.24%) Lightning Web Components
14 7 (2.83%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.67%) Mobile App
2 8 (3.24%) NHS
3 5 (2.02%) Cloud Native
3 5 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.62%) Algorithms
4 4 (1.62%) Social Network
5 3 (1.21%) AI Agents
5 3 (1.21%) Animation
5 3 (1.21%) e-Learning
5 3 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.21%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.21%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.81%) Autonomous Agent
6 2 (0.81%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.40%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.40%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.26%) Apple iOS
2 8 (3.24%) Android
3 3 (1.21%) Linux
4 2 (0.81%) Windows
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (21.46%) Full-Stack Development
2 47 (19.03%) AI
3 38 (15.38%) Agile
4 24 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (9.31%) CI/CD
6 19 (7.69%) Microservices
7 18 (7.29%) Scrum
8 16 (6.48%) DevOps
9 14 (5.67%) Clean Code
9 14 (5.67%) Machine Learning
9 14 (5.67%) SDLC
10 13 (5.26%) iOS Development
11 12 (4.86%) OO
12 10 (4.05%) Data Modelling
12 10 (4.05%) Workflow
13 9 (3.64%) ETL
13 9 (3.64%) TDD
14 8 (3.24%) Analytics
14 8 (3.24%) Android Development
14 8 (3.24%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 49 (19.84%) SQL
2 44 (17.81%) C#
2 44 (17.81%) Java
3 31 (12.55%) JavaScript
4 20 (8.10%) Python
4 20 (8.10%) TypeScript
5 19 (7.69%) PL/SQL
6 13 (5.26%) Ruby
7 8 (3.24%) Apex Code
7 8 (3.24%) Kotlin
7 8 (3.24%) Swift
8 5 (2.02%) ABAP
9 4 (1.62%) PHP
9 4 (1.62%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.62%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.21%) SOQL
11 2 (0.81%) Bash
11 2 (0.81%) Groovy
12 1 (0.40%) C++
12 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 18 (7.29%) SC Cleared
1 18 (7.29%) Security Cleared
2 12 (4.86%) Degree
3 3 (1.21%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 2 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.21%) QA
2 2 (0.81%) HL7
3 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.40%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (6.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.62%) Kibana
3 2 (0.81%) Ansible
3 2 (0.81%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.40%) Grafana
Vendors
1 28 (11.34%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.50%) Oracle
3 14 (5.67%) Salesforce
4 9 (3.64%) Sage
5 5 (2.02%) Dynatrace
5 5 (2.02%) SAP
6 4 (1.62%) Splunk
7 3 (1.21%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.40%) Adobe
8 1 (0.40%) Databricks
8 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow