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 12 October 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 32 7
Rank change year-on-year +19 -25 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 257 138 348
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.16% 7.26% 15.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.74% 7.80% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 197 84 232
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,875 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.00%

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 3,321 1,770 2,182
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 93.06% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,252 776 1,167
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,900 £34,900
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -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 12 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 12 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 -6 100 £75,000 +36.36% 18
Slough +27 54 £70,000 - 18
Bracknell +2 42 £85,000 - 10
Wokingham -5 12 £70,000 +150.00% 9
Windsor +43 7 £50,000 -
Maidenhead +37 6 £85,000 +41.67% 3
Thatcham - 1 - - 1
Hungerford - 1 - -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 51 (19.84%) SQL
2 50 (19.46%) Full-Stack Development
3 48 (18.68%) AI
4 47 (18.29%) C#
5 45 (17.51%) .NET
6 44 (17.12%) Azure
7 40 (15.56%) Java
8 36 (14.01%) Agile
9 31 (12.06%) JavaScript
10 30 (11.67%) AWS
10 30 (11.67%) Microsoft
10 30 (11.67%) React
11 26 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
12 23 (8.95%) CI/CD
13 22 (8.56%) Node.js
14 21 (8.17%) Oracle
15 19 (7.39%) .NET Core
15 19 (7.39%) ASP.NET
15 19 (7.39%) PL/SQL
15 19 (7.39%) REST
16 18 (7.00%) Microservices
16 18 (7.00%) Python
16 18 (7.00%) Scrum
17 17 (6.61%) DevOps
17 17 (6.61%) HTML
17 17 (6.61%) OLTP
17 17 (6.61%) TypeScript
18 16 (6.23%) ASP.NET Core
18 16 (6.23%) Azure SQL Database
18 16 (6.23%) ETL

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 (3.11%) CMS
2 7 (2.72%) Jadu
3 3 (1.17%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.78%) Apache
5 1 (0.39%) IIS
5 1 (0.39%) JBoss
5 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.39%) SAS
5 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 44 (17.12%) Azure
2 30 (11.67%) AWS
3 14 (5.45%) GitHub
4 12 (4.67%) Azure AI
4 12 (4.67%) SaaS
5 9 (3.50%) Amazon ECS
5 9 (3.50%) BigCommerce
5 9 (3.50%) GitHub Copilot
5 9 (3.50%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.50%) Serverless
6 8 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.72%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.56%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.17%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 3 (1.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.17%) Azure Machine Learning
10 3 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.95%) Internet
2 1 (0.39%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.61%) OLTP
2 16 (6.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (6.23%) MongoDB
3 15 (5.84%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.72%) Power BI
4 7 (2.72%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.95%) MySQL
6 4 (1.56%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.56%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.78%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.39%) Power Query
8 1 (0.39%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (5.06%) Git
2 9 (3.50%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.56%) JUnit
4 3 (1.17%) IntelliJ
4 3 (1.17%) JIRA
4 3 (1.17%) JMeter
4 3 (1.17%) Mockito
4 3 (1.17%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.78%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.78%) GitLab
5 2 (0.78%) Maven
5 2 (0.78%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
General
1 26 (10.12%) Finance
2 15 (5.84%) Health Technology
3 12 (4.67%) Social Skills
4 9 (3.50%) Automotive
4 9 (3.50%) Public Sector
4 9 (3.50%) Retail
5 8 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.11%) Telecoms
6 7 (2.72%) Digital Health
7 5 (1.95%) Electronics
7 5 (1.95%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.56%) Law
9 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.78%) Marketing
10 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.39%) Billing
10 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (17.51%) .NET
2 30 (11.67%) React
3 22 (8.56%) Node.js
4 19 (7.39%) .NET Core
4 19 (7.39%) ASP.NET
4 19 (7.39%) REST
5 17 (6.61%) HTML
6 16 (6.23%) ASP.NET Core
7 13 (5.06%) XML
8 12 (4.67%) Ruby on Rails
8 12 (4.67%) SOAP
9 11 (4.28%) Blazor
10 10 (3.89%) .NET Framework
10 10 (3.89%) RESTful
10 10 (3.89%) Spring
10 10 (3.89%) Spring Boot
11 9 (3.50%) ML.NET
12 8 (3.11%) JSON
12 8 (3.11%) Lightning Web Components
13 7 (2.72%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.00%) Mobile App
2 8 (3.11%) NHS
3 6 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.56%) Animation
4 4 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.56%) Social Network
5 3 (1.17%) AI Agents
5 3 (1.17%) e-Learning
5 3 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.17%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.17%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.78%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.78%) Autonomous Agent
6 2 (0.78%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.39%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.39%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.39%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.67%) Apple iOS
2 7 (2.72%) Android
3 2 (0.78%) Linux
3 2 (0.78%) Windows
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (19.46%) Full-Stack Development
2 48 (18.68%) AI
3 36 (14.01%) Agile
4 26 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (8.95%) CI/CD
6 18 (7.00%) Microservices
6 18 (7.00%) Scrum
7 17 (6.61%) DevOps
8 16 (6.23%) ETL
9 15 (5.84%) Machine Learning
10 14 (5.45%) Clean Code
10 14 (5.45%) SDLC
11 13 (5.06%) API Development
12 12 (4.67%) iOS Development
13 11 (4.28%) OO
14 10 (3.89%) Data Modelling
15 9 (3.50%) Code Quality
15 9 (3.50%) Fintech
15 9 (3.50%) Workflow
16 8 (3.11%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 51 (19.84%) SQL
2 47 (18.29%) C#
3 40 (15.56%) Java
4 31 (12.06%) JavaScript
5 19 (7.39%) PL/SQL
6 18 (7.00%) Python
7 17 (6.61%) TypeScript
8 12 (4.67%) Ruby
9 8 (3.11%) Apex Code
9 8 (3.11%) Kotlin
10 7 (2.72%) Swift
11 5 (1.95%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.56%) ABAP
12 4 (1.56%) PHP
13 3 (1.17%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.17%) SOQL
14 2 (0.78%) Bash
14 2 (0.78%) Groovy
15 1 (0.39%) C++
15 1 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 12 (4.67%) Degree
1 12 (4.67%) SC Cleared
1 12 (4.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (1.17%) Azure Certification
2 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 2 (0.78%) AWS Certification
3 2 (0.78%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 2 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.17%) QA
2 2 (0.78%) HL7
3 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (5.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (4.67%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.17%) Kibana
3 2 (0.78%) Ansible
3 2 (0.78%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.39%) Grafana
Vendors
1 30 (11.67%) Microsoft
2 21 (8.17%) Oracle
3 14 (5.45%) Salesforce
4 9 (3.50%) Sage
5 4 (1.56%) Dynatrace
5 4 (1.56%) SAP
6 3 (1.17%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.17%) Splunk
7 1 (0.39%) Adobe
7 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow