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 17 January 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -15 +3 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 155 272 327
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.80% 16.51% 15.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.48% 20.30% 15.92%
Number of salaries quoted 118 171 267
10th Percentile £42,125 £45,000 £47,300
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,000 £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 £81,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £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 1,827 1,340 2,054
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 81.36% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 925 687 1,520
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 £54,998
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.19% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +13.86% -8.18%

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 17 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 17 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 +1 68 £52,500 -16.00% 20
Slough -20 30 £70,000 +5.66% 94
Bracknell +2 19 £80,000 +14.29% 6
Wokingham +1 8 £52,500 -30.00% 6
Maidenhead - 6 £65,000 -
Windsor -29 2 £70,000 -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 48 (30.97%) JavaScript
2 47 (30.32%) SQL
3 43 (27.74%) HTML
4 41 (26.45%) Java
5 38 (24.52%) Full-Stack Development
6 37 (23.87%) CI/CD
7 34 (21.94%) Oracle
7 34 (21.94%) PL/SQL
8 33 (21.29%) C#
9 30 (19.35%) Azure
10 28 (18.06%) Microservices
10 28 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (17.42%) AWS
12 26 (16.77%) Agile
12 26 (16.77%) OLTP
13 25 (16.13%) Python
13 25 (16.13%) REST
14 23 (14.84%) JSON
14 23 (14.84%) React
15 22 (14.19%) Kubernetes
15 22 (14.19%) Serverless
15 22 (14.19%) Spring Boot
15 22 (14.19%) XML
16 20 (12.90%) SDLC
17 19 (12.26%) .NET
17 19 (12.26%) Degree
17 19 (12.26%) PostgreSQL
17 19 (12.26%) Relational Database
18 18 (11.61%) Configuration Management
18 18 (11.61%) DevOps

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 30 (19.35%) Azure
2 27 (17.42%) AWS
3 22 (14.19%) Serverless
4 17 (10.97%) Amazon ECS
4 17 (10.97%) Amazon EKS
5 16 (10.32%) Power Platform
6 12 (7.74%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (7.10%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (7.10%) Amazon S3
7 11 (7.10%) Amazon SQS
8 10 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (6.45%) SaaS
9 7 (4.52%) GCP
9 7 (4.52%) GitHub
10 5 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (1.94%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.94%) Zapier
12 2 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (16.77%) OLTP
2 19 (12.26%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (12.26%) Relational Database
3 11 (7.10%) RDBMS
4 8 (5.16%) MySQL
5 6 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.87%) Power BI
6 5 (3.23%) DynamoDB
6 5 (3.23%) NoSQL
6 5 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (2.58%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.65%) Looker
9 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.65%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (10.97%) Jenkins
2 13 (8.39%) Git
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 26 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (16.13%) Finance
3 20 (12.90%) Social Skills
4 12 (7.74%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.58%) Health Technology
5 4 (2.58%) Tech for Good
6 3 (1.94%) Humanities
7 2 (1.29%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.29%) Retail
8 1 (0.65%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (27.74%) HTML
2 25 (16.13%) REST
3 23 (14.84%) JSON
3 23 (14.84%) React
4 22 (14.19%) Spring Boot
4 22 (14.19%) XML
5 19 (12.26%) .NET
6 18 (11.61%) Web Services
7 17 (10.97%) Spring
8 11 (7.10%) ActiveMQ
8 11 (7.10%) Apache Camel
8 11 (7.10%) CSS
8 11 (7.10%) Hibernate
8 11 (7.10%) jQuery
8 11 (7.10%) Kafka
8 11 (7.10%) SOAP
8 11 (7.10%) WireMock
9 7 (4.52%) Node.js
10 6 (3.87%) Elastic Stack
10 6 (3.87%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.97%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (7.74%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (6.45%) Low-Code
4 8 (5.16%) IoT
5 5 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.23%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.23%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.94%) NHS
7 2 (1.29%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.29%) PMI
7 2 (1.29%) Robotics
7 2 (1.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.65%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.65%) Social Network
8 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 38 (24.52%) Full-Stack Development
2 37 (23.87%) CI/CD
3 28 (18.06%) Microservices
3 28 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (16.77%) Agile
5 20 (12.90%) SDLC
6 18 (11.61%) Configuration Management
6 18 (11.61%) DevOps
7 17 (10.97%) TDD
8 13 (8.39%) Software Testing
9 12 (7.74%) Clean Code
9 12 (7.74%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (7.74%) Issue Tracking
9 12 (7.74%) Propensity Modelling
10 11 (7.10%) BDD
10 11 (7.10%) Process Management
10 11 (7.10%) Software Engineering
10 11 (7.10%) Workflow
11 10 (6.45%) Business Process Analysis
11 10 (6.45%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 48 (30.97%) JavaScript
2 47 (30.32%) SQL
3 41 (26.45%) Java
4 34 (21.94%) PL/SQL
5 33 (21.29%) C#
6 25 (16.13%) Python
7 11 (7.10%) Shell Script
7 11 (7.10%) TypeScript
8 8 (5.16%) C++
9 3 (1.94%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.29%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.65%) PHP
11 1 (0.65%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (12.26%) 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 6 (3.87%) 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 18 (11.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (14.19%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.10%) Kibana
3 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (21.94%) Oracle
2 14 (9.03%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.10%) Dynatrace
3 11 (7.10%) Splunk
4 1 (0.65%) Informatica