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 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 21 7
Rank change year-on-year +14 -14 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 237 154 430
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 9.28% 9.64% 14.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.91% 12.19% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 203 105 356
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £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 2,391 1,263 2,736
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 79.04% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,520 578 2,089
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,875 £83,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 12 May 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 May 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 -2 123 £60,000 -4.00% 5
Slough +14 37 £70,000 +7.69% 9
Bracknell +4 34 £85,000 +9.68% 4
Wokingham +1 13 £50,000 - 2
Windsor +37 5 £70,000 - 3
Maidenhead +11 5 £67,500 +17.39%
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 63 (26.58%) SQL
2 53 (22.36%) Full-Stack Development
3 48 (20.25%) Java
3 48 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (18.99%) Oracle
5 43 (18.14%) PL/SQL
6 42 (17.72%) AWS
6 42 (17.72%) React
7 41 (17.30%) JavaScript
8 40 (16.88%) Azure
9 38 (16.03%) C#
10 35 (14.77%) Agile
10 35 (14.77%) CI/CD
11 34 (14.35%) OLTP
12 32 (13.50%) DevOps
13 31 (13.08%) HTML
14 30 (12.66%) Degree
15 29 (12.24%) .NET
15 29 (12.24%) Microsoft
16 28 (11.81%) Python
17 26 (10.97%) Node.js
18 25 (10.55%) SC Cleared
18 25 (10.55%) Security Cleared
19 24 (10.13%) Microservices
19 24 (10.13%) Power Platform
19 24 (10.13%) REST
20 23 (9.70%) Git
20 23 (9.70%) TypeScript
21 20 (8.44%) Kubernetes
21 20 (8.44%) SOAP

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 10 (4.22%) WordPress
2 7 (2.95%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.84%) SAS
4 1 (0.42%) Apache
4 1 (0.42%) CMS
4 1 (0.42%) IIS
4 1 (0.42%) JBoss
4 1 (0.42%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 42 (17.72%) AWS
2 40 (16.88%) Azure
3 24 (10.13%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (7.17%) Azure Logic Apps
6 16 (6.75%) Serverless
7 14 (5.91%) Amazon EKS
8 13 (5.49%) Amazon ECS
9 12 (5.06%) SaaS
10 10 (4.22%) Amazon S3
11 7 (2.95%) Amazon SQS
12 6 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.69%) Power Automate
14 3 (1.27%) Azure AI
14 3 (1.27%) GCP
15 2 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
15 2 (0.84%) PowerApps
15 2 (0.84%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.53%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (14.35%) OLTP
2 18 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (5.49%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.95%) MySQL
4 7 (2.95%) Power BI
4 7 (2.95%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (2.11%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.42%) Looker
9 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.42%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (9.70%) Git
2 14 (5.91%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.27%) JIRA
3 3 (1.27%) JUnit
4 2 (0.84%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
4 2 (0.84%) GitLab
4 2 (0.84%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.42%) git-flow
5 1 (0.42%) JMeter
5 1 (0.42%) Mockito
5 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 31 (13.08%) Finance
2 28 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (6.75%) Social Skills
4 15 (6.33%) Retail
5 11 (4.64%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.53%) Health Technology
7 5 (2.11%) Digital Health
7 5 (2.11%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.69%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.42%) Billing
9 1 (0.42%) Digital Healthcare
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (17.72%) React
2 31 (13.08%) HTML
3 29 (12.24%) .NET
4 26 (10.97%) Node.js
5 24 (10.13%) REST
6 20 (8.44%) SOAP
7 18 (7.59%) XML
8 17 (7.17%) Spring
8 17 (7.17%) Spring Boot
9 13 (5.49%) ASP.NET
9 13 (5.49%) Elastic Stack
10 11 (4.64%) JSON
10 11 (4.64%) Web Services
11 9 (3.80%) .NET Core
11 9 (3.80%) NumPy
11 9 (3.80%) Pandas
11 9 (3.80%) Ruby on Rails
12 8 (3.38%) Blazor
12 8 (3.38%) CSS
13 7 (2.95%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.44%) Mobile App
2 15 (6.33%) Low-Code
3 14 (5.91%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (3.80%) Algorithms
5 7 (2.95%) IoT
5 7 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.11%) NHS
7 3 (1.27%) Arduino
7 3 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.27%) PMI
7 3 (1.27%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (0.84%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.84%) Robotics
8 2 (0.84%) Social Network
8 2 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.42%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.42%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.49%) Apple iOS
2 9 (3.80%) Android
3 8 (3.38%) Linux
4 2 (0.84%) Windows
5 1 (0.42%) Unix
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (22.36%) Full-Stack Development
2 48 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (14.77%) Agile
3 35 (14.77%) CI/CD
4 32 (13.50%) DevOps
5 24 (10.13%) Microservices
6 20 (8.44%) Software Testing
7 17 (7.17%) Deployment Automation
8 16 (6.75%) Data Governance
8 16 (6.75%) Scrum
9 15 (6.33%) Business Process Analysis
9 15 (6.33%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (5.49%) TDD
11 12 (5.06%) SDLC
12 11 (4.64%) B2B
12 11 (4.64%) OO
12 11 (4.64%) Software Engineering
13 10 (4.22%) AI
13 10 (4.22%) Clean Code
14 9 (3.80%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (26.58%) SQL
2 48 (20.25%) Java
3 43 (18.14%) PL/SQL
4 41 (17.30%) JavaScript
5 38 (16.03%) C#
6 28 (11.81%) Python
7 23 (9.70%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.80%) Ruby
9 8 (3.38%) C++
10 6 (2.53%) Swift
11 5 (2.11%) ABAP
11 5 (2.11%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.69%) PHP
12 4 (1.69%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.27%) C
13 3 (1.27%) Pascal
14 2 (0.84%) Groovy
15 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.42%) R
15 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (12.66%) Degree
2 25 (10.55%) SC Cleared
2 25 (10.55%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.27%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.27%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.84%) PhD
5 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.11%) GDPR
1 5 (2.11%) QA
2 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
System Software
1 17 (7.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (8.44%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.95%) Ansible
2 7 (2.95%) Terraform
3 5 (2.11%) Kibana
4 2 (0.84%) Packer
Vendors
1 45 (18.99%) Oracle
2 29 (12.24%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.53%) AppDynamics
3 6 (2.53%) IBM
4 5 (2.11%) SAP
5 3 (1.27%) Motorola
6 2 (0.84%) Databricks
7 1 (0.42%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.42%) Informatica
7 1 (0.42%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.42%) Splunk