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 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -18 +8 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 157 324 237
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.80% 17.59% 13.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.40% 20.16% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 106 212 187
10th Percentile £40,625 £45,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £88,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,868 1,607 1,697
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.84% 87.24% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 922 855 1,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £65,000 £54,763
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +18.69% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £71,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 16 December 2025.

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 16 December 2025. 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 +4 62 £52,500 -16.33% 26
Slough -23 32 £70,000 +5.66% 9
Bracknell +1 29 £80,000 +14.29% 6
Maidenhead - 9 £65,000 - 5
Windsor -27 5 - -
Wokingham -2 4 £28,000 -62.67% 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, 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 62 (39.49%) JavaScript
2 59 (37.58%) HTML
3 50 (31.85%) CI/CD
4 48 (30.57%) Full-Stack Development
5 46 (29.30%) AWS
6 44 (28.03%) Agile
7 41 (26.11%) Java
8 39 (24.84%) SQL
9 38 (24.20%) Azure
9 38 (24.20%) Kubernetes
10 36 (22.93%) Docker
11 35 (22.29%) C#
12 33 (21.02%) React
13 32 (20.38%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (19.11%) JSON
14 30 (19.11%) Microservices
15 28 (17.83%) Oracle
15 28 (17.83%) PL/SQL
16 27 (17.20%) DevOps
16 27 (17.20%) Git
16 27 (17.20%) REST
17 26 (16.56%) Serverless
18 25 (15.92%) CSS
19 24 (15.29%) PostgreSQL
19 24 (15.29%) Spring Boot
20 23 (14.65%) OLTP
20 23 (14.65%) Python
20 23 (14.65%) Relational Database
20 23 (14.65%) Web Services
21 22 (14.01%) Node.js

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 (5.10%) WordPress
2 6 (3.82%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.91%) CMS
4 2 (1.27%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.91%) Camtasia
1 3 (1.91%) Lectora
1 3 (1.91%) Snagit
Cloud Services
1 46 (29.30%) AWS
2 38 (24.20%) Azure
3 26 (16.56%) Serverless
4 21 (13.38%) Amazon ECS
4 21 (13.38%) Amazon EKS
4 21 (13.38%) GCP
5 15 (9.55%) Amazon EC2
6 11 (7.01%) Amazon S3
6 11 (7.01%) Amazon SQS
6 11 (7.01%) Power Platform
7 7 (4.46%) GitHub
7 7 (4.46%) SaaS
8 6 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (3.18%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (3.18%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.18%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (3.18%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.91%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.91%) Zapier
11 2 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (15.29%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (14.65%) OLTP
2 23 (14.65%) Relational Database
3 15 (9.55%) RDBMS
4 8 (5.10%) MySQL
5 6 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.82%) DynamoDB
5 6 (3.82%) NoSQL
5 6 (3.82%) Power BI
5 6 (3.82%) SQL Server
6 5 (3.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.64%) Looker
8 1 (0.64%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (17.20%) Git
2 21 (13.38%) Jenkins
3 16 (10.19%) JUnit
4 15 (9.55%) JMeter
4 15 (9.55%) Mockito
5 5 (3.18%) git-flow
6 1 (0.64%) TeamCity
General
1 39 (24.84%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.92%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.46%) Finance
4 16 (10.19%) Public Sector
5 14 (8.92%) Law
5 14 (8.92%) Marketing
6 4 (2.55%) Humanities
6 4 (2.55%) Tech for Good
7 2 (1.27%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.64%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.64%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (37.58%) HTML
2 33 (21.02%) React
3 30 (19.11%) JSON
4 27 (17.20%) REST
5 25 (15.92%) CSS
6 24 (15.29%) Spring Boot
7 23 (14.65%) Web Services
8 22 (14.01%) Node.js
9 21 (13.38%) Spring
9 21 (13.38%) XML
10 18 (11.46%) .NET
11 17 (10.83%) RESTful
12 15 (9.55%) ActiveMQ
12 15 (9.55%) Apache Camel
12 15 (9.55%) Hibernate
12 15 (9.55%) jQuery
12 15 (9.55%) WireMock
13 11 (7.01%) Kafka
14 6 (3.82%) Elastic Stack
14 6 (3.82%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.38%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (9.55%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.82%) IoT
4 5 (3.18%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.18%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.18%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.55%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.91%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.91%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.27%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.27%) Robotics
7 2 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.64%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.64%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.91%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.64%) Android
2 1 (0.64%) Linux
2 1 (0.64%) Unix
2 1 (0.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (31.85%) CI/CD
2 48 (30.57%) Full-Stack Development
3 44 (28.03%) Agile
4 32 (20.38%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (19.11%) Microservices
6 27 (17.20%) DevOps
7 21 (13.38%) Propensity Modelling
7 21 (13.38%) TDD
8 20 (12.74%) Configuration Management
9 18 (11.46%) Clean Code
9 18 (11.46%) SDLC
9 18 (11.46%) User Experience
10 17 (10.83%) Web Development
11 16 (10.19%) Containerisation
12 15 (9.55%) BDD
12 15 (9.55%) Issue Tracking
12 15 (9.55%) Process Management
12 15 (9.55%) Workflow
13 14 (8.92%) Test Automation
13 14 (8.92%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 62 (39.49%) JavaScript
2 41 (26.11%) Java
3 39 (24.84%) SQL
4 35 (22.29%) C#
5 28 (17.83%) PL/SQL
6 23 (14.65%) Python
7 15 (9.55%) Shell Script
8 10 (6.37%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.46%) C++
10 3 (1.91%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.27%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.64%) PHP
12 1 (0.64%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (8.92%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.28%) Degree
3 2 (1.27%) AWS Certification
3 2 (1.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.27%) PhD
4 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.74%) QA
2 3 (1.91%) GDPR
2 3 (1.91%) SLA
3 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.64%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (22.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 38 (24.20%) Kubernetes
2 15 (9.55%) Kibana
3 1 (0.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (17.83%) Oracle
2 15 (9.55%) Dynatrace
2 15 (9.55%) Splunk
3 8 (5.10%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.64%) Informatica