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 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -18 +8 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 158 316 244
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.86% 17.54% 13.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.47% 20.24% 14.22%
Number of salaries quoted 106 203 194
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 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +10.20% +2.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £90,875
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 1,866 1,561 1,716
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 86.63% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 926 826 1,234
10th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £71,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £91,250 £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 19 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 19 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 63 £52,500 -16.00% 26
Slough -22 32 £70,000 +7.69% 24
Bracknell +1 29 £80,000 +14.29% 7
Maidenhead - 9 £65,000 - 5
Windsor -30 5 - - 1
Wokingham -3 4 £28,000 -62.67% 3
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 61 (38.61%) JavaScript
2 58 (36.71%) HTML
3 49 (31.01%) CI/CD
4 47 (29.75%) Full-Stack Development
5 45 (28.48%) AWS
6 43 (27.22%) Agile
7 40 (25.32%) Java
8 39 (24.68%) SQL
9 38 (24.05%) Azure
10 37 (23.42%) Kubernetes
11 35 (22.15%) C#
11 35 (22.15%) Docker
12 33 (20.89%) React
13 32 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
14 29 (18.35%) JSON
14 29 (18.35%) Microservices
15 28 (17.72%) Oracle
15 28 (17.72%) PL/SQL
16 27 (17.09%) DevOps
16 27 (17.09%) Git
17 26 (16.46%) REST
18 25 (15.82%) CSS
18 25 (15.82%) Serverless
19 23 (14.56%) OLTP
19 23 (14.56%) PostgreSQL
19 23 (14.56%) Spring Boot
20 22 (13.92%) Node.js
20 22 (13.92%) Python
20 22 (13.92%) Relational Database
20 22 (13.92%) Web Services

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 (5.06%) WordPress
2 6 (3.80%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.90%) CMS
4 2 (1.27%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Camtasia
1 3 (1.90%) Lectora
1 3 (1.90%) Snagit
Cloud Services
1 45 (28.48%) AWS
2 38 (24.05%) Azure
3 25 (15.82%) Serverless
4 21 (13.29%) GCP
5 20 (12.66%) Amazon ECS
5 20 (12.66%) Amazon EKS
6 14 (8.86%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (6.96%) Amazon S3
7 11 (6.96%) Amazon SQS
7 11 (6.96%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.43%) GitHub
8 7 (4.43%) SaaS
9 6 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (3.16%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (3.16%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (1.90%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.90%) Zapier
12 2 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.16%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.56%) OLTP
1 23 (14.56%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (13.92%) Relational Database
3 14 (8.86%) RDBMS
4 8 (5.06%) MySQL
5 6 (3.80%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.80%) DynamoDB
5 6 (3.80%) NoSQL
5 6 (3.80%) Power BI
5 6 (3.80%) SQL Server
6 5 (3.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.63%) Looker
8 1 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (17.09%) Git
2 20 (12.66%) Jenkins
3 15 (9.49%) JUnit
4 14 (8.86%) JMeter
4 14 (8.86%) Mockito
5 5 (3.16%) git-flow
6 1 (0.63%) TeamCity
General
1 39 (24.68%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.39%) Finance
4 15 (9.49%) Public Sector
5 14 (8.86%) Law
5 14 (8.86%) Marketing
6 4 (2.53%) Humanities
6 4 (2.53%) Tech for Good
7 2 (1.27%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.63%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.63%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (36.71%) HTML
2 33 (20.89%) React
3 29 (18.35%) JSON
4 26 (16.46%) REST
5 25 (15.82%) CSS
6 23 (14.56%) Spring Boot
7 22 (13.92%) Node.js
7 22 (13.92%) Web Services
8 20 (12.66%) Spring
8 20 (12.66%) XML
9 18 (11.39%) .NET
10 17 (10.76%) RESTful
11 14 (8.86%) ActiveMQ
11 14 (8.86%) Apache Camel
11 14 (8.86%) Hibernate
11 14 (8.86%) jQuery
11 14 (8.86%) WireMock
12 11 (6.96%) Kafka
13 6 (3.80%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (3.80%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.66%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (9.49%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.80%) IoT
4 5 (3.16%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.16%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.16%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.53%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.90%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.90%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.27%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.27%) Robotics
7 2 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.63%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.90%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.63%) Android
2 1 (0.63%) Linux
2 1 (0.63%) Unix
2 1 (0.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (31.01%) CI/CD
2 47 (29.75%) Full-Stack Development
3 43 (27.22%) Agile
4 32 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (18.35%) Microservices
6 27 (17.09%) DevOps
7 21 (13.29%) Propensity Modelling
8 20 (12.66%) Configuration Management
8 20 (12.66%) TDD
9 18 (11.39%) Clean Code
9 18 (11.39%) SDLC
9 18 (11.39%) User Experience
10 17 (10.76%) Web Development
11 16 (10.13%) Containerisation
12 15 (9.49%) Issue Tracking
13 14 (8.86%) BDD
13 14 (8.86%) Customer Engagement
13 14 (8.86%) Process Management
13 14 (8.86%) Test Automation
13 14 (8.86%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 61 (38.61%) JavaScript
2 40 (25.32%) Java
3 39 (24.68%) SQL
4 35 (22.15%) C#
5 28 (17.72%) PL/SQL
6 22 (13.92%) Python
7 14 (8.86%) Shell Script
8 10 (6.33%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.43%) C++
10 3 (1.90%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.27%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.63%) PHP
12 1 (0.63%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (8.86%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.23%) 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 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.66%) QA
2 3 (1.90%) GDPR
2 3 (1.90%) SLA
3 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 35 (22.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 37 (23.42%) Kubernetes
2 14 (8.86%) Kibana
3 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (17.72%) Oracle
2 14 (8.86%) Dynatrace
2 14 (8.86%) Splunk
3 8 (5.06%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.63%) Informatica