Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Developer salary in Berkshire is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 December 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -16 +8 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 165 302 270
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.17% 17.30% 13.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.84% 20.28% 14.83%
Number of salaries quoted 114 194 213
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,125 £91,000
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 1,867 1,489 1,821
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 85.28% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 939 785 1,315
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,875 £30,150
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,575
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 £81,250 £71,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £93,750 £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 28 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 28 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 +2 67 £51,250 -18.33% 60
Slough -19 33 £70,000 +7.69% 155
Bracknell +1 27 £80,000 +14.29% 7
Maidenhead - 10 £65,000 - 4
Wokingham -1 6 £39,000 -48.00% 4
Windsor -32 5 £70,000 - 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 59 (35.76%) JavaScript
2 58 (35.15%) HTML
3 51 (30.91%) Full-Stack Development
4 48 (29.09%) CI/CD
5 43 (26.06%) AWS
6 42 (25.45%) Agile
6 42 (25.45%) SQL
7 41 (24.85%) Java
8 38 (23.03%) Azure
9 37 (22.42%) Kubernetes
10 36 (21.82%) React
11 35 (21.21%) C#
12 34 (20.61%) Docker
12 34 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
13 30 (18.18%) Oracle
13 30 (18.18%) PL/SQL
14 29 (17.58%) Microservices
15 27 (16.36%) DevOps
15 27 (16.36%) Git
15 27 (16.36%) JSON
16 26 (15.76%) REST
17 25 (15.15%) CSS
18 24 (14.55%) OLTP
18 24 (14.55%) Serverless
19 23 (13.94%) Spring Boot
20 22 (13.33%) Node.js
20 22 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
21 21 (12.73%) GCP
21 21 (12.73%) Python
21 21 (12.73%) Relational Database

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 (5.45%) WordPress
2 6 (3.64%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.82%) CMS
4 2 (1.21%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.82%) Camtasia
1 3 (1.82%) Lectora
1 3 (1.82%) Snagit
Cloud Services
1 43 (26.06%) AWS
2 38 (23.03%) Azure
3 24 (14.55%) Serverless
4 21 (12.73%) GCP
5 19 (11.52%) Amazon ECS
5 19 (11.52%) Amazon EKS
6 13 (7.88%) Amazon EC2
7 11 (6.67%) Amazon S3
7 11 (6.67%) Amazon SQS
7 11 (6.67%) Power Platform
8 9 (5.45%) SaaS
9 7 (4.24%) GitHub
10 6 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (3.03%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (1.82%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.82%) Zapier
13 2 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.64%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (14.55%) OLTP
2 22 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (12.73%) Relational Database
4 13 (7.88%) RDBMS
5 8 (4.85%) MySQL
6 6 (3.64%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (3.64%) DynamoDB
6 6 (3.64%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.64%) Power BI
6 6 (3.64%) SQL Server
7 5 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.61%) Looker
9 1 (0.61%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (16.36%) Git
2 19 (11.52%) Jenkins
3 14 (8.48%) JUnit
4 13 (7.88%) JMeter
4 13 (7.88%) Mockito
5 5 (3.03%) git-flow
6 1 (0.61%) TeamCity
General
1 37 (22.42%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (11.52%) Finance
4 14 (8.48%) Law
4 14 (8.48%) Marketing
4 14 (8.48%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.42%) Humanities
5 4 (2.42%) Tech for Good
6 2 (1.21%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.61%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.61%) Legal
7 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.61%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (35.15%) HTML
2 36 (21.82%) React
3 27 (16.36%) JSON
4 26 (15.76%) REST
5 25 (15.15%) CSS
6 23 (13.94%) Spring Boot
7 22 (13.33%) Node.js
8 21 (12.73%) Web Services
8 21 (12.73%) XML
9 20 (12.12%) .NET
10 19 (11.52%) Spring
11 17 (10.30%) RESTful
12 13 (7.88%) ActiveMQ
12 13 (7.88%) Apache Camel
12 13 (7.88%) Hibernate
12 13 (7.88%) jQuery
12 13 (7.88%) WireMock
13 11 (6.67%) Kafka
14 8 (4.85%) SOAP
15 6 (3.64%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.52%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (8.48%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.24%) IoT
4 5 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.03%) Low-Code
4 5 (3.03%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.82%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.21%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.21%) Robotics
6 2 (1.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.21%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.61%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.61%) NHS
7 1 (0.61%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.42%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.61%) Android
2 1 (0.61%) Linux
2 1 (0.61%) Unix
2 1 (0.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (30.91%) Full-Stack Development
2 48 (29.09%) CI/CD
3 42 (25.45%) Agile
4 34 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (17.58%) Microservices
6 27 (16.36%) DevOps
7 19 (11.52%) Configuration Management
7 19 (11.52%) Propensity Modelling
7 19 (11.52%) SDLC
7 19 (11.52%) TDD
8 18 (10.91%) User Experience
8 18 (10.91%) Web Development
9 16 (9.70%) Clean Code
9 16 (9.70%) Containerisation
10 14 (8.48%) Customer Engagement
10 14 (8.48%) Design Patterns
10 14 (8.48%) Issue Tracking
10 14 (8.48%) Test Automation
10 14 (8.48%) UX Design
11 13 (7.88%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (35.76%) JavaScript
2 42 (25.45%) SQL
3 41 (24.85%) Java
4 35 (21.21%) C#
5 30 (18.18%) PL/SQL
6 21 (12.73%) Python
7 13 (7.88%) Shell Script
8 12 (7.27%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.24%) C++
10 3 (1.82%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.82%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.61%) PHP
11 1 (0.61%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (9.70%) Degree
2 13 (7.88%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.21%) AWS Certification
3 2 (1.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (1.21%) Azure Certification
3 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.21%) PhD
4 1 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.61%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.12%) QA
2 3 (1.82%) GDPR
2 3 (1.82%) SLA
3 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (20.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 37 (22.42%) Kubernetes
2 13 (7.88%) Kibana
3 1 (0.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (18.18%) Oracle
2 13 (7.88%) Dynatrace
2 13 (7.88%) Splunk
3 8 (4.85%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.61%) Informatica