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 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 26 7
Rank change year-on-year +18 -19 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 237 139 433
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 9.10% 8.71% 14.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.73% 10.92% 15.55%
Number of salaries quoted 198 91 358
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £91,625
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

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 2,436 1,273 2,784
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 79.81% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,551 562 2,099
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,775 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,183 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,565 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +5.84% -10.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,150 £83,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 24 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 24 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 -4.76% 12
Slough +21 39 £70,000 +7.69% 6
Bracknell +10 34 £85,000 +9.68% 4
Wokingham - 13 £50,000 -
Windsor +39 5 £70,000 - 2
Maidenhead +19 4 £70,000 +21.74%
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 50 (21.10%) Java
4 48 (20.25%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (19.83%) Oracle
6 45 (18.99%) PL/SQL
7 42 (17.72%) AWS
7 42 (17.72%) JavaScript
8 41 (17.30%) React
9 36 (15.19%) C#
9 36 (15.19%) OLTP
10 35 (14.77%) Agile
10 35 (14.77%) Azure
11 34 (14.35%) CI/CD
12 33 (13.92%) DevOps
13 32 (13.50%) HTML
14 30 (12.66%) Degree
15 29 (12.24%) Microsoft
15 29 (12.24%) Python
16 27 (11.39%) .NET
16 27 (11.39%) SC Cleared
16 27 (11.39%) Security Cleared
17 26 (10.97%) Microservices
17 26 (10.97%) Node.js
18 24 (10.13%) REST
19 23 (9.70%) Kubernetes
19 23 (9.70%) Power Platform
20 21 (8.86%) Git
20 21 (8.86%) SOAP
20 21 (8.86%) Software Testing

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 (3.80%) WordPress
2 8 (3.38%) 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 35 (14.77%) Azure
3 23 (9.70%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (7.59%) Serverless
5 17 (7.17%) Amazon EKS
5 17 (7.17%) Azure Logic Apps
6 16 (6.75%) Amazon ECS
7 11 (4.64%) SaaS
8 10 (4.22%) Amazon S3
9 7 (2.95%) Amazon SQS
10 6 (2.53%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.27%) Azure AI
12 3 (1.27%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.84%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.84%) Prefect
14 1 (0.42%) BigCommerce
14 1 (0.42%) GitHub Copilot
14 1 (0.42%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.53%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (15.19%) OLTP
2 19 (8.02%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (5.91%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (2.53%) Power BI
4 6 (2.53%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.11%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.11%) MySQL
5 5 (2.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.42%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 21 (8.86%) Git
2 17 (7.17%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.11%) JUnit
4 3 (1.27%) JIRA
4 3 (1.27%) JMeter
4 3 (1.27%) Mockito
5 2 (0.84%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.84%) GitLab
5 2 (0.84%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.42%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 30 (12.66%) Finance
2 26 (10.97%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (6.75%) Social Skills
4 15 (6.33%) Retail
5 13 (5.49%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.95%) Digital Health
7 6 (2.53%) Health Technology
8 5 (2.11%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.69%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.42%) Billing
10 1 (0.42%) Digital Healthcare
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (17.30%) React
2 32 (13.50%) HTML
3 27 (11.39%) .NET
4 26 (10.97%) Node.js
5 24 (10.13%) REST
6 21 (8.86%) SOAP
7 20 (8.44%) Spring
7 20 (8.44%) Spring Boot
8 19 (8.02%) XML
9 14 (5.91%) Elastic Stack
10 13 (5.49%) ASP.NET
11 12 (5.06%) Web Services
12 10 (4.22%) JSON
12 10 (4.22%) Mustache
13 9 (3.80%) .NET Core
13 9 (3.80%) NumPy
13 9 (3.80%) Pandas
13 9 (3.80%) RESTful
13 9 (3.80%) Ruby on Rails
14 8 (3.38%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.86%) Mobile App
2 15 (6.33%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (6.33%) Low-Code
3 9 (3.80%) Algorithms
4 6 (2.53%) IoT
4 6 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.11%) NHS
6 3 (1.27%) Arduino
6 3 (1.27%) PMI
6 3 (1.27%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (1.27%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.84%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.84%) Robotics
7 2 (0.84%) Social Network
8 1 (0.42%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.42%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.33%) 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
4 34 (14.35%) CI/CD
5 33 (13.92%) DevOps
6 26 (10.97%) Microservices
7 21 (8.86%) Software Testing
8 19 (8.02%) Scrum
9 17 (7.17%) Deployment Automation
10 16 (6.75%) Data Governance
10 16 (6.75%) TDD
11 15 (6.33%) Business Process Analysis
11 15 (6.33%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (5.49%) SDLC
13 12 (5.06%) AI
14 11 (4.64%) iOS Development
15 10 (4.22%) Clean Code
15 10 (4.22%) OO
16 9 (3.80%) B2B
16 9 (3.80%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 63 (26.58%) SQL
2 50 (21.10%) Java
3 45 (18.99%) PL/SQL
4 42 (17.72%) JavaScript
5 36 (15.19%) C#
6 29 (12.24%) Python
7 21 (8.86%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.80%) Ruby
9 8 (3.38%) Swift
10 6 (2.53%) PHP
11 5 (2.11%) ABAP
11 5 (2.11%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.69%) C++
12 4 (1.69%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.27%) C
13 3 (1.27%) Pascal
13 3 (1.27%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.84%) Groovy
15 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 30 (12.66%) Degree
2 27 (11.39%) SC Cleared
2 27 (11.39%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.27%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.27%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.42%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.69%) GDPR
2 3 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 19 (8.02%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (9.70%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.95%) Ansible
2 7 (2.95%) Kibana
2 7 (2.95%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Packer
Vendors
1 47 (19.83%) 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%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.27%) Motorola
5 3 (1.27%) Splunk
6 2 (0.84%) Databricks
7 1 (0.42%) Salesforce