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 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 24 7
Rank change year-on-year +10 -17 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 195 174 391
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 6.77% 9.74% 13.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.16% 10.65% 13.93%
Number of salaries quoted 159 110 307
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,875 £49,063 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £86,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 2,724 1,634 2,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 91.44% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,775 728 1,930
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.63%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -7 97 £65,000 +13.04% 4
Bracknell +1 36 £85,000 +6.25% 1
Slough +17 34 £70,000 +7.69% 6
Windsor +39 8 £60,000 - 2
Wokingham -8 5 £50,000 +78.57% 1
Maidenhead +21 3 £85,000 +47.83% 2
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 18 July 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 62 (31.79%) SQL
2 49 (25.13%) Full-Stack Development
3 46 (23.59%) AWS
4 42 (21.54%) Agile
5 41 (21.03%) Azure
6 38 (19.49%) React
7 36 (18.46%) Oracle
8 35 (17.95%) C#
9 34 (17.44%) .NET
9 34 (17.44%) Java
9 34 (17.44%) PL/SQL
10 33 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (15.38%) JavaScript
12 29 (14.87%) Microsoft
13 27 (13.85%) OLTP
13 27 (13.85%) SC Cleared
13 27 (13.85%) Security Cleared
14 26 (13.33%) DevOps
14 26 (13.33%) Node.js
15 24 (12.31%) AI
15 24 (12.31%) CI/CD
16 23 (11.79%) HTML
16 23 (11.79%) Microservices
16 23 (11.79%) Python
16 23 (11.79%) TypeScript
17 20 (10.26%) .NET Core
17 20 (10.26%) ASP.NET
17 20 (10.26%) Degree
18 19 (9.74%) Docker
18 19 (9.74%) Scrum

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 2 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (1.03%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.51%) Apache
2 1 (0.51%) CMS
2 1 (0.51%) IIS
2 1 (0.51%) JBoss
2 1 (0.51%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Fuse
2 1 (0.51%) SAS
2 1 (0.51%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 46 (23.59%) AWS
2 41 (21.03%) Azure
3 14 (7.18%) Serverless
4 13 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 12 (6.15%) Amazon ECS
6 11 (5.64%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (5.13%) Azure AI
7 10 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (5.13%) GitHub
8 8 (4.10%) SaaS
9 7 (3.59%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.59%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (3.08%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (3.08%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.08%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (1.03%) Amazon ECR
11 2 (1.03%) Apigee
11 2 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.03%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (1.03%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.85%) OLTP
2 17 (8.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 16 (8.21%) MongoDB
4 13 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (4.10%) Relational Database
6 7 (3.59%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (3.08%) Power BI
8 5 (2.56%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (2.05%) MySQL
10 2 (1.03%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.51%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (9.23%) Git
2 13 (6.67%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.05%) GitLab
3 4 (2.05%) JIRA
3 4 (2.05%) JUnit
3 4 (2.05%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.54%) JMeter
4 3 (1.54%) Mockito
5 2 (1.03%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.03%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.03%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.03%) Maven
6 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.51%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 25 (12.82%) Finance
2 14 (7.18%) Retail
3 13 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.15%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.64%) Social Skills
6 9 (4.62%) Digital Health
7 6 (3.08%) Health Technology
7 6 (3.08%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.05%) Law
9 1 (0.51%) Billing
9 1 (0.51%) Electronics
9 1 (0.51%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (19.49%) React
2 34 (17.44%) .NET
3 26 (13.33%) Node.js
4 23 (11.79%) HTML
5 20 (10.26%) .NET Core
5 20 (10.26%) ASP.NET
6 17 (8.72%) REST
7 16 (8.21%) ASP.NET Core
8 15 (7.69%) Blazor
8 15 (7.69%) SOAP
9 14 (7.18%) Spring
10 13 (6.67%) XML
11 11 (5.64%) .NET Framework
11 11 (5.64%) Spring Boot
12 10 (5.13%) RESTful
13 9 (4.62%) ML.NET
13 9 (4.62%) Ruby on Rails
14 8 (4.10%) CSS
14 8 (4.10%) Elastic Stack
14 8 (4.10%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.74%) Mobile App
2 9 (4.62%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (4.10%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.56%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.05%) Social Network
6 3 (1.54%) Arduino
6 3 (1.54%) NHS
6 3 (1.54%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (1.54%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.03%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.03%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.51%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.51%) PMI
8 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.18%) Apple iOS
2 9 (4.62%) Android
3 7 (3.59%) Linux
4 1 (0.51%) Windows
4 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (25.13%) Full-Stack Development
2 42 (21.54%) Agile
3 33 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (13.33%) DevOps
5 24 (12.31%) AI
5 24 (12.31%) CI/CD
6 23 (11.79%) Microservices
7 19 (9.74%) Scrum
8 14 (7.18%) Clean Code
9 13 (6.67%) Software Testing
10 12 (6.15%) OO
11 11 (5.64%) Machine Learning
12 10 (5.13%) iOS Development
12 10 (5.13%) TDD
13 9 (4.62%) Data Modelling
13 9 (4.62%) SDLC
14 8 (4.10%) Analytics
14 8 (4.10%) B2B
14 8 (4.10%) BDD
14 8 (4.10%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 62 (31.79%) SQL
2 35 (17.95%) C#
3 34 (17.44%) Java
3 34 (17.44%) PL/SQL
4 30 (15.38%) JavaScript
5 23 (11.79%) Python
5 23 (11.79%) TypeScript
6 10 (5.13%) Swift
7 9 (4.62%) Ruby
8 6 (3.08%) PHP
9 5 (2.56%) ABAP
9 5 (2.56%) Apex Code
9 5 (2.56%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.56%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.05%) Groovy
11 3 (1.54%) C
11 3 (1.54%) Pascal
11 3 (1.54%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.03%) Bash
13 1 (0.51%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 27 (13.85%) SC Cleared
1 27 (13.85%) Security Cleared
2 20 (10.26%) Degree
3 3 (1.54%) AWS Certification
3 3 (1.54%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 2 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.05%) GDPR
2 3 (1.54%) QA
3 1 (0.51%) HL7
System Software
1 19 (9.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (8.21%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.59%) Ansible
2 7 (3.59%) Kibana
3 6 (3.08%) Terraform
4 2 (1.03%) HP Fortify
4 2 (1.03%) Packer
Vendors
1 36 (18.46%) Oracle
2 29 (14.87%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.08%) AppDynamics
3 6 (3.08%) IBM
3 6 (3.08%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.56%) SAP
5 3 (1.54%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.54%) Motorola
5 3 (1.54%) Splunk
6 2 (1.03%) Databricks
7 1 (0.51%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.51%) Sage