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 3 August 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 23 7
Rank change year-on-year +9 -16 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 207 169 337
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 6.72% 9.48% 13.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.10% 10.13% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 167 106 254
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,375 £50,000 £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 £73,438 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,500 £57,750
% change year-on-year +8.11% -3.90% -3.75%

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 2,915 1,668 2,413
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 93.60% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,906 764 1,552
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
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 3 August 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 3 August 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 -8 97 £65,000 +14.98% 11
Slough +22 38 £70,000 +7.69% 6
Bracknell -1 37 £85,000 +3.03% 2
Windsor +39 8 £50,000 - 1
Maidenhead +27 5 £85,000 - 1
Wokingham -8 4 £60,000 +114.29% 9
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 3 August 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 (30.43%) SQL
2 47 (22.71%) Full-Stack Development
3 46 (22.22%) AWS
4 44 (21.26%) Agile
5 41 (19.81%) Azure
5 41 (19.81%) C#
6 39 (18.84%) React
7 36 (17.39%) .NET
8 35 (16.91%) Java
8 35 (16.91%) Oracle
9 33 (15.94%) PL/SQL
10 32 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (14.49%) JavaScript
12 28 (13.53%) Microsoft
13 27 (13.04%) AI
13 27 (13.04%) OLTP
13 27 (13.04%) SC Cleared
13 27 (13.04%) Security Cleared
14 26 (12.56%) Node.js
15 25 (12.08%) DevOps
16 24 (11.59%) Microservices
16 24 (11.59%) TypeScript
17 23 (11.11%) CI/CD
17 23 (11.11%) Python
18 22 (10.63%) ASP.NET
18 22 (10.63%) HTML
19 21 (10.14%) Degree
20 20 (9.66%) .NET Core
20 20 (9.66%) Git
20 20 (9.66%) 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 4 (1.93%) CMS
2 3 (1.45%) Jadu
3 2 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.97%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.48%) Apache
4 1 (0.48%) IIS
4 1 (0.48%) JBoss
4 1 (0.48%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.48%) SAS
4 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.48%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 46 (22.22%) AWS
2 41 (19.81%) Azure
3 14 (6.76%) Serverless
4 12 (5.80%) Amazon ECS
4 12 (5.80%) Power Platform
5 11 (5.31%) Amazon EKS
5 11 (5.31%) GitHub
6 10 (4.83%) Azure AI
7 9 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (4.35%) SaaS
8 7 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.90%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (2.90%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.90%) GitHub Copilot
10 5 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.97%) Amazon ECR
11 2 (0.97%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (0.97%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.97%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.97%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.04%) OLTP
2 17 (8.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 16 (7.73%) MongoDB
4 13 (6.28%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (3.86%) Relational Database
6 7 (3.38%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.38%) Power BI
7 5 (2.42%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.93%) MySQL
9 2 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.97%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.48%) Power Query
10 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.48%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (9.66%) Git
2 13 (6.28%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.42%) JIRA
4 4 (1.93%) GitLab
4 4 (1.93%) JUnit
4 4 (1.93%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.45%) JMeter
5 3 (1.45%) Mockito
6 2 (0.97%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.97%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.97%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.97%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.97%) Maven
6 2 (0.97%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 24 (11.59%) Finance
2 13 (6.28%) Retail
3 12 (5.80%) Public Sector
4 11 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.31%) Social Skills
5 9 (4.35%) Digital Health
5 9 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.90%) Health Technology
7 4 (1.93%) Electronics
7 4 (1.93%) Law
8 1 (0.48%) Billing
8 1 (0.48%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (18.84%) React
2 36 (17.39%) .NET
3 26 (12.56%) Node.js
4 22 (10.63%) ASP.NET
4 22 (10.63%) HTML
5 20 (9.66%) .NET Core
6 19 (9.18%) REST
7 16 (7.73%) ASP.NET Core
8 15 (7.25%) Blazor
8 15 (7.25%) SOAP
8 15 (7.25%) Spring
9 13 (6.28%) XML
10 12 (5.80%) Spring Boot
11 11 (5.31%) .NET Framework
12 10 (4.83%) RESTful
13 9 (4.35%) AngularJS
13 9 (4.35%) ML.NET
13 9 (4.35%) Ruby on Rails
14 8 (3.86%) CSS
14 8 (3.86%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.18%) Mobile App
2 9 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (3.86%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.42%) Low-Code
5 4 (1.93%) NHS
5 4 (1.93%) Social Network
6 3 (1.45%) Arduino
6 3 (1.45%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (1.45%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.97%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.97%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.48%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.48%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.48%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.76%) Apple iOS
2 9 (4.35%) Android
3 8 (3.86%) Linux
4 1 (0.48%) Windows
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (22.71%) Full-Stack Development
2 44 (21.26%) Agile
3 32 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (13.04%) AI
5 25 (12.08%) DevOps
6 24 (11.59%) Microservices
7 23 (11.11%) CI/CD
8 20 (9.66%) Scrum
9 15 (7.25%) Clean Code
10 13 (6.28%) OO
11 12 (5.80%) Software Testing
12 11 (5.31%) Data Modelling
12 11 (5.31%) Machine Learning
12 11 (5.31%) SDLC
13 10 (4.83%) iOS Development
13 10 (4.83%) TDD
14 9 (4.35%) Analytics
14 9 (4.35%) Decision-Making
14 9 (4.35%) Workflow
15 8 (3.86%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 63 (30.43%) SQL
2 41 (19.81%) C#
3 35 (16.91%) Java
4 33 (15.94%) PL/SQL
5 30 (14.49%) JavaScript
6 24 (11.59%) TypeScript
7 23 (11.11%) Python
8 10 (4.83%) Swift
9 9 (4.35%) Ruby
10 7 (3.38%) Apex Code
11 6 (2.90%) PHP
12 5 (2.42%) ABAP
12 5 (2.42%) Kotlin
12 5 (2.42%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.93%) Groovy
14 3 (1.45%) C
14 3 (1.45%) Pascal
14 3 (1.45%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.97%) Bash
15 2 (0.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 27 (13.04%) SC Cleared
1 27 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 21 (10.14%) Degree
3 3 (1.45%) AWS Certification
3 3 (1.45%) DV Cleared
4 2 (0.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 2 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.93%) GDPR
1 4 (1.93%) QA
2 2 (0.97%) HL7
System Software
1 19 (9.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (7.73%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.38%) Ansible
2 7 (3.38%) Kibana
3 6 (2.90%) Terraform
4 2 (0.97%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.97%) Packer
Vendors
1 35 (16.91%) Oracle
2 28 (13.53%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.86%) Salesforce
4 6 (2.90%) AppDynamics
4 6 (2.90%) IBM
5 5 (2.42%) SAP
6 3 (1.45%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.45%) Motorola
6 3 (1.45%) Splunk
7 2 (0.97%) Databricks
7 2 (0.97%) Sage
8 1 (0.48%) OpenAI