Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Developer salary in Berkshire is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 April 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 18 7
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 202 161 440
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.54% 10.98% 15.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.20% 14.34% 16.03%
Number of salaries quoted 167 109 368
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £92,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 2,195 1,123 2,745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 76.60% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,373 536 2,169
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,784
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -3 104 £60,000 -4.00% 21
Slough +6 29 £70,000 +7.69% 5
Bracknell -1 24 £80,000 +14.29% 9
Wokingham +1 13 £50,000 - 3
Maidenhead +5 5 £67,500 +17.39%
Windsor +32 4 £70,000 - 3
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 April 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 54 (26.73%) SQL
2 47 (23.27%) Java
3 45 (22.28%) Full-Stack Development
4 42 (20.79%) JavaScript
4 42 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (18.81%) Azure
5 38 (18.81%) CI/CD
5 38 (18.81%) Oracle
5 38 (18.81%) PL/SQL
6 35 (17.33%) AWS
6 35 (17.33%) C#
7 34 (16.83%) React
8 32 (15.84%) DevOps
8 32 (15.84%) HTML
9 29 (14.36%) Agile
9 29 (14.36%) Python
10 27 (13.37%) OLTP
11 26 (12.87%) Microservices
12 25 (12.38%) Degree
12 25 (12.38%) Microsoft
13 24 (11.88%) Power Platform
14 23 (11.39%) REST
15 21 (10.40%) .NET
15 21 (10.40%) Git
15 21 (10.40%) Kubernetes
15 21 (10.40%) Security Cleared
16 20 (9.90%) Serverless
17 19 (9.41%) Spring Boot
18 18 (8.91%) Docker
18 18 (8.91%) SC Cleared

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 (4.46%) WordPress
2 6 (2.97%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.99%) SAS
4 1 (0.50%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 38 (18.81%) Azure
2 35 (17.33%) AWS
3 24 (11.88%) Power Platform
4 20 (9.90%) Serverless
5 17 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (8.42%) Azure Logic Apps
6 16 (7.92%) Amazon EKS
7 15 (7.43%) Amazon ECS
8 12 (5.94%) Amazon S3
9 10 (4.95%) SaaS
10 9 (4.46%) Amazon SQS
11 8 (3.96%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (2.48%) GCP
14 4 (1.98%) Power Automate
15 3 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
15 3 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (1.49%) GitHub
16 2 (0.99%) BigCommerce
16 2 (0.99%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.37%) OLTP
2 15 (7.43%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (7.43%) Relational Database
3 8 (3.96%) MySQL
4 7 (3.47%) Power BI
4 7 (3.47%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.98%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.49%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.49%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.50%) Looker
9 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.50%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.50%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (10.40%) Git
2 16 (7.92%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.48%) JUnit
4 4 (1.98%) JMeter
4 4 (1.98%) Mockito
5 3 (1.49%) git-flow
5 3 (1.49%) JIRA
6 2 (0.99%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.99%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.99%) GitLab
6 2 (0.99%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 31 (15.35%) Finance
2 29 (14.36%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.90%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.94%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.45%) Retail
6 6 (2.97%) Health Technology
7 5 (2.48%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.98%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.99%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.50%) Digital Healthcare
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (16.83%) React
2 32 (15.84%) HTML
3 23 (11.39%) REST
4 21 (10.40%) .NET
5 19 (9.41%) Spring Boot
6 17 (8.42%) Spring
6 17 (8.42%) XML
7 16 (7.92%) Node.js
8 15 (7.43%) JSON
9 13 (6.44%) SOAP
9 13 (6.44%) Web Services
10 12 (5.94%) Elastic Stack
11 9 (4.46%) ASP.NET
11 9 (4.46%) Kafka
11 9 (4.46%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (3.96%) CSS
13 7 (3.47%) NumPy
13 7 (3.47%) Pandas
14 6 (2.97%) Mustache
14 6 (2.97%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.92%) Distributed Systems
2 15 (7.43%) Low-Code
2 15 (7.43%) Mobile App
3 9 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.47%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.47%) IoT
5 5 (2.48%) NHS
6 3 (1.49%) Arduino
6 3 (1.49%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.49%) PMI
6 3 (1.49%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.49%) Raspberry Pi
7 2 (0.99%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.99%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.99%) Robotics
7 2 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.50%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.95%) Apple iOS
2 8 (3.96%) Linux
3 7 (3.47%) Android
4 1 (0.50%) Unix
4 1 (0.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (22.28%) Full-Stack Development
2 42 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (18.81%) CI/CD
4 32 (15.84%) DevOps
5 29 (14.36%) Agile
6 26 (12.87%) Microservices
7 17 (8.42%) Deployment Automation
8 16 (7.92%) Data Governance
8 16 (7.92%) Software Testing
9 15 (7.43%) Business Process Analysis
9 15 (7.43%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (6.93%) SDLC
10 14 (6.93%) TDD
11 13 (6.44%) Configuration Management
11 13 (6.44%) Software Engineering
12 11 (5.45%) Issue Tracking
12 11 (5.45%) Scrum
13 10 (4.95%) Clean Code
13 10 (4.95%) Propensity Modelling
14 8 (3.96%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 54 (26.73%) SQL
2 47 (23.27%) Java
3 42 (20.79%) JavaScript
4 38 (18.81%) PL/SQL
5 35 (17.33%) C#
6 29 (14.36%) Python
7 18 (8.91%) TypeScript
8 8 (3.96%) C++
9 6 (2.97%) Ruby
10 4 (1.98%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.98%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.49%) C
11 3 (1.49%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.49%) Pascal
11 3 (1.49%) PHP
11 3 (1.49%) Swift
12 2 (0.99%) Groovy
13 1 (0.50%) ABAP
13 1 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.50%) R
Qualifications
1 25 (12.38%) Degree
2 21 (10.40%) Security Cleared
3 18 (8.91%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.49%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.49%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (1.49%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.99%) PhD
6 1 (0.50%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.97%) QA
2 5 (2.48%) GDPR
3 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (8.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (10.40%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.96%) Kibana
3 7 (3.47%) Terraform
4 6 (2.97%) Ansible
5 2 (0.99%) Packer
Vendors
1 38 (18.81%) Oracle
2 25 (12.38%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.97%) AppDynamics
3 6 (2.97%) IBM
4 4 (1.98%) Dynatrace
4 4 (1.98%) Splunk
5 3 (1.49%) Motorola
6 2 (0.99%) Databricks
7 1 (0.50%) Informatica
7 1 (0.50%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.50%) SAP