Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Developer salary in Berkshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -16 +2 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 155 254 367
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.61% 15.90% 14.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.32% 20.00% 15.68%
Number of salaries quoted 119 153 312
10th Percentile £42,250 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £92,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% +0.87% -

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 1,864 1,270 2,341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.46% 79.52% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 966 629 1,801
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £53,760
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +20.91% -6.50%
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,517 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.53% +13.03% -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 31 January 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 31 January 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 -1 68 £51,250 -18.33% 18
Slough -23 27 £70,000 +7.69% 5
Bracknell +3 18 £75,000 +7.14% 3
Wokingham +2 10 £52,500 -30.00% 5
Maidenhead -37 6 £65,000 -7.14%
Windsor -27 3 £70,000 -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 31 January 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 47 (30.32%) JavaScript
2 45 (29.03%) SQL
3 40 (25.81%) HTML
4 39 (25.16%) Java
5 38 (24.52%) CI/CD
5 38 (24.52%) Full-Stack Development
6 34 (21.94%) C#
7 32 (20.65%) Azure
7 32 (20.65%) Oracle
7 32 (20.65%) PL/SQL
8 31 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (17.42%) Microservices
10 26 (16.77%) AWS
10 26 (16.77%) Python
11 25 (16.13%) Agile
12 24 (15.48%) REST
13 23 (14.84%) OLTP
13 23 (14.84%) React
14 21 (13.55%) Kubernetes
14 21 (13.55%) Serverless
14 21 (13.55%) Spring Boot
14 21 (13.55%) XML
15 20 (12.90%) Degree
15 20 (12.90%) DevOps
15 20 (12.90%) JSON
15 20 (12.90%) SDLC
16 19 (12.26%) .NET
17 18 (11.61%) PostgreSQL
17 18 (11.61%) Power Platform
17 18 (11.61%) 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 (5.81%) WordPress
2 6 (3.87%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.29%) CMS
3 2 (1.29%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 32 (20.65%) Azure
2 26 (16.77%) AWS
3 21 (13.55%) Serverless
4 18 (11.61%) Power Platform
5 16 (10.32%) Amazon ECS
5 16 (10.32%) Amazon EKS
6 14 (9.03%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (7.74%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (7.10%) Amazon S3
8 11 (7.10%) Amazon SQS
9 10 (6.45%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (6.45%) SaaS
10 7 (4.52%) GCP
10 7 (4.52%) GitHub
11 5 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (1.94%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.94%) Zapier
13 2 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.84%) OLTP
2 18 (11.61%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (11.61%) Relational Database
3 10 (6.45%) RDBMS
4 8 (5.16%) MySQL
5 6 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.87%) Power BI
6 5 (3.23%) DynamoDB
6 5 (3.23%) NoSQL
6 5 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (2.58%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.65%) Looker
9 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.65%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (10.32%) Jenkins
2 13 (8.39%) Git
3 11 (7.10%) JUnit
4 10 (6.45%) JMeter
4 10 (6.45%) Mockito
5 5 (3.23%) git-flow
6 1 (0.65%) TeamCity
General
1 28 (18.06%) Finance
2 26 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.61%) Social Skills
4 11 (7.10%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.23%) Health Technology
6 4 (2.58%) Tech for Good
7 3 (1.94%) Humanities
7 3 (1.94%) Retail
8 2 (1.29%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.65%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (25.81%) HTML
2 24 (15.48%) REST
3 23 (14.84%) React
4 21 (13.55%) Spring Boot
4 21 (13.55%) XML
5 20 (12.90%) JSON
6 19 (12.26%) .NET
7 17 (10.97%) Web Services
8 16 (10.32%) Spring
9 11 (7.10%) CSS
9 11 (7.10%) Kafka
9 11 (7.10%) SOAP
10 10 (6.45%) ActiveMQ
10 10 (6.45%) Apache Camel
10 10 (6.45%) Hibernate
10 10 (6.45%) jQuery
10 10 (6.45%) WireMock
11 7 (4.52%) Node.js
12 6 (3.87%) Elastic Stack
12 6 (3.87%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.32%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (7.74%) Low-Code
3 10 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.16%) IoT
5 5 (3.23%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.23%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.23%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.58%) NHS
7 3 (1.94%) PMI
8 2 (1.29%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.29%) Robotics
8 2 (1.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.65%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.65%) Social Network
9 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.58%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.65%) Android
2 1 (0.65%) Linux
2 1 (0.65%) Unix
2 1 (0.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (24.52%) CI/CD
1 38 (24.52%) Full-Stack Development
2 31 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (17.42%) Microservices
4 25 (16.13%) Agile
5 20 (12.90%) DevOps
5 20 (12.90%) SDLC
6 16 (10.32%) Configuration Management
6 16 (10.32%) TDD
7 14 (9.03%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (9.03%) Software Testing
8 12 (7.74%) Business Process Analysis
8 12 (7.74%) Data Governance
8 12 (7.74%) Deployment Automation
9 11 (7.10%) Propensity Modelling
9 11 (7.10%) Software Engineering
10 10 (6.45%) BDD
10 10 (6.45%) Issue Tracking
10 10 (6.45%) Process Management
10 10 (6.45%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 47 (30.32%) JavaScript
2 45 (29.03%) SQL
3 39 (25.16%) Java
4 34 (21.94%) C#
5 32 (20.65%) PL/SQL
6 26 (16.77%) Python
7 11 (7.10%) TypeScript
8 10 (6.45%) Shell Script
9 8 (5.16%) C++
10 3 (1.94%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.29%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.65%) PHP
12 1 (0.65%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (12.90%) Degree
2 10 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.94%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.94%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.29%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (1.29%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.29%) PhD
5 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.87%) QA
2 3 (1.94%) GDPR
3 2 (1.29%) SLA
4 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (10.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (13.55%) Kubernetes
2 10 (6.45%) Kibana
3 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (20.65%) Oracle
2 16 (10.32%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.45%) Dynatrace
3 10 (6.45%) Splunk
4 1 (0.65%) Informatica