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 11 September 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 35 7
Rank change year-on-year +22 -28 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 234 163 354
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 6.89% 7.92% 14.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.36% 8.53% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 188 99 241
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,220
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,674 £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 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 3,178 1,912 2,314
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 92.91% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,123 796 1,324
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,900 £34,750
25th Percentile £40,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -11.54% +2.77%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -10 104 £68,750 +21.61% 24
Slough +37 40 £70,000 +3.70% 10
Bracknell +1 40 £85,000 - 10
Wokingham -5 10 £70,000 +150.00% 1
Windsor +51 7 £50,000 -
Maidenhead +36 5 £85,000 +41.67% 1
Thatcham - 1 - -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 11 September 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 (23.08%) SQL
2 53 (22.65%) Full-Stack Development
3 45 (19.23%) AWS
4 44 (18.80%) C#
5 42 (17.95%) .NET
5 42 (17.95%) Agile
5 42 (17.95%) Java
6 40 (17.09%) AI
7 39 (16.67%) React
8 38 (16.24%) Azure
9 32 (13.68%) JavaScript
10 27 (11.54%) Node.js
10 27 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (11.54%) SC Cleared
10 27 (11.54%) Security Cleared
11 26 (11.11%) Microsoft
11 26 (11.11%) Oracle
12 24 (10.26%) Microservices
12 24 (10.26%) PL/SQL
13 23 (9.83%) CI/CD
13 23 (9.83%) TypeScript
14 22 (9.40%) Python
15 21 (8.97%) ASP.NET
15 21 (8.97%) DevOps
15 21 (8.97%) REST
16 20 (8.55%) Git
16 20 (8.55%) Scrum
17 19 (8.12%) Docker
17 19 (8.12%) HTML
18 18 (7.69%) .NET Core

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 8 (3.42%) CMS
2 7 (2.99%) Jadu
3 2 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.85%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) JBoss
4 1 (0.43%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.43%) SAS
4 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.43%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 45 (19.23%) AWS
2 38 (16.24%) Azure
3 14 (5.98%) Serverless
4 13 (5.56%) GitHub
5 12 (5.13%) Amazon ECS
5 12 (5.13%) Amazon EKS
5 12 (5.13%) Azure AI
5 12 (5.13%) SaaS
6 11 (4.70%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.42%) GitHub Copilot
8 7 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.14%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.28%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (1.28%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 3 (1.28%) Azure Machine Learning
12 2 (0.85%) Amazon ECR
12 2 (0.85%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.14%) Internet
2 1 (0.43%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.69%) OLTP
2 17 (7.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 16 (6.84%) MongoDB
4 13 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.85%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (2.99%) Power BI
7 5 (2.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.28%) MySQL
8 3 (1.28%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.85%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.85%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.43%) Power Query
10 1 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (8.55%) Git
2 14 (5.98%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.14%) JIRA
3 5 (2.14%) JUnit
4 4 (1.71%) GitLab
4 4 (1.71%) JMeter
4 4 (1.71%) Mockito
4 4 (1.71%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.28%) IntelliJ
5 3 (1.28%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.85%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.85%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.85%) Maven
7 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 23 (9.83%) Finance
2 13 (5.56%) Public Sector
2 13 (5.56%) Social Skills
3 12 (5.13%) Retail
4 10 (4.27%) Manufacturing
5 9 (3.85%) Digital Health
6 8 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.42%) Health Technology
7 5 (2.14%) Electronics
8 4 (1.71%) Law
9 3 (1.28%) Automotive
10 2 (0.85%) Marketing
10 2 (0.85%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.43%) Billing
11 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (17.95%) .NET
2 39 (16.67%) React
3 27 (11.54%) Node.js
4 21 (8.97%) ASP.NET
4 21 (8.97%) REST
5 19 (8.12%) HTML
6 18 (7.69%) .NET Core
7 16 (6.84%) ASP.NET Core
7 16 (6.84%) Spring
8 13 (5.56%) Blazor
8 13 (5.56%) Spring Boot
9 12 (5.13%) Ruby on Rails
10 10 (4.27%) AngularJS
10 10 (4.27%) SOAP
11 9 (3.85%) .NET Framework
11 9 (3.85%) ML.NET
11 9 (3.85%) RESTful
11 9 (3.85%) XML
12 8 (3.42%) Elastic Stack
12 8 (3.42%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.84%) Mobile App
2 10 (4.27%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (2.99%) Algorithms
4 6 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.56%) NHS
5 4 (1.71%) Social Network
6 3 (1.28%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.28%) Arduino
6 3 (1.28%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.28%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.28%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.28%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (1.28%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.85%) Autonomous Agent
7 2 (0.85%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.43%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.43%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.98%) Apple iOS
2 9 (3.85%) Android
3 8 (3.42%) Linux
4 1 (0.43%) Windows
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (22.65%) Full-Stack Development
2 42 (17.95%) Agile
3 40 (17.09%) AI
4 27 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (10.26%) Microservices
6 23 (9.83%) CI/CD
7 21 (8.97%) DevOps
8 20 (8.55%) Scrum
9 15 (6.41%) Clean Code
10 14 (5.98%) OO
10 14 (5.98%) SDLC
11 13 (5.56%) iOS Development
11 13 (5.56%) Machine Learning
12 11 (4.70%) Data Modelling
12 11 (4.70%) TDD
13 10 (4.27%) Workflow
14 9 (3.85%) BDD
14 9 (3.85%) Code Quality
14 9 (3.85%) Decision-Making
15 8 (3.42%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 54 (23.08%) SQL
2 44 (18.80%) C#
3 42 (17.95%) Java
4 32 (13.68%) JavaScript
5 24 (10.26%) PL/SQL
6 23 (9.83%) TypeScript
7 22 (9.40%) Python
8 12 (5.13%) Ruby
9 10 (4.27%) Swift
10 8 (3.42%) Apex Code
11 5 (2.14%) ABAP
11 5 (2.14%) Kotlin
11 5 (2.14%) PHP
11 5 (2.14%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.71%) Groovy
12 4 (1.71%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.28%) C
13 3 (1.28%) Pascal
13 3 (1.28%) SOQL
14 2 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 27 (11.54%) SC Cleared
1 27 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 17 (7.26%) Degree
3 3 (1.28%) AWS Certification
3 3 (1.28%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.28%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 2 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.14%) QA
2 4 (1.71%) GDPR
3 2 (0.85%) HL7
4 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
System Software
1 19 (8.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (7.26%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.42%) Kibana
3 7 (2.99%) Ansible
4 2 (0.85%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.85%) Packer
Vendors
1 26 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 26 (11.11%) Oracle
2 13 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.42%) Sage
4 6 (2.56%) AppDynamics
4 6 (2.56%) IBM
5 5 (2.14%) SAP
6 4 (1.71%) Dynatrace
6 4 (1.71%) Splunk
7 3 (1.28%) Motorola
7 3 (1.28%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.85%) Databricks
9 1 (0.43%) Adobe