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 4 February 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -16 +1 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 156 243 383
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.62% 15.43% 14.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.33% 19.76% 15.79%
Number of salaries quoted 121 147 328
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +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 1,873 1,230 2,425
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.46% 78.10% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 979 612 1,881
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £29,720
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +23.69% -8.61%
75th Percentile £68,750 £82,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -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 4 February 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 4 February 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 67 £51,250 -18.65% 18
Slough -23 28 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Bracknell +2 18 £75,000 +7.14% 3
Wokingham +2 11 £50,000 -33.33% 7
Maidenhead -41 6 £65,000 +13.04%
Windsor -26 3 £70,000 - 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 4 February 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 46 (29.49%) JavaScript
1 46 (29.49%) SQL
2 40 (25.64%) HTML
3 38 (24.36%) Full-Stack Development
3 38 (24.36%) Java
4 37 (23.72%) CI/CD
5 34 (21.79%) C#
6 33 (21.15%) Oracle
6 33 (21.15%) PL/SQL
7 32 (20.51%) Azure
7 32 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (16.67%) Microservices
9 25 (16.03%) AWS
9 25 (16.03%) Python
10 24 (15.38%) Agile
10 24 (15.38%) OLTP
11 23 (14.74%) React
11 23 (14.74%) REST
12 21 (13.46%) Degree
12 21 (13.46%) XML
13 20 (12.82%) DevOps
13 20 (12.82%) Kubernetes
13 20 (12.82%) Serverless
13 20 (12.82%) Spring Boot
14 19 (12.18%) .NET
14 19 (12.18%) JSON
14 19 (12.18%) SDLC
15 18 (11.54%) Power Platform
16 17 (10.90%) PostgreSQL
16 17 (10.90%) 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 (5.77%) WordPress
2 6 (3.85%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.28%) CMS
3 2 (1.28%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 32 (20.51%) Azure
2 25 (16.03%) AWS
3 20 (12.82%) Serverless
4 18 (11.54%) Power Platform
5 15 (9.62%) Amazon ECS
5 15 (9.62%) Amazon EKS
6 14 (8.97%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (7.05%) Amazon S3
8 11 (7.05%) Amazon SQS
9 10 (6.41%) SaaS
10 9 (5.77%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (4.49%) GCP
11 7 (4.49%) GitHub
12 5 (3.21%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (3.21%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (3.21%) Azure Service Bus
13 3 (1.92%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.92%) Zapier
14 2 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.49%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (15.38%) OLTP
2 17 (10.90%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (10.90%) Relational Database
3 9 (5.77%) RDBMS
4 8 (5.13%) MySQL
5 6 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.85%) Power BI
6 5 (3.21%) DynamoDB
6 5 (3.21%) NoSQL
6 5 (3.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (2.56%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.64%) Looker
9 1 (0.64%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.64%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (9.62%) Jenkins
2 13 (8.33%) Git
3 10 (6.41%) JUnit
4 9 (5.77%) JMeter
4 9 (5.77%) Mockito
5 5 (3.21%) git-flow
6 1 (0.64%) TeamCity
General
1 28 (17.95%) Finance
2 26 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.54%) Social Skills
4 10 (6.41%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.21%) Health Technology
6 4 (2.56%) Tech for Good
7 3 (1.92%) Humanities
7 3 (1.92%) Retail
8 2 (1.28%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.64%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.64%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (25.64%) HTML
2 23 (14.74%) React
2 23 (14.74%) REST
3 21 (13.46%) XML
4 20 (12.82%) Spring Boot
5 19 (12.18%) .NET
5 19 (12.18%) JSON
6 16 (10.26%) Web Services
7 15 (9.62%) Spring
8 12 (7.69%) SOAP
9 11 (7.05%) CSS
9 11 (7.05%) Kafka
10 9 (5.77%) ActiveMQ
10 9 (5.77%) Apache Camel
10 9 (5.77%) Hibernate
10 9 (5.77%) jQuery
10 9 (5.77%) WireMock
11 7 (4.49%) Node.js
12 6 (3.85%) Elastic Stack
12 6 (3.85%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.62%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (7.69%) Low-Code
3 10 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.13%) IoT
5 5 (3.21%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.21%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.21%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.56%) NHS
7 3 (1.92%) PMI
8 2 (1.28%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.28%) Robotics
8 2 (1.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.64%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.64%) Social Network
9 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.56%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.64%) Android
2 1 (0.64%) Linux
2 1 (0.64%) Unix
2 1 (0.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (24.36%) Full-Stack Development
2 37 (23.72%) CI/CD
3 32 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (16.67%) Microservices
5 24 (15.38%) Agile
6 20 (12.82%) DevOps
7 19 (12.18%) SDLC
8 16 (10.26%) Configuration Management
9 15 (9.62%) Software Testing
9 15 (9.62%) TDD
10 14 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (7.69%) Business Process Analysis
11 12 (7.69%) Data Governance
11 12 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
12 11 (7.05%) Propensity Modelling
12 11 (7.05%) Software Engineering
13 10 (6.41%) Issue Tracking
14 9 (5.77%) BDD
14 9 (5.77%) Process Management
14 9 (5.77%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 46 (29.49%) JavaScript
1 46 (29.49%) SQL
2 38 (24.36%) Java
3 34 (21.79%) C#
4 33 (21.15%) PL/SQL
5 25 (16.03%) Python
6 11 (7.05%) TypeScript
7 9 (5.77%) Shell Script
8 8 (5.13%) C++
9 3 (1.92%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.28%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.64%) PHP
11 1 (0.64%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (13.46%) Degree
2 9 (5.77%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.92%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.92%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.28%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (1.28%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.28%) PhD
5 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.85%) QA
2 3 (1.92%) GDPR
3 2 (1.28%) SLA
4 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.64%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (10.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (12.82%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.77%) Kibana
3 1 (0.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (21.15%) Oracle
2 16 (10.26%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.77%) Dynatrace
3 9 (5.77%) Splunk
4 1 (0.64%) Informatica