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 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 34 7
Rank change year-on-year +21 -27 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 233 162 353
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 6.88% 7.88% 14.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.35% 8.48% 15.25%
Number of salaries quoted 187 98 240
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,220
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,261 £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 3,168 1,910 2,315
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 92.85% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,113 794 1,323
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,860 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £69,840 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -6.36%

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 12 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 12 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 -10 102 £72,500 +30.48% 30
Slough +34 40 £70,000 +3.70% 9
Bracknell +1 40 £85,000 - 10
Wokingham -5 10 £70,000 +150.00%
Windsor +51 7 £50,000 -
Maidenhead +35 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 12 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 53 (22.75%) SQL
2 51 (21.89%) Full-Stack Development
3 44 (18.88%) AWS
4 43 (18.45%) Java
5 42 (18.03%) C#
6 41 (17.60%) Agile
7 40 (17.17%) .NET
7 40 (17.17%) AI
8 39 (16.74%) React
9 37 (15.88%) Azure
10 31 (13.30%) JavaScript
11 27 (11.59%) Node.js
11 27 (11.59%) SC Cleared
11 27 (11.59%) Security Cleared
12 26 (11.16%) Oracle
12 26 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (10.73%) Microsoft
14 24 (10.30%) Microservices
14 24 (10.30%) PL/SQL
15 23 (9.87%) CI/CD
16 22 (9.44%) TypeScript
17 21 (9.01%) REST
18 20 (8.58%) ASP.NET
18 20 (8.58%) DevOps
18 20 (8.58%) Python
18 20 (8.58%) Scrum
19 19 (8.15%) Git
19 19 (8.15%) HTML
20 18 (7.73%) Docker
20 18 (7.73%) OLTP

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 (3.43%) CMS
2 7 (3.00%) Jadu
3 2 (0.86%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.43%) Apache
4 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) JBoss
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 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 44 (18.88%) AWS
2 37 (15.88%) Azure
3 14 (6.01%) Serverless
4 13 (5.58%) GitHub
5 12 (5.15%) Amazon ECS
5 12 (5.15%) Amazon EKS
5 12 (5.15%) Azure AI
5 12 (5.15%) SaaS
6 11 (4.72%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.43%) GitHub Copilot
8 6 (2.58%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (2.58%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (2.15%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.29%) Anthropic Claude
10 3 (1.29%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 3 (1.29%) Azure Machine Learning
11 2 (0.86%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (0.86%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.15%) Internet
2 1 (0.43%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.73%) OLTP
2 17 (7.30%) Azure SQL Database
3 16 (6.87%) MongoDB
4 13 (5.58%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.86%) Relational Database
6 7 (3.00%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (3.00%) Power BI
7 5 (2.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.29%) MySQL
9 2 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.86%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.86%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.86%) SQL Server
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 19 (8.15%) Git
2 14 (6.01%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.15%) JIRA
3 5 (2.15%) JUnit
4 4 (1.72%) GitLab
4 4 (1.72%) JMeter
4 4 (1.72%) Mockito
4 4 (1.72%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.29%) IntelliJ
5 3 (1.29%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.86%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.86%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.86%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.86%) Maven
7 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
General
1 21 (9.01%) Finance
2 13 (5.58%) Public Sector
2 13 (5.58%) Social Skills
3 10 (4.29%) Retail
4 9 (3.86%) Digital Health
5 8 (3.43%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.43%) Health Technology
5 8 (3.43%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.15%) Electronics
7 4 (1.72%) Law
8 3 (1.29%) Automotive
8 3 (1.29%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.86%) Marketing
10 1 (0.43%) Billing
10 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (17.17%) .NET
2 39 (16.74%) React
3 27 (11.59%) Node.js
4 21 (9.01%) REST
5 20 (8.58%) ASP.NET
6 19 (8.15%) HTML
7 17 (7.30%) .NET Core
8 16 (6.87%) ASP.NET Core
8 16 (6.87%) Spring
9 13 (5.58%) Spring Boot
10 12 (5.15%) Blazor
10 12 (5.15%) Ruby on Rails
11 10 (4.29%) AngularJS
11 10 (4.29%) SOAP
12 9 (3.86%) ML.NET
12 9 (3.86%) RESTful
12 9 (3.86%) XML
13 8 (3.43%) .NET Framework
13 8 (3.43%) Lightning Web Components
13 8 (3.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.87%) Mobile App
2 10 (4.29%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (2.58%) NHS
4 5 (2.15%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.72%) Social Network
6 3 (1.29%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.29%) Arduino
6 3 (1.29%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.29%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.29%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.29%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (1.29%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.86%) Autonomous Agent
7 2 (0.86%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.43%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.01%) Apple iOS
2 9 (3.86%) Android
3 7 (3.00%) Linux
4 1 (0.43%) Windows
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (21.89%) Full-Stack Development
2 41 (17.60%) Agile
3 40 (17.17%) AI
4 26 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (10.30%) Microservices
6 23 (9.87%) CI/CD
7 20 (8.58%) DevOps
7 20 (8.58%) Scrum
8 15 (6.44%) Clean Code
9 14 (6.01%) SDLC
10 13 (5.58%) iOS Development
10 13 (5.58%) OO
11 12 (5.15%) Machine Learning
12 11 (4.72%) Data Modelling
12 11 (4.72%) TDD
13 9 (3.86%) BDD
13 9 (3.86%) Code Quality
13 9 (3.86%) Workflow
14 8 (3.43%) Customer Experience
14 8 (3.43%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 53 (22.75%) SQL
2 43 (18.45%) Java
3 42 (18.03%) C#
4 31 (13.30%) JavaScript
5 24 (10.30%) PL/SQL
6 22 (9.44%) TypeScript
7 20 (8.58%) Python
8 12 (5.15%) Ruby
9 10 (4.29%) Swift
10 8 (3.43%) Apex Code
11 6 (2.58%) Kotlin
12 5 (2.15%) ABAP
12 5 (2.15%) PHP
12 5 (2.15%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.72%) Groovy
13 4 (1.72%) Shell Script
14 3 (1.29%) C
14 3 (1.29%) Pascal
14 3 (1.29%) SOQL
15 2 (0.86%) Bash
Qualifications
1 27 (11.59%) SC Cleared
1 27 (11.59%) Security Cleared
2 16 (6.87%) Degree
3 3 (1.29%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.29%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (0.86%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 2 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.15%) QA
2 4 (1.72%) GDPR
3 2 (0.86%) HL7
4 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
System Software
1 18 (7.73%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (7.30%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.43%) Kibana
3 7 (3.00%) Ansible
4 2 (0.86%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.86%) Packer
Vendors
1 26 (11.16%) Oracle
2 25 (10.73%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.01%) Salesforce
4 9 (3.86%) Sage
5 6 (2.58%) AppDynamics
5 6 (2.58%) IBM
6 5 (2.15%) SAP
7 4 (1.72%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.72%) Splunk
8 3 (1.29%) Motorola
8 3 (1.29%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.43%) Adobe
9 1 (0.43%) Databricks