Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Developer salary in Berkshire is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 July 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 21 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -14 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 196 160 421
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 6.95% 9.38% 13.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.36% 10.42% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 164 106 340
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £88,500 £83,750 £86,375
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 2,663 1,535 2,975
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 90.03% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,720 692 2,102
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,438 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £71,535 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 6 July 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 6 July 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 -7 96 £62,500 - 15
Slough +18 37 £70,000 +7.69% 5
Bracknell -1 35 £85,000 +6.25% 4
Wokingham -2 9 £50,000 +78.57% 2
Windsor +42 3 £70,000 - 3
Maidenhead +20 1 £85,000 +47.83% 4
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 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 66 (33.67%) SQL
2 53 (27.04%) Full-Stack Development
3 45 (22.96%) Azure
4 43 (21.94%) AWS
5 41 (20.92%) Agile
6 40 (20.41%) Oracle
7 39 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (19.39%) PL/SQL
9 37 (18.88%) React
10 36 (18.37%) C#
11 34 (17.35%) Microsoft
12 33 (16.84%) .NET
12 33 (16.84%) Java
12 33 (16.84%) JavaScript
13 31 (15.82%) DevOps
14 30 (15.31%) OLTP
15 27 (13.78%) CI/CD
15 27 (13.78%) SC Cleared
15 27 (13.78%) Security Cleared
16 26 (13.27%) Node.js
16 26 (13.27%) Python
17 25 (12.76%) HTML
18 22 (11.22%) AI
18 22 (11.22%) Degree
18 22 (11.22%) Microservices
19 21 (10.71%) .NET Core
19 21 (10.71%) ASP.NET
19 21 (10.71%) TypeScript
20 19 (9.69%) Docker
21 18 (9.18%) Azure SQL 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 2 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (1.02%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.51%) Apache
2 1 (0.51%) CMS
2 1 (0.51%) IIS
2 1 (0.51%) JBoss
2 1 (0.51%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Fuse
2 1 (0.51%) SAS
2 1 (0.51%) Tomcat
2 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 45 (22.96%) Azure
2 43 (21.94%) AWS
3 17 (8.67%) Power Platform
4 15 (7.65%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (7.14%) Serverless
6 12 (6.12%) Amazon ECS
7 11 (5.61%) Amazon EKS
7 11 (5.61%) Azure AI
7 11 (5.61%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (4.08%) GitHub
8 8 (4.08%) SaaS
9 7 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (3.06%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.06%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (1.02%) Amazon ECR
11 2 (1.02%) Apigee
11 2 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.02%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (1.02%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (15.31%) OLTP
2 18 (9.18%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (8.67%) MongoDB
4 13 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (4.08%) Relational Database
6 7 (3.57%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (3.06%) Power BI
8 5 (2.55%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (2.04%) MySQL
10 2 (1.02%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.51%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (7.65%) Git
2 13 (6.63%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.04%) GitLab
3 4 (2.04%) JUnit
3 4 (2.04%) SonarQube
4 3 (1.53%) JIRA
4 3 (1.53%) JMeter
4 3 (1.53%) Mockito
5 2 (1.02%) Artifactory
5 2 (1.02%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.02%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.02%) Maven
6 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 27 (13.78%) Finance
2 17 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (7.14%) Retail
4 12 (6.12%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.61%) Social Skills
6 9 (4.59%) Digital Health
7 6 (3.06%) Health Technology
8 5 (2.55%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.04%) Law
10 1 (0.51%) Billing
10 1 (0.51%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.51%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (18.88%) React
2 33 (16.84%) .NET
3 26 (13.27%) Node.js
4 25 (12.76%) HTML
5 21 (10.71%) .NET Core
5 21 (10.71%) ASP.NET
6 17 (8.67%) ASP.NET Core
6 17 (8.67%) SOAP
7 16 (8.16%) Blazor
8 15 (7.65%) XML
9 14 (7.14%) REST
9 14 (7.14%) Spring
10 11 (5.61%) .NET Framework
10 11 (5.61%) RESTful
10 11 (5.61%) Spring Boot
11 10 (5.10%) ML.NET
12 9 (4.59%) NumPy
12 9 (4.59%) Pandas
12 9 (4.59%) Ruby on Rails
13 8 (4.08%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.69%) Mobile App
2 9 (4.59%) Algorithms
2 9 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (4.59%) Low-Code
3 5 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.55%) Social Network
4 3 (1.53%) Arduino
4 3 (1.53%) NHS
4 3 (1.53%) Raspberry Pi
4 3 (1.53%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.02%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.02%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.51%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.51%) PMI
6 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 9 (4.59%) Android
3 7 (3.57%) Linux
4 1 (0.51%) Windows
4 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (27.04%) Full-Stack Development
2 41 (20.92%) Agile
3 39 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (15.82%) DevOps
5 27 (13.78%) CI/CD
6 22 (11.22%) AI
6 22 (11.22%) Microservices
7 18 (9.18%) Scrum
8 15 (7.65%) Software Testing
9 12 (6.12%) Clean Code
9 12 (6.12%) Machine Learning
9 12 (6.12%) OO
10 11 (5.61%) Deployment Automation
11 10 (5.10%) Data Governance
11 10 (5.10%) iOS Development
11 10 (5.10%) SDLC
11 10 (5.10%) TDD
12 9 (4.59%) Business Process Analysis
12 9 (4.59%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (4.08%) Computer Vision
Programming Languages
1 66 (33.67%) SQL
2 38 (19.39%) PL/SQL
3 36 (18.37%) C#
4 33 (16.84%) Java
4 33 (16.84%) JavaScript
5 26 (13.27%) Python
6 21 (10.71%) TypeScript
7 10 (5.10%) Swift
8 9 (4.59%) Ruby
9 6 (3.06%) PHP
10 5 (2.55%) ABAP
10 5 (2.55%) Kotlin
10 5 (2.55%) T-SQL
11 4 (2.04%) Groovy
12 3 (1.53%) C
12 3 (1.53%) Pascal
12 3 (1.53%) Shell Script
13 2 (1.02%) Apex Code
13 2 (1.02%) Bash
14 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 27 (13.78%) SC Cleared
1 27 (13.78%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.22%) Degree
3 3 (1.53%) AWS Certification
3 3 (1.53%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 2 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 1 (0.51%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.04%) GDPR
2 3 (1.53%) QA
System Software
1 19 (9.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (8.16%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.57%) Ansible
2 7 (3.57%) Kibana
3 6 (3.06%) Terraform
4 2 (1.02%) HP Fortify
4 2 (1.02%) Packer
Vendors
1 40 (20.41%) Oracle
2 34 (17.35%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.06%) AppDynamics
3 6 (3.06%) IBM
4 5 (2.55%) SAP
5 3 (1.53%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.53%) Motorola
5 3 (1.53%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.53%) Splunk
6 2 (1.02%) Databricks
7 1 (0.51%) OpenAI