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 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -21 +8 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 146 338 231
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.43% 17.17% 12.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.98% 18.97% 13.48%
Number of salaries quoted 92 216 182
10th Percentile £41,375 £45,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,875 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,829 1,782 1,714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.03% 90.50% 93.46%
Number of salaries quoted 887 954 1,210
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £29,975
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,033
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £62,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.60% +14.68% -5.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £70,188
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 8 December 2025.

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 8 December 2025. 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 58 £51,250 -18.33% 54
Slough -25 30 £70,000 +7.69% 70
Bracknell -2 25 £80,000 +14.29% 10
Maidenhead -36 9 £65,000 - 6
Windsor -31 5 - -
Wokingham -2 4 £28,000 -62.67% 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 8 December 2025, 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 61 (41.78%) HTML
1 61 (41.78%) JavaScript
2 50 (34.25%) CI/CD
3 48 (32.88%) AWS
3 48 (32.88%) Full-Stack Development
4 46 (31.51%) Agile
5 42 (28.77%) Java
6 40 (27.40%) Kubernetes
7 38 (26.03%) Docker
8 37 (25.34%) Azure
9 34 (23.29%) SQL
10 33 (22.60%) Microservices
11 32 (21.92%) C#
11 32 (21.92%) JSON
11 32 (21.92%) React
12 29 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
12 29 (19.86%) REST
13 28 (19.18%) Serverless
14 26 (17.81%) Git
14 26 (17.81%) Oracle
14 26 (17.81%) PL/SQL
14 26 (17.81%) PostgreSQL
14 26 (17.81%) Spring Boot
15 25 (17.12%) CSS
15 25 (17.12%) DevOps
15 25 (17.12%) Relational Database
15 25 (17.12%) Web Services
16 24 (16.44%) Python
16 24 (16.44%) XML
17 23 (15.75%) Amazon ECS

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 7 (4.79%) WordPress
2 5 (3.42%) OpenStack
3 3 (2.05%) CMS
4 1 (0.68%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Camtasia
1 3 (2.05%) Lectora
1 3 (2.05%) Snagit
Cloud Services
1 48 (32.88%) AWS
2 37 (25.34%) Azure
3 28 (19.18%) Serverless
4 23 (15.75%) Amazon ECS
4 23 (15.75%) Amazon EKS
5 21 (14.38%) GCP
6 18 (12.33%) Amazon EC2
7 10 (6.85%) Amazon S3
7 10 (6.85%) Amazon SQS
8 7 (4.79%) GitHub
8 7 (4.79%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.79%) SaaS
9 5 (3.42%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (3.42%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.42%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (2.05%) Power Automate
11 3 (2.05%) Zapier
12 2 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.42%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (17.81%) PostgreSQL
2 25 (17.12%) Relational Database
3 21 (14.38%) OLTP
4 18 (12.33%) RDBMS
5 8 (5.48%) MySQL
6 6 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (4.11%) DynamoDB
6 6 (4.11%) NoSQL
6 6 (4.11%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.74%) Power BI
7 4 (2.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.68%) Looker
9 1 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (17.81%) Git
2 23 (15.75%) Jenkins
3 19 (13.01%) JUnit
4 18 (12.33%) JMeter
4 18 (12.33%) Mockito
5 5 (3.42%) git-flow
6 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
General
1 38 (26.03%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (13.01%) Public Sector
4 15 (10.27%) Finance
5 14 (9.59%) Law
5 14 (9.59%) Marketing
6 4 (2.74%) Humanities
6 4 (2.74%) Tech for Good
7 2 (1.37%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.68%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.68%) Legal
8 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (41.78%) HTML
2 32 (21.92%) JSON
2 32 (21.92%) React
3 29 (19.86%) REST
4 26 (17.81%) Spring Boot
5 25 (17.12%) CSS
5 25 (17.12%) Web Services
6 24 (16.44%) XML
7 23 (15.75%) Spring
8 21 (14.38%) Node.js
9 18 (12.33%) ActiveMQ
9 18 (12.33%) Apache Camel
9 18 (12.33%) Hibernate
9 18 (12.33%) jQuery
9 18 (12.33%) WireMock
10 17 (11.64%) .NET
10 17 (11.64%) RESTful
11 10 (6.85%) Kafka
12 6 (4.11%) SOAP
13 5 (3.42%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.75%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (9.59%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.11%) IoT
4 5 (3.42%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.42%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.05%) e-Learning
5 3 (2.05%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.05%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.05%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.37%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.68%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.68%) NHS
7 1 (0.68%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.37%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.68%) Android
2 1 (0.68%) Linux
2 1 (0.68%) Unix
2 1 (0.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (34.25%) CI/CD
2 48 (32.88%) Full-Stack Development
3 46 (31.51%) Agile
4 33 (22.60%) Microservices
5 29 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (17.12%) DevOps
7 23 (15.75%) TDD
8 19 (13.01%) Configuration Management
8 19 (13.01%) Propensity Modelling
9 18 (12.33%) BDD
9 18 (12.33%) Process Management
9 18 (12.33%) SDLC
9 18 (12.33%) User Experience
9 18 (12.33%) Workflow
10 17 (11.64%) Clean Code
11 16 (10.96%) Containerisation
11 16 (10.96%) Web Development
12 14 (9.59%) Customer Engagement
12 14 (9.59%) Test Automation
12 14 (9.59%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 61 (41.78%) JavaScript
2 42 (28.77%) Java
3 34 (23.29%) SQL
4 32 (21.92%) C#
5 26 (17.81%) PL/SQL
6 24 (16.44%) Python
7 18 (12.33%) Shell Script
8 10 (6.85%) TypeScript
9 6 (4.11%) C++
10 3 (2.05%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.68%) PHP
11 1 (0.68%) R
11 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (10.27%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.90%) Degree
3 2 (1.37%) AWS Certification
3 2 (1.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (1.37%) Azure Certification
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.37%) PhD
4 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (13.70%) QA
2 3 (2.05%) GDPR
2 3 (2.05%) SLA
3 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (26.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 40 (27.40%) Kubernetes
2 18 (12.33%) Kibana
3 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (17.81%) Oracle
2 18 (12.33%) Dynatrace
2 18 (12.33%) Splunk
3 6 (4.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.68%) Informatica