Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Developer salary in Berkshire is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 January 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 4 11
Rank change year-on-year -17 +7 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 161 289 283
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.08% 16.94% 14.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.75% 20.34% 15.12%
Number of salaries quoted 110 185 223
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £90,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 1,839 1,421 1,872
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 83.29% 93.93%
Number of salaries quoted 914 741 1,353
10th Percentile £29,300 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,375 £93,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -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 5 January 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 5 January 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 68 £51,250 -18.65% 32
Slough -14 34 £70,000 +7.69% 100
Bracknell 0 19 £80,000 +14.29% 6
Maidenhead - 11 £65,000 -
Wokingham -1 6 £50,000 -33.33% 4
Windsor -28 6 £70,000 - 1
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 5 January 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 59 (36.65%) JavaScript
2 58 (36.02%) HTML
3 50 (31.06%) Full-Stack Development
4 48 (29.81%) CI/CD
5 43 (26.71%) SQL
6 42 (26.09%) AWS
6 42 (26.09%) Java
7 41 (25.47%) Agile
8 39 (24.22%) Azure
9 37 (22.98%) Kubernetes
9 37 (22.98%) React
10 36 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (20.50%) Docker
12 32 (19.88%) Oracle
12 32 (19.88%) PL/SQL
13 29 (18.01%) C#
13 29 (18.01%) Microservices
14 28 (17.39%) DevOps
15 27 (16.77%) Git
16 26 (16.15%) JSON
16 26 (16.15%) REST
17 25 (15.53%) CSS
17 25 (15.53%) OLTP
18 23 (14.29%) Serverless
18 23 (14.29%) Spring Boot
19 22 (13.66%) Node.js
20 21 (13.04%) GCP
20 21 (13.04%) PostgreSQL
20 21 (13.04%) Python
20 21 (13.04%) XML

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 (5.59%) WordPress
2 6 (3.73%) OpenStack
3 3 (1.86%) CMS
4 2 (1.24%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Camtasia
1 2 (1.24%) Lectora
1 2 (1.24%) Snagit
Cloud Services
1 42 (26.09%) AWS
2 39 (24.22%) Azure
3 23 (14.29%) Serverless
4 21 (13.04%) GCP
5 18 (11.18%) Amazon ECS
5 18 (11.18%) Amazon EKS
6 12 (7.45%) Amazon EC2
6 12 (7.45%) Power Platform
7 11 (6.83%) Amazon S3
7 11 (6.83%) Amazon SQS
8 9 (5.59%) SaaS
9 7 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (4.35%) GitHub
10 6 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (3.11%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (3.11%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (1.86%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.86%) Zapier
13 2 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (15.53%) OLTP
2 21 (13.04%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (12.42%) Relational Database
4 12 (7.45%) RDBMS
5 8 (4.97%) MySQL
6 6 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (3.73%) DynamoDB
6 6 (3.73%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.73%) Power BI
7 5 (3.11%) SQL Server
7 5 (3.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.62%) Looker
9 1 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (16.77%) Git
2 18 (11.18%) Jenkins
3 13 (8.07%) JUnit
4 12 (7.45%) JMeter
4 12 (7.45%) Mockito
5 5 (3.11%) git-flow
6 1 (0.62%) TeamCity
General
1 36 (22.36%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (13.04%) Finance
4 14 (8.70%) Law
4 14 (8.70%) Marketing
5 13 (8.07%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.48%) Humanities
6 4 (2.48%) Tech for Good
7 2 (1.24%) Health Technology
7 2 (1.24%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.24%) Retail
8 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.62%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (36.02%) HTML
2 37 (22.98%) React
3 26 (16.15%) JSON
3 26 (16.15%) REST
4 25 (15.53%) CSS
5 23 (14.29%) Spring Boot
6 22 (13.66%) Node.js
7 21 (13.04%) XML
8 20 (12.42%) Web Services
9 19 (11.80%) .NET
10 18 (11.18%) Spring
11 17 (10.56%) RESTful
12 12 (7.45%) ActiveMQ
12 12 (7.45%) Apache Camel
12 12 (7.45%) Hibernate
12 12 (7.45%) jQuery
12 12 (7.45%) WireMock
13 11 (6.83%) Kafka
14 9 (5.59%) SOAP
15 6 (3.73%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 18 (11.18%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.97%) IoT
4 6 (3.73%) Low-Code
5 5 (3.11%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.11%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.11%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.24%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.24%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.24%) NHS
6 2 (1.24%) PMI
6 2 (1.24%) Robotics
6 2 (1.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.48%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.62%) Android
2 1 (0.62%) Linux
2 1 (0.62%) Unix
2 1 (0.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (31.06%) Full-Stack Development
2 48 (29.81%) CI/CD
3 41 (25.47%) Agile
4 36 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (18.01%) Microservices
6 28 (17.39%) DevOps
7 20 (12.42%) SDLC
8 19 (11.80%) Configuration Management
9 18 (11.18%) TDD
9 18 (11.18%) User Experience
9 18 (11.18%) Web Development
10 16 (9.94%) Containerisation
11 15 (9.32%) Clean Code
12 14 (8.70%) Customer Engagement
12 14 (8.70%) Design Patterns
12 14 (8.70%) Issue Tracking
12 14 (8.70%) Test Automation
12 14 (8.70%) UX Design
13 12 (7.45%) Process Management
13 12 (7.45%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 59 (36.65%) JavaScript
2 43 (26.71%) SQL
3 42 (26.09%) Java
4 32 (19.88%) PL/SQL
5 29 (18.01%) C#
6 21 (13.04%) Python
7 12 (7.45%) Shell Script
7 12 (7.45%) TypeScript
8 7 (4.35%) C++
9 3 (1.86%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.86%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.62%) PHP
10 1 (0.62%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (11.18%) Degree
2 12 (7.45%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.24%) AWS Certification
3 2 (1.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (1.24%) Azure Certification
3 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.24%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (1.24%) PhD
3 2 (1.24%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.42%) QA
2 3 (1.86%) GDPR
2 3 (1.86%) SLA
3 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.62%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.62%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (20.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 37 (22.98%) Kubernetes
2 12 (7.45%) Kibana
3 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (19.88%) Oracle
2 12 (7.45%) Dynatrace
2 12 (7.45%) Splunk
3 9 (5.59%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.62%) Informatica