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 30 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 22 7
Rank change year-on-year +13 -15 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 229 149 434
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 8.86% 9.24% 14.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.45% 11.35% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 191 100 361
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,125 £90,000
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 2,424 1,313 2,863
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 81.45% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,552 583 2,122
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £37,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £56,673 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +7.95% -10.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,050 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -4 115 £60,000 -4.00% 7
Slough +19 37 £70,000 +7.69% 7
Bracknell +10 37 £85,000 +9.68% 2
Wokingham - 12 £50,000 - 1
Windsor +41 5 £70,000 -
Maidenhead +16 3 £70,000 +21.74%
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 (28.82%) SQL
2 51 (22.27%) Full-Stack Development
3 50 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (20.09%) Oracle
5 44 (19.21%) PL/SQL
6 42 (18.34%) Java
7 41 (17.90%) AWS
7 41 (17.90%) JavaScript
8 39 (17.03%) C#
8 39 (17.03%) React
9 37 (16.16%) Agile
9 37 (16.16%) Azure
10 35 (15.28%) OLTP
11 34 (14.85%) DevOps
12 33 (14.41%) CI/CD
13 31 (13.54%) Microsoft
13 31 (13.54%) Python
14 30 (13.10%) HTML
15 29 (12.66%) .NET
15 29 (12.66%) Degree
16 27 (11.79%) SC Cleared
16 27 (11.79%) Security Cleared
17 26 (11.35%) Node.js
18 24 (10.48%) Power Platform
19 23 (10.04%) Microservices
20 21 (9.17%) SOAP
20 21 (9.17%) Software Testing
20 21 (9.17%) TypeScript
21 20 (8.73%) Azure DevOps
21 20 (8.73%) Git

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 6 (2.62%) OpenStack
2 5 (2.18%) WordPress
3 3 (1.31%) SAS
4 2 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.44%) Apache
5 1 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) IIS
5 1 (0.44%) JBoss
5 1 (0.44%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 41 (17.90%) AWS
2 37 (16.16%) Azure
3 24 (10.48%) Power Platform
4 20 (8.73%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (7.42%) Azure Logic Apps
6 16 (6.99%) Serverless
7 15 (6.55%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (6.11%) Amazon ECS
9 10 (4.37%) SaaS
10 8 (3.49%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.62%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (2.18%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.18%) Azure AI
13 3 (1.31%) GitHub
14 2 (0.87%) GitHub Copilot
14 2 (0.87%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.87%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.87%) Prefect
15 1 (0.44%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.31%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (15.28%) OLTP
2 17 (7.42%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.24%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (3.06%) MongoDB
5 7 (3.06%) Power BI
6 6 (2.62%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (2.18%) MySQL
8 3 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (8.73%) Git
2 15 (6.55%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.75%) JUnit
4 3 (1.31%) JIRA
4 3 (1.31%) JMeter
4 3 (1.31%) Mockito
5 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.87%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.87%) GitLab
5 2 (0.87%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 31 (13.54%) Finance
2 25 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (6.99%) Retail
3 16 (6.99%) Social Skills
4 12 (5.24%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.49%) Digital Health
6 5 (2.18%) Health Technology
6 5 (2.18%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.87%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.44%) Billing
8 1 (0.44%) Digital Healthcare
8 1 (0.44%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (17.03%) React
2 30 (13.10%) HTML
3 29 (12.66%) .NET
4 26 (11.35%) Node.js
5 21 (9.17%) SOAP
6 19 (8.30%) REST
6 19 (8.30%) XML
7 18 (7.86%) Spring
8 15 (6.55%) ASP.NET
8 15 (6.55%) Spring Boot
9 12 (5.24%) Elastic Stack
10 11 (4.80%) .NET Core
10 11 (4.80%) Web Services
11 10 (4.37%) Blazor
11 10 (4.37%) RESTful
12 9 (3.93%) JSON
12 9 (3.93%) NumPy
12 9 (3.93%) Pandas
12 9 (3.93%) Ruby on Rails
13 8 (3.49%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.17%) Mobile App
2 15 (6.55%) Low-Code
3 13 (5.68%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (3.93%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.75%) NHS
7 3 (1.31%) Arduino
7 3 (1.31%) PMI
7 3 (1.31%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (1.31%) Social Network
7 3 (1.31%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.87%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.87%) IoT
9 1 (0.44%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.44%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.44%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.44%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.99%) Apple iOS
2 9 (3.93%) Android
3 8 (3.49%) Linux
4 2 (0.87%) Windows
5 1 (0.44%) Unix
5 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (22.27%) Full-Stack Development
2 50 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (16.16%) Agile
4 34 (14.85%) DevOps
5 33 (14.41%) CI/CD
6 23 (10.04%) Microservices
7 21 (9.17%) Software Testing
8 18 (7.86%) Scrum
9 17 (7.42%) Deployment Automation
10 16 (6.99%) Data Governance
11 15 (6.55%) AI
11 15 (6.55%) Business Process Analysis
11 15 (6.55%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (6.11%) TDD
13 12 (5.24%) iOS Development
13 12 (5.24%) SDLC
14 11 (4.80%) Clean Code
14 11 (4.80%) OO
15 9 (3.93%) B2B
15 9 (3.93%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (28.82%) SQL
2 44 (19.21%) PL/SQL
3 42 (18.34%) Java
4 41 (17.90%) JavaScript
5 39 (17.03%) C#
6 31 (13.54%) Python
7 21 (9.17%) TypeScript
8 9 (3.93%) Ruby
8 9 (3.93%) Swift
9 5 (2.18%) ABAP
9 5 (2.18%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.18%) PHP
10 4 (1.75%) C++
10 4 (1.75%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.31%) C
11 3 (1.31%) Pascal
11 3 (1.31%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.87%) Groovy
13 1 (0.44%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 29 (12.66%) Degree
2 27 (11.79%) SC Cleared
2 27 (11.79%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.31%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.31%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.31%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (0.44%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.75%) GDPR
2 3 (1.31%) QA
System Software
1 17 (7.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (7.86%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.06%) Ansible
2 7 (3.06%) Kibana
2 7 (3.06%) Terraform
3 2 (0.87%) Packer
Vendors
1 46 (20.09%) Oracle
2 31 (13.54%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.62%) AppDynamics
3 6 (2.62%) IBM
4 5 (2.18%) SAP
5 3 (1.31%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.31%) Motorola
5 3 (1.31%) Splunk
6 2 (0.87%) Databricks
6 2 (0.87%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.44%) OpenAI