Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Developer salary in Berkshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 159 212 400
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.61% 15.67% 14.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.30% 20.64% 15.76%
Number of salaries quoted 122 136 343
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,875 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £92,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -3.48% -

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 1,916 1,027 2,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 75.91% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,078 546 1,997
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,250 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +16.56% -8.61%
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 3 March 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 3 March 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 -3 70 £53,750 -14.00% 30
Slough -16 29 £70,000 +7.69% 48
Bracknell -2 15 £80,000 +14.29% 4
Wokingham +1 12 £52,500 -30.00% 1
Maidenhead -31 5 £67,500 +17.39%
Windsor - 3 £70,000 -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 3 March 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 48 (30.19%) SQL
2 46 (28.93%) JavaScript
3 40 (25.16%) CI/CD
3 40 (25.16%) Full-Stack Development
4 39 (24.53%) HTML
5 38 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (23.27%) Java
7 35 (22.01%) C#
7 35 (22.01%) Oracle
7 35 (22.01%) PL/SQL
8 33 (20.75%) Azure
9 26 (16.35%) Agile
9 26 (16.35%) DevOps
9 26 (16.35%) Microservices
9 26 (16.35%) OLTP
9 26 (16.35%) Python
10 25 (15.72%) AWS
10 25 (15.72%) React
11 22 (13.84%) XML
12 21 (13.21%) Degree
12 21 (13.21%) Power Platform
12 21 (13.21%) REST
13 20 (12.58%) Microsoft
13 20 (12.58%) Serverless
14 19 (11.95%) Kubernetes
14 19 (11.95%) Spring Boot
15 18 (11.32%) .NET
15 18 (11.32%) SDLC
16 17 (10.69%) Azure DevOps
16 17 (10.69%) JSON

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 (5.66%) WordPress
2 6 (3.77%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.26%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 33 (20.75%) Azure
2 25 (15.72%) AWS
3 21 (13.21%) Power Platform
4 20 (12.58%) Serverless
5 17 (10.69%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (9.43%) Amazon ECS
6 15 (9.43%) Azure Logic Apps
7 14 (8.81%) Amazon EKS
8 12 (7.55%) Amazon S3
9 11 (6.92%) Amazon SQS
10 10 (6.29%) SaaS
11 9 (5.66%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (4.40%) GCP
13 6 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (3.77%) GitHub
14 5 (3.14%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (3.14%) Azure Service Bus
15 2 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
15 2 (1.26%) Power Automate
15 2 (1.26%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.77%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (16.35%) OLTP
2 17 (10.69%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (10.06%) Relational Database
4 9 (5.66%) MySQL
5 8 (5.03%) RDBMS
6 6 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (3.77%) Power BI
7 5 (3.14%) DynamoDB
7 5 (3.14%) NoSQL
7 5 (3.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (2.52%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.63%) Looker
9 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (8.81%) Jenkins
2 13 (8.18%) Git
3 9 (5.66%) JUnit
4 8 (5.03%) JMeter
4 8 (5.03%) Mockito
5 5 (3.14%) git-flow
6 1 (0.63%) JIRA
6 1 (0.63%) TeamCity
General
1 30 (18.87%) Finance
2 28 (17.61%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (10.69%) Social Skills
4 9 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.77%) Health Technology
5 6 (3.77%) Retail
6 4 (2.52%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.63%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (0.63%) Legal
7 1 (0.63%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (24.53%) HTML
2 25 (15.72%) React
3 22 (13.84%) XML
4 21 (13.21%) REST
5 19 (11.95%) Spring Boot
6 18 (11.32%) .NET
7 17 (10.69%) JSON
8 14 (8.81%) SOAP
8 14 (8.81%) Spring
9 13 (8.18%) Web Services
10 11 (6.92%) CSS
10 11 (6.92%) Kafka
11 8 (5.03%) ActiveMQ
11 8 (5.03%) Apache Camel
11 8 (5.03%) Hibernate
11 8 (5.03%) jQuery
11 8 (5.03%) Node.js
11 8 (5.03%) WireMock
12 7 (4.40%) ASP.NET
13 6 (3.77%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.43%) Low-Code
2 14 (8.81%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.40%) IoT
4 7 (4.40%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.14%) Cloud Native
5 5 (3.14%) NHS
5 5 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.89%) PMI
7 2 (1.26%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.26%) Robotics
7 2 (1.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.63%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.63%) Social Network
8 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.14%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.26%) Android
3 1 (0.63%) Linux
3 1 (0.63%) Unix
3 1 (0.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (25.16%) CI/CD
1 40 (25.16%) Full-Stack Development
2 38 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (16.35%) Agile
3 26 (16.35%) DevOps
3 26 (16.35%) Microservices
4 18 (11.32%) SDLC
5 17 (10.69%) Software Testing
6 16 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (9.43%) Business Process Analysis
7 15 (9.43%) Configuration Management
7 15 (9.43%) Data Governance
7 15 (9.43%) Deployment Automation
8 14 (8.81%) TDD
9 11 (6.92%) Software Engineering
10 10 (6.29%) Propensity Modelling
11 9 (5.66%) Issue Tracking
12 8 (5.03%) BDD
12 8 (5.03%) Process Management
12 8 (5.03%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 48 (30.19%) SQL
2 46 (28.93%) JavaScript
3 37 (23.27%) Java
4 35 (22.01%) C#
4 35 (22.01%) PL/SQL
5 26 (16.35%) Python
6 12 (7.55%) TypeScript
7 8 (5.03%) C++
7 8 (5.03%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.89%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.26%) PHP
10 1 (0.63%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (13.21%) Degree
2 8 (5.03%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.89%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.89%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.26%) PhD
5 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 1 (0.63%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.77%) QA
2 2 (1.26%) GDPR
3 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
System Software
1 16 (10.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (11.95%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.03%) Kibana
3 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (22.01%) Oracle
2 20 (12.58%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.03%) Dynatrace
3 8 (5.03%) Splunk
4 1 (0.63%) Informatica