Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Developer salary in Berkshire is £70,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 31 6
Rank change year-on-year +18 -25 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 253 144 360
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.11% 7.60% 15.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.65% 8.19% 16.11%
Number of salaries quoted 194 86 239
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,875 £41,263
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,261 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,250 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% +3.70% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000

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 3,308 1,759 2,234
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 92.87% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,216 775 1,213
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,800 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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 30 September 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 September 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 -4 111 £75,000 +29.80% 25
Slough +28 45 £70,000 - 21
Bracknell +1 41 £85,000 - 7
Wokingham -5 10 £70,000 +150.00% 7
Windsor +46 7 £50,000 -
Maidenhead +35 6 £85,000 +41.67%
Hungerford - 1 - -
Thatcham - 1 - - 4
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 30 September 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 53 (20.95%) Full-Stack Development
1 53 (20.95%) SQL
2 50 (19.76%) Java
3 46 (18.18%) AI
4 44 (17.39%) Agile
4 44 (17.39%) C#
5 42 (16.60%) .NET
6 41 (16.21%) AWS
6 41 (16.21%) Azure
7 37 (14.62%) React
8 31 (12.25%) JavaScript
9 27 (10.67%) CI/CD
9 27 (10.67%) Microsoft
10 25 (9.88%) Microservices
10 25 (9.88%) Node.js
10 25 (9.88%) Oracle
10 25 (9.88%) REST
10 25 (9.88%) SC Cleared
10 25 (9.88%) Security Cleared
11 24 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
12 23 (9.09%) PL/SQL
13 22 (8.70%) DevOps
13 22 (8.70%) Python
13 22 (8.70%) Scrum
14 20 (7.91%) Docker
14 20 (7.91%) Git
14 20 (7.91%) TypeScript
15 19 (7.51%) .NET Core
15 19 (7.51%) ASP.NET
15 19 (7.51%) Kubernetes

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 8 (3.16%) CMS
2 7 (2.77%) Jadu
3 3 (1.19%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.79%) Apache
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.40%) IIS
5 1 (0.40%) JBoss
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.40%) SAS
5 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 41 (16.21%) AWS
1 41 (16.21%) Azure
2 16 (6.32%) Serverless
3 14 (5.53%) Amazon ECS
3 14 (5.53%) Amazon EKS
3 14 (5.53%) GitHub
4 13 (5.14%) SaaS
5 12 (4.74%) Azure AI
6 9 (3.56%) GitHub Copilot
6 9 (3.56%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.16%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (2.37%) Amazon S3
8 6 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (2.37%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.19%) Anthropic Claude
9 3 (1.19%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 3 (1.19%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (1.19%) BigCommerce
10 2 (0.79%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.98%) Internet
2 1 (0.40%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.72%) OLTP
2 16 (6.32%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (6.32%) MongoDB
2 16 (6.32%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (4.35%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (2.77%) Power BI
5 4 (1.58%) MySQL
5 4 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.19%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.79%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.79%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.40%) Power Query
8 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (7.91%) Git
2 16 (6.32%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.98%) JIRA
3 5 (1.98%) JUnit
4 4 (1.58%) GitLab
4 4 (1.58%) JMeter
4 4 (1.58%) Mockito
4 4 (1.58%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.19%) IntelliJ
5 3 (1.19%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.79%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.79%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.79%) Maven
7 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
General
1 21 (8.30%) Finance
2 16 (6.32%) Public Sector
3 14 (5.53%) Social Skills
4 13 (5.14%) Health Technology
5 9 (3.56%) Retail
6 8 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.16%) Automotive
6 8 (3.16%) Digital Health
7 6 (2.37%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.98%) Electronics
8 5 (1.98%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.58%) Law
10 2 (0.79%) Marketing
11 1 (0.40%) Billing
11 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.40%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (16.60%) .NET
2 37 (14.62%) React
3 25 (9.88%) Node.js
3 25 (9.88%) REST
4 19 (7.51%) .NET Core
4 19 (7.51%) ASP.NET
5 18 (7.11%) Spring
6 17 (6.72%) HTML
7 16 (6.32%) ASP.NET Core
8 15 (5.93%) Spring Boot
9 13 (5.14%) Ruby on Rails
10 12 (4.74%) RESTful
10 12 (4.74%) XML
11 11 (4.35%) AngularJS
11 11 (4.35%) Blazor
11 11 (4.35%) SOAP
12 10 (3.95%) .NET Framework
12 10 (3.95%) JSON
12 10 (3.95%) Web Services
13 9 (3.56%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.93%) Mobile App
2 11 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (3.16%) NHS
4 5 (1.98%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.58%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.58%) Social Network
6 3 (1.19%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.19%) Animation
6 3 (1.19%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.19%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.19%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.79%) Autonomous Agent
7 2 (0.79%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (0.79%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.40%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.40%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.53%) Apple iOS
2 8 (3.16%) Android
3 5 (1.98%) Linux
4 2 (0.79%) Windows
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (20.95%) Full-Stack Development
2 46 (18.18%) AI
3 44 (17.39%) Agile
4 27 (10.67%) CI/CD
5 25 (9.88%) Microservices
6 24 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (8.70%) DevOps
7 22 (8.70%) Scrum
8 16 (6.32%) Clean Code
9 14 (5.53%) iOS Development
9 14 (5.53%) Machine Learning
9 14 (5.53%) SDLC
10 13 (5.14%) TDD
11 12 (4.74%) OO
12 10 (3.95%) BDD
12 10 (3.95%) Code Quality
12 10 (3.95%) Data Modelling
12 10 (3.95%) Workflow
13 9 (3.56%) ETL
13 9 (3.56%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 53 (20.95%) SQL
2 50 (19.76%) Java
3 44 (17.39%) C#
4 31 (12.25%) JavaScript
5 23 (9.09%) PL/SQL
6 22 (8.70%) Python
7 20 (7.91%) TypeScript
8 13 (5.14%) Ruby
9 9 (3.56%) Swift
10 8 (3.16%) Apex Code
11 7 (2.77%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.98%) ABAP
13 4 (1.58%) Groovy
13 4 (1.58%) PHP
13 4 (1.58%) Shell Script
13 4 (1.58%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.19%) SOQL
15 2 (0.79%) Bash
16 1 (0.40%) C++
16 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 25 (9.88%) SC Cleared
1 25 (9.88%) Security Cleared
2 12 (4.74%) Degree
3 3 (1.19%) Azure Certification
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (0.79%) AWS Certification
4 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.98%) QA
2 2 (0.79%) HL7
3 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.40%) GDPR
System Software
1 20 (7.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.16%) Ansible
2 8 (3.16%) Kibana
3 2 (0.79%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.79%) Packer
4 1 (0.40%) Grafana
Vendors
1 27 (10.67%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.88%) Oracle
3 14 (5.53%) Salesforce
4 9 (3.56%) Sage
5 6 (2.37%) AppDynamics
5 6 (2.37%) IBM
6 5 (1.98%) Dynatrace
6 5 (1.98%) SAP
7 4 (1.58%) Splunk
8 3 (1.19%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.40%) Adobe
9 1 (0.40%) Databricks
9 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow