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 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 28 7
Rank change year-on-year +16 -21 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 202 145 436
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 7.45% 8.87% 13.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.95% 10.21% 14.17%
Number of salaries quoted 169 94 354
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £87,500
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 2,542 1,420 3,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 86.85% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,641 615 2,200
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,673 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% +7.95% -8.70%
75th Percentile £71,535 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £53,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.91% +3.00% -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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -6 98 £65,000 +4.00% 5
Slough +17 37 £70,000 +7.69% 6
Bracknell +4 32 £85,000 +6.25% 2
Wokingham - 12 £50,000 - 2
Windsor +41 5 £70,000 - 1
Maidenhead +18 2 £70,000 +21.74% 2
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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 63 (31.19%) SQL
2 50 (24.75%) Full-Stack Development
3 43 (21.29%) Oracle
3 43 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (20.30%) AWS
4 41 (20.30%) PL/SQL
5 40 (19.80%) React
6 39 (19.31%) Azure
6 39 (19.31%) Java
7 38 (18.81%) Agile
8 35 (17.33%) JavaScript
9 33 (16.34%) C#
10 32 (15.84%) OLTP
11 30 (14.85%) DevOps
11 30 (14.85%) Microsoft
12 29 (14.36%) .NET
13 27 (13.37%) SC Cleared
13 27 (13.37%) Security Cleared
14 26 (12.87%) Degree
14 26 (12.87%) HTML
14 26 (12.87%) Node.js
14 26 (12.87%) Python
15 25 (12.38%) CI/CD
16 23 (11.39%) Microservices
17 20 (9.90%) TypeScript
18 19 (9.41%) SOAP
18 19 (9.41%) Software Testing
19 18 (8.91%) AI
19 18 (8.91%) Scrum
20 17 (8.42%) ASP.NET

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 4 (1.98%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.50%) Apache
3 1 (0.50%) CMS
3 1 (0.50%) IIS
3 1 (0.50%) JBoss
3 1 (0.50%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Fuse
3 1 (0.50%) SAS
3 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 41 (20.30%) AWS
2 39 (19.31%) Azure
3 17 (8.42%) Power Platform
4 16 (7.92%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (6.93%) Serverless
6 13 (6.44%) Amazon EKS
7 12 (5.94%) Amazon ECS
7 12 (5.94%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (4.95%) SaaS
9 8 (3.96%) Azure AI
10 6 (2.97%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (2.97%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.48%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.98%) GitHub
13 3 (1.49%) Amazon SQS
13 3 (1.49%) GitHub Copilot
14 2 (0.99%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.99%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.99%) Prefect
15 1 (0.50%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.98%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (15.84%) OLTP
2 15 (7.43%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (6.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (5.94%) MongoDB
5 10 (4.95%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (2.48%) Power BI
6 5 (2.48%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.98%) MySQL
7 4 (1.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.50%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (7.92%) Git
2 13 (6.44%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.98%) JUnit
4 3 (1.49%) JIRA
4 3 (1.49%) JMeter
4 3 (1.49%) Mockito
5 2 (0.99%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.99%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.99%) GitLab
5 2 (0.99%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 26 (12.87%) Finance
2 19 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (7.92%) Retail
4 13 (6.44%) Social Skills
5 12 (5.94%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.46%) Digital Health
7 6 (2.97%) Health Technology
8 5 (2.48%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.49%) Law
10 1 (0.50%) Billing
10 1 (0.50%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.50%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (19.80%) React
2 29 (14.36%) .NET
3 26 (12.87%) HTML
3 26 (12.87%) Node.js
4 19 (9.41%) SOAP
5 17 (8.42%) ASP.NET
5 17 (8.42%) REST
5 17 (8.42%) XML
6 16 (7.92%) .NET Core
6 16 (7.92%) Spring
7 14 (6.93%) Blazor
8 13 (6.44%) Spring Boot
9 12 (5.94%) ASP.NET Core
10 11 (5.45%) RESTful
11 10 (4.95%) Elastic Stack
12 9 (4.46%) .NET Framework
12 9 (4.46%) NumPy
12 9 (4.46%) Pandas
12 9 (4.46%) Ruby on Rails
12 9 (4.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.90%) Mobile App
2 11 (5.45%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.95%) Low-Code
4 9 (4.46%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.48%) Social Network
6 4 (1.98%) NHS
7 3 (1.49%) Arduino
7 3 (1.49%) PMI
7 3 (1.49%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.49%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.99%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.99%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (0.99%) IoT
9 1 (0.50%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.43%) Apple iOS
2 9 (4.46%) Android
3 7 (3.47%) Linux
4 1 (0.50%) Windows
4 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (24.75%) Full-Stack Development
2 43 (21.29%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (18.81%) Agile
4 30 (14.85%) DevOps
5 25 (12.38%) CI/CD
6 23 (11.39%) Microservices
7 19 (9.41%) Software Testing
8 18 (8.91%) AI
8 18 (8.91%) Scrum
9 12 (5.94%) Deployment Automation
9 12 (5.94%) OO
9 12 (5.94%) SDLC
9 12 (5.94%) TDD
10 11 (5.45%) Data Governance
10 11 (5.45%) iOS Development
11 10 (4.95%) Business Process Analysis
11 10 (4.95%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (4.46%) Clean Code
12 9 (4.46%) Machine Learning
12 9 (4.46%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 63 (31.19%) SQL
2 41 (20.30%) PL/SQL
3 39 (19.31%) Java
4 35 (17.33%) JavaScript
5 33 (16.34%) C#
6 26 (12.87%) Python
7 20 (9.90%) TypeScript
8 10 (4.95%) Swift
9 9 (4.46%) Ruby
10 6 (2.97%) PHP
11 5 (2.48%) ABAP
11 5 (2.48%) Kotlin
11 5 (2.48%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.49%) C
12 3 (1.49%) Pascal
12 3 (1.49%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.99%) Groovy
14 1 (0.50%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.50%) C++
14 1 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 27 (13.37%) SC Cleared
1 27 (13.37%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.87%) Degree
3 3 (1.49%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.49%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.49%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.50%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (0.50%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.98%) GDPR
2 3 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 16 (7.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (8.42%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.47%) Ansible
2 7 (3.47%) Kibana
3 6 (2.97%) Terraform
4 2 (0.99%) Packer
Vendors
1 43 (21.29%) Oracle
2 30 (14.85%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.97%) AppDynamics
3 6 (2.97%) IBM
4 5 (2.48%) SAP
5 3 (1.49%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.49%) Motorola
5 3 (1.49%) Splunk
6 2 (0.99%) Databricks
6 2 (0.99%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.50%) OpenAI