Java Software Engineer Job Trends in Berkshire

Java Software Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Java Software Engineer salary in Berkshire is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £71,250 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £90,000 £70,000 £91,250
% change year-on-year +28.57% -23.29% +14.06%

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 2,907 1,658 2,435
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 93.57% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,899 760 1,574
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

Java Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Software Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Java Software Engineer in Berkshire

Java Software Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Software Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Bracknell - 4 £90,000 -
Wokingham - 1 £62,500 -
Java Software Engineer
South East

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 2 August 2026, Java Software Engineer 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 Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
2 1 (20.00%) MySQL

Java Software Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (20.00%) MySQL
General
1 4 (80.00%) Digital Health
1 4 (80.00%) Health Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes