Junior Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Junior Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Junior Developer salary in Berkshire is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 - 143
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Developer 4 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.21% - 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £28,150
25th Percentile £33,750 - £31,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.14%
75th Percentile £42,188 - £38,750
90th Percentile £43,875 - -
South East median annual salary £31,250 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -16.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,765 2,128 1,819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 95.73% 93.28%
Number of salaries quoted 774 1,152 1,190
10th Percentile £27,860 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £54,763
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.56% -6.43%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,625 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.21% -2.73% -

Junior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Junior Developer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Junior Developer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Developer job vacancies in Berkshire

Junior 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 Junior Developer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 2025. 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 £37,500 -
Junior Developer
South East

Junior Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Junior 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 Junior Developer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) CSS
2 2 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 2 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) React
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Bootstrap
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) Kafka
3 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
3 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
3 1 (25.00%) Spring
3 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
3 1 (25.00%) TypeScript

Junior 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
1 2 (50.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (25.00%) Bootstrap
2 1 (25.00%) Kafka
2 1 (25.00%) Spring
2 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript