Senior Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Senior Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Senior Developer salary in Berkshire is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 63 39
Rank change year-on-year +29 -24 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 94 53 159
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 3.67% 3.34% 5.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.92% 4.23% 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 87 48 129
10th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £57,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £112,500
South East median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -7.14%

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 2,396 1,252 2,723
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 78.84% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,518 567 2,077
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -9.87%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £83,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% -9.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Berkshire

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Berkshire

Senior 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 Senior Developer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Slough +25 35 £70,000 +3.70% 6
Bracknell +5 25 £85,000 +9.68% 2
Reading -3 23 £75,000 +20.00% 1
Wokingham - 4 £85,000 -
Windsor - 3 £70,000 -
Maidenhead +10 2 £70,000 -
Senior Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2026, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 40 (42.55%) SQL
2 39 (41.49%) Oracle
2 39 (41.49%) PL/SQL
3 35 (37.23%) OLTP
4 24 (25.53%) HTML
5 22 (23.40%) Java
6 21 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (21.28%) Degree
7 20 (21.28%) Software Testing
8 17 (18.09%) SOAP
8 17 (18.09%) XML
9 14 (14.89%) AWS
9 14 (14.89%) React
10 11 (11.70%) JavaScript
11 9 (9.57%) .NET
11 9 (9.57%) Microservices
12 8 (8.51%) Agile
12 8 (8.51%) Configuration Management
12 8 (8.51%) Node.js
13 7 (7.45%) Full-Stack Development
13 7 (7.45%) Issue Tracking
13 7 (7.45%) JSON
13 7 (7.45%) Kubernetes
13 7 (7.45%) REST
13 7 (7.45%) SC Cleared
13 7 (7.45%) Security Cleared
13 7 (7.45%) Spring Boot
14 6 (6.38%) Apple iOS
14 6 (6.38%) iOS Development
14 6 (6.38%) Ruby

Senior 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 2 (2.13%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.89%) AWS
2 3 (3.19%) Amazon ECS
2 3 (3.19%) Amazon S3
2 3 (3.19%) Serverless
3 2 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
3 2 (2.13%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (1.06%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.06%) Azure
4 1 (1.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (37.23%) OLTP
2 2 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.13%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.06%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (1.06%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.19%) Git
2 2 (2.13%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.06%) JIRA
General
1 7 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (7.45%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.32%) Digital Health
3 4 (4.26%) Finance
3 4 (4.26%) Health Technology
4 3 (3.19%) Retail
5 1 (1.06%) Digital Healthcare
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (25.53%) HTML
2 17 (18.09%) SOAP
2 17 (18.09%) XML
3 14 (14.89%) React
4 9 (9.57%) .NET
5 8 (8.51%) Node.js
6 7 (7.45%) JSON
6 7 (7.45%) REST
6 7 (7.45%) Spring Boot
7 6 (6.38%) Ruby on Rails
8 5 (5.32%) SAPUI5
9 2 (2.13%) Elastic Stack
9 2 (2.13%) Kafka
9 2 (2.13%) Mustache
9 2 (2.13%) Spring
9 2 (2.13%) Web Services
10 1 (1.06%) CSS
10 1 (1.06%) Laravel
10 1 (1.06%) Next.js
10 1 (1.06%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.70%) Mobile App
2 7 (7.45%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.32%) IoT
4 3 (3.19%) NHS
4 3 (3.19%) PMI
5 2 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.38%) Apple iOS
2 5 (5.32%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (21.28%) Software Testing
3 9 (9.57%) Microservices
4 8 (8.51%) Agile
4 8 (8.51%) Configuration Management
5 7 (7.45%) Full-Stack Development
5 7 (7.45%) Issue Tracking
6 6 (6.38%) iOS Development
7 5 (5.32%) Android Development
7 5 (5.32%) Change Management
7 5 (5.32%) Clean Code
7 5 (5.32%) OO
7 5 (5.32%) Propensity Modelling
7 5 (5.32%) SDLC
7 5 (5.32%) Software Engineering
8 4 (4.26%) Mentoring
9 3 (3.19%) AI
9 3 (3.19%) CI/CD
9 3 (3.19%) Customer Experience
9 3 (3.19%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 40 (42.55%) SQL
2 39 (41.49%) PL/SQL
3 22 (23.40%) Java
4 11 (11.70%) JavaScript
5 6 (6.38%) Ruby
5 6 (6.38%) Swift
5 6 (6.38%) TypeScript
6 5 (5.32%) ABAP
6 5 (5.32%) Kotlin
7 2 (2.13%) C#
8 1 (1.06%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (21.28%) Degree
2 7 (7.45%) SC Cleared
2 7 (7.45%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.19%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (3.19%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 3 (3.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (7.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 39 (41.49%) Oracle
2 5 (5.32%) SAP