Senior Developer Job Trends in Berkshire

Senior Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Senior Developer salary in Berkshire is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 September 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 80 34
Rank change year-on-year +38 -46 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 103 64 142
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 2.97% 3.29% 5.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.18% 3.54% 6.29%
Number of salaries quoted 81 43 104
10th Percentile £60,000 - £60,750
25th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% - -
75th Percentile - £80,000 £82,813
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -3.57%

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 3,239 1,809 2,258
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 92.91% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,157 777 1,259
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,800 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £57,525
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -16.56% +4.59%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 22 September 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 22 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 +14 46 £77,500 +34.12% 9
Bracknell -3 24 £90,000 +5.88% 1
Slough +19 19 £75,000 +7.14% 4
Maidenhead +34 5 £85,000 +41.67%
Hungerford - 1 - -
Thatcham - 1 - -
Wokingham - 1 £85,000 - 1
Senior Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 22 September 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 27 (26.21%) AI
2 24 (23.30%) SQL
3 19 (18.45%) Oracle
3 19 (18.45%) PL/SQL
4 17 (16.50%) OLTP
5 16 (15.53%) Full-Stack Development
6 14 (13.59%) .NET
7 10 (9.71%) Apple iOS
7 10 (9.71%) iOS Development
7 10 (9.71%) Ruby
7 10 (9.71%) Ruby on Rails
7 10 (9.71%) Swift
8 9 (8.74%) AWS
8 9 (8.74%) Java
8 9 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (8.74%) React
8 9 (8.74%) XML
9 8 (7.77%) Agile
9 8 (7.77%) SOAP
10 7 (6.80%) Clean Code
10 7 (6.80%) Customer Experience
10 7 (6.80%) Node.js
10 7 (6.80%) SC Cleared
10 7 (6.80%) Security Cleared
10 7 (6.80%) TypeScript
11 6 (5.83%) Azure
11 6 (5.83%) C#
11 6 (5.83%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (5.83%) Data Management

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 1 (0.97%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.74%) AWS
2 6 (5.83%) Azure
2 6 (5.83%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (4.85%) GitHub
4 3 (2.91%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (1.94%) Anthropic Claude
5 2 (1.94%) Azure AI
5 2 (1.94%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 2 (1.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (1.94%) Azure Machine Learning
5 2 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.94%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.97%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (16.50%) OLTP
2 2 (1.94%) MySQL
2 2 (1.94%) NoSQL
2 2 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Git
2 1 (0.97%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (8.74%) Digital Health
2 6 (5.83%) Automotive
2 6 (5.83%) Finance
3 3 (2.91%) Retail
3 3 (2.91%) Social Skills
4 1 (0.97%) Health Technology
4 1 (0.97%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (13.59%) .NET
2 10 (9.71%) Ruby on Rails
3 9 (8.74%) React
3 9 (8.74%) XML
4 8 (7.77%) SOAP
5 7 (6.80%) Node.js
6 6 (5.83%) HTML
7 5 (4.85%) SAPUI5
7 5 (4.85%) SwiftUI
8 4 (3.88%) REST
9 3 (2.91%) JSON
10 2 (1.94%) FastAPI
10 2 (1.94%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (1.94%) Model Context Protocol
11 1 (0.97%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.97%) LangChain
11 1 (0.97%) Qt
11 1 (0.97%) RESTful
11 1 (0.97%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.59%) Mobile App
2 2 (1.94%) AI Agents
2 2 (1.94%) Autonomous Agent
2 2 (1.94%) Cloud Native
2 2 (1.94%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (0.97%) Legacy Code
3 1 (0.97%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.71%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.88%) Android
3 1 (0.97%) Linux
3 1 (0.97%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (26.21%) AI
2 16 (15.53%) Full-Stack Development
3 10 (9.71%) iOS Development
4 9 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (7.77%) Agile
6 7 (6.80%) Clean Code
6 7 (6.80%) Customer Experience
7 6 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (5.83%) Data Management
7 6 (5.83%) Software Testing
8 5 (4.85%) Change Management
8 5 (4.85%) Front End Development
8 5 (4.85%) OO
9 4 (3.88%) Android Development
9 4 (3.88%) CI/CD
9 4 (3.88%) DevOps
9 4 (3.88%) Event-Driven
9 4 (3.88%) Machine Learning
10 3 (2.91%) LLM
10 3 (2.91%) Prompt Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (23.30%) SQL
2 19 (18.45%) PL/SQL
3 10 (9.71%) Ruby
3 10 (9.71%) Swift
4 9 (8.74%) Java
5 7 (6.80%) TypeScript
6 6 (5.83%) C#
6 6 (5.83%) JavaScript
6 6 (5.83%) Python
7 5 (4.85%) ABAP
8 4 (3.88%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.94%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.97%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (6.80%) SC Cleared
1 7 (6.80%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.83%) Degree
3 2 (1.94%) Azure Certification
3 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Vendors
1 19 (18.45%) Oracle
2 5 (4.85%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.85%) SAP
3 2 (1.94%) OpenAI
3 2 (1.94%) Salesforce