Software Developer Jobs in Berkshire

Software Developer
South East > Berkshire

The median Software Developer salary in Berkshire is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 91 114
Rank change year-on-year +24 +23 -40
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 107 111 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.47% 3.49% 2.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.64% 3.78% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 100 100 50
10th Percentile £45,000 £34,875 £18,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £37,188 £32,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £54,750
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +9.59% +9.50%
75th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £112,500 - £92,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,943 2,939 3,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.40% 92.42% 96.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,122 1,673 2,157
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £40,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Berkshire

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Software Developer in Berkshire

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Berkshire

Software 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 Software Developer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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 +13 72 £80,000 -11.11% 3
Reading -11 31 £50,000 +11.11% 3
Newbury +16 2 £45,000 -35.71%
Software Developer
South East

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 78 (72.90%) C#
2 72 (67.29%) .NET
3 70 (65.42%) Propensity Modelling
4 66 (61.68%) TypeScript
4 66 (61.68%) JavaScript
5 62 (57.94%) React
6 61 (57.01%) Docker
7 60 (56.07%) Degree
7 60 (56.07%) Computer Science
8 59 (55.14%) Kubernetes
9 58 (54.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 58 (54.21%) NoSQL
9 58 (54.21%) Artificial Intelligence
10 50 (46.73%) Agile
11 28 (26.17%) Git
12 25 (23.36%) SQL Server
13 17 (15.89%) Azure
14 16 (14.95%) SQL
15 15 (14.02%) QA
16 14 (13.08%) Machine Learning
16 14 (13.08%) DevOps
17 12 (11.21%) Azure DevOps
17 12 (11.21%) Web Services
18 11 (10.28%) Software Engineering
19 10 (9.35%) Test Automation
20 9 (8.41%) .NET Core
20 9 (8.41%) Social Skills
21 8 (7.48%) CI/CD
22 7 (6.54%) Progressive Web App
22 7 (6.54%) Police

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.93%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 17 (15.89%) Azure
2 12 (11.21%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (6.54%) GitHub
4 4 (3.74%) ChatGPT
5 2 (1.87%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (54.21%) NoSQL
2 25 (23.36%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.87%) GIS
3 2 (1.87%) MySQL
3 2 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.87%) Redis
Development Applications
1 28 (26.17%) Git
2 5 (4.67%) Bugzilla
2 5 (4.67%) Cypress.io
2 5 (4.67%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.67%) JIRA
2 5 (4.67%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.93%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.93%) JUnit
3 1 (0.93%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.93%) Selenium
3 1 (0.93%) TestNG
3 1 (0.93%) WebDriver
General
1 9 (8.41%) Social Skills
2 7 (6.54%) Back Office
2 7 (6.54%) Police
2 7 (6.54%) Retail
3 3 (2.80%) Health Technology
3 3 (2.80%) Tech for Good
4 2 (1.87%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (67.29%) .NET
2 62 (57.94%) React
3 12 (11.21%) Web Services
4 9 (8.41%) .NET Core
5 7 (6.54%) CSS
6 5 (4.67%) Playwright
7 4 (3.74%) SpaCy
8 3 (2.80%) Blazor
9 2 (1.87%) Celery
9 2 (1.87%) Dask
9 2 (1.87%) Django
9 2 (1.87%) Flask
9 2 (1.87%) Laravel
9 2 (1.87%) NumPy
9 2 (1.87%) OpenLayers
10 1 (0.93%) Apache Commons
10 1 (0.93%) Guava
10 1 (0.93%) Java Concurrency
10 1 (0.93%) REST
10 1 (0.93%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.67%) Client/Server
1 5 (4.67%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (1.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.87%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (65.42%) Propensity Modelling
2 60 (56.07%) Computer Science
3 58 (54.21%) Artificial Intelligence
4 50 (46.73%) Agile
5 14 (13.08%) DevOps
5 14 (13.08%) Machine Learning
6 11 (10.28%) Software Engineering
7 10 (9.35%) Test Automation
8 8 (7.48%) CI/CD
9 7 (6.54%) CRM
9 7 (6.54%) E-business
9 7 (6.54%) Progressive Web App
9 7 (6.54%) SDET
9 7 (6.54%) Software Testing
10 5 (4.67%) Code Quality
10 5 (4.67%) Test Management
11 4 (3.74%) LLM
11 4 (3.74%) Mentoring
11 4 (3.74%) Microservices
11 4 (3.74%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 78 (72.90%) C#
2 66 (61.68%) JavaScript
2 66 (61.68%) TypeScript
3 16 (14.95%) SQL
4 5 (4.67%) Python
5 2 (1.87%) Go
5 2 (1.87%) PHP
6 1 (0.93%) Java
Qualifications
1 60 (56.07%) Degree
2 58 (54.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (6.54%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.87%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.02%) QA
System Software
1 61 (57.01%) Docker
Systems Management
1 59 (55.14%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (4.67%) HP
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft