Senior Developer Jobs in Reading

Senior Developer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Developer salary in Reading is £63,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 38 67
Rank change year-on-year -16 +29 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 13 90 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 2.54% 5.27% 4.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.08% 5.56% 4.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9 46 51
10th Percentile £50,848 £55,625 £57,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £63,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -8.93% +7.69%
75th Percentile £66,000 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £68,250 £77,500 £81,250
Berkshire median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% -6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 422 1,618 1,513
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.58% 94.68% 93.68%
Number of salaries quoted 239 1,032 808
10th Percentile £31,750 £29,813 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.93% -12.42% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £68,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £92,500
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Reading

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in Reading.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Reading

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Senior 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 Reading region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) Degree
3 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
3 3 (23.08%) Git
3 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 3 (23.08%) React
3 3 (23.08%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Metadata
4 2 (15.38%) Clean Code
4 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Functions
4 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
4 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (15.38%) Serverless
4 2 (15.38%) Acoustics
4 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
4 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
4 2 (15.38%) DevOps

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (7.69%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Functions
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Key Vault
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) Serverless
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Metadata
1 2 (15.38%) RDBMS
1 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
2 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) Gradle
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Selenium
2 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) React
2 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
2 2 (15.38%) Node.js
3 1 (7.69%) .NET
3 1 (7.69%) CSS
3 1 (7.69%) HTML
3 1 (7.69%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Acoustics
1 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
1 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
1 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
1 2 (15.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
3 2 (15.38%) Clean Code
3 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (15.38%) DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Web Application Development
4 1 (7.69%) API Management
4 1 (7.69%) Change Management
4 1 (7.69%) Code Quality
4 1 (7.69%) Microservices
4 1 (7.69%) SDLC
4 1 (7.69%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) Bash
2 2 (15.38%) C
2 2 (15.38%) C++
2 2 (15.38%) Fortran
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (7.69%) Java
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) PHP
3 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
2 2 (15.38%) PhD
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
13 Senior Developer jobs in Berkshire