Senior Java Developer Jobs in Reading

Senior Java Developer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Java Developer salary in Reading is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 114 133
Rank change year-on-year +45 +19 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Developer 1 13 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.20% 0.76% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.80% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - - £69,375
25th Percentile £58,750 £72,500 £72,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £76,250 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.48% -1.61% -18.42%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile - £84,750 -
Berkshire median annual salary £66,250 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -17.19% +3.23% -10.14%

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 1,621 1,525
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.40% 94.68% 93.67%
Number of salaries quoted 239 1,036 813
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,500 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £98,000 £80,000 £92,500
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -

Senior Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Java Developer in Reading

Senior Java Developer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Senior Java Developer in Reading

Senior Java Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Java 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 Java Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Gradle
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality

Senior Java 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Gradle
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker