Software Developer Jobs in Reading

Software Developer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Software Developer salary in Reading is £55,565 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 64 96 81
Rank change year-on-year +32 -15 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 6 31 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 1.19% 1.81% 3.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 1.91% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2 26 49
10th Percentile - - £29,250
25th Percentile £50,848 £45,000 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,565 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.13% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,283 £74,688 £62,500
90th Percentile - £80,000 £64,000
Berkshire median annual salary £52,783 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -29.62% +25.00% +9.59%

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% -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Reading

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Reading

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Reading region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 2 (33.33%) Bash
1 2 (33.33%) Web Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) Relational Database
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Acoustics
1 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Metadata
1 2 (33.33%) C
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) Unix
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) PhD
1 2 (33.33%) Fortran
1 2 (33.33%) RDBMS
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management

Software 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Metadata
1 2 (33.33%) RDBMS
1 2 (33.33%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Acoustics
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 2 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Bash
1 2 (33.33%) C
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) Fortran
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 2 (33.33%) PhD
20 Software Developer jobs in Berkshire