Software Developer Jobs in Reading

Software Developer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Software Developer salary in Reading is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2024.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 86 96
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 39 40 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 2.02% 2.69% 2.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.13% 2.86% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 34 36 26
10th Percentile - £32,063 £21,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,906 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +39.39% -31.25%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £75,000
Berkshire median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +19.27% +9.00%

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 1,834 1,400 1,899
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.03% 94.02% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 727 1,095
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £38,223 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +1.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +0.88% +3.64%

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
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Reading over the 6 months to 17 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 17 June 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 Reading region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 22 (56.41%) Azure
2 15 (38.46%) .NET
3 14 (35.90%) C#
3 14 (35.90%) QA
3 14 (35.90%) DevOps
4 12 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (30.77%) Web Services
5 11 (28.21%) Software Engineering
6 10 (25.64%) Test Automation
6 10 (25.64%) .NET Core
7 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
7 9 (23.08%) JavaScript
8 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
8 8 (20.51%) CI/CD
8 8 (20.51%) Fintech
9 7 (17.95%) SDET
9 7 (17.95%) DBS Check
9 7 (17.95%) Progressive Web App
9 7 (17.95%) Police
9 7 (17.95%) CRM
9 7 (17.95%) CSS
9 7 (17.95%) Software Testing
9 7 (17.95%) Retail
9 7 (17.95%) E-business
9 7 (17.95%) Back Office
9 7 (17.95%) Finance
10 6 (15.38%) Agile
10 6 (15.38%) TypeScript
10 6 (15.38%) Git
11 5 (12.82%) Cypress.io

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.56%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 22 (56.41%) Azure
2 12 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (12.82%) GitHub
4 4 (10.26%) ChatGPT
5 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.13%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.56%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Git
2 5 (12.82%) Bugzilla
2 5 (12.82%) Cypress.io
2 5 (12.82%) Jenkins
2 5 (12.82%) JIRA
2 5 (12.82%) Zephyr
3 1 (2.56%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.56%) JUnit
3 1 (2.56%) REST Assured
3 1 (2.56%) Selenium
3 1 (2.56%) TestNG
3 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.56%) WebDriver
General
1 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Back Office
2 7 (17.95%) Finance
2 7 (17.95%) Police
2 7 (17.95%) Retail
3 3 (7.69%) Health Technology
3 3 (7.69%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (38.46%) .NET
2 12 (30.77%) Web Services
3 10 (25.64%) .NET Core
4 7 (17.95%) CSS
5 5 (12.82%) Playwright
6 4 (10.26%) SpaCy
7 3 (7.69%) Blazor
8 2 (5.13%) React
9 1 (2.56%) .NET Framework
9 1 (2.56%) AngularJS
9 1 (2.56%) Apache Commons
9 1 (2.56%) Apache Cordova
9 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (2.56%) Flutter
9 1 (2.56%) Guava
9 1 (2.56%) Java Concurrency
9 1 (2.56%) Laravel
9 1 (2.56%) LINQ
9 1 (2.56%) PhoneGap
9 1 (2.56%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Client/Server
1 5 (12.82%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.13%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Linux
2 1 (2.56%) Android
2 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) DevOps
2 11 (28.21%) Software Engineering
3 10 (25.64%) Test Automation
4 8 (20.51%) CI/CD
4 8 (20.51%) Fintech
5 7 (17.95%) CRM
5 7 (17.95%) E-business
5 7 (17.95%) Progressive Web App
5 7 (17.95%) SDET
5 7 (17.95%) Software Testing
6 6 (15.38%) Agile
7 5 (12.82%) Full Stack Development
7 5 (12.82%) Test Management
8 4 (10.26%) LLM
8 4 (10.26%) Natural Language Processing
9 3 (7.69%) Containerisation
9 3 (7.69%) Data Science
9 3 (7.69%) Informatics
9 3 (7.69%) Mentoring
9 3 (7.69%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 14 (35.90%) C#
2 9 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 6 (15.38%) TypeScript
4 3 (7.69%) SQL
5 2 (5.13%) Go
6 1 (2.56%) Java
6 1 (2.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (17.95%) DBS Check
2 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (35.90%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) HP