Developer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Developer salary in the Thames Valley is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 45 11
Rank change year-on-year +27 -34 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 405 228 597
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 5.65% 5.78% 12.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.00% 6.33% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 333 156 420
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £58,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.13% -2.08% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,753 3,602 4,610
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 91.26% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,784 1,600 2,627
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,075
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -4.85% -6.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,573
% change year-on-year +10.00% -3.05% -6.23%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Developer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Developer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Developer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in the Thames Valley

Developer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. 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
Berkshire +23 234 £70,000 +7.69% 58
Oxfordshire +8 86 £55,000 -15.38% 12
Buckinghamshire +38 85 £60,000 +14.29% 14
Developer
South East

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 13 September 2026, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 102 (25.19%) C#
2 99 (24.44%) .NET
3 96 (23.70%) Full-Stack Development
4 82 (20.25%) Agile
5 79 (19.51%) Azure
6 75 (18.52%) SQL
7 70 (17.28%) Microsoft
8 66 (16.30%) AWS
9 62 (15.31%) HTML
10 61 (15.06%) JavaScript
11 57 (14.07%) AI
12 56 (13.83%) ASP.NET
12 56 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
13 55 (13.58%) React
14 48 (11.85%) CSS
14 48 (11.85%) TypeScript
15 47 (11.60%) Java
16 38 (9.38%) Microservices
16 38 (9.38%) Oracle
17 37 (9.14%) ASP.NET Core
17 37 (9.14%) CI/CD
17 37 (9.14%) DevOps
18 35 (8.64%) Node.js
19 34 (8.40%) .NET Core
20 33 (8.15%) Degree
21 32 (7.90%) REST
22 30 (7.41%) Azure SQL Database
22 30 (7.41%) SQL Server
23 29 (7.16%) Mentoring
23 29 (7.16%) Web Development

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 12 (2.96%) IIS
2 10 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.98%) CMS
4 7 (1.73%) Jadu
5 6 (1.48%) WordPress
6 5 (1.23%) Moodle
7 4 (0.99%) CICS
8 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.25%) Apache
9 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.25%) JBoss
9 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.25%) SAS
9 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (0.49%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.49%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Adobe Campaign
1 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 79 (19.51%) Azure
2 66 (16.30%) AWS
3 25 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (5.43%) Power Platform
5 19 (4.69%) GitHub
6 14 (3.46%) Serverless
7 12 (2.96%) Amazon ECS
7 12 (2.96%) Amazon EKS
7 12 (2.96%) Azure AI
7 12 (2.96%) GitHub Copilot
7 12 (2.96%) SaaS
8 8 (1.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 7 (1.73%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.73%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 5 (1.23%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.23%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.23%) Internet
2 1 (0.25%) 5G
2 1 (0.25%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.41%) Azure SQL Database
1 30 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.17%) MySQL
3 24 (5.93%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.94%) MongoDB
5 18 (4.44%) OLTP
6 15 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (2.47%) Power BI
9 5 (1.23%) Db2
9 5 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.49%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.49%) Power Query
11 2 (0.49%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.25%) Snowflake Schema
12 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (6.42%) Git
2 14 (3.46%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.72%) Claude Code
3 11 (2.72%) Oracle Forms
3 11 (2.72%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (1.23%) GitLab
4 5 (1.23%) JIRA
4 5 (1.23%) JUnit
5 4 (0.99%) ChangeMan
5 4 (0.99%) JMeter
5 4 (0.99%) Mockito
5 4 (0.99%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.74%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.74%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.49%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.49%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.49%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.49%) Maven
7 2 (0.49%) Subversion
7 2 (0.49%) Yeoman
General
1 43 (10.62%) Social Skills
2 30 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (7.16%) Finance
4 19 (4.69%) Retail
5 17 (4.20%) Manufacturing
6 14 (3.46%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.22%) Digital Health
7 9 (2.22%) Health Technology
8 8 (1.98%) Local Government
9 7 (1.73%) Advertising
10 6 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.48%) Law
11 5 (1.23%) Electronics
11 5 (1.23%) Multimedia
12 4 (0.99%) Marketing
13 3 (0.74%) Automotive
13 3 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.74%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.49%) Legal
14 2 (0.49%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (24.44%) .NET
2 62 (15.31%) HTML
3 56 (13.83%) ASP.NET
4 55 (13.58%) React
5 48 (11.85%) CSS
6 37 (9.14%) ASP.NET Core
7 35 (8.64%) Node.js
8 34 (8.40%) .NET Core
9 32 (7.90%) REST
10 26 (6.42%) Laravel
11 24 (5.93%) jQuery
12 18 (4.44%) AngularJS
12 18 (4.44%) ASP.NET Web API
12 18 (4.44%) Entity Framework
13 17 (4.20%) .NET Framework
13 17 (4.20%) Blazor
13 17 (4.20%) Spring
14 14 (3.46%) RESTful
14 14 (3.46%) Spring Boot
15 12 (2.96%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.69%) Mobile App
2 17 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (3.70%) NHS
4 12 (2.96%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.72%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.22%) Algorithms
7 8 (1.98%) e-Learning
8 7 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.48%) Animation
10 5 (1.23%) Learning Management System
10 5 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.23%) SCORM
11 4 (0.99%) Legacy Code
11 4 (0.99%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.99%) Social Network
11 4 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
11 4 (0.99%) VSAM
12 3 (0.74%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.70%) Apple iOS
2 11 (2.72%) Android
3 7 (1.73%) Linux
3 7 (1.73%) Windows
4 4 (0.99%) zOS
5 1 (0.25%) Unix
5 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (23.70%) Full-Stack Development
2 82 (20.25%) Agile
3 57 (14.07%) AI
4 56 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (9.38%) Microservices
6 37 (9.14%) CI/CD
6 37 (9.14%) DevOps
7 29 (7.16%) Mentoring
7 29 (7.16%) Web Development
8 28 (6.91%) Scrum
9 25 (6.17%) Clean Code
9 25 (6.17%) Decision-Making
10 22 (5.43%) Business Intelligence
10 22 (5.43%) OO
11 21 (5.19%) Migration
12 20 (4.94%) TDD
13 19 (4.69%) Analytics
13 19 (4.69%) Computer Science
14 18 (4.44%) User Experience
14 18 (4.44%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 102 (25.19%) C#
2 75 (18.52%) SQL
3 61 (15.06%) JavaScript
4 48 (11.85%) TypeScript
5 47 (11.60%) Java
6 26 (6.42%) PHP
7 25 (6.17%) Python
8 24 (5.93%) PL/SQL
9 12 (2.96%) C++
9 12 (2.96%) Ruby
10 11 (2.72%) VB.NET
11 10 (2.47%) COBOL
11 10 (2.47%) Swift
12 8 (1.98%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.48%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.23%) ABAP
14 5 (1.23%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.23%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.99%) JCL
15 4 (0.99%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 33 (8.15%) Degree
2 28 (6.91%) SC Cleared
2 28 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 16 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (0.74%) Azure Certification
4 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
5 2 (0.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 2 (0.49%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.25%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.72%) QA
2 7 (1.73%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.23%) GDPR
4 3 (0.74%) WCAG
5 2 (0.49%) HL7
System Software
1 23 (5.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (6.17%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.98%) Kibana
3 7 (1.73%) Ansible
4 4 (0.99%) CA Endevor
5 2 (0.49%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.49%) Packer
Vendors
1 70 (17.28%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.38%) Oracle
3 14 (3.46%) Salesforce
4 9 (2.22%) Sage
5 7 (1.73%) Facebook
5 7 (1.73%) YouTube
6 6 (1.48%) Adobe
6 6 (1.48%) AppDynamics
6 6 (1.48%) IBM
7 5 (1.23%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.23%) SAP
8 4 (0.99%) Dynatrace
8 4 (0.99%) Splunk
9 2 (0.49%) Motorola
10 1 (0.25%) Databricks
10 1 (0.25%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.25%) Micro Focus
10 1 (0.25%) Xamarin