Developer Jobs 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 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -16 -3 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 266 881 960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.53% 13.16% 15.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.39% 13.89% 17.47%
Number of salaries quoted 197 761 733
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,713
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £76,750 £85,000 £92,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,560 6,341 5,495
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.10% 94.68% 89.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 4,512 3,204
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £86,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the Thames Valley

Developer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Developer 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 5 May 2025.

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 5 May 2025. 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 -11 155 £65,000 - 61
Oxfordshire -12 61 £45,000 -21.74% 56
Buckinghamshire -28 50 £60,000 +9.09% 27
Developer
South East

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 114 (42.86%) Agile
2 98 (36.84%) SQL
3 96 (36.09%) .NET
4 91 (34.21%) JavaScript
4 91 (34.21%) React
5 76 (28.57%) SQL Server
6 75 (28.20%) AWS
7 71 (26.69%) C#
7 71 (26.69%) HTML
8 70 (26.32%) Docker
9 64 (24.06%) Microservices
10 63 (23.68%) Kubernetes
11 61 (22.93%) Full-Stack Development
11 61 (22.93%) Microsoft
12 60 (22.56%) Java
13 59 (22.18%) Git
14 56 (21.05%) DevOps
15 54 (20.30%) Serverless
16 51 (19.17%) Azure
17 49 (18.42%) XML
18 48 (18.05%) TDD
18 48 (18.05%) CI/CD
19 47 (17.67%) PostgreSQL
19 47 (17.67%) Degree
20 46 (17.29%) REST
20 46 (17.29%) Python
20 46 (17.29%) TypeScript
21 44 (16.54%) Workflow
21 44 (16.54%) Spring
22 43 (16.17%) Jenkins

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 20 (7.52%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.51%) JBoss
2 12 (4.51%) Red Hat Fuse
3 5 (1.88%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.50%) IIS
5 3 (1.13%) CMS
5 3 (1.13%) Confluence
5 3 (1.13%) WordPress
6 2 (0.75%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.38%) Strapi
Applications
1 9 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.75%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.75%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (0.75%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.38%) SAP FSCM
2 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (28.20%) AWS
2 54 (20.30%) Serverless
3 51 (19.17%) Azure
4 43 (16.17%) Power Platform
5 37 (13.91%) Amazon EKS
6 35 (13.16%) Amazon ECS
7 23 (8.65%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (8.27%) Amazon EC2
9 15 (5.64%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (3.76%) Amazon SQS
10 10 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (3.38%) Power Automate
12 8 (3.01%) PowerApps
12 8 (3.01%) SaaS
13 7 (2.63%) Azure Functions
14 6 (2.26%) Amazon S3
14 6 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (2.26%) GCP
15 5 (1.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.75%) Broadband
2 1 (0.38%) Intranet
2 1 (0.38%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 47 (17.67%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (13.91%) Relational Database
4 25 (9.40%) Power BI
5 24 (9.02%) OLTP
6 22 (8.27%) NoSQL
6 22 (8.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 20 (7.52%) RDBMS
8 15 (5.64%) MySQL
9 11 (4.14%) DynamoDB
10 7 (2.63%) MongoDB
11 6 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (1.50%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.75%) Metadata
13 2 (0.75%) Redis
14 1 (0.38%) GIS
14 1 (0.38%) Power Query
14 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 59 (22.18%) Git
2 43 (16.17%) Jenkins
3 41 (15.41%) JUnit
4 28 (10.53%) Visual Studio
5 27 (10.15%) Mockito
6 18 (6.77%) JMeter
7 10 (3.76%) Selenium
8 8 (3.01%) JIRA
9 6 (2.26%) Cypress.io
9 6 (2.26%) GitLab
9 6 (2.26%) Jasmine
10 4 (1.50%) DbUnit
10 4 (1.50%) jMock
10 4 (1.50%) Maven
10 4 (1.50%) NUnit
10 4 (1.50%) SonarQube
10 4 (1.50%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.75%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.75%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.75%) Mocha
General
1 39 (14.66%) Social Skills
2 38 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 23 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.89%) Law
5 11 (4.14%) Finance
6 7 (2.63%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.26%) Electronics
7 6 (2.26%) Marketing
7 6 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.26%) Retail
8 5 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.50%) Games
9 4 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.75%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.38%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Legal
11 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.38%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (36.09%) .NET
2 91 (34.21%) React
3 71 (26.69%) HTML
4 49 (18.42%) XML
5 46 (17.29%) REST
6 44 (16.54%) Spring
7 40 (15.04%) Web Services
8 39 (14.66%) Spring Boot
9 34 (12.78%) CSS
10 33 (12.41%) ASP.NET
10 33 (12.41%) SOAP
11 32 (12.03%) JSON
12 31 (11.65%) .NET Framework
12 31 (11.65%) Apache Camel
12 31 (11.65%) RESTful
13 30 (11.28%) .NET Core
13 30 (11.28%) AngularJS
14 27 (10.15%) Hibernate
15 26 (9.77%) Node.js
16 22 (8.27%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 39 (14.66%) Distributed Systems
2 30 (11.28%) Mobile App
3 10 (3.76%) Algorithms
4 8 (3.01%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.26%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (1.88%) Molecular Biology
7 3 (1.13%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.13%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) 3D Graphics
8 2 (0.75%) Acoustics
8 2 (0.75%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.75%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.75%) Social Media
8 2 (0.75%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.38%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.51%) Linux
2 8 (3.01%) Windows
3 7 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.88%) Debian
5 2 (0.75%) Android
5 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (42.86%) Agile
2 64 (24.06%) Microservices
3 61 (22.93%) Full-Stack Development
4 56 (21.05%) DevOps
5 48 (18.05%) CI/CD
5 48 (18.05%) TDD
6 44 (16.54%) Workflow
7 43 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (15.04%) Kanban
9 36 (13.53%) BDD
10 35 (13.16%) Scrum
10 35 (13.16%) SDLC
11 30 (11.28%) Project Management
12 27 (10.15%) Artificial Intelligence
12 27 (10.15%) Computer Science
13 25 (9.40%) Business Intelligence
14 24 (9.02%) Clean Code
15 23 (8.65%) Unit Testing
16 22 (8.27%) Propensity Modelling
17 21 (7.89%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 98 (36.84%) SQL
2 91 (34.21%) JavaScript
3 71 (26.69%) C#
4 60 (22.56%) Java
5 46 (17.29%) Python
5 46 (17.29%) TypeScript
6 24 (9.02%) PL/SQL
7 19 (7.14%) Shell Script
8 15 (5.64%) PHP
9 10 (3.76%) PowerShell
10 9 (3.38%) VB.NET
11 6 (2.26%) X++
12 5 (1.88%) C++
13 4 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (1.50%) MATLAB
14 3 (1.13%) Bash
14 3 (1.13%) C
15 2 (0.75%) Fortran
15 2 (0.75%) Go
15 2 (0.75%) Rust
Qualifications
1 47 (17.67%) Degree
2 40 (15.04%) Security Cleared
3 38 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (4.51%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.01%) PhD
7 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.13%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.75%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.38%) CCA
9 1 (0.38%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.51%) SLA
2 6 (2.26%) WCAG
3 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.75%) QA
4 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (26.32%) Docker
2 5 (1.88%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.75%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 63 (23.68%) Kubernetes
2 18 (6.77%) Kibana
3 14 (5.26%) Ansible
4 7 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 61 (22.93%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.02%) Oracle
3 18 (6.77%) Dynatrace
3 18 (6.77%) Splunk
4 4 (1.50%) Rollbar
5 3 (1.13%) IBM
6 2 (0.75%) Adobe
6 2 (0.75%) Facebook
6 2 (0.75%) Instagram
6 2 (0.75%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.75%) Sage
6 2 (0.75%) SAP
6 2 (0.75%) YouTube
7 1 (0.38%) Google
7 1 (0.38%) Mapbox
7 1 (0.38%) PayPal
7 1 (0.38%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.38%) ServiceNow