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 17 July 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -21 -4 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 266 762 800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.32% 11.68% 15.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.10% 12.39% 17.23%
Number of salaries quoted 187 632 629
10th Percentile £36,550 £37,500 £38,650
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,000 £85,000 £94,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

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 3,282 6,152 4,643
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.27% 91.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,481 4,119 2,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £87,500
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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -16 174 £65,000 - 81
Oxfordshire -4 60 £55,000 - 46
Buckinghamshire -41 32 £50,000 -7.41% 29
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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 99 (37.22%) Agile
2 98 (36.84%) JavaScript
3 90 (33.83%) AWS
4 80 (30.08%) HTML
5 78 (29.32%) SQL
6 74 (27.82%) .NET
7 70 (26.32%) Docker
8 68 (25.56%) Java
9 67 (25.19%) React
9 67 (25.19%) CI/CD
10 65 (24.44%) Full-Stack Development
10 65 (24.44%) C#
11 63 (23.68%) DevOps
12 62 (23.31%) Social Skills
13 59 (22.18%) Kubernetes
13 59 (22.18%) Git
14 56 (21.05%) Microservices
15 54 (20.30%) Microsoft
16 53 (19.92%) Azure
17 51 (19.17%) RESTful
18 50 (18.80%) PostgreSQL
18 50 (18.80%) TDD
19 47 (17.67%) SQL Server
19 47 (17.67%) Spring
20 45 (16.92%) Spring Boot
20 45 (16.92%) Jenkins
20 45 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
21 44 (16.54%) REST
22 43 (16.17%) Web Services
23 41 (15.41%) JUnit

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 10 (3.76%) IIS
1 10 (3.76%) JBoss
1 10 (3.76%) Red Hat Fuse
2 6 (2.26%) CMS
3 4 (1.50%) Confluence
3 4 (1.50%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.13%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.75%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.75%) WordPress
6 1 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.38%) Strapi
Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Camtasia
1 3 (1.13%) Lectora
1 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (1.13%) Snagit
2 2 (0.75%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (0.75%) Final Cut Pro
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (0.75%) NetSuite
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
Cloud Services
1 90 (33.83%) AWS
2 53 (19.92%) Azure
3 41 (15.41%) Serverless
4 34 (12.78%) Amazon EKS
5 32 (12.03%) Amazon ECS
6 28 (10.53%) Power Platform
7 25 (9.40%) Amazon EC2
8 19 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (7.14%) GCP
9 17 (6.39%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (4.89%) Cloudflare
11 11 (4.14%) Amazon SQS
12 10 (3.76%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.26%) AWS KMS
14 5 (1.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (1.88%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (1.88%) Route 53
15 4 (1.50%) Azure Functions
15 4 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
15 4 (1.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.38%) Broadband
1 1 (0.38%) HTTP
1 1 (0.38%) Intranet
1 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (18.80%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (17.67%) SQL Server
3 34 (12.78%) Relational Database
4 27 (10.15%) OLTP
5 26 (9.77%) Power BI
6 24 (9.02%) MySQL
7 20 (7.52%) RDBMS
8 14 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
9 12 (4.51%) DynamoDB
10 10 (3.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (3.01%) MongoDB
11 8 (3.01%) NoSQL
12 7 (2.63%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (1.88%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.75%) Metadata
14 2 (0.75%) Power Query
15 1 (0.38%) SAP HANA
15 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 59 (22.18%) Git
2 45 (16.92%) Jenkins
3 41 (15.41%) JUnit
4 28 (10.53%) Mockito
5 18 (6.77%) JMeter
6 16 (6.02%) Visual Studio
7 11 (4.14%) NUnit
7 11 (4.14%) TeamCity
8 10 (3.76%) Jasmine
8 10 (3.76%) JIRA
9 8 (3.01%) Maven
10 7 (2.63%) SonarQube
11 6 (2.26%) DbUnit
11 6 (2.26%) jMock
12 5 (1.88%) Bitbucket Server
13 4 (1.50%) GitLab
14 1 (0.38%) gulp
14 1 (0.38%) PostCSS
14 1 (0.38%) rollup.js
14 1 (0.38%) Vite
General
1 62 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 38 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 37 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.65%) Law
5 18 (6.77%) Marketing
6 13 (4.89%) Finance
7 12 (4.51%) Games
8 6 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.26%) Retail
9 5 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.75%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.75%) Legal
11 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.38%) Banking
12 1 (0.38%) Billing
12 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.38%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.38%) Humanities
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (30.08%) HTML
2 74 (27.82%) .NET
3 67 (25.19%) React
4 51 (19.17%) RESTful
5 47 (17.67%) Spring
6 45 (16.92%) Spring Boot
7 44 (16.54%) REST
8 43 (16.17%) Web Services
9 38 (14.29%) CSS
9 38 (14.29%) JSON
10 35 (13.16%) ASP.NET
11 33 (12.41%) Node.js
12 31 (11.65%) XML
13 30 (11.28%) AngularJS
14 28 (10.53%) Apache Camel
14 28 (10.53%) Hibernate
14 28 (10.53%) SOAP
15 26 (9.77%) ActiveMQ
16 21 (7.89%) .NET Framework
17 20 (7.52%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.53%) Distributed Systems
2 19 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 18 (6.77%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (3.01%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.63%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.88%) Online Games
7 4 (1.50%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.13%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.13%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.13%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.13%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.75%) 3D Graphics
9 2 (0.75%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.75%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.75%) Social Media
9 2 (0.75%) Video Editing
9 2 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.14%) Linux
2 3 (1.13%) Unix
3 2 (0.75%) Android
3 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (37.22%) Agile
2 67 (25.19%) CI/CD
3 65 (24.44%) Full-Stack Development
4 63 (23.68%) DevOps
5 56 (21.05%) Microservices
6 50 (18.80%) TDD
7 45 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (13.16%) BDD
8 35 (13.16%) Scrum
9 32 (12.03%) Kanban
10 30 (11.28%) Clean Code
10 30 (11.28%) Workflow
11 28 (10.53%) Containerisation
12 25 (9.40%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (9.02%) Test Automation
13 24 (9.02%) Web Development
14 21 (7.89%) Design Patterns
14 21 (7.89%) MVC
15 20 (7.52%) Propensity Modelling
16 18 (6.77%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (36.84%) JavaScript
2 78 (29.32%) SQL
3 68 (25.56%) Java
4 65 (24.44%) C#
5 38 (14.29%) Python
6 31 (11.65%) TypeScript
7 27 (10.15%) PL/SQL
8 19 (7.14%) Shell Script
9 13 (4.89%) PHP
10 11 (4.14%) VB.NET
11 7 (2.63%) X++
12 4 (1.50%) Bash
12 4 (1.50%) C++
12 4 (1.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (1.50%) MATLAB
13 3 (1.13%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.75%) C
14 2 (0.75%) Fortran
14 2 (0.75%) Go
14 2 (0.75%) Rust
Qualifications
1 37 (13.91%) Security Cleared
2 31 (11.65%) SC Cleared
3 28 (10.53%) Degree
4 8 (3.01%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.50%) PhD
7 3 (1.13%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.75%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.38%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.64%) QA
2 11 (4.14%) SLA
3 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (26.32%) Docker
2 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.75%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 59 (22.18%) Kubernetes
2 18 (6.77%) Kibana
3 14 (5.26%) Terraform
4 12 (4.51%) Ansible
5 2 (0.75%) Grafana
5 2 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.38%) PingFederate
6 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.53%) Oracle
3 18 (6.77%) Dynatrace
3 18 (6.77%) Splunk
4 12 (4.51%) Rollbar
5 5 (1.88%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.13%) Jaspersoft
7 2 (0.75%) Adobe
7 2 (0.75%) Facebook
7 2 (0.75%) Instagram
7 2 (0.75%) Sage
7 2 (0.75%) YouTube
8 1 (0.38%) Automation Anywhere
8 1 (0.38%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.38%) PayPal
8 1 (0.38%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.38%) SAP
8 1 (0.38%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.38%) UiPath