Software Developer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Software Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Software Developer salary in the Thames Valley is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 79 120
Rank change year-on-year -26 +41 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 153 226 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.28% 3.79% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.40% 4.22% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 141 195 124
10th Percentile £45,000 £34,544 £25,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,875 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +6.67% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,366 5,355 6,691
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 89.74% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,464 3,150 4,130
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,488
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,813 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the Thames Valley

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in the Thames Valley

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the Thames Valley

Software 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 Software Developer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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 +25 105 £75,000 +22.45% 4
Oxfordshire -16 41 £55,000 - 5
Buckinghamshire -54 7 £50,000 +2.04% 2
Software Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 88 (57.52%) C#
2 84 (54.90%) .NET
3 76 (49.67%) JavaScript
4 70 (45.75%) Degree
5 69 (45.10%) Propensity Modelling
6 66 (43.14%) TypeScript
7 65 (42.48%) Computer Science
8 64 (41.83%) Docker
9 63 (41.18%) React
10 58 (37.91%) Kubernetes
11 57 (37.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 57 (37.25%) NoSQL
11 57 (37.25%) Artificial Intelligence
12 56 (36.60%) Agile
13 32 (20.92%) SQL Server
14 29 (18.95%) Git
15 26 (16.99%) Azure
16 20 (13.07%) SQL
16 20 (13.07%) Social Skills
17 19 (12.42%) Chemistry
18 18 (11.76%) Python
18 18 (11.76%) Software Engineering
19 17 (11.11%) DevOps
20 14 (9.15%) QA
21 13 (8.50%) Machine Learning
21 13 (8.50%) Web Services
21 13 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
21 13 (8.50%) Azure DevOps
21 13 (8.50%) .NET Core
22 12 (7.84%) Problem-Solving

Software 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 2 (1.31%) IBM Domino
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.31%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (16.99%) Azure
2 13 (8.50%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (7.19%) GitHub
4 5 (3.27%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.61%) ChatGPT
6 3 (1.96%) SaaS
7 2 (1.31%) AWS
7 2 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (37.25%) NoSQL
2 32 (20.92%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.27%) Power BI
4 3 (1.96%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (1.96%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.31%) GIS
5 2 (1.31%) MySQL
5 2 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 29 (18.95%) Git
2 5 (3.27%) Bugzilla
2 5 (3.27%) Cypress.io
2 5 (3.27%) Jenkins
2 5 (3.27%) JIRA
2 5 (3.27%) Zephyr
3 4 (2.61%) GitLab
4 2 (1.31%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.31%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.65%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.65%) JUnit
5 1 (0.65%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.65%) Selenium
5 1 (0.65%) TestNG
5 1 (0.65%) WebDriver
General
1 20 (13.07%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.58%) Back Office
4 7 (4.58%) Police
4 7 (4.58%) Retail
5 6 (3.92%) Tech for Good
6 4 (2.61%) Marketing
7 3 (1.96%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.65%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (54.90%) .NET
2 63 (41.18%) React
3 13 (8.50%) .NET Core
3 13 (8.50%) Web Services
4 10 (6.54%) CSS
5 5 (3.27%) ASP.NET
5 5 (3.27%) Playwright
6 4 (2.61%) SpaCy
7 3 (1.96%) Blazor
7 3 (1.96%) HTML
8 2 (1.31%) ASP.NET MVC 5
8 2 (1.31%) CSS3
8 2 (1.31%) Dask
8 2 (1.31%) Django
8 2 (1.31%) Flutter
8 2 (1.31%) jQuery
8 2 (1.31%) LESS
8 2 (1.31%) NumPy
8 2 (1.31%) OpenLayers
8 2 (1.31%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.92%) Algorithms
1 6 (3.92%) Analytical Mindset
1 6 (3.92%) Data Structures
2 5 (3.27%) Client/Server
2 5 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.96%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.31%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.65%) CUDA
5 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.31%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (45.10%) Propensity Modelling
2 65 (42.48%) Computer Science
3 57 (37.25%) Artificial Intelligence
4 56 (36.60%) Agile
5 19 (12.42%) Chemistry
6 18 (11.76%) Software Engineering
7 17 (11.11%) DevOps
8 13 (8.50%) Machine Learning
9 12 (7.84%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (7.19%) Software Testing
11 10 (6.54%) CI/CD
11 10 (6.54%) Test Automation
12 8 (5.23%) Mentoring
12 8 (5.23%) OOD
13 7 (4.58%) CRM
13 7 (4.58%) E-business
13 7 (4.58%) Mathematics
13 7 (4.58%) Physics
13 7 (4.58%) SDET
13 7 (4.58%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 88 (57.52%) C#
2 76 (49.67%) JavaScript
3 66 (43.14%) TypeScript
4 20 (13.07%) SQL
5 18 (11.76%) Python
6 8 (5.23%) C
6 8 (5.23%) Java
7 6 (3.92%) C++
7 6 (3.92%) Fortran
8 5 (3.27%) PHP
8 5 (3.27%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.31%) Go
Qualifications
1 70 (45.75%) Degree
2 57 (37.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (4.58%) DBS Check
3 7 (4.58%) Master's Degree
3 7 (4.58%) PhD
4 2 (1.31%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.15%) QA
System Software
1 64 (41.83%) Docker
2 2 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 58 (37.91%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.27%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (7.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.27%) HP
3 2 (1.31%) VMware
4 1 (0.65%) YouTube