Software Developer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Software Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Software Developer salary in the Thames Valley is £66,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 89 119
Rank change year-on-year -16 +30 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 166 202 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.33% 3.54% 2.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.47% 3.95% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 154 185 129
10th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% +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 6,730 5,108 7,002
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.63% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 3,061 4,133
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,938 £72,500 £70,750
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +24 111 £75,000 +15.38% 9
Oxfordshire -13 48 £55,000 -5.17% 8
Buckinghamshire -46 7 £50,000 -9.09% 4
Software Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Thames Valley region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 91 (54.82%) C#
2 82 (49.40%) .NET
3 71 (42.77%) JavaScript
4 64 (38.55%) Propensity Modelling
5 63 (37.95%) Degree
6 59 (35.54%) TypeScript
7 58 (34.94%) Computer Science
8 57 (34.34%) Agile
9 56 (33.73%) Docker
10 55 (33.13%) React
11 50 (30.12%) Kubernetes
11 50 (30.12%) Artificial Intelligence
12 49 (29.52%) NoSQL
12 49 (29.52%) Computer Science Degree
13 33 (19.88%) Azure
14 30 (18.07%) SQL Server
15 27 (16.27%) Git
16 20 (12.05%) Social Skills
17 19 (11.45%) Chemistry
18 18 (10.84%) Software Engineering
18 18 (10.84%) Python
19 17 (10.24%) Microsoft
19 17 (10.24%) SQL
19 17 (10.24%) DevOps
20 14 (8.43%) .NET Core
20 14 (8.43%) QA
21 13 (7.83%) Web Services
21 13 (7.83%) Azure DevOps
21 13 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
22 12 (7.23%) 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 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (1.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.20%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.60%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (19.88%) Azure
2 13 (7.83%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (6.63%) GitHub
4 6 (3.61%) SaaS
5 5 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.01%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.41%) ChatGPT
7 2 (1.20%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (29.52%) NoSQL
2 30 (18.07%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.01%) Power BI
3 5 (3.01%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.81%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.20%) GIS
5 2 (1.20%) MySQL
5 2 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 27 (16.27%) Git
2 5 (3.01%) Bugzilla
2 5 (3.01%) Cypress.io
2 5 (3.01%) Jenkins
2 5 (3.01%) JIRA
2 5 (3.01%) Zephyr
3 4 (2.41%) GitLab
4 2 (1.20%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.20%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.60%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.60%) JUnit
5 1 (0.60%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.60%) Selenium
5 1 (0.60%) TestNG
5 1 (0.60%) WebDriver
General
1 20 (12.05%) Social Skills
2 13 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.42%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.22%) Back Office
4 7 (4.22%) Police
4 7 (4.22%) Retail
5 6 (3.61%) Tech for Good
6 4 (2.41%) Finance
6 4 (2.41%) Marketing
7 3 (1.81%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.60%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (49.40%) .NET
2 55 (33.13%) React
3 14 (8.43%) .NET Core
4 13 (7.83%) Web Services
5 10 (6.02%) CSS
6 5 (3.01%) ASP.NET
6 5 (3.01%) Playwright
7 4 (2.41%) SpaCy
8 3 (1.81%) Blazor
8 3 (1.81%) HTML
9 2 (1.20%) ASP.NET MVC 5
9 2 (1.20%) CSS3
9 2 (1.20%) Dask
9 2 (1.20%) Django
9 2 (1.20%) Flutter
9 2 (1.20%) jQuery
9 2 (1.20%) LESS
9 2 (1.20%) NumPy
9 2 (1.20%) OpenLayers
9 2 (1.20%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.63%) Algorithms
2 6 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (3.61%) Data Structures
3 5 (3.01%) Client/Server
3 5 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.81%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.20%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.60%) CUDA
6 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (38.55%) Propensity Modelling
2 58 (34.94%) Computer Science
3 57 (34.34%) Agile
4 50 (30.12%) Artificial Intelligence
5 19 (11.45%) Chemistry
6 18 (10.84%) Software Engineering
7 17 (10.24%) DevOps
8 12 (7.23%) Mathematics
8 12 (7.23%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (6.63%) Software Testing
10 10 (6.02%) CI/CD
10 10 (6.02%) Machine Learning
10 10 (6.02%) Test Automation
11 8 (4.82%) Full Stack Development
11 8 (4.82%) Mentoring
11 8 (4.82%) OOD
11 8 (4.82%) Physics
12 7 (4.22%) CRM
12 7 (4.22%) E-business
12 7 (4.22%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 91 (54.82%) C#
2 71 (42.77%) JavaScript
3 59 (35.54%) TypeScript
4 18 (10.84%) Python
5 17 (10.24%) SQL
6 8 (4.82%) C
6 8 (4.82%) Java
7 6 (3.61%) C++
7 6 (3.61%) Fortran
8 5 (3.01%) PHP
8 5 (3.01%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.20%) Go
Qualifications
1 63 (37.95%) Degree
2 49 (29.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (4.82%) Master's Degree
3 8 (4.82%) PhD
4 7 (4.22%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.20%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.43%) QA
System Software
1 56 (33.73%) Docker
2 2 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 50 (30.12%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.01%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (10.24%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.01%) HP
3 2 (1.20%) VMware
4 1 (0.60%) YouTube