Software Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Software Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Berkshire is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 120 41
Rank change year-on-year +85 -79 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 204 64 234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.14% 2.18% 6.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.43% 2.36% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 129 27 99
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,025 £37,210
25th Percentile £45,000 £59,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £75,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +38.89% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,500 £94,500 £71,250
South East median annual salary £53,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.40% +13.64% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 3,173 2,709 3,529
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.54% 92.27% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,162 1,579 2,173
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +0.88% +3.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Berkshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Berkshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Berkshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Reading +54 134 £58,000 -25.16% 25
Bracknell +19 15 £60,000 -42.86% 1
Thatcham - 11 £47,500 - 2
Hungerford - 6 £50,000 -
Crowthorne - 5 £35,000 -
Windsor - 5 - -
Maidenhead +22 2 £47,500 - 2
Newbury +8 2 £47,500 -7.50% 2
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Software Engineer 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 Berkshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 204 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 62 (30.39%) Python
3 58 (28.43%) .NET
3 58 (28.43%) Security Cleared
4 54 (26.47%) Azure
5 52 (25.49%) Degree
5 52 (25.49%) Linux
6 51 (25.00%) Agile
6 51 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 48 (23.53%) C#
8 46 (22.55%) C++
9 42 (20.59%) C
9 42 (20.59%) DevOps
10 39 (19.12%) JavaScript
11 38 (18.63%) AWS
11 38 (18.63%) React
12 37 (18.14%) Actionable Insight
13 36 (17.65%) SC Cleared
13 36 (17.65%) Microsoft
14 35 (17.16%) .NET Core
15 31 (15.20%) PostgreSQL
16 30 (14.71%) GIS
16 30 (14.71%) Mathematics
16 30 (14.71%) Physics
17 28 (13.73%) Web Development
17 28 (13.73%) ESRI
17 28 (13.73%) ArcGIS
17 28 (13.73%) QGIS
17 28 (13.73%) GeoServer
17 28 (13.73%) OpenLayers

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 28 (13.73%) ArcGIS
1 28 (13.73%) GeoServer
2 1 (0.49%) Apache
2 1 (0.49%) Confluence
2 1 (0.49%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 54 (26.47%) Azure
2 38 (18.63%) AWS
3 8 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (2.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 5 (2.45%) Datadog
6 2 (0.98%) GitHub
6 2 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (0.98%) Power Automate
6 2 (0.98%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.98%) PowerApps
6 2 (0.98%) SaaS
7 1 (0.49%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.90%) Wireless
2 7 (3.43%) Network Security
3 5 (2.45%) Ethernet
3 5 (2.45%) GPRS
4 3 (1.47%) RS-485
5 2 (0.98%) Internet
6 1 (0.49%) MQTT
6 1 (0.49%) RS-232
6 1 (0.49%) RTP
6 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (15.20%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (14.71%) GIS
3 28 (13.73%) QGIS
4 6 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (1.47%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.98%) Power BI
6 2 (0.98%) Redis
7 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.92%) Git
1 8 (3.92%) Jenkins
1 8 (3.92%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.47%) Subversion
3 1 (0.49%) JIRA
3 1 (0.49%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.49%) Selenium
3 1 (0.49%) Sourcetree
General
1 26 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (8.33%) Social Skills
3 12 (5.88%) Electronics
4 10 (4.90%) Aerospace
5 7 (3.43%) Finance
5 7 (3.43%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.94%) Legal
6 6 (2.94%) Retail
7 5 (2.45%) Health Technology
7 5 (2.45%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.49%) Marketing
8 1 (0.49%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (28.43%) .NET
2 38 (18.63%) React
3 35 (17.16%) .NET Core
4 28 (13.73%) Leaflet
4 28 (13.73%) OpenLayers
4 28 (13.73%) PostGIS
5 25 (12.25%) CSS
6 21 (10.29%) ASP.NET
7 6 (2.94%) AngularJS
7 6 (2.94%) Blazor
7 6 (2.94%) Vue
8 5 (2.45%) Django
9 4 (1.96%) Qt
9 4 (1.96%) Yocto
10 2 (0.98%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.98%) Celery
10 2 (0.98%) Dask
10 2 (0.98%) Flask
10 2 (0.98%) NumPy
10 2 (0.98%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.27%) Algorithms
2 11 (5.39%) IoT
3 7 (3.43%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (2.94%) Mixed Reality
5 5 (2.45%) Hackathon
6 4 (1.96%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.47%) Arduino
7 3 (1.47%) FPGA
7 3 (1.47%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.98%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.49%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.49%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.49%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.49%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 52 (25.49%) Linux
2 20 (9.80%) Embedded Linux
2 20 (9.80%) Windows
3 19 (9.31%) Unix
4 3 (1.47%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.49%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 51 (25.00%) Agile
2 51 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 42 (20.59%) DevOps
4 37 (18.14%) Actionable Insight
5 30 (14.71%) Mathematics
5 30 (14.71%) Physics
6 28 (13.73%) Web Development
7 23 (11.27%) Open Source
8 22 (10.78%) Software Testing
9 20 (9.80%) SDLC
10 19 (9.31%) Parallel Programming
10 19 (9.31%) Performance Analysis
11 18 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (6.37%) Deployment Automation
12 13 (6.37%) Full Stack Development
13 12 (5.88%) Mentoring
14 11 (5.39%) Multithreading
15 10 (4.90%) Collaborative Working
16 8 (3.92%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 62 (30.39%) Python
2 48 (23.53%) C#
3 46 (22.55%) C++
4 42 (20.59%) C
5 39 (19.12%) JavaScript
6 19 (9.31%) Bash
6 19 (9.31%) Fortran
6 19 (9.31%) SQL
7 10 (4.90%) TypeScript
8 8 (3.92%) PowerShell
9 7 (3.43%) Java
10 6 (2.94%) Embedded C
10 6 (2.94%) VB.NET
11 3 (1.47%) Go
11 3 (1.47%) Haskell
11 3 (1.47%) Rust
11 3 (1.47%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.49%) Perl
12 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 58 (28.43%) Security Cleared
2 52 (25.49%) Degree
3 36 (17.65%) SC Cleared
4 22 (10.78%) Master's Degree
5 21 (10.29%) PhD
6 18 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.98%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.49%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.94%) QA
2 1 (0.49%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (2.45%) Docker
2 1 (0.49%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (3.92%) Ansible
2 3 (1.47%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.98%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 28 (13.73%) ESRI
3 2 (0.98%) IFS
3 2 (0.98%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.49%) SAP