Software Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Software Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Berkshire is £55,000 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 35 118 39
Rank change year-on-year +83 -79 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 194 63 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.97% 2.10% 6.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% 2.28% 6.75%
Number of salaries quoted 121 29 101
10th Percentile £38,750 £47,025 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +50.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £93,500 £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 3,105 2,766 3,437
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.54% 92.32% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,142 1,596 2,134
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +2.17% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,750 £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 1 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 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
Reading +53 124 £58,000 -25.16% 13
Bracknell +22 16 £60,000 -31.43% 1
Thatcham - 10 £45,000 - 2
Hungerford - 6 £50,000 -
Crowthorne - 5 £35,000 -
Windsor - 5 - -
Maidenhead +22 2 £47,500 - 2
Newbury +10 2 £47,500 -7.50%
Software Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 194 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 60 (30.93%) .NET
2 60 (30.93%) Python
3 57 (29.38%) Security Cleared
4 56 (28.87%) Azure
5 51 (26.29%) Agile
6 50 (25.77%) Degree
7 49 (25.26%) Linux
8 48 (24.74%) C#
8 48 (24.74%) Computer Science
9 44 (22.68%) DevOps
10 43 (22.16%) C++
11 41 (21.13%) AWS
12 40 (20.62%) C
13 39 (20.10%) JavaScript
13 39 (20.10%) React
13 39 (20.10%) Actionable Insight
14 38 (19.59%) SC Cleared
15 34 (17.53%) .NET Core
16 33 (17.01%) Microsoft
17 32 (16.49%) PostgreSQL
18 31 (15.98%) GIS
19 29 (14.95%) QGIS
19 29 (14.95%) GeoServer
19 29 (14.95%) OpenLayers
19 29 (14.95%) PostGIS
19 29 (14.95%) Leaflet
19 29 (14.95%) Web Development
19 29 (14.95%) ESRI
19 29 (14.95%) ArcGIS

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 29 (14.95%) ArcGIS
1 29 (14.95%) GeoServer
2 1 (0.52%) Apache
2 1 (0.52%) Confluence
2 1 (0.52%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 56 (28.87%) Azure
2 41 (21.13%) AWS
3 8 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 5 (2.58%) Datadog
6 2 (1.03%) GitHub
6 2 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.03%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.03%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.03%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.52%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.15%) Wireless
2 5 (2.58%) Ethernet
2 5 (2.58%) GPRS
3 3 (1.55%) Network Security
3 3 (1.55%) RS-485
4 2 (1.03%) Internet
5 1 (0.52%) MQTT
5 1 (0.52%) RS-232
5 1 (0.52%) RTP
5 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (16.49%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (15.98%) GIS
3 29 (14.95%) QGIS
4 6 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.06%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.03%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.03%) Power BI
6 2 (1.03%) Redis
7 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (4.12%) Git
1 8 (4.12%) Jenkins
1 8 (4.12%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.06%) Subversion
3 1 (0.52%) JIRA
3 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.52%) Selenium
3 1 (0.52%) Sourcetree
General
1 22 (11.34%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (8.76%) Social Skills
3 11 (5.67%) Electronics
4 10 (5.15%) Aerospace
5 7 (3.61%) Finance
5 7 (3.61%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.09%) Health Technology
6 6 (3.09%) Legal
6 6 (3.09%) Retail
6 6 (3.09%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.52%) Marketing
7 1 (0.52%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (30.93%) .NET
2 39 (20.10%) React
3 34 (17.53%) .NET Core
4 29 (14.95%) Leaflet
4 29 (14.95%) OpenLayers
4 29 (14.95%) PostGIS
5 25 (12.89%) CSS
6 22 (11.34%) ASP.NET
7 7 (3.61%) AngularJS
7 7 (3.61%) Blazor
7 7 (3.61%) Vue
8 6 (3.09%) Django
9 4 (2.06%) Qt
10 3 (1.55%) Yocto
11 2 (1.03%) .NET Framework
11 2 (1.03%) Celery
11 2 (1.03%) Dask
11 2 (1.03%) Flask
11 2 (1.03%) NumPy
11 2 (1.03%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.31%) Algorithms
2 11 (5.67%) IoT
3 8 (4.12%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (2.58%) Hackathon
5 4 (2.06%) Mixed Reality
6 3 (1.55%) Arduino
6 3 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (1.55%) FPGA
6 3 (1.55%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.03%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.52%) Analogue Electronics
8 1 (0.52%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.52%) Device Driver
8 1 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 49 (25.26%) Linux
2 21 (10.82%) Windows
3 20 (10.31%) Embedded Linux
4 17 (8.76%) Unix
5 4 (2.06%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 51 (26.29%) Agile
3 48 (24.74%) Computer Science
4 44 (22.68%) DevOps
5 39 (20.10%) Actionable Insight
6 29 (14.95%) Web Development
7 27 (13.92%) Mathematics
7 27 (13.92%) Physics
8 21 (10.82%) Open Source
9 20 (10.31%) Software Testing
10 19 (9.79%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (9.28%) SDLC
12 17 (8.76%) Parallel Programming
12 17 (8.76%) Performance Analysis
13 13 (6.70%) Deployment Automation
13 13 (6.70%) Full Stack Development
14 12 (6.19%) Mentoring
14 12 (6.19%) Multithreading
15 10 (5.15%) Collaborative Working
16 9 (4.64%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 60 (30.93%) Python
2 48 (24.74%) C#
3 43 (22.16%) C++
4 40 (20.62%) C
5 39 (20.10%) JavaScript
6 20 (10.31%) SQL
7 17 (8.76%) Bash
7 17 (8.76%) Fortran
8 10 (5.15%) TypeScript
9 8 (4.12%) PowerShell
10 7 (3.61%) Java
11 6 (3.09%) VB.NET
12 5 (2.58%) Embedded C
13 4 (2.06%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.55%) Go
14 3 (1.55%) Haskell
14 3 (1.55%) Rust
15 1 (0.52%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.52%) Perl
15 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (29.38%) Security Cleared
2 50 (25.77%) Degree
3 38 (19.59%) SC Cleared
4 20 (10.31%) Master's Degree
5 19 (9.79%) PhD
6 17 (8.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.03%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.09%) QA
2 1 (0.52%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (2.58%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (4.12%) Ansible
2 3 (1.55%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (17.01%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.95%) ESRI
3 2 (1.03%) IFS
3 2 (1.03%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.52%) SAP