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 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 574 454 958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.09% 12.40% 14.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.70% 13.18% 15.34%
Number of salaries quoted 365 361 718
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £74,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +15.00%

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 4,191 3,444 6,244
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.58% 94.07% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,124 2,225 3,798
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,625
90th Percentile £84,625 £83,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

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 31 October 2024.

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 31 October 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 +9 348 £67,500 +3.85% 42
Oxfordshire -6 122 £45,000 -30.77% 20
Buckinghamshire -6 104 £50,000 -16.67% 29
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, 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.

1 220 (38.33%) JavaScript
2 209 (36.41%) Agile
3 199 (34.67%) C#
4 186 (32.40%) .NET
5 163 (28.40%) SQL
6 152 (26.48%) HTML
7 137 (23.87%) React
8 133 (23.17%) Degree
9 131 (22.82%) SQL Server
10 126 (21.95%) CSS
11 123 (21.43%) Computer Science
11 123 (21.43%) Azure
12 109 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
13 108 (18.82%) Full-Stack Development
14 107 (18.64%) Git
15 106 (18.47%) Docker
15 106 (18.47%) Artificial Intelligence
16 105 (18.29%) Kubernetes
17 104 (18.12%) TypeScript
18 100 (17.42%) Microsoft
19 93 (16.20%) Java
20 88 (15.33%) Python
21 83 (14.46%) AWS
22 81 (14.11%) Propensity Modelling
23 75 (13.07%) HTML5
24 72 (12.54%) Social Skills
25 67 (11.67%) Front End Development
26 66 (11.50%) CI/CD
27 61 (10.63%) DevOps
28 59 (10.28%) CSS3

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 18 (3.14%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.57%) CMS
2 9 (1.57%) OpenStack
3 8 (1.39%) IBM Domino
4 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.87%) JBoss
6 4 (0.70%) Red Hat Fuse
7 3 (0.52%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.52%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.52%) Mendix
7 3 (0.52%) Strapi
8 2 (0.35%) Apache
8 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.35%) Confluence
8 2 (0.35%) IIS
8 2 (0.35%) WordPress
9 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.17%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (1.74%) NEC Housing
2 5 (0.87%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.17%) Aareon QL
3 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 123 (21.43%) Azure
2 83 (14.46%) AWS
3 45 (7.84%) SaaS
4 38 (6.62%) GitHub
5 34 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (5.05%) Serverless
7 25 (4.36%) Power Platform
8 21 (3.66%) Amazon ECS
8 21 (3.66%) Amazon EKS
9 17 (2.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 14 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (2.26%) GCP
12 12 (2.09%) Amazon SQS
13 11 (1.92%) Azure Functions
13 11 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (1.57%) Amazon S3
14 9 (1.57%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.57%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.52%) Broadband
2 1 (0.17%) HTTP
2 1 (0.17%) Internet
2 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (22.82%) SQL Server
2 51 (8.89%) NoSQL
2 51 (8.89%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (7.14%) Relational Database
4 31 (5.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 26 (4.53%) MySQL
6 21 (3.66%) Power BI
7 18 (3.14%) OLTP
8 13 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (1.74%) Oracle Database
10 9 (1.57%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (1.22%) Geospatial Data
11 7 (1.22%) RDBMS
12 6 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.05%) DynamoDB
12 6 (1.05%) GIS
12 6 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.87%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
15 3 (0.52%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 107 (18.64%) Git
2 33 (5.75%) Visual Studio
3 29 (5.05%) Selenium
4 27 (4.70%) Jenkins
5 26 (4.53%) Cypress.io
6 21 (3.66%) JIRA
7 15 (2.61%) JUnit
8 11 (1.92%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.74%) Mockito
9 10 (1.74%) Oracle APEX
10 7 (1.22%) JMeter
11 6 (1.05%) GitLab
12 5 (0.87%) gulp
12 5 (0.87%) NUnit
12 5 (0.87%) PostCSS
12 5 (0.87%) rollup.js
12 5 (0.87%) Vite
13 4 (0.70%) Maven
13 4 (0.70%) Subversion
13 4 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 72 (12.54%) Social Skills
2 45 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (6.45%) Finance
4 24 (4.18%) Public Sector
5 20 (3.48%) Manufacturing
6 18 (3.14%) Multimedia
7 12 (2.09%) Local Government
8 10 (1.74%) Electronics
8 10 (1.74%) Marketing
8 10 (1.74%) Police
9 9 (1.57%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.39%) Games
10 8 (1.39%) Retail
11 6 (1.05%) Legal
12 5 (0.87%) Back Office
13 4 (0.70%) Automotive
13 4 (0.70%) Digital Health
13 4 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.52%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (32.40%) .NET
2 152 (26.48%) HTML
3 137 (23.87%) React
4 126 (21.95%) CSS
5 75 (13.07%) HTML5
6 59 (10.28%) CSS3
7 57 (9.93%) .NET Core
7 57 (9.93%) XML
8 51 (8.89%) REST
9 49 (8.54%) AngularJS
10 43 (7.49%) Spring
11 41 (7.14%) ASP.NET
12 40 (6.97%) .NET Framework
12 40 (6.97%) SOAP
13 38 (6.62%) RESTful
14 36 (6.27%) JSON
15 31 (5.40%) Jest
16 27 (4.70%) Spring Boot
17 26 (4.53%) Web Services
18 20 (3.48%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.71%) Algorithms
2 30 (5.23%) Mobile App
3 25 (4.36%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (1.92%) Product Ownership
5 10 (1.74%) Data Structures
5 10 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (1.74%) NHS
6 8 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (1.39%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.22%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.22%) Molecular Biology
8 5 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (0.87%) Animation
8 5 (0.87%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (0.87%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.70%) IoT
9 4 (0.70%) Legacy Code
10 3 (0.52%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.52%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.27%) Linux
2 18 (3.14%) Android
3 14 (2.44%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.22%) Debian
4 7 (1.22%) Unix
4 7 (1.22%) Windows
5 2 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (36.41%) Agile
2 123 (21.43%) Computer Science
3 109 (18.99%) Problem-Solving
4 108 (18.82%) Full-Stack Development
5 106 (18.47%) Artificial Intelligence
6 81 (14.11%) Propensity Modelling
7 67 (11.67%) Front End Development
8 66 (11.50%) CI/CD
9 61 (10.63%) DevOps
10 53 (9.23%) Web Development
11 51 (8.89%) Mathematics
11 51 (8.89%) Microservices
12 45 (7.84%) TDD
13 39 (6.79%) MVC
14 36 (6.27%) Workflow
15 35 (6.10%) Machine Learning
15 35 (6.10%) SDLC
16 34 (5.92%) Project Management
17 33 (5.75%) Physics
17 33 (5.75%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 220 (38.33%) JavaScript
2 199 (34.67%) C#
3 163 (28.40%) SQL
4 104 (18.12%) TypeScript
5 93 (16.20%) Java
6 88 (15.33%) Python
7 46 (8.01%) PHP
8 31 (5.40%) C
8 31 (5.40%) C++
9 28 (4.88%) PL/SQL
10 20 (3.48%) PowerShell
11 17 (2.96%) T-SQL
12 12 (2.09%) Bicep
12 12 (2.09%) Ruby
13 9 (1.57%) Shell Script
14 7 (1.22%) Fortran
14 7 (1.22%) Kotlin
15 6 (1.05%) MATLAB
15 6 (1.05%) Objective-C
16 5 (0.87%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 133 (23.17%) Degree
2 56 (9.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 46 (8.01%) Security Cleared
4 25 (4.36%) Master's Degree
5 21 (3.66%) SC Cleared
6 19 (3.31%) PhD
7 12 (2.09%) Numerate Degree
8 11 (1.92%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.70%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.52%) HND
11 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.17%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.36%) WCAG
2 10 (1.74%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.57%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.39%) QA
System Software
1 106 (18.47%) Docker
2 9 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.52%) Firmware
3 3 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 105 (18.29%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.74%) Ansible
2 10 (1.74%) Terraform
3 7 (1.22%) Kibana
4 1 (0.17%) Netcool
4 1 (0.17%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 1 (0.17%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 100 (17.42%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.57%) Oracle
3 11 (1.92%) Salesforce
3 11 (1.92%) Xamarin
4 10 (1.74%) NEC
5 9 (1.57%) Google
6 7 (1.22%) Splunk
7 6 (1.05%) Dynatrace
8 5 (0.87%) Databricks
8 5 (0.87%) Rollbar
8 5 (0.87%) Sage
8 5 (0.87%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 5 (0.87%) WSO2
9 4 (0.70%) Epicor
10 2 (0.35%) Foundry
10 2 (0.35%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.35%) Palantir
11 1 (0.17%) F5
11 1 (0.17%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.17%) TSYS