Software Engineer Jobs in Oxfordshire

Software Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 65 15
Rank change year-on-year +39 -50 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 108 56 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 6.38% 3.74% 14.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.66% 4.43% 14.86%
Number of salaries quoted 85 35 139
10th Percentile £31,000 £36,494 £34,990
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £77,250 £94,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +9.65% +14.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 1,622 1,264 1,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.86% 84.32% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,285 773 954
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,850 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.43%
75th Percentile £60,750 £66,250 £74,235
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £87,500
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 Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Oxfordshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Oxfordshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Oxfordshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Oxford -7 37 £62,500 -3.85% 21
Abingdon +69 13 £45,000 - 1
Banbury - 8 - - 2
Bicester -8 6 £40,000 -20.00% 1
Thame - 2 £60,000 -
Software Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 108 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 41 (37.96%) Python
3 38 (35.19%) Degree
4 25 (23.15%) C#
5 23 (21.30%) C++
6 22 (20.37%) Linux
7 21 (19.44%) Java
8 20 (18.52%) C
9 19 (17.59%) Windows
10 18 (16.67%) .NET
11 17 (15.74%) Artificial Intelligence
12 14 (12.96%) Technical Leadership
12 14 (12.96%) Social Skills
13 13 (12.04%) Full Stack Development
13 13 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (12.04%) Mathematics
13 13 (12.04%) WPF
14 12 (11.11%) Physics
14 12 (11.11%) Computer Science
14 12 (11.11%) Software Testing
14 12 (11.11%) Azure
14 12 (11.11%) OO
14 12 (11.11%) PhD
14 12 (11.11%) Master's Degree
15 11 (10.19%) Agile
16 10 (9.26%) Open Source
16 10 (9.26%) Life Science
17 9 (8.33%) MVC
18 8 (7.41%) Automotive
18 8 (7.41%) Ruby

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 6 (5.56%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.93%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.11%) Azure
2 7 (6.48%) AWS
3 6 (5.56%) GitHub
3 6 (5.56%) IaaS
4 2 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.85%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.85%) SaaS
5 1 (0.93%) GCP
5 1 (0.93%) Google Container Engine
5 1 (0.93%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.85%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.85%) MySQL
1 2 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.85%) Power BI
1 2 (1.85%) Relational Database
1 2 (1.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (1.85%) Git
2 2 (1.85%) JIRA
2 2 (1.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (12.96%) Social Skills
2 8 (7.41%) Automotive
3 7 (6.48%) Law
4 6 (5.56%) Electronics
5 5 (4.63%) Aerospace
6 4 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (16.67%) .NET
2 13 (12.04%) WPF
3 7 (6.48%) React
4 4 (3.70%) AngularJS
4 4 (3.70%) CSS
4 4 (3.70%) EDI
4 4 (3.70%) HTML
4 4 (3.70%) Java RMI
5 2 (1.85%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC 5
5 2 (1.85%) CSS3
5 2 (1.85%) Ember.js
5 2 (1.85%) jQuery
5 2 (1.85%) LESS
5 2 (1.85%) RESTful
5 2 (1.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.93%) Node.js
6 1 (0.93%) REST
6 1 (0.93%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.26%) Life Science
2 8 (7.41%) IoT
2 8 (7.41%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.63%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (3.70%) Device Driver
5 4 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.85%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.85%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.85%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.93%) CUDA
7 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.93%) Hackathon
7 1 (0.93%) Molecular Biology
Operating Systems
1 22 (20.37%) Linux
2 19 (17.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 17 (15.74%) Artificial Intelligence
3 14 (12.96%) Technical Leadership
4 13 (12.04%) Full Stack Development
4 13 (12.04%) Mathematics
4 13 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 12 (11.11%) OO
5 12 (11.11%) Physics
5 12 (11.11%) Software Testing
6 11 (10.19%) Agile
7 10 (9.26%) Open Source
8 9 (8.33%) MVC
9 8 (7.41%) Code Quality
9 8 (7.41%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (7.41%) Microservices
9 8 (7.41%) SOLID
9 8 (7.41%) Test Automation
10 7 (6.48%) Containerisation
10 7 (6.48%) Data Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 41 (37.96%) Python
2 25 (23.15%) C#
3 23 (21.30%) C++
4 21 (19.44%) Java
5 20 (18.52%) C
6 8 (7.41%) Ruby
7 7 (6.48%) TypeScript
7 7 (6.48%) XAML
8 6 (5.56%) Bash
8 6 (5.56%) JavaScript
9 5 (4.63%) MATLAB
9 5 (4.63%) SQL
10 4 (3.70%) Go
10 4 (3.70%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.85%) Embedded C
11 2 (1.85%) PHP
12 1 (0.93%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.93%) F#
Qualifications
1 38 (35.19%) Degree
2 12 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 12 (11.11%) PhD
3 4 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.78%) QA
2 2 (1.85%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.93%) Docker
2 1 (0.93%) Firmware
2 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (4.63%) YouTube
2 2 (1.85%) Google
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.85%) VMware
3 1 (0.93%) NVIDIA