Senior Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Senior Software Engineer
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Senior Software Engineer daily rate in Oxford is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 3.60% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £530 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Oxford with a recognized job title 97 57 67
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.39% 96.61% 84.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 18 50
10th Percentile £232 £211 £160
25th Percentile £324 £222 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £381 £425
Median % change year-on-year +25.90% -10.29% -
75th Percentile £538 £547 £528
90th Percentile £638 £626 £575
Oxfordshire median daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 10
10th Percentile £30.67 £23.43 £12.18
25th Percentile £34.50 - £13.14
Median hourly rate £37.00 £25.15 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.12% +22.68% +13.38%
75th Percentile £63.75 £86.32 £21.75
90th Percentile - £89.63 £33.95
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £37.00 £25.23 £20.50
% change year-on-year +46.68% +23.05% -36.53%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Senior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxford

Senior Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Oxford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Oxford

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 29 August 2026, Senior Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Oxford region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 4 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 4 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Relational Database
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java