Senior Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Senior Software Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Senior Software Engineer daily rate in Oxfordshire 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 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.89% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - -
South East median daily rate £530 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +11.58% -5.00% -2.44%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

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

Contract vacancies in Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 373 142 160
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.07% 91.03% 90.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 77 101
10th Percentile £225 £178 £173
25th Percentile £335 £250 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £550 £513
90th Percentile £675 £680 £600
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 14 14
10th Percentile £13.94 £22.14 £12.18
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.15 £13.14
Median hourly rate £37.00 £25.23 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.68% +23.05% -36.53%
75th Percentile £60.00 £81.63 £27.12
90th Percentile £63.75 £89.63 £54.65
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +108.45% -56.15% +14.70%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Senior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Senior Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Senior Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Senior Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxford - 4 £530 - 9
Senior Software Engineer
South East

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

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 Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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