Graduate Software Engineer Job Trends in Bicester

Graduate Software Engineer
Oxfordshire > Bicester

The median Graduate Software Engineer salary in Bicester is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bicester 1.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 - -
75th Percentile £29,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £29,000 - £29,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bicester. 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 Bicester with a recognized job title 59 9 100
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 86.96%
Number of salaries quoted 39 5 75
10th Percentile £48,500 £83,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £83,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £87,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +118.75% -20.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £91,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,000 - £60,750
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -9.52%

Graduate Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bicester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Graduate Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bicester.

Graduate Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Bicester

Graduate Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bicester

Salary distribution trend for Graduate Software Engineer job vacancies in Bicester.

Salary distribution trend for Graduate Software Engineer job vacancies in Bicester

Graduate Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bicester

For the 6 months to 10 June 2026, Graduate Software Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the Bicester region featuring Graduate Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Gentoo
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Podman
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development

Graduate Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bicester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) Gentoo
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Podman