Senior Software Developer Job Trends in Bicester

Senior Software Developer
Oxfordshire > Bicester

The median Senior Software Developer salary in Bicester is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 August 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bicester 6.94% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.94% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £62,500 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% +4.55% -21.43%

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 72 11 86
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 90.53%
Number of salaries quoted 56 6 65
10th Percentile £45,000 £58,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £54,375 £82,813 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £87,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +59.09% +8.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £91,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 - £60,750
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% +11.58% -13.64%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bicester

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

Senior Software Developer job vacancy trend in Bicester

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Bicester

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Bicester.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Bicester

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bicester

For the 6 months to 6 August 2026, Senior Software Developer 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 Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 5 (100.00%) Entity Framework
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) API Development
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Database Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Git
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) RESTful
3 1 (20.00%) SOLID
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Xamarin

Senior Software Developer 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 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
1 5 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 5 (100.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) API Development
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Database Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) SOLID
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Optimisation
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Xamarin