Senior Software Engineer Job Trends in Bicester

Senior Software Engineer
Oxfordshire > Bicester

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Bicester is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bicester 2.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £57,547
% change year-on-year -7.14% +21.64% -7.92%

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 40 10 81
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 90.91% 84.38%
Number of salaries quoted 18 5 61
10th Percentile £45,875 £83,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £83,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £87,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +133.33% -33.63%
75th Percentile £66,875 £91,250 £54,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £117,500 £60,750
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £46,293
% change year-on-year - +18.81% -7.41%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bicester

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

Senior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Bicester

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bicester

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Bicester

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bicester

For the 6 months to 8 May 2026, Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) WPF

Senior 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree