Developer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Developer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Developer salary in Oxfordshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 78 59 180
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 5.30% 8.12% 10.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.60% 8.83% 10.56%
Number of salaries quoted 71 49 172
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -18.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £79,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

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

Permanent vacancies in Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 1,393 668 1,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 91.88% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,056 384 1,253
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £68,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Developer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Developer
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer in Oxfordshire

Developer
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bicester - 25 £60,000 -
Abingdon -10 12 £40,000 -38.46% 1
Oxford -33 10 £53,750 -2.27%
Banbury -4 8 £57,500 -
Thame - 8 £60,000 -
Kidlington -4 4 £55,000 +34.15%
Wantage -4 1 £35,000 -50.70% 1
Henley-on-Thames - 1 £42,500 -
Developer
South East

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 17 July 2026, 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 35 (44.87%) .NET
2 29 (37.18%) C#
3 24 (30.77%) Azure
4 22 (28.21%) SQL
5 21 (26.92%) Agile
6 18 (23.08%) ASP.NET
7 17 (21.79%) Full-Stack Development
8 16 (20.51%) ASP.NET Core
8 16 (20.51%) Microsoft
9 15 (19.23%) Entity Framework
10 14 (17.95%) .NET Core
10 14 (17.95%) Azure SQL Database
10 14 (17.95%) CSS
10 14 (17.95%) HTML
11 12 (15.38%) Web Development
12 11 (14.10%) CI/CD
12 11 (14.10%) DevOps
13 10 (12.82%) Migration
14 9 (11.54%) AWS
14 9 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (11.54%) COBOL
14 9 (11.54%) Laravel
14 9 (11.54%) Microservices
14 9 (11.54%) PHP
14 9 (11.54%) TypeScript
15 8 (10.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 8 (10.26%) Kubernetes
15 8 (10.26%) Node.js
16 7 (8.97%) .NET Framework
16 7 (8.97%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)

Developer 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.13%) CICS
2 1 (1.28%) IIS
2 1 (1.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.77%) Azure
2 9 (11.54%) AWS
2 9 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (10.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 4 (5.13%) GitHub
4 4 (5.13%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (2.56%) Azure AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.95%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (7.69%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (6.41%) MySQL
3 5 (6.41%) SQL Server
4 4 (5.13%) Db2
4 4 (5.13%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.56%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.28%) GIS
6 1 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Git
2 4 (5.13%) ChangeMan
3 1 (1.28%) Claude Code
3 1 (1.28%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.28%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (1.28%) GitLab
3 1 (1.28%) JIRA
3 1 (1.28%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.28%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.28%) TeamCity
General
1 7 (8.97%) Advertising
2 5 (6.41%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.13%) Finance
4 2 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.28%) Games
5 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.28%) Marketing
5 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (44.87%) .NET
2 18 (23.08%) ASP.NET
3 16 (20.51%) ASP.NET Core
4 15 (19.23%) Entity Framework
5 14 (17.95%) .NET Core
5 14 (17.95%) CSS
5 14 (17.95%) HTML
6 9 (11.54%) Laravel
7 8 (10.26%) Node.js
8 7 (8.97%) .NET Framework
8 7 (8.97%) LINQ
9 5 (6.41%) AngularJS
9 5 (6.41%) Vue
10 4 (5.13%) NumPy
10 4 (5.13%) Pandas
10 4 (5.13%) React
10 4 (5.13%) RESTful
11 3 (3.85%) REST
12 1 (1.28%) Kafka
12 1 (1.28%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.97%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.13%) Algorithms
2 4 (5.13%) Legacy Code
2 4 (5.13%) VSAM
3 3 (3.85%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (2.56%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.28%) Life Science
5 1 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.13%) zOS
2 2 (2.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.92%) Agile
2 17 (21.79%) Full-Stack Development
3 12 (15.38%) Web Development
4 11 (14.10%) CI/CD
4 11 (14.10%) DevOps
5 10 (12.82%) Migration
6 9 (11.54%) Microservices
7 7 (8.97%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
7 7 (8.97%) Software Engineering
7 7 (8.97%) Video Advertising
8 5 (6.41%) Computer Science
8 5 (6.41%) Kanban
8 5 (6.41%) Mentoring
8 5 (6.41%) Release Management
8 5 (6.41%) Scrum
9 4 (5.13%) Clean Code
9 4 (5.13%) Computer Vision
9 4 (5.13%) Deep Learning
9 4 (5.13%) Front End Development
9 4 (5.13%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 29 (37.18%) C#
2 22 (28.21%) SQL
3 9 (11.54%) COBOL
3 9 (11.54%) PHP
3 9 (11.54%) TypeScript
4 7 (8.97%) JavaScript
5 6 (7.69%) Python
6 4 (5.13%) Java
6 4 (5.13%) JCL
7 1 (1.28%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (6.41%) Degree
2 4 (5.13%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.13%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 5 (6.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (10.26%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.13%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 16 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.97%) Facebook
2 7 (8.97%) YouTube
3 2 (2.56%) Xamarin
4 1 (1.28%) Google
4 1 (1.28%) HubSpot
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle
4 1 (1.28%) Rollbar
4 1 (1.28%) WooCommerce