Developer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Developer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Developer salary in Oxfordshire is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 December 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 14 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 60 110 84
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 8.71% 11.18% 13.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.38% 11.97% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 41 64 73
10th Percentile £50,000 - £41,625
25th Percentile £55,000 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £41,310 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +69.45% -31.15% +15.94%
75th Percentile £75,000 £55,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 640 919 597
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 93.39% 92.85%
Number of salaries quoted 463 509 505
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £34,229
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £66,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 12 December 2025.

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 12 December 2025. 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
Oxford +9 25 £70,000 -6.67% 30
Abingdon +2 18 £75,000 +66.67% 5
Banbury - 7 £70,000 - 2
Kidlington - 3 £50,000 - 3
Witney +4 2 £55,000 - 3
Wallingford -2 2 £50,000 - 3
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 December 2025, 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 15 (25.00%) .NET
1 15 (25.00%) C#
2 12 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 10 (16.67%) React
4 9 (15.00%) JavaScript
5 8 (13.33%) Agile
5 8 (13.33%) Front End Development
6 7 (11.67%) .NET Core
6 7 (11.67%) ASP.NET
6 7 (11.67%) Full-Stack Development
6 7 (11.67%) SaaS
7 5 (8.33%) AWS
7 5 (8.33%) Azure
7 5 (8.33%) Laravel
7 5 (8.33%) Microsoft
7 5 (8.33%) MySQL
7 5 (8.33%) PHP
7 5 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (8.33%) TETRA
8 4 (6.67%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (6.67%) Blazor
8 4 (6.67%) CI/CD
8 4 (6.67%) Mentoring
8 4 (6.67%) PowerBuilder
8 4 (6.67%) Python
8 4 (6.67%) SQL
8 4 (6.67%) Visual Studio
8 4 (6.67%) Vue
9 3 (5.00%) Android
9 3 (5.00%) Android Development

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 2 (3.33%) CMS
1 2 (3.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (3.33%) Adobe Captivate
1 2 (3.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (3.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (3.33%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (3.33%) Elementor
1 2 (3.33%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.67%) SaaS
2 5 (8.33%) AWS
2 5 (8.33%) Azure
3 2 (3.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (3.33%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.67%) Amazon S3
4 1 (1.67%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.67%) Azure AI
4 1 (1.67%) Azure AKS
4 1 (1.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.67%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (1.67%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.67%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.67%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.67%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.67%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.33%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.33%) MySQL
2 2 (3.33%) NoSQL
2 2 (3.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.67%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.67%) Power BI
3 1 (1.67%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (6.67%) PowerBuilder
1 4 (6.67%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.33%) Git
2 2 (3.33%) PHPUnit
3 1 (1.67%) Bitbucket
General
1 3 (5.00%) Local Government
1 3 (5.00%) Retail
2 2 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (3.33%) Marketing
2 2 (3.33%) Multimedia
2 2 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (3.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.67%) Billing
3 1 (1.67%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (25.00%) .NET
2 10 (16.67%) React
3 7 (11.67%) .NET Core
3 7 (11.67%) ASP.NET
4 5 (8.33%) Laravel
5 4 (6.67%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (6.67%) Blazor
5 4 (6.67%) Vue
6 2 (3.33%) .NET Framework
6 2 (3.33%) AngularJS
6 2 (3.33%) Bootstrap
6 2 (3.33%) HTML
6 2 (3.33%) REST
6 2 (3.33%) Symfony
7 1 (1.67%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.67%) JSON
7 1 (1.67%) Kafka
7 1 (1.67%) LINQ
7 1 (1.67%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.33%) e-Learning
1 2 (3.33%) Graphic Design
1 2 (3.33%) Learning Management System
2 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (1.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (1.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.67%) Low-Code
2 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (13.33%) Agile
2 8 (13.33%) Front End Development
3 7 (11.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (6.67%) CI/CD
5 4 (6.67%) Mentoring
6 3 (5.00%) Android Development
6 3 (5.00%) Clean Code
6 3 (5.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (5.00%) Microservices
6 3 (5.00%) Roadmaps
7 2 (3.33%) Client Onboarding
7 2 (3.33%) Content Development
7 2 (3.33%) Creative Thinking
7 2 (3.33%) DevOps
7 2 (3.33%) Inclusive Design
7 2 (3.33%) Instructional Design
7 2 (3.33%) SDLC
7 2 (3.33%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.00%) C#
2 9 (15.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (8.33%) PHP
4 4 (6.67%) Python
4 4 (6.67%) SQL
5 3 (5.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (1.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (5.00%) Degree
2 2 (3.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.00%) Blue Prism
3 2 (3.33%) Adobe
4 1 (1.67%) IONA
4 1 (1.67%) OpenAI