Developer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Developer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Developer salary in Oxfordshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 14 6
Rank change year-on-year -14 -8 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 41 126 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 6.00% 10.00% 16.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.42% 10.47% 17.63%
Number of salaries quoted 35 89 114
10th Percentile £47,750 £36,250 £45,375
25th Percentile £53,750 £38,620 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £49,396 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.59% -29.43% +34.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £91,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.68%

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 639 1,203 743
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 95.48% 90.94%
Number of salaries quoted 362 724 596
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,813 £37,500 £41,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,396 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.35% -10.19% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £79,750 £73,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Developer 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 +7 22 £65,000 -16.13% 14
Abingdon -4 3 £65,000 +44.44% 2
Banbury - 3 £53,750 - 3
Witney +4 2 £55,000 -10.57% 3
Kidlington - 1 £41,000 - 1
Wantage - 1 £71,000 -
Developer
South East

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Oxfordshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 24 (58.54%) JavaScript
2 21 (51.22%) .NET
3 20 (48.78%) C#
4 19 (46.34%) Full-Stack Development
5 18 (43.90%) MySQL
6 17 (41.46%) TypeScript
7 16 (39.02%) React
8 15 (36.59%) HTML
8 15 (36.59%) Git
9 14 (34.15%) AWS
9 14 (34.15%) ASP.NET
9 14 (34.15%) CSS
9 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
9 14 (34.15%) CI/CD
10 13 (31.71%) Mobile First
10 13 (31.71%) Vue
11 12 (29.27%) SQL Server
11 12 (29.27%) HTML5
11 12 (29.27%) AngularJS
12 11 (26.83%) Elasticsearch
12 11 (26.83%) Agile
12 11 (26.83%) Cloudflare
13 10 (24.39%) Terraform
13 10 (24.39%) ASP.NET Core
13 10 (24.39%) Rollbar
13 10 (24.39%) CSS3
13 10 (24.39%) RESTful
14 9 (21.95%) TeamCity
14 9 (21.95%) NUnit
14 9 (21.95%) MVC

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (19.51%) IIS
2 2 (4.88%) CMS
3 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 14 (34.15%) AWS
2 11 (26.83%) Cloudflare
3 7 (17.07%) Azure
4 5 (12.20%) SaaS
5 3 (7.32%) Power Platform
6 2 (4.88%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (2.44%) Azure AI
7 1 (2.44%) Azure AKS
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.44%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (2.44%) GitHub
7 1 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (43.90%) MySQL
2 12 (29.27%) SQL Server
3 11 (26.83%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (4.88%) NoSQL
4 2 (4.88%) Power BI
5 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.44%) Power Query
5 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (36.59%) Git
2 9 (21.95%) NUnit
2 9 (21.95%) TeamCity
3 8 (19.51%) Jasmine
4 3 (7.32%) JIRA
5 2 (4.88%) Bitbucket
5 2 (4.88%) Visual Studio
6 1 (2.44%) gulp
6 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
6 1 (2.44%) Mocha
6 1 (2.44%) PostCSS
6 1 (2.44%) rollup.js
6 1 (2.44%) Subversion
6 1 (2.44%) Vite
General
1 7 (17.07%) Games
2 5 (12.20%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Finance
5 1 (2.44%) Banking
5 1 (2.44%) Billing
5 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.44%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (51.22%) .NET
2 16 (39.02%) React
3 15 (36.59%) HTML
4 14 (34.15%) ASP.NET
4 14 (34.15%) CSS
5 13 (31.71%) Vue
6 12 (29.27%) AngularJS
6 12 (29.27%) HTML5
7 10 (24.39%) ASP.NET Core
7 10 (24.39%) CSS3
7 10 (24.39%) RESTful
8 9 (21.95%) Jest
9 8 (19.51%) Laravel
10 4 (9.76%) .NET Core
10 4 (9.76%) .NET Framework
11 2 (4.88%) HTML5 Canvas
11 2 (4.88%) JSON
11 2 (4.88%) Svelte
11 2 (4.88%) Tailwind CSS
11 2 (4.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Mobile App
2 3 (7.32%) Online Games
3 2 (4.88%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.44%) Animation
4 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.44%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.44%) Legacy Code
4 1 (2.44%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
2 1 (2.44%) Android
2 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) Full-Stack Development
2 14 (34.15%) CI/CD
3 13 (31.71%) Mobile First
4 11 (26.83%) Agile
5 9 (21.95%) MVC
6 6 (14.63%) DevOps
6 6 (14.63%) Mentoring
6 6 (14.63%) Roadmaps
6 6 (14.63%) Translating Business Requirements
7 5 (12.20%) Front End Development
7 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (12.20%) Software Engineering
8 4 (9.76%) Mobile Application Development
8 4 (9.76%) Web Development
9 3 (7.32%) Mathematics
9 3 (7.32%) Microservices
9 3 (7.32%) Scrum
9 3 (7.32%) Statistics
10 2 (4.88%) Decision-Making
10 2 (4.88%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (58.54%) JavaScript
2 20 (48.78%) C#
3 17 (41.46%) TypeScript
4 8 (19.51%) PHP
5 6 (14.63%) SQL
6 4 (9.76%) Python
7 3 (7.32%) Java
8 2 (4.88%) Bash
9 1 (2.44%) C++
9 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (2.44%) Go
9 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
9 1 (2.44%) Rust
9 1 (2.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
1 1 (2.44%) Degree
1 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
1 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
1 1 (2.44%) PhD
1 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 4 (9.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (24.39%) Terraform
2 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.44%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
2 10 (24.39%) Rollbar
3 1 (2.44%) Automation Anywhere
3 1 (2.44%) Blue Prism
3 1 (2.44%) IONA
3 1 (2.44%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.44%) UiPath