Developer Jobs in Oxfordshire

Developer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Developer salary in Oxfordshire is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 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 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -13 +4 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 63 196 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 8.54% 11.59% 13.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.60% 12.09% 15.63%
Number of salaries quoted 50 191 149
10th Percentile - £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,625 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +3.60%

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 656 1,621 1,267
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 95.86% 84.24%
Number of salaries quoted 347 1,283 782
10th Percentile £32,150 £29,000 £27,275
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,750 £67,188
90th Percentile £85,250 £70,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Oxfordshire.

Salary trend for Developer in Oxfordshire

Developer
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 18 May 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 May 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 -5 23 £55,000 - 21
Wantage -2 2 £71,000 +18.33% 2
Witney -3 2 £46,299 -24.72% 3
Banbury +15 1 - - 4
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 37 (58.73%) React
2 28 (44.44%) .NET
3 27 (42.86%) SQL Server
4 26 (41.27%) Microsoft
5 24 (38.10%) Workflow
5 24 (38.10%) Agile
6 23 (36.51%) Mobile App
7 21 (33.33%) .NET Core
7 21 (33.33%) SQL
8 20 (31.75%) Project Management
9 19 (30.16%) Visual Studio
9 19 (30.16%) XML
9 19 (30.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 19 (30.16%) Business Development
9 19 (30.16%) .NET Framework
9 19 (30.16%) JSON
9 19 (30.16%) Customer-Centricity
9 19 (30.16%) Full-Stack Development
9 19 (30.16%) TypeScript
10 17 (26.98%) AWS
11 14 (22.22%) JavaScript
12 12 (19.05%) ASP.NET
12 12 (19.05%) Python
12 12 (19.05%) Node.js
13 10 (15.87%) DynamoDB
13 10 (15.87%) Secure Coding
13 10 (15.87%) Clean Code
13 10 (15.87%) Serverless
13 10 (15.87%) GraphQL
13 10 (15.87%) CSS

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 5 (7.94%) IIS
2 2 (3.17%) CMS
3 1 (1.59%) Confluence
3 1 (1.59%) Headless CMS
3 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.59%) Strapi
3 1 (1.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.59%) Sage 200
1 1 (1.59%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.59%) SAP FSCM
1 1 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (26.98%) AWS
2 10 (15.87%) Serverless
3 9 (14.29%) AWS Lambda
4 8 (12.70%) Power Platform
5 6 (9.52%) Cloudflare
6 3 (4.76%) Azure
7 1 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.59%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.59%) BrowserStack
7 1 (1.59%) npm
7 1 (1.59%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) Broadband
1 1 (1.59%) Intranet
1 1 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 19 (30.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (15.87%) DynamoDB
3 10 (15.87%) MySQL
4 8 (12.70%) Power BI
5 7 (11.11%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.59%) Power Query
7 1 (1.59%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 19 (30.16%) Visual Studio
2 9 (14.29%) Git
3 5 (7.94%) Jasmine
3 5 (7.94%) NUnit
3 5 (7.94%) TeamCity
4 2 (3.17%) JIRA
4 2 (3.17%) Vite
5 1 (1.59%) Babel
5 1 (1.59%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.59%) GitLab
5 1 (1.59%) gulp
5 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.59%) Mocha
5 1 (1.59%) PostCSS
5 1 (1.59%) rollup.js
5 1 (1.59%) Subversion
5 1 (1.59%) webpack
General
1 6 (9.52%) Manufacturing
2 5 (7.94%) Electronics
3 3 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.76%) Finance
3 3 (4.76%) Law
4 2 (3.17%) Games
4 2 (3.17%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.59%) General Ledger
5 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.59%) Legal
5 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.59%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (58.73%) React
2 28 (44.44%) .NET
3 21 (33.33%) .NET Core
4 19 (30.16%) .NET Framework
4 19 (30.16%) JSON
4 19 (30.16%) XML
5 12 (19.05%) ASP.NET
5 12 (19.05%) Node.js
6 10 (15.87%) CSS
6 10 (15.87%) GraphQL
6 10 (15.87%) HTML
7 8 (12.70%) Vue
8 7 (11.11%) HTML5
8 7 (11.11%) RESTful
9 6 (9.52%) AngularJS
9 6 (9.52%) CSS3
9 6 (9.52%) Jest
10 5 (7.94%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (7.94%) Laravel
10 5 (7.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (36.51%) Mobile App
2 5 (7.94%) Algorithms
2 5 (7.94%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (7.94%) Molecular Biology
3 2 (3.17%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (1.59%) Animation
4 1 (1.59%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.59%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.59%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.11%) Linux
2 5 (7.94%) Debian
3 1 (1.59%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) Agile
1 24 (38.10%) Workflow
2 20 (31.75%) Project Management
3 19 (30.16%) Business Development
3 19 (30.16%) Customer-Centricity
3 19 (30.16%) Full-Stack Development
4 10 (15.87%) Clean Code
4 10 (15.87%) Kanban
4 10 (15.87%) Secure Coding
4 10 (15.87%) Test Automation
5 9 (14.29%) Event-Driven
5 9 (14.29%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 9 (14.29%) Functional Programming
5 9 (14.29%) Microservices
5 9 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
5 9 (14.29%) Unit Testing
6 8 (12.70%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (12.70%) Data Analysis
7 7 (11.11%) CI/CD
7 7 (11.11%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 21 (33.33%) SQL
2 19 (30.16%) TypeScript
3 14 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 12 (19.05%) Python
5 10 (15.87%) C#
6 5 (7.94%) PHP
7 3 (4.76%) MATLAB
8 2 (3.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.59%) ABAP
9 1 (1.59%) Bash
9 1 (1.59%) C++
9 1 (1.59%) Go
9 1 (1.59%) Java
9 1 (1.59%) Rust
Qualifications
1 9 (14.29%) Degree
2 8 (12.70%) Master's Degree
3 5 (7.94%) PhD
4 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) CCA
5 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (9.52%) Terraform
2 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.59%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (41.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.52%) Rollbar
3 1 (1.59%) Sage
3 1 (1.59%) SAP