Lead Developer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Lead Developer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Lead Developer salary in Oxfordshire is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 January 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 73 64
Rank change year-on-year +21 -9 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 5 6 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.71% 0.75% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.83% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.29%
75th Percentile £100,000 - -
90th Percentile £112,000 - -
South East median annual salary £83,750 £75,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +10.93% +0.67% -4.76%

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 660 724 641
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 90.27% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 462 383 536
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £79,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -4.55%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Lead Developer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in Oxfordshire

Lead 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 Lead Developer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 5 January 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
Oxford - 5 £87,500 - 1
Lead Developer
South East

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 5 January 2026, Lead 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 Lead Developer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (40.00%) REST
4 1 (20.00%) Amazon S3
4 1 (20.00%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (20.00%) Kafka
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Microservices
4 1 (20.00%) React
4 1 (20.00%) Serverless
4 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership

Lead 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon S3
2 1 (20.00%) Amazon SQS
2 1 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) Kafka
2 1 (20.00%) React
2 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Microservices
4 1 (20.00%) TDD
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) SQL