Senior Developer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Senior Developer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Senior Developer salary in Oxfordshire is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 57 30
Rank change year-on-year +30 -27 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 34 20 39
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 4.61% 2.55% 5.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.88% 2.83% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 25 12 36
10th Percentile £60,000 - £51,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £52,500 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -25.42% +7.27%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £85,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,750 £100,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - -

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 697 706 724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 90.05% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 489 376 601
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,645 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,125
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 £75,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Oxfordshire

Senior 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 Senior Developer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 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 +19 16 £85,000 +36.00% 4
Abingdon 0 10 £75,000 +37.93%
Banbury - 5 £70,000 -
Senior Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 18 (52.94%) Software Engineering
2 9 (26.47%) SaaS
3 8 (23.53%) Android
3 8 (23.53%) Android Development
4 7 (20.59%) React
5 6 (17.65%) .NET
5 6 (17.65%) C#
6 5 (14.71%) Front End Development
7 4 (11.76%) ASP.NET
7 4 (11.76%) Java
8 3 (8.82%) .NET Core
8 3 (8.82%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (8.82%) Blazor
8 3 (8.82%) JavaScript
8 3 (8.82%) Visual Studio
9 2 (5.88%) Accessibility
9 2 (5.88%) Adobe
9 2 (5.88%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (5.88%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (5.88%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 2 (5.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (5.88%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (5.88%) Adobe Premiere
9 2 (5.88%) Agile
9 2 (5.88%) Bootstrap
9 2 (5.88%) Content Development
9 2 (5.88%) Copywriting
9 2 (5.88%) Creative Thinking
9 2 (5.88%) Degree
9 2 (5.88%) Elementor

Senior 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 (5.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (5.88%) Adobe Captivate
1 2 (5.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (5.88%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (5.88%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (5.88%) Elementor
1 2 (5.88%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 9 (26.47%) SaaS
2 2 (5.88%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Azure
3 1 (2.94%) GitHub
3 1 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (2.94%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (5.88%) Marketing
1 2 (5.88%) Multimedia
1 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.59%) React
2 6 (17.65%) .NET
3 4 (11.76%) ASP.NET
4 3 (8.82%) .NET Core
4 3 (8.82%) ASP.NET Core
4 3 (8.82%) Blazor
5 2 (5.88%) Bootstrap
5 2 (5.88%) HTML
5 2 (5.88%) Laravel
5 2 (5.88%) Vue
6 1 (2.94%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.94%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) e-Learning
1 2 (5.88%) Graphic Design
1 2 (5.88%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Software Engineering
2 8 (23.53%) Android Development
3 5 (14.71%) Front End Development
4 2 (5.88%) Agile
4 2 (5.88%) Content Development
4 2 (5.88%) Copywriting
4 2 (5.88%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (5.88%) Functional Testing
4 2 (5.88%) Inclusive Design
4 2 (5.88%) Instructional Design
4 2 (5.88%) Mentoring
4 2 (5.88%) PRINCE2
4 2 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (5.88%) Process Improvement
4 2 (5.88%) Project Management
4 2 (5.88%) Roadmaps
4 2 (5.88%) Storyboarding
4 2 (5.88%) User Experience
4 2 (5.88%) UX Design
4 2 (5.88%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) C#
2 4 (11.76%) Java
3 3 (8.82%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.88%) PHP
4 2 (5.88%) Python
5 1 (2.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) Degree
1 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) Adobe