Senior Software Developer Jobs in Oxfordshire

Senior Software Developer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Senior Software Developer salary in Oxfordshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 99 97
Rank change year-on-year +39 -2 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 10 12 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 1.53% 0.71% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 0.74% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 26
10th Percentile - £57,500 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £64,063 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -6.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £74,063 £77,500
90th Percentile £57,750 £75,000 -
South East median annual salary £56,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

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 559 1,615 1,339
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.74% 95.85% 84.85%
Number of salaries quoted 359 1,307 814
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,293 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -7.41% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,500 £70,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in Oxfordshire

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in Oxfordshire

Senior Software 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 Software Developer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 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 +26 5 £55,000 -21.43%
Senior Software Developer
South East

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Senior Software 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 Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) AWS
1 10 (100.00%) Node.js
1 10 (100.00%) React
1 10 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 10 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (90.00%) Technology Strategy
2 9 (90.00%) Functional Programming
2 9 (90.00%) Microservices
2 9 (90.00%) Secure Coding
2 9 (90.00%) AWS Lambda
2 9 (90.00%) GraphQL
2 9 (90.00%) Serverless
2 9 (90.00%) Event-Driven
2 9 (90.00%) Clean Code
2 9 (90.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 9 (90.00%) DynamoDB
2 9 (90.00%) Unit Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Kanban
2 9 (90.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (20.00%) C#

Senior Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) AWS
2 9 (90.00%) AWS Lambda
2 9 (90.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (90.00%) DynamoDB
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) Node.js
1 10 (100.00%) React
2 9 (90.00%) GraphQL
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (90.00%) Clean Code
2 9 (90.00%) Event-Driven
2 9 (90.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 9 (90.00%) Functional Programming
2 9 (90.00%) Kanban
2 9 (90.00%) Microservices
2 9 (90.00%) Secure Coding
2 9 (90.00%) Technology Strategy
2 9 (90.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (90.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (20.00%) C#