Software Development Manager Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Software Development Manager
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Software Development Manager salary in Oxfordshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 August 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Manager 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.43% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £98,750 - -
90th Percentile £100,000 - -
South East median annual salary £100,000 £85,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -5.26%

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 1,568 648 1,319
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 92.31% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,179 374 877
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,325 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £49,396
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +6.28% -10.19%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,875 £71,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Software Development Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Software Development Manager job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Software Development Manager
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Software Development Manager job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Software Development Manager job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Software Development Manager
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Manager in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Development Manager in Oxfordshire

Software Development Manager
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Manager within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
Thame - 4 £65,000 -
Software Development Manager
South East

Software Development Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 24 August 2026, Software Development Manager 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 Software Development Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) NestJS
2 3 (42.86%) Node.js
2 3 (42.86%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) QA
3 1 (14.29%) Redis
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
3 1 (14.29%) Vue

Software Development Manager 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 3 (42.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Redis
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (57.14%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) NestJS
2 3 (42.86%) Node.js
3 1 (14.29%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
1 1 (14.29%) DevOps
1 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
1 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft