Head of Software Engineering Job Trends in Nottingham

Head of Software Engineering
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Head of Software Engineering salary in Nottingham is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 February 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Software Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £75,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Nottingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Nottingham. 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 Nottingham with a recognized job title 496 452 485
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 93.97% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 342 201 420
10th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Head of Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of Software Engineering' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Head of Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Head of Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for Head of Software Engineering job vacancies in Nottingham.

Salary distribution trend for Head of Software Engineering job vacancies in Nottingham

Head of Software Engineering Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham

For the 6 months to 7 February 2026, Head of Software Engineering 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 Nottingham region featuring Head of Software Engineering in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Bootstrap
1 1 (100.00%) Chatbot
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Head of Software Engineering Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Bootstrap
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA