Senior Developer Job Trends in Nottingham

Senior Developer
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Senior Developer salary in Nottingham is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 31 26
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 19 33 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 3.76% 6.43% 6.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.06% 6.82% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 19 14 21
10th Percentile £45,750 £52,875 £48,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - £75,000 £78,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +9.09%

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 468 484 392
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.35% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 334 219 336
10th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,625 £43,125 £38,816
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £57,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% +13.86% -8.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,750 £75,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Nottingham.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Nottingham

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Nottingham over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Nottingham

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 Nottingham region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 11 (57.89%) AWS
1 11 (57.89%) Azure
2 9 (47.37%) JavaScript
3 8 (42.11%) AngularJS
3 8 (42.11%) CI/CD
3 8 (42.11%) Full-Stack Development
3 8 (42.11%) React
4 7 (36.84%) .NET
4 7 (36.84%) .NET Core
4 7 (36.84%) C#
5 5 (26.32%) ASP.NET
5 5 (26.32%) ASP.NET MVC
5 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
5 5 (26.32%) MVC
6 4 (21.05%) Django
6 4 (21.05%) Python
6 4 (21.05%) REST
6 4 (21.05%) Web Development
7 3 (15.79%) Agile
7 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
7 3 (15.79%) MySQL
7 3 (15.79%) PHP
7 3 (15.79%) SQL
7 3 (15.79%) TypeScript
8 2 (10.53%) API Integration
8 2 (10.53%) CAD
8 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
8 2 (10.53%) DirectX
8 2 (10.53%) GCP
8 2 (10.53%) Git

Senior Developer 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (57.89%) AWS
1 11 (57.89%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) MySQL
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Git
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 2 (10.53%) Games
2 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (42.11%) AngularJS
1 8 (42.11%) React
2 7 (36.84%) .NET
2 7 (36.84%) .NET Core
3 5 (26.32%) ASP.NET
3 5 (26.32%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (21.05%) Django
4 4 (21.05%) REST
5 2 (10.53%) DirectX
5 2 (10.53%) Laravel
5 2 (10.53%) OpenGL
5 2 (10.53%) RESTful
6 1 (5.26%) HTML
6 1 (5.26%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) CI/CD
1 8 (42.11%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (26.32%) MVC
3 4 (21.05%) Web Development
4 3 (15.79%) Agile
4 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
5 2 (10.53%) API Integration
5 2 (10.53%) CAD
5 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
5 2 (10.53%) Mathematics
5 2 (10.53%) Physics
5 2 (10.53%) Scrum
5 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
5 2 (10.53%) Unit Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Workflow
6 1 (5.26%) Business Continuity
6 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (5.26%) Mobile Development
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) JavaScript
2 7 (36.84%) C#
3 4 (21.05%) Python
4 3 (15.79%) PHP
4 3 (15.79%) SQL
4 3 (15.79%) TypeScript
5 2 (10.53%) T-SQL
6 1 (5.26%) ABAP
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Zend
3 1 (5.26%) SAP