Senior Software Developer Job Trends in Nottingham

Senior Software Developer
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Senior Software Developer salary in Nottingham is £49,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 0.42% - 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49,250
25th Percentile £45,750 - £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.88%
75th Percentile £53,250 - £69,375
90th Percentile - - £72,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £49,500 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 462 698 275
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.05% 98.59% 97.17%
Number of salaries quoted 287 366 230
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £41,250 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £59,652 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,650 £87,500 £81,375
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% -

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Senior Software Developer job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Nottingham.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Nottingham

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham

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

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Laravel
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Zend

Senior Software 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Laravel
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) API Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Zend