Senior Software Engineer Job Trends in Nottingham

Senior Software Engineer
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Nottingham is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 51 45
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 31 1 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 2.15% 0.22% 2.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.29% 0.23% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 23 1 16
10th Percentile - - £53,750
25th Percentile £45,000 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - £77,500
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +4.00%

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 1,356 431 794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 95.35% 98.39%
Number of salaries quoted 903 276 480
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,375 £32,450
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.95% -8.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,063 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £80,000 £83,875
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Senior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Nottingham

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Nottingham

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Nottingham over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Nottingham

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham

For the 6 months to 8 September 2026, Senior Software Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (35.48%) .NET
2 11 (35.48%) C#
2 11 (35.48%) C++
3 6 (19.35%) Azure
3 6 (19.35%) SDLC
4 2 (6.45%) AngularJS
4 2 (6.45%) CSS
4 2 (6.45%) Ethernet
4 2 (6.45%) Front End Development
4 2 (6.45%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (6.45%) HTML
4 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
4 2 (6.45%) Microservices
4 2 (6.45%) RESTful
4 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.45%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.23%) AWS

Senior Software Engineer 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 6 (19.35%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Ethernet
1 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (35.48%) .NET
2 2 (6.45%) AngularJS
2 2 (6.45%) CSS
2 2 (6.45%) HTML
2 2 (6.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (6.45%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (19.35%) SDLC
3 2 (6.45%) Front End Development
3 2 (6.45%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (6.45%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) C#
1 11 (35.48%) C++
2 2 (6.45%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.45%) TypeScript