Software Developer Job Trends in Nottingham

Software Developer
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Software Developer salary in Nottingham is £49,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 50 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 -8 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 3 18 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 0.64% 2.52% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 2.56% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3 17 4
10th Percentile - £38,750 £42,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £41,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £64,125 £60,000 £58,125
90th Percentile £70,650 - £68,250
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £49,500 £47,500 £46,250
% change year-on-year +4.21% +2.70% -2.63%

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 455 703 278
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.40% 98.60% 97.20%
Number of salaries quoted 285 370 234
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £31,625
25th Percentile £28,750 £41,250 £45,000
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 £69,688
90th Percentile £80,850 £87,500 £83,025
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Software Developer job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Nottingham.

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Nottingham

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Nottingham over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Nottingham

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2025, 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
2 1 (33.33%) API Integration
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) BigCommerce
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Delphi
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Laravel
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Magento
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) RESTful

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Magento
1 1 (33.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) BigCommerce
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) Laravel
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) API Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Delphi
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Zend