Software Developer Job Trends in Nottingham

Software Developer
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Software Developer salary in Nottingham is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 56 43
Rank change year-on-year +7 -13 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 2 14 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 0.44% 1.72% 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 1.74% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 6
10th Percentile £66,000 £36,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £67,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% -29.17% +26.32%
75th Percentile £72,500 £50,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £74,000 £53,250 -
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £70,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +55.56% -10.00% +5.26%

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 434 804 316
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.59% 98.53% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 280 458 270
10th Percentile £27,950 £32,500 £31,229
25th Percentile £28,750 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,750 £83,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £39,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -22.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer 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 Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Nottingham region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Delphi
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) EPoS
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) Magento
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Shopify
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) BigCommerce

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Magento
1 2 (100.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) BigCommerce
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Delphi
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree