Software Engineer Jobs in Nottingham

Software Engineer
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Software Engineer salary in Nottingham is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 13 30
Rank change year-on-year -22 +17 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 13 126 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 3.23% 12.39% 6.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.40% 12.74% 7.35%
Number of salaries quoted 11 110 33
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £62,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £52,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -11.02% +12.38%
75th Percentile £76,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £83,750
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £70,000 £52,500 £58,250
% change year-on-year +33.33% -9.87% +10.95%

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 382 989 449
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 97.25% 88.91%
Number of salaries quoted 222 719 333
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,688 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Nottingham

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Nottingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Nottingham.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Nottingham

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Nottingham over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Nottingham

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Nottingham

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, Software Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (61.54%) SQL
3 7 (53.85%) C#
3 7 (53.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (46.15%) Agile
5 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
5 5 (38.46%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (38.46%) Technology Roadmap
5 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
5 5 (38.46%) Mentoring
5 5 (38.46%) SaaS
6 4 (30.77%) Python
6 4 (30.77%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
7 3 (23.08%) C
7 3 (23.08%) Azure
7 3 (23.08%) AWS
8 2 (15.38%) Atmel
8 2 (15.38%) IoT
8 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (15.38%) Raspberry Pi
8 2 (15.38%) React
8 2 (15.38%) Fintech
8 2 (15.38%) Modbus
8 2 (15.38%) .NET
8 2 (15.38%) Eclipse
8 2 (15.38%) Embedded C
8 2 (15.38%) Firmware
8 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi

Software Engineer 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) CMS
1 1 (7.69%) Headless CMS
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) SaaS
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) LTE
1 2 (15.38%) Modbus
1 2 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (15.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
1 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Eclipse
1 2 (15.38%) Git
1 2 (15.38%) Subversion
2 1 (7.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (7.69%) Cucumber
2 1 (7.69%) FitNesse
2 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) Newman
General
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.69%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
1 2 (15.38%) React
2 1 (7.69%) GraphQL
2 1 (7.69%) MACH
2 1 (7.69%) Node.js
2 1 (7.69%) REST
2 1 (7.69%) Spring
2 1 (7.69%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (15.38%) IoT
2 2 (15.38%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
3 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (53.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (46.15%) Agile
4 5 (38.46%) Mentoring
4 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
4 5 (38.46%) Technology Roadmap
5 4 (30.77%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
7 2 (15.38%) Fintech
7 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
8 1 (7.69%) Backlog Management
8 1 (7.69%) Conflict Resolution
8 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
8 1 (7.69%) Data Science
8 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
8 1 (7.69%) Event-Driven
8 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
8 1 (7.69%) Multithreaded Programming
8 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) SQL
2 7 (53.85%) C#
3 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
4 4 (30.77%) Python
5 3 (23.08%) C
6 2 (15.38%) Embedded C
7 1 (7.69%) C++
7 1 (7.69%) Java
7 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Atmel
2 1 (7.69%) Lauterbach