Software Engineer Job Trends 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 14 November 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 17 24
Rank change year-on-year -31 +7 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 11 69 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 2.19% 9.82% 8.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.29% 9.93% 8.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11 42 23
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £48,750 - £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £70,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £81,250
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% -23.08% +18.18%

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 480 695 264
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.62% 98.86% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 309 365 223
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £41,250 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,450 £87,000 £81,250
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Nottingham.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Nottingham

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Nottingham over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Nottingham

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (72.73%) C#
3 7 (63.64%) Agile
3 7 (63.64%) SaaS
4 6 (54.55%) JavaScript
4 6 (54.55%) SQL
5 4 (36.36%) AWS
5 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
5 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
5 4 (36.36%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (27.27%) .NET
6 3 (27.27%) Azure
6 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
6 3 (27.27%) Strategic Planning
6 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (18.18%) AI
7 2 (18.18%) Linux
7 2 (18.18%) Mac OS X
7 2 (18.18%) OO
7 2 (18.18%) Ruby
7 2 (18.18%) Ruby on Rails
8 1 (9.09%) Coaching
8 1 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
8 1 (9.09%) Fintech
8 1 (9.09%) GCP
8 1 (9.09%) MongoDB
8 1 (9.09%) People Management
8 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
8 1 (9.09%) TypeScript

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 7 (63.64%) SaaS
2 4 (36.36%) AWS
3 3 (27.27%) Azure
4 1 (9.09%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) MongoDB
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Law
2 1 (9.09%) Billing
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
2 2 (18.18%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (9.09%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (27.27%) Cloud Native
3 2 (18.18%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
1 2 (18.18%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (63.64%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
3 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
3 4 (36.36%) Technology Roadmap
4 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
4 3 (27.27%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (18.18%) AI
5 2 (18.18%) OO
6 1 (9.09%) Coaching
6 1 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
6 1 (9.09%) Fintech
6 1 (9.09%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) C#
2 6 (54.55%) JavaScript
2 6 (54.55%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) Ruby
4 1 (9.09%) TypeScript