Software Engineering Job Trends in Nottingham

Software Engineering
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Nottingham requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 17 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 33 61 63
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 6.53% 11.96% 14.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.17% 12.87% 17.50%
Number of salaries quoted 30 45 59
10th Percentile £44,500 £43,000 £44,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £80,938 £68,750 £74,375
90th Percentile £84,250 £73,750 £81,250
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Nottingham

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Nottingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 404 474 360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 80.00% 92.94% 84.71%
Number of salaries quoted 250 225 305
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.75% +8.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,250 £75,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottingham citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Nottingham over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Nottingham

Software Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.03%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (57.58%) SaaS
2 12 (36.36%) Azure
3 11 (33.33%) AWS
4 3 (9.09%) GCP
5 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (6.06%) PaaS
6 1 (3.03%) OCI
6 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
6 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
6 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) HTTP
2 1 (3.03%) Bluetooth
2 1 (3.03%) LTE
2 1 (3.03%) Modbus
2 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (24.24%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) DynamoDB
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) Eclipse
2 1 (3.03%) Subversion
General
1 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Law
3 4 (12.12%) Games
4 3 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Marketing
6 1 (3.03%) Billing
6 1 (3.03%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (57.58%) Software Engineer
2 9 (27.27%) Architect
3 5 (15.15%) Developer
4 4 (12.12%) C# Software Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Product Architect
4 4 (12.12%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (9.09%) .NET Architect
5 3 (9.09%) C# Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Python Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Python Software Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) SaaS Architect
5 3 (9.09%) Senior
5 3 (9.09%) Technical Architect
6 2 (6.06%) C# Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Control Software Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior C# Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (33.33%) .NET
2 3 (9.09%) AngularJS
2 3 (9.09%) PySpark
2 3 (9.09%) React
3 2 (6.06%) .NET Core
3 2 (6.06%) CSS
3 2 (6.06%) Deno
3 2 (6.06%) DirectX
3 2 (6.06%) HTML
3 2 (6.06%) Laravel
3 2 (6.06%) Node.js
3 2 (6.06%) OpenGL
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (6.06%) REST
3 2 (6.06%) Ruby on Rails
3 2 (6.06%) Tailwind CSS
3 2 (6.06%) Vue
3 2 (6.06%) Yii
4 1 (3.03%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Client/Server
1 3 (9.09%) Virtual Team
2 2 (6.06%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (6.06%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.06%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.03%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Linux
1 2 (6.06%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Agile
2 7 (21.21%) Event-Driven
2 7 (21.21%) Microservices
3 6 (18.18%) Roadmaps
3 6 (18.18%) Technical Debt
4 5 (15.15%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.12%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 4 (12.12%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.09%) AI
6 3 (9.09%) Analytics
6 3 (9.09%) Architecture Roadmap
6 3 (9.09%) CI/CD
6 3 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (9.09%) Data Analytics
6 3 (9.09%) Product Management
6 3 (9.09%) SOA
6 3 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (9.09%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 15 (45.45%) C#
2 9 (27.27%) SQL
3 5 (15.15%) Python
4 4 (12.12%) JavaScript
5 2 (6.06%) PHP
5 2 (6.06%) Ruby
5 2 (6.06%) T-SQL
5 2 (6.06%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.03%) C
6 1 (3.03%) Embedded C
6 1 (3.03%) Java
6 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) AWS Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle
2 1 (3.03%) Atmel