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 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 17 10
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 49 42 103
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 6.81% 11.76% 15.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.97% 12.84% 18.59%
Number of salaries quoted 45 38 100
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +23.81% -12.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £73,750 £81,250
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +23.81% -11.76%

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 546 327 554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 75.83% 91.60% 84.58%
Number of salaries quoted 327 185 445
10th Percentile £26,525 £24,649 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £75,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -13.64%

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 21 March 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 23 (46.94%) SaaS
2 16 (32.65%) Azure
3 11 (22.45%) AWS
4 3 (6.12%) GCP
5 1 (2.04%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.04%) PaaS
5 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) LTE
2 2 (4.08%) Bluetooth
2 2 (4.08%) HTTP
2 2 (4.08%) Modbus
2 2 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (4.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.37%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.04%) DB2
2 1 (2.04%) Easytrieve
2 1 (2.04%) Power BI
2 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Git
2 3 (6.12%) Storybook
3 2 (4.08%) Eclipse
3 2 (4.08%) Subversion
4 1 (2.04%) JIRA
4 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (12.24%) Law
1 6 (12.24%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.16%) Games
3 3 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (6.12%) Marketing
3 3 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Electronics
5 1 (2.04%) Finance
5 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 7 (14.29%) Architect
3 5 (10.20%) Senior
4 4 (8.16%) Developer
4 4 (8.16%) PLC Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) PLC Software Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Principal Engineer
4 4 (8.16%) Product Architect
5 3 (6.12%) .NET Architect
5 3 (6.12%) C# Architect
5 3 (6.12%) C# Software Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Python Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Python Software Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) SaaS Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Embedded Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (4.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Principal Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (20.41%) .NET
2 6 (12.24%) AngularJS
3 5 (10.20%) CSS
3 5 (10.20%) HTML
3 5 (10.20%) Node.js
4 4 (8.16%) React
5 3 (6.12%) HTML5
5 3 (6.12%) PySpark
5 3 (6.12%) RESTful
5 3 (6.12%) Sass
6 2 (4.08%) .NET Core
6 2 (4.08%) Deno
6 2 (4.08%) DirectX
6 2 (4.08%) J2EE
6 2 (4.08%) Laravel
6 2 (4.08%) OpenGL
6 2 (4.08%) REST
6 2 (4.08%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (4.08%) Tailwind CSS
6 2 (4.08%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) Client/Server
1 3 (6.12%) Cloud Native
1 3 (6.12%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (6.12%) Virtual Team
2 2 (4.08%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (4.08%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (4.08%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (4.08%) Mainframe
2 2 (4.08%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.04%) Replication
3 1 (2.04%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Linux
1 2 (4.08%) Mac OS X
2 1 (2.04%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.45%) Roadmaps
2 7 (14.29%) Agile
2 7 (14.29%) Microservices
3 6 (12.24%) Event-Driven
3 6 (12.24%) Full-Stack Development
3 6 (12.24%) Technical Debt
4 5 (10.20%) Clean Code
4 5 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (8.16%) AI
5 4 (8.16%) CI/CD
5 4 (8.16%) Code Quality
5 4 (8.16%) Mentoring
5 4 (8.16%) Product Management
5 4 (8.16%) SOLID
6 3 (6.12%) Data Analytics
6 3 (6.12%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 3 (6.12%) Incident Management
6 3 (6.12%) Responsive Web Design
6 3 (6.12%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (6.12%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (28.57%) C#
2 11 (22.45%) SQL
3 8 (16.33%) JavaScript
3 8 (16.33%) TypeScript
4 5 (10.20%) Python
5 2 (4.08%) C
5 2 (4.08%) Embedded C
5 2 (4.08%) Java
5 2 (4.08%) PHP
5 2 (4.08%) Ruby
5 2 (4.08%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.04%) Assembly Language
6 1 (2.04%) COBOL
6 1 (2.04%) JCL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.12%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Firmware
2 1 (2.04%) Time Sharing Option
Vendors
1 4 (8.16%) Rockwell
1 4 (8.16%) Siemens
2 2 (4.08%) Atmel
3 1 (2.04%) IBM
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle