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 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 19 10
Rank change year-on-year +7 -9 -4
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 41 52 82
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 7.07% 11.30% 15.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.01% 12.26% 18.26%
Number of salaries quoted 38 38 78
10th Percentile £43,500 £49,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £57,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +20.93% -14.00%
75th Percentile £82,188 £70,625 £68,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £73,750 £81,625
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% -12.50%

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 455 424 449
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottingham 78.45% 92.17% 86.51%
Number of salaries quoted 275 197 381
10th Percentile £28,600 £24,649 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,875 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,500 £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 17 February 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 (2.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (56.10%) SaaS
2 16 (39.02%) Azure
3 12 (29.27%) AWS
4 3 (7.32%) GCP
5 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.88%) PaaS
5 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.44%) OCI
6 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.32%) LTE
2 2 (4.88%) Bluetooth
2 2 (4.88%) HTTP
2 2 (4.88%) Modbus
2 2 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (4.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.95%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (2.44%) Power BI
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Git
2 2 (4.88%) Eclipse
2 2 (4.88%) Storybook
2 2 (4.88%) Subversion
3 1 (2.44%) JIRA
3 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (14.63%) Law
1 6 (14.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Games
3 3 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Marketing
3 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Billing
4 1 (2.44%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (51.22%) Software Engineer
2 8 (19.51%) Architect
3 5 (12.20%) Developer
4 4 (9.76%) C# Software Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Principal Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Product Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.32%) .NET Architect
5 3 (7.32%) C# Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Python Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Python Software Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) SaaS Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Senior
5 3 (7.32%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Control Software Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Embedded Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Lead
6 2 (4.88%) Principal Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (29.27%) .NET
2 5 (12.20%) AngularJS
3 4 (9.76%) CSS
3 4 (9.76%) HTML
3 4 (9.76%) React
4 3 (7.32%) Node.js
4 3 (7.32%) PySpark
5 2 (4.88%) .NET Core
5 2 (4.88%) Deno
5 2 (4.88%) HTML5
5 2 (4.88%) J2EE
5 2 (4.88%) Laravel
5 2 (4.88%) OpenGL
5 2 (4.88%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (4.88%) REST
5 2 (4.88%) RESTful
5 2 (4.88%) Sass
5 2 (4.88%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (4.88%) Vue
5 2 (4.88%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Client/Server
1 3 (7.32%) Virtual Team
2 2 (4.88%) 3D Graphics
2 2 (4.88%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.88%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
1 2 (4.88%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.95%) Agile
1 9 (21.95%) Roadmaps
2 7 (17.07%) Microservices
3 6 (14.63%) Event-Driven
3 6 (14.63%) Full-Stack Development
3 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (14.63%) Technical Debt
4 5 (12.20%) Mentoring
5 4 (9.76%) CI/CD
5 4 (9.76%) Clean Code
5 4 (9.76%) DevOps
6 3 (7.32%) Architecture Roadmap
6 3 (7.32%) Code Quality
6 3 (7.32%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (7.32%) Customer Experience
6 3 (7.32%) Data Analytics
6 3 (7.32%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 3 (7.32%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (7.32%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (39.02%) C#
2 10 (24.39%) SQL
3 7 (17.07%) JavaScript
4 5 (12.20%) Python
4 5 (12.20%) TypeScript
5 2 (4.88%) C
5 2 (4.88%) Embedded C
5 2 (4.88%) Java
5 2 (4.88%) PHP
5 2 (4.88%) Ruby
5 2 (4.88%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (7.32%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (4.88%) Atmel
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle