Software Engineer Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Software Engineer
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Nottinghamshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 54 14
Rank change year-on-year +14 -40 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 17 26 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 2.69% 3.02% 9.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.91% 3.13% 9.41%
Number of salaries quoted 17 9 40
10th Percentile £43,000 - £45,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £60,000 £81,250 £68,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £75,625
East Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +30.00% -4.76% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Nottinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Nottinghamshire. 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 Nottinghamshire with a recognized job title 585 831 425
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 96.52% 96.59%
Number of salaries quoted 424 306 362
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,563 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,750 £80,625 £73,625
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -3.85%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Nottinghamshire.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Nottinghamshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Nottinghamshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 9 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottingham -3 16 £52,500 -19.23% 17
Software Engineer
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, 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 Nottinghamshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (47.06%) SaaS
3 7 (41.18%) Azure
4 6 (35.29%) C#
5 4 (23.53%) Fintech
6 3 (17.65%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Analytics
6 3 (17.65%) AWS
6 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
6 3 (17.65%) Data Analytics
6 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
6 3 (17.65%) PySpark
6 3 (17.65%) Python
6 3 (17.65%) SQL
7 2 (11.76%) .NET
7 2 (11.76%) AI
7 2 (11.76%) AngularJS
7 2 (11.76%) Linux
7 2 (11.76%) Mac OS X
7 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
7 2 (11.76%) OO
7 2 (11.76%) Ruby
7 2 (11.76%) Ruby on Rails
7 2 (11.76%) TypeScript
8 1 (5.88%) Clean Code
8 1 (5.88%) Code Quality
8 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (5.88%) GCP
8 1 (5.88%) MongoDB

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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 8 (47.06%) SaaS
2 7 (41.18%) Azure
3 3 (17.65%) AWS
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) MongoDB
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (17.65%) Law
2 1 (5.88%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) PySpark
2 2 (11.76%) .NET
2 2 (11.76%) AngularJS
2 2 (11.76%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (5.88%) Node.js
3 1 (5.88%) React
3 1 (5.88%) Redux
3 1 (5.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Cloud Native
2 2 (11.76%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (23.53%) Fintech
3 3 (17.65%) Agile
3 3 (17.65%) Analytics
3 3 (17.65%) CI/CD
3 3 (17.65%) Data Analytics
3 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (11.76%) AI
4 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.76%) OO
5 1 (5.88%) Clean Code
5 1 (5.88%) Code Quality
5 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
2 3 (17.65%) Python
2 3 (17.65%) SQL
3 2 (11.76%) Ruby
3 2 (11.76%) TypeScript