Average salary in Nottingham, UK
ONS data for April 2025 · Page updated
Nottingham's full-time median is below both the UK and East Midlands figures, but the city's upper quartile is above the regional one, suggesting a wide gap between professional and other jobs in the city centre.
- Median full-time pay
- £34,868
- Change on a year earlier
- +5.6%
- Compared with the UK
- −11%
- Full-time jobs
- 102k
How pay is spread in Nottingham
Line: 10th to 90th percentile. Bar: the middle half of earners (25th to 75th). Mark and label: median. Where ONS doesn't publish the 90th percentile, the line stops at the highest published point.
| Full-time annual pay | Nottingham | East Midlands | UK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | £23,427 | £23,135 | £23,990 |
| 25th percentile | £26,622 | £27,413 | £29,262 |
| Median | £34,868 | £35,600 | £39,039 |
| 75th percentile | £49,993 | £48,196 | £54,009 |
| 90th percentile | – | £63,883 | £76,903 |
| Mean | £41,858 | £41,178 | £48,512 |
– ONS doesn't publish this figure because the sample is too small to be reliable.
These are gross annual earnings for full-time employee jobs based in Nottingham, wherever the employee lives. The median is the middle salary: half of full-time jobs pay more, half pay less. The mean is pulled up by a small number of very high earners, so the median is the better guide to a typical salary. Figures cover the tightly drawn Nottingham City Council area. Several large employers sit just outside it in neighbouring districts.
What that means after tax
| Gross salary | Income tax | National Insurance | Take-home a year | A month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £34,868 | £4,460 | £1,784 | £28,625 | £2,385 |
| £49,993 | £7,485 | £2,994 | £39,515 | £3,293 |
The median and 75th percentile salaries above, for the 2026/27 tax year: tax code 1257L, no pension contributions, student loan or benefits in kind. Pension contributions through salary sacrifice would reduce both tax and take-home pay.
Who employs people in Nottingham
Experian has major UK operations in Nottingham, and the city has two universities, a large NHS trust, and retail, pharmaceutical and financial services employers in the wider area.
Negotiating pay in Nottingham
National or regional pay bands. Employers headquartered in London often apply a location discount to roles based elsewhere, sometimes 10 to 20%. Ask whether the band for this role is national or regional, and which location your contract will name. A remote or hybrid contract that names your home city can quietly cap your pay for years.
Don't anchor on the city median. Because the council area is small, the city figure mixes many lower-paid jobs with the city's professional roles. Use adverts and salary guides for the specific role, not the local median alone.
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A city median is a starting point, not a target. What you should ask for depends on your role, level and the employer. Check the pay ranges by role, or see where your salary sits in Nottingham.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025 (provisional), Table 7.7a (work geography). Gross annual pay for full-time employee jobs, April 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See how we use this data.