Developer Jobs in Brighton

Developer
East Sussex > Brighton

The median Developer salary in Brighton is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 59 115 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brighton 31.89% 26.38% 29.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 32.60% 27.19% 32.26%
Number of salaries quoted 59 109 162
10th Percentile - £30,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £48,750 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £56,541
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +6.12% -13.01%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,750 £70,000 £81,250
East Sussex median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Brighton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Brighton. 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 Brighton with a recognized job title 181 423 589
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.84% 97.02% 90.34%
Number of salaries quoted 133 393 490
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £33,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
East Sussex median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.04%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Brighton.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Brighton

Developer
Salary Trend in Brighton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Brighton.

Salary trend for Developer in Brighton

Developer
Salary Histogram in Brighton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Brighton over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Brighton

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Brighton

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Brighton region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 27 (45.76%) JavaScript
2 24 (40.68%) SOLID
3 22 (37.29%) TypeScript
4 18 (30.51%) Git
5 17 (28.81%) E-Commerce
6 16 (27.12%) Games
6 16 (27.12%) AWS
6 16 (27.12%) Node.js
7 15 (25.42%) WebGL
7 15 (25.42%) C#
7 15 (25.42%) .NET
7 15 (25.42%) Spine.js
7 15 (25.42%) Pixi.js
7 15 (25.42%) webpack
7 15 (25.42%) gulp
8 14 (23.73%) Full-Stack Development
9 13 (22.03%) OO
9 13 (22.03%) QA
9 13 (22.03%) Apple iOS
9 13 (22.03%) React
10 12 (20.34%) Swift
10 12 (20.34%) Mobile Development
10 12 (20.34%) iOS Development
10 12 (20.34%) User Experience
10 12 (20.34%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (18.64%) UX Design
12 10 (16.95%) RESTful
12 10 (16.95%) API Development
12 10 (16.95%) Mobile App
12 10 (16.95%) Aviation

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Brighton by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.39%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 16 (27.12%) AWS
2 3 (5.08%) Azure
3 2 (3.39%) SaaS
4 1 (1.69%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.69%) GitHub
4 1 (1.69%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) MySQL
2 2 (3.39%) MariaDB
2 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.69%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.69%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (30.51%) Git
2 15 (25.42%) gulp
2 15 (25.42%) webpack
3 2 (3.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (27.12%) Games
2 10 (16.95%) Aviation
3 2 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.39%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.69%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (27.12%) Node.js
2 15 (25.42%) .NET
2 15 (25.42%) Pixi.js
2 15 (25.42%) Spine.js
2 15 (25.42%) WebGL
3 13 (22.03%) React
4 10 (16.95%) RESTful
5 9 (15.25%) CSS
5 9 (15.25%) HTML
6 8 (13.56%) Laravel
6 8 (13.56%) Vue
7 7 (11.86%) AngularJS
8 6 (10.17%) React Native
8 6 (10.17%) Redux
9 2 (3.39%) ASP.NET
9 2 (3.39%) JSON
9 2 (3.39%) REST
9 2 (3.39%) XML
10 1 (1.69%) jQuery
10 1 (1.69%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.34%) Greenfield Project
2 10 (16.95%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.69%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (1.69%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (1.69%) BYOD
3 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.69%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.03%) Apple iOS
2 3 (5.08%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.68%) SOLID
2 17 (28.81%) E-Commerce
3 14 (23.73%) Full-Stack Development
4 13 (22.03%) OO
5 12 (20.34%) iOS Development
5 12 (20.34%) Mobile Development
5 12 (20.34%) User Experience
6 11 (18.64%) UX Design
7 10 (16.95%) API Development
8 8 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (13.56%) TDD
9 7 (11.86%) Microservices
10 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (10.17%) Front End Development
10 6 (10.17%) Roadmaps
11 4 (6.78%) Agile
11 4 (6.78%) Software Engineering
12 3 (5.08%) Design Patterns
13 2 (3.39%) Android Development
13 2 (3.39%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 27 (45.76%) JavaScript
2 22 (37.29%) TypeScript
3 15 (25.42%) C#
4 12 (20.34%) Swift
5 8 (13.56%) PHP
6 6 (10.17%) SQL
7 2 (3.39%) Kotlin
7 2 (3.39%) Python
8 1 (1.69%) Go
8 1 (1.69%) Java
8 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (22.03%) QA
2 1 (1.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (11.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.69%) Trayport