Lead Developer Jobs in Brighton

Lead Developer
East Sussex > Brighton

The median Lead Developer salary in Brighton is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 52 76
Rank change year-on-year +29 +24 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 7 11 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brighton 3.65% 2.55% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.68% 2.63% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 4
10th Percentile £67,750 £53,750 £53,550
25th Percentile £81,250 £58,500 £55,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +35.59% -1.67%
75th Percentile £84,375 £85,000 £62,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £133,750 -
East Sussex median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% +35.59% -1.67%

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 190 419 596
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.96% 96.99% 90.30%
Number of salaries quoted 156 390 496
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,308 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,188 £65,742
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,625
East Sussex median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Brighton

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Brighton

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in Brighton

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in Brighton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in Brighton over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in Brighton

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Brighton

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) HTML
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (100.00%) CSS
1 7 (100.00%) React
1 7 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (85.71%) TypeScript
2 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (85.71%) React Native
2 6 (85.71%) Front End Development
2 6 (85.71%) Redux
2 6 (85.71%) E-Commerce
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 1 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) MySQL
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring

Lead 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) CSS
1 7 (100.00%) HTML
1 7 (100.00%) React
2 6 (85.71%) React Native
2 6 (85.71%) Redux
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (85.71%) E-Commerce
2 6 (85.71%) Front End Development
2 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (85.71%) TypeScript