Senior Developer Jobs in Brighton

Senior Developer
East Sussex > Brighton

The median Senior Developer salary in Brighton is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2025.

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

 6 months to
17 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 45 47
Rank change year-on-year +22 +2 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 3 12 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brighton 1.94% 2.75% 3.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% 2.84% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 22
10th Percentile £60,500 - £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -17.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £78,750 £61,250 -
90th Percentile £79,500 - -
East Sussex median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -17.86% -17.65%

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 150 423 536
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.77% 97.02% 90.08%
Number of salaries quoted 102 364 472
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £42,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £66,875 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £77,500
East Sussex median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% - -4.04%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Brighton

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Brighton

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Brighton

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Brighton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Brighton over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Brighton

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

For the 6 months to 17 August 2025, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
1 2 (66.67%) ChatGPT
1 2 (66.67%) GitHub Copilot
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft

Senior 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 2 (66.67%) ChatGPT
1 2 (66.67%) GitHub
1 2 (66.67%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
1 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 Senior Developer jobs in East Sussex