Developer Jobs in East Sussex

Developer
South East > East Sussex

The median Developer salary in East Sussex is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 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
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -15 +2 -2
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Developer 44 194 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 10.81% 31.75% 25.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.05% 33.39% 30.85%
Number of salaries quoted 42 155 187
10th Percentile £45,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,625 £32,500 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,438 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £66,700 £80,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +8.51%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in East Sussex with a recognized job title 365 581 671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.68% 95.09% 84.19%
Number of salaries quoted 191 432 533
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £30,050
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,688 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £89,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in East Sussex

Developer
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in East Sussex.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in East Sussex

Developer
Salary Histogram in East Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in East Sussex over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in East Sussex

Developer
Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 27 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Brighton -1 35 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Eastbourne +7 6 £47,500 +18.75% 1
Lewes - 1 £55,500 -
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 27 August 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 East Sussex region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 19 (43.18%) JavaScript
1 19 (43.18%) .NET
2 14 (31.82%) C#
3 13 (29.55%) AWS
3 13 (29.55%) SOLID
4 12 (27.27%) Azure
5 11 (25.00%) Agile
6 9 (20.45%) Artificial Intelligence
6 9 (20.45%) TypeScript
7 8 (18.18%) iOS Development
7 8 (18.18%) Mobile Development
7 8 (18.18%) Swift
7 8 (18.18%) Apple iOS
7 8 (18.18%) E-Commerce
7 8 (18.18%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (15.91%) SQL
8 7 (15.91%) SQL Server
8 7 (15.91%) CSS
8 7 (15.91%) Software Engineering
8 7 (15.91%) Android
8 7 (15.91%) Android Development
8 7 (15.91%) User Experience
9 6 (13.64%) RESTful
9 6 (13.64%) UX Design
9 6 (13.64%) OO
9 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
10 5 (11.36%) PHP
10 5 (11.36%) QA
10 5 (11.36%) REST
10 5 (11.36%) GCP

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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 (4.55%) ColdFusion
2 1 (2.27%) Anypoint
2 1 (2.27%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 13 (29.55%) AWS
2 12 (27.27%) Azure
3 5 (11.36%) GCP
4 4 (9.09%) SaaS
5 3 (6.82%) GitHub
6 2 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (4.55%) ChatGPT
6 2 (4.55%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (4.55%) Serverless
7 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.27%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.27%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.91%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.82%) MySQL
3 2 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.55%) Redis
4 1 (2.27%) MariaDB
4 1 (2.27%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.27%) Power BI
4 1 (2.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Git
2 1 (2.27%) gulp
2 1 (2.27%) Postman
2 1 (2.27%) webpack
General
1 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.09%) Finance
3 3 (6.82%) Aviation
4 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.27%) Back Office
5 1 (2.27%) Front Office
5 1 (2.27%) Games
5 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (43.18%) .NET
2 7 (15.91%) CSS
3 6 (13.64%) RESTful
4 5 (11.36%) REST
5 4 (9.09%) HTML
5 4 (9.09%) Node.js
5 4 (9.09%) React
6 3 (6.82%) AngularJS
6 3 (6.82%) ASP.NET
6 3 (6.82%) JSON
6 3 (6.82%) XML
7 2 (4.55%) .NET Core
7 2 (4.55%) jQuery
7 2 (4.55%) Laravel
7 2 (4.55%) Pandas
7 2 (4.55%) SOAP
8 1 (2.27%) ASP.NET Core
8 1 (2.27%) GraphQL
8 1 (2.27%) JWT
8 1 (2.27%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (6.82%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (6.82%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.55%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.27%) BYOD
4 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.18%) Apple iOS
2 7 (15.91%) Android
3 2 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (29.55%) SOLID
2 11 (25.00%) Agile
3 9 (20.45%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (18.18%) E-Commerce
4 8 (18.18%) iOS Development
4 8 (18.18%) Mobile Development
5 7 (15.91%) Android Development
5 7 (15.91%) Software Engineering
5 7 (15.91%) User Experience
6 6 (13.64%) OO
6 6 (13.64%) UX Design
7 5 (11.36%) DevOps
8 4 (9.09%) API Development
8 4 (9.09%) Business Strategy
8 4 (9.09%) CI/CD
8 4 (9.09%) Containerisation
8 4 (9.09%) Design Patterns
8 4 (9.09%) Roadmaps
9 3 (6.82%) Code Quality
9 3 (6.82%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 19 (43.18%) JavaScript
2 14 (31.82%) C#
3 9 (20.45%) TypeScript
4 8 (18.18%) Swift
5 7 (15.91%) SQL
6 5 (11.36%) Kotlin
6 5 (11.36%) PHP
7 3 (6.82%) Python
8 2 (4.55%) C++
8 2 (4.55%) Go
8 2 (4.55%) Java
8 2 (4.55%) Rust
9 1 (2.27%) DataWeave
9 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
9 1 (2.27%) VB
9 1 (2.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (4.55%) DV Cleared
1 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.36%) QA
2 3 (6.82%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.55%) Ansible
2 2 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (4.55%) Adobe
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.27%) Blue Prism
2 1 (2.27%) MuleSoft
2 1 (2.27%) Trayport