Developer Jobs in East Sussex

Developer
South East > East Sussex

The median Developer salary in East Sussex is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 5 2
Rank change year-on-year -7 -3 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 74 146 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 17.54% 20.80% 25.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.12% 22.57% 29.98%
Number of salaries quoted 71 139 200
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £31,125 £40,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £77,875
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%

All Permanent 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.

Permanent vacancies in East Sussex with a recognized job title 387 647 804
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.71% 92.17% 85.44%
Number of salaries quoted 213 504 584
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £31,411
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -1.79%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,600 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -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

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

Salary trend for Developer in East Sussex

Developer
Salary Histogram in East Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in East Sussex over the 6 months to 20 May 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 20 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Brighton 0 60 £50,000 -16.67% 18
Eastbourne -1 12 £45,000 +5.88% 1
Crowborough 0 1 £37,500 -16.67%
Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 East Sussex region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 42 (56.76%) JavaScript
2 25 (33.78%) .NET
2 25 (33.78%) TypeScript
2 25 (33.78%) SOLID
3 21 (28.38%) CSS
4 20 (27.03%) Git
4 20 (27.03%) Node.js
5 19 (25.68%) E-Commerce
6 18 (24.32%) HTML
6 18 (24.32%) AWS
7 17 (22.97%) PHP
7 17 (22.97%) Games
8 16 (21.62%) WebGL
8 16 (21.62%) Spine.js
8 16 (21.62%) Pixi.js
8 16 (21.62%) webpack
8 16 (21.62%) gulp
8 16 (21.62%) Full-Stack Development
9 15 (20.27%) React
9 15 (20.27%) OO
10 14 (18.92%) SQL
10 14 (18.92%) C#
10 14 (18.92%) QA
10 14 (18.92%) Apple iOS
11 13 (17.57%) iOS Development
11 13 (17.57%) Mobile Development
11 13 (17.57%) Swift
11 13 (17.57%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (16.22%) Social Skills
12 12 (16.22%) User Experience

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 (2.70%) CMS
1 2 (2.70%) ColdFusion
2 1 (1.35%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 18 (24.32%) AWS
2 5 (6.76%) Azure
3 2 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
3 2 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
3 2 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (2.70%) SaaS
3 2 (2.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.46%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.41%) MySQL
3 3 (4.05%) Redis
4 2 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.70%) MariaDB
4 2 (2.70%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.35%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (27.03%) Git
2 16 (21.62%) gulp
2 16 (21.62%) webpack
3 2 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (22.97%) Games
2 12 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 11 (14.86%) Aviation
4 4 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (33.78%) .NET
2 21 (28.38%) CSS
3 20 (27.03%) Node.js
4 18 (24.32%) HTML
5 16 (21.62%) Pixi.js
5 16 (21.62%) Spine.js
5 16 (21.62%) WebGL
6 15 (20.27%) React
7 11 (14.86%) RESTful
8 9 (12.16%) Laravel
9 8 (10.81%) AngularJS
9 8 (10.81%) jQuery
9 8 (10.81%) Vue
10 6 (8.11%) React Native
10 6 (8.11%) Redux
11 3 (4.05%) ASP.NET
12 2 (2.70%) GraphQL
12 2 (2.70%) JSON
12 2 (2.70%) Pandas
12 2 (2.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.57%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (14.86%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.70%) Cyberattack
3 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.35%) 3D Graphics
4 1 (1.35%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.35%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.35%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 14 (18.92%) Apple iOS
2 5 (6.76%) Android
3 2 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (33.78%) SOLID
2 19 (25.68%) E-Commerce
3 16 (21.62%) Full-Stack Development
4 15 (20.27%) OO
5 13 (17.57%) iOS Development
5 13 (17.57%) Mobile Development
6 12 (16.22%) User Experience
7 11 (14.86%) UX Design
8 10 (13.51%) API Development
9 9 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (10.81%) Agile
10 8 (10.81%) TDD
11 7 (9.46%) Computer Science
11 7 (9.46%) Microservices
11 7 (9.46%) Web Development
12 6 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (8.11%) Front End Development
12 6 (8.11%) Roadmaps
12 6 (8.11%) SEO
12 6 (8.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 42 (56.76%) JavaScript
2 25 (33.78%) TypeScript
3 17 (22.97%) PHP
4 14 (18.92%) C#
4 14 (18.92%) SQL
5 13 (17.57%) Swift
6 4 (5.41%) Python
7 3 (4.05%) Go
7 3 (4.05%) Java
8 2 (2.70%) C++
8 2 (2.70%) Kotlin
8 2 (2.70%) Rust
9 1 (1.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (9.46%) Degree
2 2 (2.70%) DV Cleared
2 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (18.92%) QA
2 8 (10.81%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (10.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.70%) Ansible
1 2 (2.70%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (2.70%) Adobe
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft