Lead Software Engineer Job Trends in East Sussex

Lead Software Engineer
South East > East Sussex

The median Lead Software Engineer salary in East Sussex is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 59 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 0.25% 0.19% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.20% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £52,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £90,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% +7.69% +5.69%

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 375 501 624
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 94.71% 88.89%
Number of salaries quoted 194 393 514
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £30,403
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,500 £90,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £51,852 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% -5.72% -

Lead Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Engineer in East Sussex

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for Lead Software Engineer job vacancies in East Sussex.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Software Engineer job vacancies in East Sussex

Lead Software Engineer
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 Lead Software Engineer within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 15 September 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 - 1 £90,000 -
Lead Software Engineer
South East

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, Lead Software Engineer 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 Lead Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Lead Software Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript