Software Engineering Job Trends in Eastbourne

Software Engineering
East Sussex > Eastbourne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Eastbourne requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 11 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 20 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Eastbourne 19.23% 8.70% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% 8.70% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 20 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +30.00% +17.65% -29.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Eastbourne

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Eastbourne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 100 23 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Eastbourne 96.15% 100.00% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 100 17 26
10th Percentile - £28,500 £36,875
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,250 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £62,225
90th Percentile £60,500 £83,150 £67,500
East Sussex median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Eastbourne

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Eastbourne.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Eastbourne

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Eastbourne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Eastbourne citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Eastbourne citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Eastbourne by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 5 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 10 (50.00%) Lead
2 10 (50.00%) Senior
2 10 (50.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 9 (45.00%) C Software Engineer
3 9 (45.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
3 9 (45.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 9 (45.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 9 (45.00%) Embedded C Engineer
3 9 (45.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
3 9 (45.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 9 (45.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
3 9 (45.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 9 (45.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 9 (45.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 9 (45.00%) Software Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior C Software Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) C
1 9 (45.00%) C++