Lead Developer Job Trends in Sussex

Lead Developer
South East > Sussex

The median Lead Developer salary in Sussex is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sussex 2.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
South East median annual salary £86,250 £73,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +18.15% -2.67% -3.23%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 Sussex with a recognized job title 80 103 52
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 98.10% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 69 38 51
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £50,000 £70,438 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £76,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Sussex.

Lead Developer job vacancy trend in Sussex

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Sussex

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Sussex.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Sussex

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sussex

For the 6 months to 27 December 2025, Lead Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Sussex region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) React Native
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Health Technology
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) React Native
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform