Senior Developer Job Trends in West Sussex

Senior Developer
South East > West Sussex

The median Senior Developer salary in West Sussex is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 42 45
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 1 5 11
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 0.24% 1.58% 2.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 1.68% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 9
10th Percentile - £54,750 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £56,250 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -10.71% +21.74%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,125 £72,500
90th Percentile - £77,250 £73,500
South East median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 391 297 407
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 93.99% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 267 152 267
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £39,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,125 £71,875
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £75,100
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -4.55%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in West Sussex.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in West Sussex

Senior Developer
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Gatwick - 1 £70,000 - 2
Senior Developer
South East

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Senior 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 West Sussex region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) Vue

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA