Software Developer Jobs in West Sussex

Software Developer
South East > West Sussex

The median Software Developer salary in West Sussex is £56,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 66 104
Rank change year-on-year +34 +38 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 3 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 1.05% 0.42% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 0.44% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £41,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.76% -5.56% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £43,750 £58,125
90th Percentile - - £66,000
South East median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 234 675 940
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.53% 94.14% 83.85%
Number of salaries quoted 159 493 468
10th Percentile £29,700 £24,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £38,525 £32,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £73,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in West Sussex

Software Developer
Salary Trend in West Sussex

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in West Sussex

Software 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 Software Developer within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 6 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
Chichester - 2 £56,000 - 1
Shoreham-by-Sea - 1 - -
Software Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Software 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 West Sussex region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) MagicDraw
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) SysML
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Core
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
3 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
3 1 (33.33%) Terraform
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Node.js
3 1 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (33.33%) Go
3 1 (33.33%) Android Development
3 1 (33.33%) Ansible

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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 (33.33%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MagicDraw
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Core
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) Node.js
3 1 (33.33%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 2 (66.67%) SysML
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Android Development
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Kanban
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) OOP
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Go
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform