Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Brighton

Computer Science
East Sussex > Brighton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Brighton requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 11 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 4 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 7.69% 9.62% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.00% 9.80% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £459 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 - -
75th Percentile £573 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median daily rate £360 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Brighton

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Brighton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50 51 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton 96.15% 98.08% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 37 38
10th Percentile £354 £310 £289
25th Percentile £450 £456 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £637 £638 £550
90th Percentile £768 £653 £650
East Sussex median daily rate £575 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - £23.63
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £25.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.08%
75th Percentile £53.63 - £26.88
90th Percentile £65.60 - -
East Sussex median hourly rate £17.50 - £25.25
% change year-on-year - - -54.09%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computer Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton.

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Brighton

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Brighton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Brighton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Brighton over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science in Brighton

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brighton 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 4 (100.00%) Couchbase
1 4 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 4 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (25.00%) Big Data
2 1 (25.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Git
1 4 (100.00%) GitLab
1 4 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Kafka
1 4 (100.00%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
1 4 (100.00%) Open Source
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Go
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Atlassian