Degree Contract Job Trends in Brighton

Academic Degree
East Sussex > Brighton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Brighton with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 15 17
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Degree 7 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 15.56% 6.90% 1.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.00% 100.00% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £412 £364 -
25th Percentile £489 £366 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £388 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.81% - -
75th Percentile £584 £416 -
90th Percentile £604 £421 -
East Sussex median daily rate £565 £388 -
% change year-on-year +45.81% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Brighton

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Brighton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14 4 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton 31.11% 6.90% 23.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile £330 £364 £519
25th Percentile £403 £366 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £388 £650
Median % change year-on-year +45.81% -40.38% +30.00%
75th Percentile £606 £416 -
90th Percentile £621 £421 -
East Sussex median daily rate £360 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -31.43% -12.50% -

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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

Degree job vacancy trend in Brighton

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Brighton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Brighton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Brighton over the 6 months to 8 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Brighton

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Brighton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Degree

Degree
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 (57.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) GitHub
1 4 (57.14%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Apache Cassandra
1 4 (57.14%) Couchbase
1 4 (57.14%) NoSQL
1 4 (57.14%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (14.29%) Big Data
2 1 (14.29%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Git
1 4 (57.14%) GitLab
1 4 (57.14%) Jenkins
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Kafka
1 4 (57.14%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (57.14%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (57.14%) Microservices
1 4 (57.14%) Open Source
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (57.14%) Regression Testing
1 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
1 4 (57.14%) TDD
1 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Go
1 4 (57.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Atlassian
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft