Developer Contracts in Brighton

Developer
East Sussex > Brighton

The median Developer daily rate in Brighton is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 1 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 0
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Developer 8 22 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Brighton 14.81% 42.31% 11.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.51% 43.14% 11.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 18 4
10th Percentile £269 £380 £545
25th Percentile £319 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £650
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -38.46% +26.83%
75th Percentile £463 £480 -
90th Percentile - £541 -
East Sussex median daily rate £375 £400 £650
% change year-on-year -6.25% -38.46% +26.83%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Brighton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Brighton. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Brighton with a recognized job title 41 51 93
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 75.93% 98.08% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 35 47
10th Percentile £319 £380 £300
25th Percentile £438 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £650
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -34.62% +23.81%
75th Percentile £500 £490 £745
90th Percentile £765 £563 -
East Sussex median daily rate £450 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile £18.04 - £13.08
25th Percentile £20.61 - £13.15
Median hourly rate £26.29 - £18.56
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.66%
75th Percentile £31.24 - £30.67
90th Percentile £32.12 - £43.00
East Sussex median hourly rate £16.00 £52.50 £20.98
% change year-on-year -69.52% +150.30% -4.66%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Brighton

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Brighton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Brighton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Brighton

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Brighton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Brighton over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Brighton

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Brighton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Brighton.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Brighton

Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Brighton

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, Developer contract 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 contract job ads across the Brighton region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) .NET
2 6 (75.00%) C#
2 6 (75.00%) API Development
2 6 (75.00%) .NET Core
3 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET Core
3 4 (50.00%) DevOps
3 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) QA
3 4 (50.00%) RESTful
4 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (25.00%) AWS
4 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 1 (12.50%) Shopify
5 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
5 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (12.50%) React

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Brighton 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (87.50%) .NET
2 6 (75.00%) .NET Core
3 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET Core
3 4 (50.00%) RESTful
4 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
4 1 (12.50%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) API Development
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA