Finance Contract Job Trends in Brighton

Financial
East Sussex > Brighton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Brighton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 13 12
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 -6
Contract jobs citing Finance 8 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 13.79% 6.67% 4.17%
As % of the General category 22.86% 8.89% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £469 £326 £454
25th Percentile £488 £355 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £406 £538
Median % change year-on-year +39.23% -24.42% +22.86%
75th Percentile £868 £455 £578
90th Percentile £950 £482 £591
East Sussex median daily rate £566 £406 £600
% change year-on-year +39.23% -32.29% +9.09%

All General Skills
Brighton

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Brighton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 35 45 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton 60.34% 75.00% 56.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 28 24
10th Percentile £375 £346 £306
25th Percentile £488 £447 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +18.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £627 £547 £545
90th Percentile £731 £638 £556
East Sussex median daily rate £550 £488 £410
% change year-on-year +12.82% +18.90% -28.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £16.89 -
25th Percentile £61.87 £17.75 -
Median hourly rate £63.73 £19.36 -
Median % change year-on-year +229.23% - -
75th Percentile £65.60 £20.82 -
90th Percentile - £21.59 -
East Sussex median hourly rate £39.87 £19.36 £15.38
% change year-on-year +105.94% +25.86% -1.28%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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

Finance job vacancy trend in Brighton

Finance
Daily Rate Trend in Brighton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Brighton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Brighton over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Brighton

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Brighton

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Brighton citing Finance

Finance
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (12.50%) PeopleSoft Financials
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) GitHub
1 2 (25.00%) n8n
1 2 (25.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (25.00%) Zapier
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon EventBridge
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon SQS
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Step Functions
2 1 (12.50%) dbt
2 1 (12.50%) Snowflake
2 1 (12.50%) WhatsApp
General
1 2 (25.00%) Billing
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 2 (25.00%) .NET Software Developer
2 2 (25.00%) .NET Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (12.50%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) AI Agents
2 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Accounts Payable
2 2 (25.00%) Accounts Receivable
2 2 (25.00%) AI
2 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
2 2 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (12.50%) Change Data Capture
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) Order to Cash
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (12.50%) Record to Report
3 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C#
1 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) PeopleSoft
2 2 (25.00%) Salesforce