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 12 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 9 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Finance 8 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 14.81% 8.77% 11.36%
As % of the General category 27.59% 12.82% 22.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
10th Percentile £461 £523 -
25th Percentile £478 £556 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £400
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +56.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £577 £706 £450
90th Percentile £604 £748 £540
East Sussex median daily rate £525 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% +5.26%

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 29 39 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton 53.70% 68.42% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 16 17
10th Percentile £350 £400 £307
25th Percentile £478 £450 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £475 £380
Median % change year-on-year +23.68% +25.00% -41.54%
75th Percentile £627 £519 £450
90th Percentile £670 £575 £517
East Sussex median daily rate £500 £475 £390
% change year-on-year +5.26% +21.79% -37.60%
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 £63.73 £19.36 £13.44
% change year-on-year +229.23% +44.03% -13.74%

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 12 July 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Payables
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (25.00%) Billing
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
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%) Software Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Data Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Engagement Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Product Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Report Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Engagement Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior IT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (12.50%) JSON
3 1 (12.50%) JSON Schema
3 1 (12.50%) Lambda Expressions
3 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) AI Agents
1 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) 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%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (25.00%) Scrum
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
3 1 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
3 1 (12.50%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle