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 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 11 8
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Finance 8 8 5
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 21.62% 12.90% 8.93%
As % of the General category 30.77% 21.62% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £397 £423 £241
25th Percentile £513 £494 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +33.33%
75th Percentile £900 £638 -
90th Percentile £950 - -
East Sussex median daily rate £575 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +20.00%

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 common skills in Brighton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 26 37 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton 70.27% 59.68% 76.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 25 27
10th Percentile £318 £377 £370
25th Percentile £486 £413 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -19.23% +9.70%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £745
90th Percentile £890 £725 -
East Sussex median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - £21.98
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £23.95
Median % change year-on-year - - +71.07%
75th Percentile £17.75 - £25.93
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median hourly rate £15.50 £52.50 £23.95
% change year-on-year -70.48% +119.21% +71.07%

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 9 December 2025.

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 Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) WhatsApp
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Automotive
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Finance Business Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
1 2 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Automation Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
2 1 (12.50%) Product Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Team Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (37.50%) AI
2 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Economics
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (12.50%) Product Management
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (12.50%) Blue Prism