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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 5 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Finance 9 8 11
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 17.31% 19.05% 19.30%
As % of the General category 39.13% 30.77% 32.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 6
10th Percentile £259 £397 £388
25th Percentile £313 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £575 £400
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% +43.75% -8.57%
75th Percentile £384 £725 £584
90th Percentile £511 £763 £638
East Sussex median daily rate £325 £550 £498
% change year-on-year -40.91% +10.55% +4.74%

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 23 26 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton 44.23% 61.90% 59.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 19
10th Percentile £266 £318 £373
25th Percentile £313 £448 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £550 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +29.41% -42.95%
75th Percentile £596 £613 £588
90th Percentile £627 £720 £638
East Sussex median daily rate £459 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -5.85% +14.71% -34.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.07 -
East Sussex median hourly rate £13.90 £13.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year +1.09% -73.81% +298.94%

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 October 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Amazon EventBridge
1 1 (11.11%) Amazon S3
1 1 (11.11%) Amazon SQS
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) AWS Step Functions
1 1 (11.11%) dbt
1 1 (11.11%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Android Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
1 3 (33.33%) iOS Android Developer
1 3 (33.33%) iOS Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Data Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Junior Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Product Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Report Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Engagement Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) JSON Schema
1 1 (11.11%) Lambda Expressions
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
3 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Android
1 3 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
2 3 (33.33%) Android Development
2 3 (33.33%) iOS Development
2 3 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 3 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
2 3 (33.33%) Mobile Development
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) Scrum
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality