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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Finance 8 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 15.69% 11.54% 16.33%
As % of the General category 36.36% 18.18% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile £284 £523 -
25th Percentile £400 £556 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £400
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +56.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £706 -
90th Percentile £598 £748 -
East Sussex median daily rate £463 £538 £410
% change year-on-year -13.95% +31.10% -8.89%

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 22 33 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton 43.14% 63.46% 53.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 17
10th Percentile £311 £356 £373
25th Percentile £353 £441 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -34.62%
75th Percentile £613 £492 £490
90th Percentile £627 £528 £608
East Sussex median daily rate £459 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +2.00% +5.88% -29.17%
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 £38.82 £16.65 £52.50
% change year-on-year +133.19% -68.30% +236.97%

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 16 August 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 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
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
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) .NET Developer
1 2 (25.00%) .NET Software Developer
1 2 (25.00%) .NET Software Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Developer
1 2 (25.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
2 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Junior Security Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Report Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Engagement Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
1 2 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (12.50%) JSON
2 1 (12.50%) JSON Schema
2 1 (12.50%) Lambda Expressions
2 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) AI Agents
1 2 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Matrix Organization
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Scrum
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) AI
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Change Data Capture
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Data Transformation
4 1 (12.50%) Dependency Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) 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