Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in Brighton

Senior Developer
East Sussex > Brighton

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Brighton is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 20 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Brighton 11.90% 1.54% -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.90% 1.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £391 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £573 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Brighton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Brighton. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Brighton with a recognized job title 42 59 47
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 90.77% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 39 35
10th Percentile £353 £305 £294
25th Percentile £441 £413 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -19.15%
75th Percentile £641 £613 £603
90th Percentile £754 £638 £650
East Sussex median daily rate £550 £500 £423
% change year-on-year +10.00% +18.34% -23.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - £23.63
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £25.25
Median % change year-on-year - - -61.15%
75th Percentile £17.75 - £26.88
90th Percentile - - -
East Sussex median hourly rate £15.50 £52.50 £25.25
% change year-on-year -70.48% +107.92% -57.92%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Brighton.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Brighton

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Brighton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Brighton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Brighton

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Brighton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Brighton over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Developer in Brighton

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brighton

For the 6 months to 17 January 2026, Senior Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Brighton region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Docker
2 4 (80.00%) Git
2 4 (80.00%) GitLab
2 4 (80.00%) Kafka
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
2 4 (80.00%) NoSQL
2 4 (80.00%) TDD
3 3 (60.00%) Apache Cassandra
3 3 (60.00%) Atlassian
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (60.00%) Confluence
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (60.00%) Couchbase
3 3 (60.00%) Degree
3 3 (60.00%) GitHub
3 3 (60.00%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (60.00%) Go
3 3 (60.00%) Jenkins
3 3 (60.00%) JIRA
3 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
3 3 (60.00%) Open Source
3 3 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Python
3 3 (60.00%) RabbitMQ
3 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
3 3 (60.00%) REST
3 3 (60.00%) Software Testing

Senior Developer Skill Set
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 3 (60.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) GitHub
1 3 (60.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) NoSQL
2 3 (60.00%) Apache Cassandra
2 3 (60.00%) Couchbase
2 3 (60.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (20.00%) Big Data
3 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
3 1 (20.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Git
1 4 (80.00%) GitLab
2 3 (60.00%) Jenkins
2 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Kafka
2 3 (60.00%) RabbitMQ
2 3 (60.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (20.00%) Express.js
3 1 (20.00%) MERN Stack
3 1 (20.00%) Node.js
3 1 (20.00%) React
3 1 (20.00%) RESTful
3 1 (20.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
2 4 (80.00%) TDD
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (60.00%) Open Source
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) API Development
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (20.00%) Kanban
4 1 (20.00%) Pair Programming
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Go
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Atlassian