Developer/Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in Burgess Hill

Software Engineer/Developer
West Sussex > Burgess Hill

The median Software Engineer/Developer daily rate in Burgess Hill is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Developer/Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Burgess Hill 2.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
West Sussex median daily rate £300 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Burgess Hill

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Burgess Hill. 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 Burgess Hill with a recognized job title 42 31 19
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 88.57% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 12 10
10th Percentile £225 £274 £362
25th Percentile £250 £278 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £289 £413
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% -29.94% +53.49%
75th Percentile £300 £309 £466
90th Percentile £325 £344 £488
West Sussex median daily rate £459 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +14.75% -11.11% -7.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.75 £15.50 £20.75
Median hourly rate £42.75 £18.82 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +127.15% -12.47% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £20.69 £22.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median hourly rate £26.75 £18.82 £22.50
% change year-on-year +42.14% -16.36% -8.01%

Developer/Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Burgess Hill

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Developer/Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Burgess Hill.

Developer/Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Burgess Hill

Developer/Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Burgess Hill

For the 6 months to 25 July 2026, Developer/Software Engineer 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 Burgess Hill region featuring Developer/Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Developer/Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Burgess Hill 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Go