CREST Certified Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

CREST Certification
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East Sussex with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CREST Certified 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 1.00% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 6.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £550 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Sussex

CREST Certified falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in East Sussex.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16 50 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 16.00% 43.48% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 4
10th Percentile £310 £287 £366
25th Percentile - £293 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £300 £525
Median % change year-on-year +53.00% -42.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £627 £339 £684
90th Percentile £629 £431 £701
South East median daily rate £550 £514 £550
% change year-on-year +7.00% -6.55% +4.76%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CREST Certified relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

CREST Certified job vacancy trend in East Sussex

CREST Certified
Contract Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 20 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Brighton - 1 - - 2
CREST Certified
South East

CREST Certified
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Laravel
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP