Degree Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Academic Degree
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East Sussex with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 18 15
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 6 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 5.45% 4.11% 3.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.00% 60.00% 11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £400 £364 -
25th Percentile £459 £366 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £388 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.81% - -
75th Percentile £573 £416 -
90th Percentile - £421 -
South East median daily rate £450 £463 £500
% change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% +1.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Sussex

Degree 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 50 5 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 45.45% 6.85% 26.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 8
10th Percentile £290 £366 £300
25th Percentile £298 £372 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £349 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -33.57% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £513 £684 £650
90th Percentile £573 £701 -
South East median daily rate £501 £542 £526
% change year-on-year -7.57% +2.95% +0.19%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Degree job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Degree
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Degree

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in East Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in East Sussex over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in East Sussex

Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Degree

Degree
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 Degree within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 3 October 2025. 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 +9 6 £565 +45.81% 17
Degree
South East

Degree
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) GitHub
1 4 (66.67%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Apache Cassandra
1 4 (66.67%) Couchbase
1 4 (66.67%) NoSQL
1 4 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (16.67%) Big Data
2 1 (16.67%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Git
1 4 (66.67%) GitLab
1 4 (66.67%) Jenkins
1 4 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Kafka
1 4 (66.67%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (66.67%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (66.67%) Microservices
1 4 (66.67%) Open Source
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) Regression Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 4 (66.67%) TDD
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Go
1 4 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Atlassian
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft