Developer Contracts in East Sussex

Developer
South East > East Sussex

The median Developer daily rate in East Sussex is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 2 11
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 +1
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Developer 10 22 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Sussex 7.63% 30.56% 9.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% 31.43% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 4
10th Percentile £302 £380 £545
25th Percentile £327 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £650
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -38.46% +26.83%
75th Percentile £463 £480 -
90th Percentile - £541 -
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in East Sussex with a recognized job title 70 70 116
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 53.44% 97.22% 99.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 51 64
10th Percentile £157 £363 £300
25th Percentile £290 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £489 £531 £711
90th Percentile £666 £675 £745
South East median daily rate £500 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -3.10% +3.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 8
10th Percentile £12.60 - £13.11
25th Percentile £12.99 £51.25 £13.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £52.50 £20.98
Median % change year-on-year -69.52% +150.30% -4.66%
75th Percentile £18.25 £53.75 £32.38
90th Percentile £29.89 - £39.05
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +124.72%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in East Sussex

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in East Sussex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in East Sussex

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in East Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in East Sussex over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in East Sussex

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in East Sussex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in East Sussex

Developer
DemandTrendContract 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 Developer within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Brighton -4 8 £413 +3.13% 20
Developer
South East

Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Sussex region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) .NET
2 7 (70.00%) C#
2 7 (70.00%) API Development
2 7 (70.00%) .NET Core
3 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET Core
3 4 (40.00%) DevOps
3 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) QA
3 4 (40.00%) RESTful
4 3 (30.00%) AWS
4 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (30.00%) SQL
4 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (10.00%) Workflow
5 1 (10.00%) Jython
5 1 (10.00%) Maximo
5 1 (10.00%) React
5 1 (10.00%) IBM
5 1 (10.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) XML
5 1 (10.00%) Python
5 1 (10.00%) Shopify
5 1 (10.00%) AngularJS

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Maximo
1 1 (10.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) AWS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) .NET
2 7 (70.00%) .NET Core
3 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET Core
3 4 (40.00%) RESTful
4 1 (10.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (10.00%) React
4 1 (10.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) API Development
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) DevOps
3 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (30.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C#
2 3 (30.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) Jython
3 1 (10.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) IBM