Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

Senior Developer
South East > East Sussex

The median Senior Developer daily rate in East Sussex 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 14 22 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Sussex 6.10% 1.11% -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.25% 1.22% -
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 - - -
South East median daily rate £473 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -13.21% +3.81% -4.98%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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.

Contract vacancies in East Sussex with a recognized job title 80 82 73
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.56% 91.11% 98.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 56 52
10th Percentile £160 £300 £306
25th Percentile £278 £405 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £423
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +18.34% -23.18%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £650
90th Percentile £738 £638 £745
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 1 7
10th Percentile £12.60 - £11.00
25th Percentile £12.73 £51.25 £17.31
Median hourly rate £15.50 £52.50 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -70.48% +107.92% -57.92%
75th Percentile £17.56 £53.75 £39.19
90th Percentile £17.75 - £51.50
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £51.06
% change year-on-year -40.82% -16.76% +17.37%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

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

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

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in East Sussex

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

Daily rate histogram for Senior Developer in East Sussex

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

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

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

Senior Developer
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 Senior Developer within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 17 January 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 +10 5 £450 - 9
Senior Developer
South East

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

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 East Sussex 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 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 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