Senior Contracts in East Sussex

Senior
South East > East Sussex

The median Senior daily rate in East Sussex is £688, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 June 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
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 10 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 5 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Sussex 4.39% 8.86% 3.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.80% 8.97% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £624 - £655
25th Percentile £641 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £475 £675
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -29.63% +12.50%
75th Percentile £741 £488 £688
90th Percentile £761 £495 £695
South East median daily rate £515 £525 £508
% change year-on-year -1.90% +3.45% -7.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £51.00 -
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £58.30 £54.56
% change year-on-year +15.78% +6.85% +21.24%

All Contract 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.

Contract vacancies in East Sussex with a recognized job title 51 78 114
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 44.74% 98.73% 97.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 60 64
10th Percentile £263 £306 £250
25th Percentile £359 £376 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £513
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -21.95% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £700
90th Percentile £656 £701 £745
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 9
10th Percentile £16.89 £11.00 £13.12
25th Percentile £17.75 £15.38 £13.16
Median hourly rate £19.36 £25.25 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.34% -17.21% +38.64%
75th Percentile £20.82 £26.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £21.59 £51.50 £59.50
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £48.40 £50.00
% change year-on-year -32.85% -3.20% +150.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in East Sussex

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in East Sussex.

Daily rate trend for Senior in East Sussex

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in East Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in East Sussex over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in East Sussex

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in East Sussex.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in East Sussex

Senior
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 within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 7 June 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 -2 3 £688 +44.74% 26
Senior
South East

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 7 June 2025, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) DO-254
1 2 (40.00%) Law
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) User Research
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (20.00%) State Machine
2 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (20.00%) Regtech
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) VHDL
2 1 (20.00%) Verilog
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories
2 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (20.00%) Power Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) FPGA
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (40.00%) Law
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) ASIC
1 1 (20.00%) FPGA
1 1 (20.00%) State Machine
1 1 (20.00%) Verilog
1 1 (20.00%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) Power Management
2 1 (20.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Regtech
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) User Research
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories
2 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) DO-254
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) EMC
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft