Developer Contract Job Trends in Horsham

Developer
West Sussex > Horsham

The median Developer daily rate in Horsham is £432, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Horsham 6.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.59% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £415 - -
25th Percentile £419 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £432 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile £438 - -
West Sussex median daily rate £459 £325 £387
% change year-on-year +41.23% -16.02% -4.91%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Horsham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Horsham. 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 Horsham with a recognized job title 91 6 15
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 4 12
10th Percentile £322 £284 £427
25th Percentile £380 £334 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £373 £525
Median % change year-on-year +27.52% -29.05% -20.45%
75th Percentile £606 £388 £666
90th Percentile £735 - £775
West Sussex median daily rate £469 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +10.35% -5.56% -4.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Horsham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Horsham.

Developer job vacancy trend in Horsham

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Horsham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Horsham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Horsham

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Horsham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Horsham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Horsham

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Horsham

For the 6 months to 2 July 2026, 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 Horsham region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 2 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (33.33%) DataStage
2 2 (33.33%) ETL
2 2 (33.33%) IBM
2 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Power BI
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) Power Query
2 2 (33.33%) ProductWriter
2 2 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (33.33%) SOAP
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Unix
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Data Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Horsham 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) ProductWriter
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) DataStage
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
1 2 (33.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (33.33%) ETL
2 2 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Data Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Scalability Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 1 (16.67%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft