Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Sussex

Software Engineering
South East > Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sussex requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Sussex 12.50% - 12.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% - 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £321 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £323 - -
75th Percentile £324 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 £501 £548
% change year-on-year +4.90% -8.58% +0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £45.00
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
75th Percentile - - £55.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £55.88 £62.00
% change year-on-year +7.38% -9.88% +12.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sussex

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15 9 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sussex 62.50% 90.00% 69.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 11
10th Percentile £238 £429 £350
25th Percentile £277 £475 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £361 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -27.75% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £509 £525 £550
90th Percentile £675 £645 £575
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile - - £26.03
25th Percentile £12.50 - £30.77
Median hourly rate £13.00 £13.85 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% -72.30% -20.00%
75th Percentile £14.38 - £55.00
90th Percentile £15.95 - -
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +69.64% -37.78% -5.26%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Sussex

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Sussex

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing Software Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing Software Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Kafka
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Go
2 1 (33.33%) Ada
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker