Developer/Software Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Software Engineer/Developer
South East > West Sussex

The median Software Engineer/Developer daily rate in West Sussex is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Developer/Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
South East median daily rate £525 - £675

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 375 151 193
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 82.97% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 105 144
10th Percentile £223 £202 £200
25th Percentile £353 £288 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% -11.11% -7.12%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £525
90th Percentile £628 £638 £596
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 27 10
10th Percentile £13.13 - £20.50
25th Percentile £15.59 £15.50 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.75 £18.82 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.14% -16.36% -8.01%
75th Percentile £36.15 £20.69 £29.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £47.25 £30.13
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £26.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +98.11% -53.79% +14.70%

Developer/Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Developer/Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Developer/Software Engineer job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Developer/Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer/Software Engineer job vacancies in West Sussex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer/Software Engineer job vacancies in West Sussex

Developer/Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer/Software Engineer job vacancies in West Sussex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer/Software Engineer job vacancies in West Sussex

Developer/Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Developer/Software Engineer within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 25 July 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
Burgess Hill - 1 £300 -
Developer/Software Engineer
South East

Developer/Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 25 July 2026, Developer/Software Engineer 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 West Sussex region featuring Developer/Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Developer/Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Go