Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Senior Developer
South East > West Sussex

The median Senior Developer daily rate in West Sussex is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.85% 0.82% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 0.86% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £422 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.48% - -
South East median daily rate £473 £463 £525
% change year-on-year +2.27% -11.90% -4.98%

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 201 116 192
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.53% 95.08% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 85 137
10th Percentile £205 £194 £199
25th Percentile £300 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £509
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -11.59% +2.31%
75th Percentile £550 £528 £600
90th Percentile £720 £638 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 6
10th Percentile - - £12.63
25th Percentile £12.63 - £13.05
Median hourly rate £22.99 £15.00 £21.15
Median % change year-on-year +53.27% -29.06% -4.58%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £55.98
90th Percentile £67.50 - £67.54
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -38.66% -24.77% +27.69%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in West 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 West Sussex.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

Senior Developer
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 Senior Developer within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 13 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
Burgess Hill - 1 - -
Crawley - 1 £500 - 7
Senior Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 West Sussex region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Couchbase
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Go
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) RabbitMQ

Senior Developer 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (50.00%) Couchbase
1 1 (50.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Kafka
1 1 (50.00%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (50.00%) React Native
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Go
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Atlassian