IT Support Contract Job Trends in East Sussex

IT Support
South East > East Sussex

The median IT Support daily rate in East Sussex is £340, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 September 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
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 13 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Sussex 11.82% - 2.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.12% - 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £163 - -
25th Percentile £219 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - -
75th Percentile £484 - -
90th Percentile £554 - -
South East median daily rate £190 £189 £205
% change year-on-year +0.66% -7.93% +10.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.60 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - £13.00
75th Percentile £16.00 - -
90th Percentile £16.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £14.00 £16.19 £19.29
% change year-on-year -13.53% -16.07% +28.60%

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 68 67 104
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 61.82% 93.06% 99.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 41 57
10th Percentile £160 £308 £366
25th Percentile £285 £380 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -22.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £493 £588 £745
90th Percentile £680 £675 -
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 7
10th Percentile - - £13.09
25th Percentile £12.60 £51.25 £13.16
Median hourly rate £15.50 £52.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.48% +191.67% +44.23%
75th Percentile £16.73 £53.75 £29.09
90th Percentile £27.29 - £40.85
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.89% +16.68% +105.00%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in East Sussex

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in East Sussex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in East Sussex

IT Support
Daily Rate Histogram in East Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Support in East Sussex over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Support in East Sussex

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in East Sussex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in East Sussex

IT Support
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 IT Support within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
St Leonards-on-Sea - 7 - - 1
Crowborough - 2 £130 -
Brighton - 1 £550 - 3
IT Support
South East

IT Support Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 28 September 2025, IT Support 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 IT Support in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (15.38%) Yealink
4 2 (15.38%) Windows
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (15.38%) Data Security
5 1 (7.69%) Finance
5 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
5 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
5 1 (7.69%) Linux
5 1 (7.69%) ITIL
5 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
5 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
5 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
5 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
5 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.69%) Azure

IT Support 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 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
General
1 3 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (15.38%) Data Security
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) Customer Service
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) Process Improvement
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Yealink