Public Sector Contracts in East Sussex

Public Sector
South East > East Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in East Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 5 1
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 +12
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Public Sector 8 14 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Sussex 6.30% 22.22% 31.30%
As % of the General category 8.99% 33.33% 40.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 30
10th Percentile £256 £301 £410
25th Percentile £404 £413 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £745
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -36.24% +49.00%
75th Percentile £713 £613 -
90th Percentile £750 £678 -
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £16.89 - -
25th Percentile £17.75 - -
Median hourly rate £19.36 - £13.00
75th Percentile £20.82 - -
90th Percentile £21.59 - -
South East median hourly rate £23.61 £61.33 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.50% +2.22% +200.00%

All General Skills
East Sussex

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in East Sussex.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 89 42 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Sussex 70.08% 66.67% 77.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 27 51
10th Percentile £156 £253 £388
25th Percentile £298 £380 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £625
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -32.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £613 £544 £745
90th Percentile £666 £713 -
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £13.76 - £13.08
25th Percentile £14.72 £51.25 £13.15
Median hourly rate £16.65 £52.50 £15.58
Median % change year-on-year -68.30% +236.97% -
75th Percentile £19.54 £53.75 £24.19
90th Percentile £21.08 - £29.34
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -67.10% +9.24% +145.44%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in East Sussex

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in East Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in East Sussex over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in East Sussex

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in East Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Public Sector

Public Sector
DemandTrendContract 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 Public Sector within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Brighton -2 6 £750 +42.86% 5
Eastbourne - 1 £165 - 2
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Call Centre Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) IT Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Product Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior IT Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Product Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Windows Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Data Collection
2 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (25.00%) Data Interpretation
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (25.00%) Telematics
2 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (12.50%) Product Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Regtech
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Service Design
3 1 (12.50%) User Research
3 1 (12.50%) User Stories
3 1 (12.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft