Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Sussex

Public Sector
South East > Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sussex 12.50% - -
As % of the General category 23.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £228 - -
25th Percentile £231 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £246 - -
75th Percentile £416 - -
90th Percentile £511 - -
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £493
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.49% -1.40%

All General Skills
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 general skills in Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 13 2 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sussex 54.17% 40.00% 38.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 4
10th Percentile £233 - £253
25th Percentile £237 - £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.92%
75th Percentile £378 - £531
90th Percentile £605 - £588
South East median daily rate £505 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £26.03
25th Percentile - - £34.07
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.00%
75th Percentile - - £55.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £47.54 £18.85 £47.50
% change year-on-year +152.27% -60.33% -5.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Sussex

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Sussex

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Sussex

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

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

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Sussex over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Sussex

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Sussex

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

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

Public Sector
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) NGFW
1 2 (66.67%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
2 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (66.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) JNCIP
1 2 (66.67%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto