Consultant Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Consultant
South East > West Sussex

The median Consultant daily rate in West Sussex is £470, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 5 33
Rank change year-on-year -3 +28 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 45 22 8
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 15.05% 15.28% 3.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.42% 17.60% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 17 6
10th Percentile £448 £463 £495
25th Percentile £468 £500 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £514 £517
Median % change year-on-year -8.56% -0.48% +3.30%
75th Percentile £483 £537 £518
90th Percentile - £563 £559
South East median daily rate £530 £550 £595
% change year-on-year -3.64% -7.56% +3.48%

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 274 125 238
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 86.81% 95.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 86 181
10th Percentile £275 £230 £213
25th Percentile £355 £325 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.33% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £534 £515
90th Percentile £675 £619 £588
South East median daily rate £518 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 13
10th Percentile - - £14.19
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.95 £18.20
Median hourly rate £13.26 £18.82 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.54% -12.47% -2.98%
75th Percentile £50.00 £43.13 £24.25
90th Percentile £60.00 £83.33 £29.00
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +61.31% -31.58% -2.46%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Consultant job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in West Sussex

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Consultant job vacancies in West Sussex

Consultant
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 Consultant within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Crawley +1 21 £475 -5.00% 6
Worthing -3 21 £470 -8.68% 1
Horsham - 1 - - 1
Consultant
South East

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2026, Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 28 (62.22%) SAP
2 27 (60.00%) SAP PSCD
3 15 (33.33%) Revenue Management
4 13 (28.89%) Security Cleared
5 11 (24.44%) XML
6 10 (22.22%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 10 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 9 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
7 9 (20.00%) SAP BRIM
7 9 (20.00%) SAP Hybris
7 9 (20.00%) SQL
7 9 (20.00%) T-SQL
8 8 (17.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (17.78%) Oracle
8 8 (17.78%) Workshop Facilitation
9 7 (15.56%) SAP FI
9 7 (15.56%) SAP FI-CA
10 6 (13.33%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (13.33%) Project Delivery
11 4 (8.89%) Analytics
11 4 (8.89%) BAPI
11 4 (8.89%) REST
11 4 (8.89%) SAP S/4HANA
11 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 3 (6.67%) Cash Management
12 3 (6.67%) Migration
12 3 (6.67%) Oracle Assets
12 3 (6.67%) Oracle Cash Management
12 3 (6.67%) Oracle General Ledger

Consultant 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:

Applications
1 9 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 27 (60.00%) SAP PSCD
2 9 (20.00%) SAP BRIM
2 9 (20.00%) SAP Hybris
3 7 (15.56%) SAP FI
3 7 (15.56%) SAP FI-CA
4 4 (8.89%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (6.67%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (6.67%) Oracle Cash Management
5 3 (6.67%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (6.67%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (6.67%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (2.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 10 (22.22%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 2 (4.44%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (4.44%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (37.78%) Public Sector
1 17 (37.78%) Social Skills
2 16 (35.56%) Billing
3 15 (33.33%) Finance
4 11 (24.44%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.44%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.22%) Advertising
7 1 (2.22%) Legal
7 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (24.44%) XML
2 6 (13.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (8.89%) BAPI
3 4 (8.89%) REST
4 2 (4.44%) JSON
4 2 (4.44%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (33.33%) Revenue Management
2 8 (17.78%) Workshop Facilitation
3 6 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (8.89%) Analytics
4 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (6.67%) Cash Management
5 3 (6.67%) Migration
6 2 (4.44%) Accounts Payable
6 2 (4.44%) Accounts Receivable
6 2 (4.44%) Agile
6 2 (4.44%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (4.44%) Data Migration
6 2 (4.44%) Data Privacy
6 2 (4.44%) Regression Testing
6 2 (4.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (4.44%) System Integration Testing
6 2 (4.44%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (4.44%) Validation
6 2 (4.44%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.00%) SQL
1 9 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) Security Cleared
2 10 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 8 (17.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.44%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (2.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) QA
1 1 (2.22%) SLA
Vendors
1 28 (62.22%) SAP
2 8 (17.78%) Oracle
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft