Consultant Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Consultant
South East > West Sussex

The median Consultant daily rate in West Sussex is £469, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 8 11
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 43 25 16
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 10.64% 13.51% 10.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.26% 15.63% 11.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 20 11
10th Percentile £415 £463 £406
25th Percentile £457 £506 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £515 £515
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% - -0.58%
75th Percentile £482 £537 £521
90th Percentile £486 £538 £528
South East median daily rate £540 £550 £580
% change year-on-year -1.82% -5.17% +11.88%

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 382 160 139
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 86.49% 92.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 117 103
10th Percentile £191 £200 £195
25th Percentile £275 £220 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £450 £445
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% +1.12% -9.29%
75th Percentile £500 £537 £515
90th Percentile £633 £703 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 5
10th Percentile £23.00 £12.63 £24.45
25th Percentile £27.75 £15.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £16.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +212.50% -42.86% -20.85%
75th Percentile £53.75 £20.69 £29.00
90th Percentile - - £35.75
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £57.43
% change year-on-year +98.81% -56.20% +11.68%

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 21 September 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
Worthing -2 29 £469 -8.85% 6
Crawley +6 13 £456 -4.00% 3
Consultant
South East

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

For the 6 months to 21 September 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 37 (86.05%) SAP
2 31 (72.09%) SAP PSCD
3 25 (58.14%) Security Cleared
4 22 (51.16%) SC Cleared
5 20 (46.51%) Revenue Management
6 13 (30.23%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 12 (27.91%) SAP BRIM
7 12 (27.91%) SAP Hybris
7 12 (27.91%) Workshop Facilitation
8 11 (25.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (16.28%) REST
10 6 (13.95%) Java
11 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
11 5 (11.63%) SAP PI
11 5 (11.63%) SAP S/4HANA
12 4 (9.30%) ABAP
12 4 (9.30%) Cloud Security
12 4 (9.30%) CRM
12 4 (9.30%) JDBC
12 4 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (9.30%) Project Delivery
12 4 (9.30%) SAP BW
12 4 (9.30%) SAP Security
12 4 (9.30%) SOAP
12 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (9.30%) Unix
12 4 (9.30%) webMethods
13 3 (6.98%) Agile
13 3 (6.98%) CI/CD
13 3 (6.98%) Cloud Run

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.33%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 31 (72.09%) SAP PSCD
2 12 (27.91%) SAP BRIM
2 12 (27.91%) SAP Hybris
3 5 (11.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (6.98%) SAP FI
5 2 (4.65%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (2.33%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (2.33%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (2.33%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (2.33%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (2.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (2.33%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (2.33%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.23%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 3 (6.98%) Cloud Run
2 3 (6.98%) GCP
2 3 (6.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 2 (4.65%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.33%) Google Compute Engine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) SAP BW
2 2 (4.65%) BigQuery
2 2 (4.65%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Git
2 2 (4.65%) Gradle
2 2 (4.65%) Maven
General
1 24 (55.81%) Public Sector
2 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
3 15 (34.88%) Finance
3 15 (34.88%) Telecoms
4 14 (32.56%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.28%) REST
2 5 (11.63%) SAP PI
3 4 (9.30%) JDBC
3 4 (9.30%) SOAP
4 3 (6.98%) IDoc
5 2 (4.65%) Jakarta EE
5 2 (4.65%) Spring
5 2 (4.65%) Spring Boot
6 1 (2.33%) Middleware
6 1 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (2.33%) React
6 1 (2.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (46.51%) Revenue Management
2 12 (27.91%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (9.30%) Cloud Security
3 4 (9.30%) CRM
3 4 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (9.30%) Project Delivery
3 4 (9.30%) SAP Security
3 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (6.98%) Agile
4 3 (6.98%) CI/CD
4 3 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (6.98%) Functional Testing
4 3 (6.98%) Microservices
4 3 (6.98%) Process Improvement
4 3 (6.98%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (6.98%) Test Management
5 2 (4.65%) DevOps
5 2 (4.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (4.65%) Use Case
5 2 (4.65%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.95%) Java
2 4 (9.30%) ABAP
3 2 (4.65%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.65%) SQL
4 1 (2.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (58.14%) Security Cleared
2 22 (51.16%) SC Cleared
3 11 (25.58%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.98%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 37 (86.05%) SAP
2 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.30%) webMethods
4 3 (6.98%) Google
5 1 (2.33%) Kony
5 1 (2.33%) Oracle