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 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 10 24
Rank change year-on-year +6 +14 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 50 15 14
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 18.32% 10.79% 5.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.58% 12.10% 5.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 13
10th Percentile £457 £442 £480
25th Percentile £469 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £515 £515
Median % change year-on-year -8.74% - +8.42%
75th Percentile £499 £550 £518
90th Percentile £544 £599 £529
South East median daily rate £540 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.09% - -1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £35.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £80.00 £61.62
% change year-on-year -18.75% +29.82% -6.63%

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 243 124 235
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.01% 89.21% 95.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 81 176
10th Percentile £275 £240 £213
25th Percentile £361 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £581 £550 £518
90th Percentile £711 £634 £588
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 12
10th Percentile £13.13 £15.39 £13.69
25th Percentile £13.26 £16.95 £18.20
Median hourly rate £36.06 £18.82 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.60% -12.47% -2.98%
75th Percentile £59.38 £36.25 £23.92
90th Percentile £67.50 £81.15 £39.12
South East median hourly rate £45.68 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +7.49% -5.56% -

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
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Consultant in West Sussex over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant 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 27 March 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 +3 27 £470 -8.74% 2
Crawley +6 18 £475 -5.00% 1
Horsham - 1 - -
Consultant
South East

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

For the 6 months to 27 March 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 32 (64.00%) SAP
2 25 (50.00%) SAP PSCD
3 19 (38.00%) Revenue Management
4 17 (34.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 16 (32.00%) SAP BRIM
5 16 (32.00%) SAP Hybris
6 15 (30.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 12 (24.00%) Security Cleared
8 11 (22.00%) XML
9 10 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
10 9 (18.00%) Microsoft Excel
10 9 (18.00%) SAP FI-CA
10 9 (18.00%) SQL
10 9 (18.00%) T-SQL
11 8 (16.00%) SAP FI
11 8 (16.00%) SC Cleared
12 7 (14.00%) Oracle
13 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
14 5 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
14 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 4 (8.00%) Analytics
15 4 (8.00%) Asset Management
15 4 (8.00%) BAPI
15 4 (8.00%) REST
15 4 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 3 (6.00%) Migration
17 2 (4.00%) Accounts Payable
17 2 (4.00%) Accounts Receivable
17 2 (4.00%) Agile

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 (18.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 25 (50.00%) SAP PSCD
2 16 (32.00%) SAP BRIM
2 16 (32.00%) SAP Hybris
3 10 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (18.00%) SAP FI-CA
5 8 (16.00%) SAP FI
6 2 (4.00%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (4.00%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (4.00%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (4.00%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (4.00%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (2.00%) SAP HR
7 1 (2.00%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 2 (4.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (50.00%) Billing
1 25 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (46.00%) Finance
3 18 (36.00%) Public Sector
4 17 (34.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.00%) General Ledger
7 1 (2.00%) Advertising
7 1 (2.00%) Legal
7 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (22.00%) XML
2 5 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (8.00%) BAPI
3 4 (8.00%) REST
4 2 (4.00%) JSON
4 2 (4.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) Tandem
2 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.00%) Revenue Management
2 15 (30.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (8.00%) Analytics
5 4 (8.00%) Asset Management
5 4 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (6.00%) Migration
7 2 (4.00%) Agile
7 2 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (4.00%) Cash Management
7 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (4.00%) Data Migration
7 2 (4.00%) Data Privacy
7 2 (4.00%) Project Delivery
7 2 (4.00%) Regression Testing
7 2 (4.00%) Requirements Workshops
7 2 (4.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (4.00%) Validation
7 2 (4.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.00%) SQL
1 9 (18.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.00%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (2.00%) CCA
5 1 (2.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) QA
Vendors
1 32 (64.00%) SAP
2 7 (14.00%) Oracle
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft