Consultant Contracts in West Sussex

Consultant
South East > West Sussex

The median Consultant daily rate in West Sussex is £514, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 23 34
Rank change year-on-year +18 +11 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 22 16 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 15.07% 6.15% 4.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.79% 6.40% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 13 11
10th Percentile £463 £480 £425
25th Percentile £500 £505 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £537 £518 -
90th Percentile £563 £529 -
South East median daily rate £550 £575 £590
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.54% +7.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 131 250 271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.73% 96.15% 92.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 189 214
10th Percentile £244 £264 £181
25th Percentile £350 £400 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £456
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -1.37% -3.95%
75th Percentile £537 £515 £587
90th Percentile £632 £588 £685
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 7
10th Percentile £15.39 £13.69 £17.60
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.20 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £21.50 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% -2.98% +24.85%
75th Percentile £36.25 £22.75 £22.64
90th Percentile £81.15 £28.53 £24.55
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Job postings that featured Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for Consultant in West Sussex

Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Consultant in West Sussex.

Daily rate trend for Consultant 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 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Consultant in West Sussex

Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Consultant in West Sussex.

Hourly rate trend for Consultant 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 4 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Worthing +7 13 £515 -0.07% 5
Crawley - 5 £500 - 6
Consultant
South East

Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Sussex region featuring Consultant in the job title.

1 15 (68.18%) SAP
2 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 8 (36.36%) Finance
4 7 (31.82%) Billing
4 7 (31.82%) Telecoms
4 7 (31.82%) Workshop Facilitation
4 7 (31.82%) Public Sector
4 7 (31.82%) SAP BRIM
4 7 (31.82%) SAP Hybris
4 7 (31.82%) SAP PSCD
4 7 (31.82%) Revenue Management
4 7 (31.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 6 (27.27%) Oracle
6 4 (18.18%) SAP Payroll
6 4 (18.18%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
7 3 (13.64%) SQL
7 3 (13.64%) SAP HR
8 2 (9.09%) Sybase IQ
8 2 (9.09%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (9.09%) Java
8 2 (9.09%) Sybase
8 2 (9.09%) Linux
8 2 (9.09%) OOP
8 2 (9.09%) OO
8 2 (9.09%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (9.09%) NetWeaver
8 2 (9.09%) Validation

Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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 2 (9.09%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 7 (31.82%) SAP BRIM
1 7 (31.82%) SAP Hybris
1 7 (31.82%) SAP PSCD
2 4 (18.18%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (13.64%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Database
1 2 (9.09%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Cucumber
1 2 (9.09%) Git
1 2 (9.09%) Postman
1 2 (9.09%) SoapUI
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Finance
3 7 (31.82%) Billing
3 7 (31.82%) Public Sector
3 7 (31.82%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (9.09%) Playwright
2 2 (9.09%) SAP Basis
3 1 (4.55%) Middleware
3 1 (4.55%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Revenue Management
1 7 (31.82%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (9.09%) Agile
3 2 (9.09%) API Testing
3 2 (9.09%) BDD
3 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (9.09%) Data Validation
3 2 (9.09%) Functional Testing
3 2 (9.09%) Manual Testing
3 2 (9.09%) OO
3 2 (9.09%) OOP
3 2 (9.09%) System Testing
3 2 (9.09%) Test Automation
3 2 (9.09%) Validation
4 1 (4.55%) API Integration
4 1 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.55%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) Java
2 2 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 15 (68.18%) SAP
2 6 (27.27%) Oracle
3 2 (9.09%) Sybase