Data Management Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Data Management
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Data Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 21 32
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 +1
Contract jobs citing Data Management 15 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 6.15% 3.85% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.85% 4.50% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 1
10th Percentile £161 - -
25th Percentile £250 £313 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £422 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.56% -6.22% -22.41%
75th Percentile £500 £423 £475
90th Percentile £503 - -
South East median daily rate £463 £525 £592
% change year-on-year -11.90% -11.24% +10.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.63 - -
Median hourly rate £13.25 - -
75th Percentile £13.88 - -
90th Percentile £20.25 - -
South East median hourly rate £22.13 £33.75 £51.06
% change year-on-year -34.44% -33.89% +45.87%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

Data Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 191 111 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 78.28% 85.38% 94.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 75 140
10th Percentile £205 £200 £200
25th Percentile £275 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £514
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -12.41% +0.24%
75th Percentile £575 £565 £600
90th Percentile £720 £638 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.06% +1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 5
10th Percentile - - £13.51
25th Percentile £12.63 - £15.40
Median hourly rate £23.00 £15.00 £28.92
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -48.13% +30.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 - £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 - £68.04
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +37.50%

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Data Management job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Data Management
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Data Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Data Management

Data Management
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Management in West Sussex over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Management in West Sussex

Data Management
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Data Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Data Management

Data Management
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 Data Management within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 1 January 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 - 10 £496 - 1
Burgess Hill -2 1 - -
Crawley - 1 £250 -
Data Management
South East

Data Management
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 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (26.67%) AWS
3 4 (26.67%) GCP
4 3 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (13.33%) Collibra
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) Power BI
2 3 (20.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 2 (13.33%) Metadata
4 1 (6.67%) Crystal Reports
General
1 10 (66.67%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.67%) Electronics
5 1 (6.67%) Law
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.67%) Marketing
5 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Administrator
2 4 (26.67%) Data Administrator
2 4 (26.67%) Engagement Manager
2 4 (26.67%) SAP Engagement Manager
2 4 (26.67%) SAP Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Senior
2 4 (26.67%) Senior Engagement Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Senior Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Data Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Data Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Data Quality Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Quality Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (6.67%) Business Data Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Data Quality Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Quality Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Service Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.67%) CMDB
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 6 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (26.67%) Agile
4 4 (26.67%) AI
4 4 (26.67%) Budget Management
4 4 (26.67%) Change Management
4 4 (26.67%) CI/CD
4 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (26.67%) Data Cleansing
4 4 (26.67%) Data Protection
4 4 (26.67%) DevOps
4 4 (26.67%) Machine Learning
4 4 (26.67%) Migration
4 4 (26.67%) Project Management
4 4 (26.67%) Regulatory Compliance
4 4 (26.67%) Resource Allocation
4 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) QA
2 4 (26.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (53.33%) SAP
3 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
4 2 (13.33%) Databricks
4 2 (13.33%) Informatica
4 2 (13.33%) Talend