GIS Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Geographic Information System (GIS)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring GIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing GIS 6 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 2.60% 2.44% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 12.24% 12.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 £800 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
South East median daily rate £425 £400 £633
% change year-on-year +6.25% -36.76% +26.50%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
West Sussex

GIS falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 49 24 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 21.21% 19.51% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 19 13
10th Percentile £184 £403 -
25th Percentile £205 £463 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £515 £493
Median % change year-on-year -47.57% +4.46% -9.87%
75th Percentile £515 £638 £500
90th Percentile £720 £800 £723
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £530
% change year-on-year -10.00% -5.66% +6.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

GIS job vacancy trend in West Sussex

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Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing GIS

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Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing GIS

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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 GIS within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 11 November 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 -4 6 £720 -10.00% 5
GIS
South East

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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 6 (100.00%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Maximo
General
1 3 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Architect
1 6 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (50.00%) GIS Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 6 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) IBM
2 3 (50.00%) ESRI