IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

IT Engineer
South East > West Sussex

The median IT Engineer daily rate in West Sussex is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 24 42
Rank change year-on-year -3 +18 +7
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 5 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 2.66% 3.33% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.07% 3.62% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile - £120 £210
25th Percentile - £140 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £170 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -64.21% +23.38%
75th Percentile £213 - £488
90th Percentile £235 £185 £518
South East median daily rate £160 £200 £200
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -16.67%

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 163 138 312
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.70% 92.00% 96.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 103 248
10th Percentile £200 £195 £200
25th Percentile £220 £306 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £445 £491
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% -9.29% -0.89%
75th Percentile £535 £515 £538
90th Percentile £703 £623 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 5 4
10th Percentile £12.63 £24.45 £15.29
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.00 £19.84
Median hourly rate £16.00 £28.00 £35.38
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -20.85% +83.77%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £53.52
90th Percentile £22.98 £35.75 £63.45
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.26% +15.00% +106.78%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in West Sussex

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in West Sussex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in West Sussex

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in West Sussex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in West Sussex

IT Engineer
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 IT Engineer within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Crawley -5 3 £200 +77.78% 2
Horsham - 2 £250 - 2
IT Engineer
South East

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, IT Engineer 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 IT Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (20.00%) VLAN
4 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server

IT Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VLAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft