IT Manager Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

IT Manager
South East > West Sussex

The median IT Manager daily rate in West Sussex is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs requiring an IT Manager 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.67% - 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% - 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £456 - £435
25th Percentile £464 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +110.00%
75th Percentile £502 - £563
90th Percentile £512 - £578
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +2.94%

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 276 127 238
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 87.59% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 88 181
10th Percentile £275 £220 £213
25th Percentile £355 £322 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £444 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.46% -1.39% +8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £528 £515
90th Percentile £675 £615 £588
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 13
10th Percentile - £15.94 £14.19
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.95 £18.20
Median hourly rate £25.19 £18.82 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.85% -12.47% -2.98%
75th Percentile £52.50 £33.35 £24.25
90th Percentile £60.00 £78.98 £29.00
South East median hourly rate £52.21 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +60.65% -31.58% -3.06%

IT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

IT Manager job vacancy trend in West Sussex

IT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

IT Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

IT Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 27 May 2026, IT Manager 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 IT Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Escalation Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIAM

IT Manager 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Major Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Escalation Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIAM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow