IT Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

IT Support Engineer
South East > West Sussex

The median IT Support Engineer daily rate in West Sussex is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 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
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 26 46
Rank change year-on-year -3 +20 +9
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 3 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 1.60% 2.56% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 2.76% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile - £125 £184
25th Percentile - £154 £197
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £170 £238
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -28.42% +18.75%
75th Percentile - £176 £272
90th Percentile - £188 £281
South East median daily rate £200 £190 £200
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -36.56%

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 163 145 299
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.70% 92.95% 97.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 107 237
10th Percentile £200 £192 £200
25th Percentile £219 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £493
Median % change year-on-year - -8.72% -0.40%
75th Percentile £537 £515 £538
90th Percentile £703 £627 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 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% +89.93%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £53.52
90th Percentile - £35.75 £63.45
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £51.66
% change year-on-year -56.26% +11.30% +111.81%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support Engineer in West Sussex

IT Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

IT Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

IT Support 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 Support Engineer within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 25 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 -3 3 £200 +77.78% 1
IT Support Engineer
South East

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 25 September 2025, IT Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills

IT Support 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft