Postgraduate Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Postgraduate
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Postgraduate 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.82% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £446 - £650

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Sussex

Postgraduate falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in West Sussex.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 75 29 38
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 30.74% 22.31% 18.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 20 26
10th Percentile £180 £423 £381
25th Percentile £300 £444 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £504
Median % change year-on-year - -0.70% +1.72%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £538
90th Percentile £593 £738 £684
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £65.51
25th Percentile £21.50 - £66.27
Median hourly rate £23.00 £15.00 £67.54
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -77.79% +204.76%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £68.80
90th Percentile - - £69.56
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Postgraduate job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

Postgraduate
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 Postgraduate within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 - 2 - - 1
Postgraduate
South East

Postgraduate
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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SAP