Project Management Contracts in West Sussex

Project Management
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 8 34
Rank change year-on-year -13 +26 -19
Contract jobs citing Project Management 11 29 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 5.95% 14.87% 4.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.96% 16.86% 4.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 10
10th Percentile £325 £400 £250
25th Percentile £336 £453 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +7.89% -11.63%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £500
90th Percentile £608 £625 £533
South East median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £24.45 -
25th Percentile - £27.00 £22.23
Median hourly rate - £28.00 £24.46
Median % change year-on-year - +14.47% +14.35%
75th Percentile - £29.00 £26.69
90th Percentile - £35.75 -
South East median hourly rate £58.75 £30.00 £65.56
% change year-on-year +95.83% -54.24% +47.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 158 172 302
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 85.41% 88.21% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 129 248
10th Percentile £170 £200 £200
25th Percentile £271 £375 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £528 £550 £541
90th Percentile £675 £625 £698
South East median daily rate £500 £520 £518
% change year-on-year -3.85% +0.39% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 5 5
10th Percentile - £24.45 £16.24
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.00 £22.23
Median hourly rate £18.82 £28.00 £24.46
Median % change year-on-year -32.79% +14.47% +27.06%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £48.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £35.75 £61.24
South East median hourly rate £21.90 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -61.81% +14.70% +108.33%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in West Sussex

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in West Sussex.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in West Sussex

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in West Sussex over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in West Sussex

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in West Sussex.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in West Sussex

Project Management
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 Project Management within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 2 August 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 4 £368 -17.88% 13
Worthing +1 4 £538 +34.38% 9
Bognor Regis - 1 £325 - 1
Burgess Hill - 1 - -
Project Management
South East

Project Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Maximo
1 1 (9.09%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Data Mining
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.09%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (9.09%) GIS
1 1 (9.09%) OLAP
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Aviation
2 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Bid Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Programme Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Business Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (9.09%) ERP Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Maximo Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Migration Manager
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Lead
3 1 (9.09%) PMO Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Public Sector Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Support Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) J2EE
1 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
2 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) SCADA
2 1 (9.09%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) PRINCE2
1 5 (45.45%) Project Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) ERP
3 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
4 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
4 2 (18.18%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (18.18%) Contract Management
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 1 (9.09%) Database Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (9.09%) People Management
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
1 4 (36.36%) PMI Certification
1 4 (36.36%) PMP
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Cognos
2 1 (9.09%) IBM
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Sitecore