Project Manager Contracts in West Sussex

Project Manager
South East > West Sussex

The median Project Manager daily rate in West Sussex is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 21 25
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 6 18 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 4.11% 6.90% 5.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.58% 7.17% 6.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 13
10th Percentile £258 £388 £430
25th Percentile £325 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -5.45%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £538
90th Percentile £545 - £575
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.94% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £22.16
South East median hourly rate £58.75 £42.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +38.24% -34.62% -8.13%

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 131 251 266
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.73% 96.17% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 188 210
10th Percentile £244 £258 £181
25th Percentile £350 £400 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £450 £469
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.00% -1.32%
75th Percentile £537 £515 £588
90th Percentile £629 £588 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 7
10th Percentile £15.39 £13.69 £17.60
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.20 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £21.50 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% -2.98% +24.85%
75th Percentile £36.25 £22.75 £22.64
90th Percentile £81.15 £28.53 £24.55
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in West Sussex

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in West Sussex

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in West Sussex over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in West Sussex

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in West Sussex

Project Manager
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 Manager within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Worthing +11 2 £513 -4.65% 6
Burgess Hill - 1 - -
Project Manager
South East

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Project Manager 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Signage
3 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 2 (33.33%) Budget Control
3 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) PMP
3 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (33.33%) NHS
4 1 (16.67%) EAM
4 1 (16.67%) IBM
4 1 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (16.67%) J2EE
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) Maximo
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management

Project Manager 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (16.67%) GIS
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) J2EE
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Signage
1 2 (33.33%) NHS
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Budget Control
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) EAM
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Security Management
4 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) IBM