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 17 July 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 25 30
Rank change year-on-year 0 +5 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 8 10 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 4.28% 4.55% 5.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.10% 4.76% 5.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 15
10th Percentile £265 £387 £414
25th Percentile £313 £488 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £544 £588 £538
90th Percentile £565 £615 £565
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £22.16
South East median hourly rate £58.75 £42.50 £68.66
% change year-on-year +38.24% -38.10% +5.63%

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 157 210 316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.96% 95.45% 97.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 158 256
10th Percentile £204 £200 £200
25th Percentile £288 £375 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.12% -2.12%
75th Percentile £537 £500 £540
90th Percentile £638 £591 £698
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 12 6
10th Percentile - £18.20 £16.46
25th Percentile £15.50 £20.11 £22.16
Median hourly rate £18.82 £21.50 £22.46
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% -4.25% +24.75%
75th Percentile £20.69 £29.00 £25.80
90th Percentile £44.50 - £37.35
South East median hourly rate £27.88 £54.88 £50.00
% change year-on-year -49.19% +9.75% +137.81%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 - 3 £500 - 1
Crawley 0 1 £575 +22.99% 5
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 17 July 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 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 3 (37.50%) Contract Management
3 3 (37.50%) PMP
3 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
4 2 (25.00%) NHS
4 2 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 2 (25.00%) Budget Control
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Digital Signage
4 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (12.50%) NCSC
5 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
5 1 (12.50%) Change Control
5 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (12.50%) GIS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) J2EE
1 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Signage
1 2 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Contract Management
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Budget Control
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (25.00%) Supplier Management
5 1 (12.50%) Change Control
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
5 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
5 1 (12.50%) Security Management
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
1 3 (37.50%) PMP
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) NCSC
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) IBM