Public Sector Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Public Sector
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 14 18
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -15
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 42 18 9
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 10.02% 9.63% 6.47%
As % of the General category 16.47% 17.48% 10.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 14 8
10th Percentile £451 £430 £358
25th Percentile £459 £504 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £514 £428
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +20.02% -17.33%
75th Percentile £502 £518 £478
90th Percentile £549 £534 £519
South East median daily rate £505 £514 £535
% change year-on-year -1.75% -3.93% +7.00%

All General Skills
West Sussex

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 255 103 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 60.86% 55.08% 61.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 73 57
10th Percentile £185 £137 £170
25th Percentile £213 £170 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £422 £350 £444
Median % change year-on-year +20.43% -21.17% -11.20%
75th Percentile £502 £525 £515
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
South East median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 2
10th Percentile £39.60 £12.63 -
25th Percentile £42.42 £13.00 £27.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £16.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +196.88% -42.86% +23.08%
75th Percentile £52.50 £20.69 £29.00
90th Percentile - £21.45 -
South East median hourly rate £33.00 £20.20 £57.35
% change year-on-year +63.37% -64.78% +9.24%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in West Sussex over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in West Sussex

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Public Sector

Public Sector
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 Public Sector within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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 +2 27 £469 -8.84% 12
Crawley -1 12 £550 +22.22% 3
Horsham - 1 - - 2
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
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:

Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 28 (66.67%) SAP PSCD
2 15 (35.71%) SAP BRIM
3 13 (30.95%) SAP Hybris
4 5 (11.90%) SAP FI
4 5 (11.90%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (2.38%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (2.38%) SAP FI-AR
5 1 (2.38%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 16 (38.10%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 3 (7.14%) AWS
3 2 (4.76%) Azure
4 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) Pentaho
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
1 1 (2.38%) TestRail
General
1 24 (57.14%) Finance
2 22 (52.38%) Social Skills
3 18 (42.86%) Telecoms
4 17 (40.48%) Billing
5 4 (9.52%) Legal
6 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.76%) Banking
6 2 (4.76%) Local Government
6 2 (4.76%) Retail
7 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (66.67%) Consultant
1 28 (66.67%) Functional Consultant
1 28 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
1 28 (66.67%) SAP Functional Consultant
2 4 (9.52%) Contracts Manager
2 4 (9.52%) Senior
3 3 (7.14%) Data Engineer
3 3 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (2.38%) ABAP Developer
4 1 (2.38%) AWS Data Engineer
4 1 (2.38%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (2.38%) Designer
4 1 (2.38%) Engagement Manager
4 1 (2.38%) SAP Developer
4 1 (2.38%) SAP FI Consultant
4 1 (2.38%) SAP Manager
4 1 (2.38%) SAP Test Manager
4 1 (2.38%) Senior Engagement Manager
4 1 (2.38%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) REST
1 1 (2.38%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (2.38%) SAPUI5
1 1 (2.38%) SOAP
1 1 (2.38%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (2.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
1 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (50.00%) Revenue Management
2 17 (40.48%) Workshop Facilitation
3 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (16.67%) Agile
5 5 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (11.90%) Decision-Making
6 4 (9.52%) Contract Negotiation
6 4 (9.52%) Data Modelling
6 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (7.14%) Analytics
7 3 (7.14%) Business Analytics
7 3 (7.14%) Data Engineering
7 3 (7.14%) Data Integration
7 3 (7.14%) Data Pipeline
8 2 (4.76%) Contract Management
8 2 (4.76%) Matrix Organization
8 2 (4.76%) Service Design
8 2 (4.76%) Software Licensing
8 2 (4.76%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (2.38%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 21 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 10 (23.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.76%) Degree
5 1 (2.38%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 30 (71.43%) SAP
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.14%) Oracle
2 3 (7.14%) Talend
3 1 (2.38%) Adobe
3 1 (2.38%) HP
3 1 (2.38%) Pega