Senior Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Senior
South East > West Sussex

The median Senior daily rate in West Sussex is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 20 19
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 22 5 14
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 9.40% 4.10% 7.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.00% 4.31% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 9
10th Percentile £361 £356 £259
25th Percentile £475 £422 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +8.57% +0.48%
75th Percentile £575 £800 £538
90th Percentile £581 - £550
South East median daily rate £530 £550 £534
% change year-on-year -3.64% +3.00% +2.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.03
25th Percentile - - £26.71
Median hourly rate - - £41.16
75th Percentile - - £55.62
90th Percentile - - £64.29
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £56.75 £64.00
% change year-on-year +32.17% -11.34% +42.22%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 200 116 189
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.47% 95.08% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 85 135
10th Percentile £205 £194 £200
25th Percentile £295 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.11% -10.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £550 £528 £589
90th Percentile £720 £638 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 6
10th Percentile - - £12.63
25th Percentile £12.63 - £13.05
Median hourly rate £22.99 £15.00 £21.15
Median % change year-on-year +53.27% -29.06% -4.58%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £55.98
90th Percentile £67.50 - £67.54
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £54.39
% change year-on-year -38.66% -24.61% +32.40%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Senior job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in West Sussex.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in West Sussex

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in West Sussex over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in West Sussex

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in West Sussex.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in West Sussex

Senior
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 Senior within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Crawley +5 13 £525 -7.89% 74
Worthing -6 5 £500 -37.50%
Burgess Hill 0 2 £360 +10.77%
Bognor Regis - 1 £325 -
Senior
South East

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Sussex region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 8 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 7 (31.82%) Agile
2 7 (31.82%) AI
2 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 7 (31.82%) Machine Learning
3 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (27.27%) Project Management
4 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
4 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (18.18%) AWS
5 4 (18.18%) Budget Management
5 4 (18.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 4 (18.18%) Change Management
5 4 (18.18%) Data Management
5 4 (18.18%) DevOps
5 4 (18.18%) GCP
5 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 4 (18.18%) Migration
5 4 (18.18%) Performance Management
5 4 (18.18%) Project Planning
5 4 (18.18%) Python
5 4 (18.18%) QA
5 4 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (18.18%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (18.18%) SAP
5 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 4 (18.18%) ServiceNow
5 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (18.18%) Waterfall

Senior Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (13.64%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) AWS
2 4 (18.18%) GCP
3 3 (13.64%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (9.09%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 2 (9.09%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (4.55%) GitHub
5 1 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (4.55%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Delta Lake
2 1 (4.55%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (4.55%) Couchbase
2 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MLflow
2 1 (4.55%) Git
2 1 (4.55%) GitLab
2 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 5 (22.73%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) Kafka
1 3 (13.64%) PySpark
1 3 (13.64%) PyTorch
1 3 (13.64%) REST
1 3 (13.64%) scikit-learn
1 3 (13.64%) TensorFlow
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (9.09%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (4.55%) JSON
3 1 (4.55%) React Native
3 1 (4.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.64%) NHS
3 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.55%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Android
1 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 7 (31.82%) Agile
2 7 (31.82%) AI
2 7 (31.82%) Machine Learning
3 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (27.27%) Project Management
4 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (18.18%) Budget Management
5 4 (18.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 4 (18.18%) Change Management
5 4 (18.18%) Data Management
5 4 (18.18%) DevOps
5 4 (18.18%) Migration
5 4 (18.18%) Performance Management
5 4 (18.18%) Project Planning
5 4 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (18.18%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 3 (13.64%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) Go
3 1 (4.55%) Java
3 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.55%) SQL
3 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 4 (18.18%) SAP
1 4 (18.18%) ServiceNow
2 3 (13.64%) Databricks
3 2 (9.09%) OpenAI
3 2 (9.09%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) Atlassian
4 1 (4.55%) Citrix