Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Worthing

Public Sector
West Sussex > Worthing

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Worthing. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 8 4
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 20 8 53
As % of all contract jobs in Worthing 22.22% 22.86% 56.99%
As % of the General category 33.33% 27.59% 71.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 8 50
10th Percentile £459 £393 £455
25th Percentile £470 £447 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £515 £518
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -0.58% -13.67%
75th Percentile £515 £518 £518
90th Percentile £531 £528 £552
West Sussex median daily rate £501 £515 £518
% change year-on-year -2.67% -0.58% -5.56%

All General Skills
Worthing

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 common skills in Worthing.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 60 29 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worthing 66.67% 82.86% 79.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 26 67
10th Percentile £424 £170 £400
25th Percentile £469 £413 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £493 £518
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -4.92% -12.65%
75th Percentile £566 £638 £518
90th Percentile £720 £719 £563
West Sussex median daily rate £469 £460 £518
% change year-on-year +1.96% -11.20% -1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.63 - -
Median hourly rate £13.25 - £12.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +36.11%
75th Percentile £13.88 - -
90th Percentile £26.55 - -
West Sussex median hourly rate £16.41 - £28.92
% change year-on-year - - +33.09%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Worthing

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Worthing

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Worthing

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worthing citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Worthing

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Worthing over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Worthing

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Worthing

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Worthing citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worthing 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:

Business Applications
1 12 (60.00%) SAP PSCD
2 11 (55.00%) SAP BRIM
2 11 (55.00%) SAP Hybris
3 2 (10.00%) SAP ERP
3 2 (10.00%) SAP HR
3 2 (10.00%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 11 (55.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Collibra
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Metadata
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
1 2 (10.00%) SAP BW
General
1 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (70.00%) Finance
3 13 (65.00%) Telecoms
4 11 (55.00%) Billing
5 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (10.00%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Consultant
1 16 (80.00%) SAP Consultant
2 8 (40.00%) Functional Consultant
2 8 (40.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Data Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Data Quality Manager
3 2 (10.00%) HR Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Payroll Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Quality Manager
3 2 (10.00%) SAP BW Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) SAP HR Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Scala Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) BYOD
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Revenue Management
1 14 (70.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (20.00%) Analytics
3 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.00%) Accounts Payable
4 2 (10.00%) Accounts Receivable
4 2 (10.00%) Agile
4 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.00%) Cost Centre Accounting
4 2 (10.00%) CRM
4 2 (10.00%) Data Architecture
4 2 (10.00%) Data Governance
4 2 (10.00%) Data Transformation
4 2 (10.00%) ERP
4 2 (10.00%) Metadata Management
4 2 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (10.00%) Technology Enablement
4 2 (10.00%) User Research
4 2 (10.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) ABAP
2 1 (5.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (10.00%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Databricks
2 2 (10.00%) Informatica
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Talend