IT Engineer Contracts in Merseyside

IT Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Merseyside is £159 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 42 43
Rank change year-on-year +18 +1 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 6 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.68% 1.62% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.79% 1.68% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile - £173 -
25th Percentile £143 £196 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £159 £240 £195
Median % change year-on-year -33.96% +23.08% -
75th Percentile £200 £245 £218
90th Percentile £223 - -
North West median daily rate £179 £245 £156
% change year-on-year -26.84% +56.80% +30.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £17.42 £16.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.88% -8.57% -
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £37.50 £17.66
% change year-on-year -52.75% +112.40% -40.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 215 297 335
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.98% 96.12% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 212 237
10th Percentile £151 £225 £170
25th Percentile £230 £372 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £430
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +10.47% +16.22%
75th Percentile £494 £538 £538
90th Percentile £588 £626 £638
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 12 16
10th Percentile - - £9.23
25th Percentile £15.50 £10.09 £12.03
Median hourly rate £19.97 £16.94 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% +12.90% -6.25%
75th Percentile £34.80 £18.75 £18.75
90th Percentile £43.09 £26.45 £35.80
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £24.75
% change year-on-year -17.88% +32.84% +36.63%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Merseyside

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Merseyside

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Merseyside

IT Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
Liverpool +9 6 £159 -33.96% 1
IT Engineer
North West

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, IT Engineer 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 Merseyside region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) Break/Fix
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (16.67%) ATM
3 1 (16.67%) NHS
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) DBS Check

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) ATM
General
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) Break/Fix
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory