Local Government Contracts in Merseyside

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 43 41
Rank change year-on-year +24 -2 -7
Contract jobs citing Local Government 12 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 5.33% 0.64% 1.68%
As % of the General category 9.76% 1.16% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £400 £394 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £413 £363
Median % change year-on-year +39.39% +13.79% +57.61%
75th Percentile £612 £431 £463
90th Percentile £693 - £547
North West median daily rate £500 £419 £390
% change year-on-year +19.40% +7.37% +48.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £33.80 - -
25th Percentile £41.38 - -
Median hourly rate £54.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £43.25 £18.82 £26.50
% change year-on-year +129.81% -28.98% +48.04%

All General Skills
Merseyside

Local Government is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 123 172 202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 54.67% 55.13% 56.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 113 134
10th Percentile £157 £363 £178
25th Percentile £213 £425 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +17.65% +24.09%
75th Percentile £494 £575 £538
90th Percentile £588 £672 £622
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 8 11
10th Percentile £14.50 £16.13 £9.23
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.23 £9.93
Median hourly rate £17.75 £17.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +34.62% -26.76%
75th Percentile £34.21 £21.26 £16.25
90th Percentile £37.18 £28.11 £18.75
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £27.20 £20.57
% change year-on-year -34.85% +32.26% -7.57%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Merseyside

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Local Government in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Local Government in Merseyside

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Merseyside over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Merseyside

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Local Government in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in Merseyside

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in Merseyside over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in Merseyside

Local Government
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 Local Government within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 9 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 +13 6 £400 -3.03% 2
Birkenhead - 2 - -
Local Government
North West

Local Government
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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Law
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Architect
1 4 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 4 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Accountant
4 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Commercial Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Commercial Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Power BI Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Transformation Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Data Interpretation
5 1 (8.33%) Business Case
5 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (8.33%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (8.33%) DevOps
5 1 (8.33%) ITIL
5 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.33%) Programme Governance
5 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (8.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) ACCA
1 2 (16.67%) CIMA
1 2 (16.67%) CIPFA
2 1 (8.33%) CCNA
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) MCP
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft