Public Sector Contracts in Merseyside

Public Sector
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 6 4
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 41 75 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 18.30% 21.87% 18.16%
As % of the General category 33.88% 38.86% 31.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 50 55
10th Percentile £339 £345 £170
25th Percentile £413 £413 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £325
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +53.85% -21.21%
75th Percentile £450 £538 £444
90th Percentile £564 £598 £539
North West median daily rate £525 £525 £494
% change year-on-year - +6.28% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 3
10th Percentile £13.71 £16.06 -
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.14 -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.94 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% +12.90% -21.05%
75th Percentile £16.75 £20.81 £16.25
90th Percentile £34.21 £26.33 £17.00
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £17.81
% change year-on-year -20.00% +12.30% -12.05%

All General Skills
Merseyside

Public Sector 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 121 193 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 54.02% 56.27% 57.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 129 140
10th Percentile £148 £393 £166
25th Percentile £213 £425 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +17.65% +26.87%
75th Percentile £483 £588 £538
90th Percentile £588 £700 £615
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 9 11
10th Percentile £14.50 £16.15 £9.23
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £9.93
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +34.62% -26.76%
75th Percentile £34.21 £23.75 £16.25
90th Percentile £37.18 £25.00 £18.75
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £26.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -31.85% +30.00% -11.11%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Merseyside

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Merseyside

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Merseyside over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Merseyside

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Merseyside

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in Merseyside over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in Merseyside

Public Sector
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 Public Sector within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +1 33 £450 -10.00% 15
Bootle +4 6 £425 -15.00%
St Helens - 1 £208 -
Public Sector
North West

Public Sector
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 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.88%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.88%) AWS
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) GCP
3 1 (2.44%) Azure App Service
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Functions
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (2.44%) SaaS
3 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Firewall
General
1 12 (29.27%) Finance
2 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.32%) Legal
4 3 (7.32%) Police
5 1 (2.44%) Electronics
5 1 (2.44%) Local Government
5 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.44%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Military
5 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (29.27%) Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Service Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Service Desk Analyst
3 7 (17.07%) Incident Manager
4 5 (12.20%) Project Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Business Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Strategy Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Technical Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Change Manager
6 2 (4.88%) IT Support
7 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (2.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) IT Auditor
7 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared SharePoint Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Senior
7 1 (2.44%) Senior Programme Manager
7 1 (2.44%) SharePoint Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.44%) CMDB
2 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.44%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) Customer Service
2 9 (21.95%) Migration
3 7 (17.07%) Service Management
4 6 (14.63%) Business Continuity
5 5 (12.20%) Project Management
6 4 (9.76%) Change Management
6 4 (9.76%) PRINCE2
7 3 (7.32%) Decision-Making
7 3 (7.32%) Incident Management
7 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (7.32%) Risk Management
8 2 (4.88%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (4.88%) SDLC
9 1 (2.44%) Actionable Insight
9 1 (2.44%) Budgeting
9 1 (2.44%) Cost Control
9 1 (2.44%) Cost Optimisation
9 1 (2.44%) Customer Experience
9 1 (2.44%) IT Audit
9 1 (2.44%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) HNC
2 3 (7.32%) NVQ Level 4
2 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) DBS Check
3 2 (4.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (2.44%) CCNA
4 1 (2.44%) CISA
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.44%) CISM
4 1 (2.44%) CISSP
4 1 (2.44%) Degree
4 1 (2.44%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) Accessibility
2 5 (12.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (19.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) ServiceNow
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.88%) Google
4 1 (2.44%) SAP