Software Engineering Contracts in Merseyside

Software Engineering
North West > Merseyside

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 40 39
Rank change year-on-year +24 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 14 13 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 6.14% 3.77% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.73% 4.26% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 4
10th Percentile - £515 £455
25th Percentile - £600 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £618 £588
Median % change year-on-year - +5.11% +6.82%
75th Percentile - £626 £647
90th Percentile - - £664
North West median daily rate £548 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -8.67% +20.00% +23.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 181 305 324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 79.39% 88.41% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 236 222
10th Percentile £146 £309 £185
25th Percentile £245 £400 £312
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% +21.62%
75th Percentile £495 £555 £539
90th Percentile £623 £688 £638
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 21
10th Percentile £14.15 £16.23 £9.23
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £10.63
Median hourly rate £19.75 £18.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.72% +24.14% -7.94%
75th Percentile £34.32 £23.75 £15.50
90th Percentile £37.18 £25.63 £33.58
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Merseyside

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Merseyside

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Merseyside

Software Engineering
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 Software Engineering within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 23 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 +12 14 - - 8
Software Engineering
North West

Software Engineering
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 13 (92.86%) Chatbot
General
1 1 (7.14%) Legal
1 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Developer
1 13 (92.86%) Software Developer
2 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (92.86%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Artificial Intelligence
1 13 (92.86%) Code Quality
1 13 (92.86%) Conversational UI
2 1 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) C#
1 13 (92.86%) JavaScript
1 13 (92.86%) Python
1 13 (92.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) PayPal