Software Developer Contracts in Merseyside

Software Developer
North West > Merseyside

The median Software Developer daily rate in Merseyside is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 51 42
Rank change year-on-year +43 -9 -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Developer 26 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 11.40% 0.58% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.98% 0.60% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £464 £378
25th Percentile £425 £467 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £481 £388
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% +24.19% -
75th Percentile £475 £492 £394
90th Percentile - £493 £398
North West median daily rate £435 £445 £488
% change year-on-year -2.25% -8.72% +30.00%

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 217 333 343
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.18% 96.52% 94.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 246 241
10th Percentile £150 £248 £173
25th Percentile £229 £395 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year -17.11% +7.95% +18.92%
75th Percentile £489 £550 £538
90th Percentile £588 £681 £638
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 14 18
10th Percentile £12.00 £10.09 £9.23
25th Percentile £15.50 £10.26 £12.94
Median hourly rate £18.50 £16.19 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.30% +7.90% -9.09%
75th Percentile £34.32 £18.75 £18.44
90th Percentile £41.12 £23.75 £34.91
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.64 £20.25
% change year-on-year -13.87% +51.35% +12.47%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Merseyside

Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Software Developer in Merseyside

Software Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Developer in Merseyside

Software Developer
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 Developer 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 +32 25 - - 5
Southport - 1 £450 -
Software Developer
North West

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Software Developer 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 25 (96.15%) Artificial Intelligence
1 25 (96.15%) PayPal
1 25 (96.15%) Chatbot
1 25 (96.15%) Conversational UI
1 25 (96.15%) Code Quality
1 25 (96.15%) Degree
2 13 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 13 (50.00%) C#
2 13 (50.00%) HTML
2 13 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (50.00%) SQL
2 13 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) C++
3 1 (3.85%) OpenCV

Software Developer 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:

Applications
1 25 (96.15%) Chatbot
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (3.85%) OpenCV
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (96.15%) Artificial Intelligence
1 25 (96.15%) Code Quality
1 25 (96.15%) Conversational UI
2 13 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) C#
1 13 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 13 (50.00%) Python
1 13 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) C++
Qualifications
1 25 (96.15%) Degree
Vendors
1 25 (96.15%) PayPal