Computer Science Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Computer Science
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Computer Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 27 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 2.34% 1.08% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 1.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £430 - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median daily rate £200 £500 -
% change year-on-year -60.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Liverpool

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 155 133 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 90.64% 71.51% 86.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 61 82
10th Percentile £158 £153 £221
25th Percentile £256 £200 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £527 £500 £548
90th Percentile £653 £600 £599
Merseyside median daily rate £400 £423 £450
% change year-on-year -5.33% -6.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 14
10th Percentile - £18.75 £13.77
25th Percentile £12.21 £21.31 £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.18 £22.88 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.64% +14.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £34.16 £32.88 £28.86
90th Percentile £51.02 £38.00 £50.00
Merseyside median hourly rate £15.18 £22.44 £19.00
% change year-on-year -32.35% +18.09% +8.20%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computer Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool.

Computer Science job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Computer Science
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Computer Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Computer Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Computer Science

Computer Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
1 2 (50.00%) Qlik Sense
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (50.00%) Star Schema
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 2 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Qlik Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Qlik Sense Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Dashboard Development
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (75.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (50.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) Data Security
2 2 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (50.00%) ETL
2 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) RBAC
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Capita
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft