Public Sector Contracts in Liverpool

Public Sector
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Liverpool. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 4 5
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 12 34 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 8.82% 18.28% 19.49%
As % of the General category 15.00% 33.66% 36.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 38
10th Percentile £337 £375 £359
25th Percentile £494 £431 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +53.85%
75th Percentile £670 £531 £538
90th Percentile £715 £575 £588
Merseyside median daily rate £550 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +53.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 19 3
10th Percentile - £13.71 £16.04
25th Percentile - £14.50 £16.09
Median hourly rate £11.59 £16.00 £16.37
Median % change year-on-year -27.56% -2.26% -6.46%
75th Percentile - £16.75 £17.15
90th Percentile - £34.21 £17.51
Merseyside median hourly rate £11.59 £16.00 £16.94
% change year-on-year -27.56% -5.52% +12.90%

All General Skills
Liverpool

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 80 101 146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 58.82% 54.30% 53.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 42 99
10th Percentile £148 £140 £393
25th Percentile £181 £203 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.44% -20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £613 £494 £588
90th Percentile £651 £575 £695
Merseyside median daily rate £438 £423 £500
% change year-on-year +3.55% -15.50% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 28 7
10th Percentile £13.28 £14.50 £16.11
25th Percentile - £15.25 £16.22
Median hourly rate £17.44 £16.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.70% -5.71% +37.20%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.21 £19.00
90th Percentile £25.22 £36.53 £21.05
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £18.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -3.11% +2.86% +34.62%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Liverpool

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Liverpool

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Liverpool over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Liverpool

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Liverpool

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Liverpool 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%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) GCP
1 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
1 1 (8.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) Siebel EIM
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
1 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (41.67%) Banking
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Military
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
2 4 (33.33%) Siebel Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Database Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Support
4 1 (8.33%) Migration Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle Technical Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Service Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Siebel Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) JMS
1 5 (41.67%) SOAP
1 5 (41.67%) Web Services
2 1 (8.33%) Hibernate
2 1 (8.33%) JPA
2 1 (8.33%) OpenAPI
2 1 (8.33%) RESTful
2 1 (8.33%) Spring
2 1 (8.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (8.33%) Android
3 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Migration
2 5 (41.67%) Change Management
2 5 (41.67%) Data Modelling
2 5 (41.67%) EAI
2 5 (41.67%) Performance Tuning
2 5 (41.67%) SDLC
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 2 (16.67%) Database Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Line Management
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 1 (8.33%) Coaching
5 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) PL/SQL
1 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
1 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Oracle
2 5 (41.67%) Siebel
3 1 (8.33%) Adobe
3 1 (8.33%) Apple
3 1 (8.33%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft