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 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 7 3
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 19 17 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 12.84% 11.04% 17.79%
As % of the General category 20.43% 21.52% 30.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 30
10th Percentile £383 £146 £225
25th Percentile £510 £229 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -8.16% +20.99%
75th Percentile £775 £491 £529
90th Percentile - £549 £550
Merseyside median daily rate £550 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - £27.29
25th Percentile - £18.03 £27.58
Median hourly rate - £34.21 £28.10
Median % change year-on-year - +21.74% +51.89%
75th Percentile - £36.00 £28.58
90th Percentile - £38.40 £28.83
Merseyside median hourly rate £21.27 £34.21 £28.10
% change year-on-year -37.83% +21.74% +67.76%

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 93 79 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 62.84% 51.30% 57.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 40 77
10th Percentile £168 £153 £294
25th Percentile £378 £209 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £314 £500
Median % change year-on-year +51.39% -37.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £489 £563
90th Percentile £670 £578 £604
Merseyside median daily rate £475 £420 £500
% change year-on-year +13.10% -16.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 9
10th Percentile - £18.03 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £21.18 £16.25
Median hourly rate £14.83 £27.69 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.46% +45.72% +8.57%
75th Percentile £17.44 £36.06 £29.00
90th Percentile £17.70 £37.38 £52.60
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £33.36 £19.00
% change year-on-year -47.71% +75.55% +8.57%

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 17 August 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 (5.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Azure
1 4 (21.05%) Azure AKS
1 4 (21.05%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.26%) GCP
2 1 (5.26%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) Siebel EIM
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database 10g
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JUnit
1 4 (21.05%) Postman
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Forms
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 8 (42.11%) Banking
3 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Law
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Local Government
5 1 (5.26%) Military
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Developer
2 7 (36.84%) Siebel Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Java Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Senior
4 4 (21.05%) Senior Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Senior Java Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Contracts Manager
5 2 (10.53%) ERP Implementation Manager
5 2 (10.53%) ERP Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) IT Technician
6 1 (5.26%) Procurement Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Risk Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Service Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Siebel Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (42.11%) JMS
1 8 (42.11%) SOAP
1 8 (42.11%) Web Services
2 4 (21.05%) AngularJS
2 4 (21.05%) jQuery
2 4 (21.05%) JSON
2 4 (21.05%) POJO
2 4 (21.05%) React
2 4 (21.05%) RESTful
2 4 (21.05%) Spring
2 4 (21.05%) Spring Boot
2 4 (21.05%) Thymeleaf
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 9 (47.37%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Mac OS
2 2 (10.53%) Windows
3 1 (5.26%) Android
3 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Change Management
1 8 (42.11%) Data Modelling
1 8 (42.11%) EAI
1 8 (42.11%) Migration
1 8 (42.11%) Performance Tuning
1 8 (42.11%) SDLC
2 6 (31.58%) End-to-End Testing
2 6 (31.58%) Requirements Gathering
2 6 (31.58%) System Integration Testing
3 4 (21.05%) API Development
3 4 (21.05%) CI/CD
3 4 (21.05%) Containerisation
3 4 (21.05%) DevOps
3 4 (21.05%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (21.05%) Microservices
3 4 (21.05%) MVC
3 4 (21.05%) Unit Testing
3 4 (21.05%) User Research
4 3 (15.79%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (10.53%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) PL/SQL
1 9 (47.37%) SQL
2 5 (26.32%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
1 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) Accessibility
2 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Docker
2 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Oracle
2 8 (42.11%) Siebel
3 1 (5.26%) Adobe
3 1 (5.26%) Apple
3 1 (5.26%) Google
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft