Software Engineering Contracts in Liverpool

Software Engineering
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Liverpool requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 16 31
Rank change year-on-year - +15 +4
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 0 14 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool - 7.69% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 9.59% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £503
25th Percentile - - £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £609
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.62%
75th Percentile - - £626
90th Percentile - - £636
Merseyside median daily rate - - £609
% change year-on-year - - +3.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Liverpool

Software Engineering 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 114 146 215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 82.01% 80.22% 86.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 67 164
10th Percentile £142 £143 £325
25th Percentile £166 £213 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £375 £483
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -22.28% +1.58%
75th Percentile £569 £494 £538
90th Percentile £663 £630 £621
Merseyside median daily rate £425 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 22 6
10th Percentile £13.07 - £16.22
25th Percentile £16.51 £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.06 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +3.17% +55.52%
75th Percentile £18.08 £34.29 £19.13
90th Percentile £24.23 £37.09 £23.28
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -5.73% +5.71% +44.30%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Liverpool

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Liverpool

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Liverpool