Software Engineering Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Software Engineering
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 26 26
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +7
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 1.14% 1.62% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 2.26% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £410 - -
25th Percentile £425 £443 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% - -
75th Percentile £475 £448 -
90th Percentile £490 - -
Merseyside median daily rate £450 £445 £475
% change year-on-year +1.12% -6.32% -20.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
Merseyside median hourly rate - - £50.00

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 158 133 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 90.29% 71.89% 86.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 61 82
10th Percentile £158 £153 £221
25th Percentile £222 £200 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £510 £500 £548
90th Percentile £650 £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%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Software Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Software Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Software Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Qlik Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Qlik Sense Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Extraction
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) QA