Backend Developer Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Backend Developer
North West > Merseyside

The median Backend Developer daily rate in Merseyside is £435, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Backend Developer 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.42% 0.85% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.91% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £294 -
25th Percentile £418 £322 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £388 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.26% - -
75th Percentile £453 £447 -
90th Percentile - £471 -
North West median daily rate £425 £388 £325
% change year-on-year +9.68% +19.23% -36.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Merseyside. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Merseyside with a recognized job title 220 219 177
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 92.80% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 102 98
10th Percentile £129 £150 £188
25th Percentile £163 £202 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £406 £413
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -1.52% -10.81%
75th Percentile £500 £531 £525
90th Percentile £650 £600 £591
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 21 16
10th Percentile £12.21 £14.25 £13.13
25th Percentile £15.18 £16.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.67 £18.07 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% -3.65% +14.68%
75th Percentile £44.94 £23.00 £23.38
90th Percentile £51.02 £24.18 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £29.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.07% -17.14% +75.00%

Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Backend Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Backend Developer job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Backend Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Backend Developer job vacancies in Merseyside.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Backend Developer job vacancies in Merseyside

Backend Developer
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Backend Developer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 24 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Liverpool -2 1 £435 +12.26% 3
Backend Developer
North West

Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 24 November 2025, Backend Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Merseyside region featuring Backend Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker