Computer Science Degree Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Computer Science Degree
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.81% 0.85% -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.77% 2.82% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 -
North West median daily rate £384 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -26.86% -4.55% +22.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Merseyside.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 53 71 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 21.54% 30.21% 23.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 30 14
10th Percentile £161 £148 £216
25th Percentile £400 £153 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £246 £400
Median % change year-on-year +103.05% -38.44% -20.00%
75th Percentile £634 £600 £556
90th Percentile £672 £651 £575
North West median daily rate £492 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -1.60% -6.98% +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 12 6
10th Percentile - £15.35 £14.69
25th Percentile - £17.65 £16.25
Median hourly rate £12.21 £19.86 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.52% +13.49% -3.37%
75th Percentile £14.36 £23.53 £19.13
90th Percentile £18.22 £24.11 £19.38
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +39.88% -29.62% +95.64%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computer Science Degree relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Computer Science Degree job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Computer Science Degree.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Computer Science Degree

Computer Science Degree
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 Computer Science Degree within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 13 December 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 -3 2 £500 - 1
Computer Science Degree
North West

Computer Science Degree
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Star Schema
General
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Capita
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft