Data Strategy Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Data Strategy
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.30% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -19.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

Data Strategy 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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 261 147 141
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 79.57% 83.05% 71.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 95 74
10th Percentile £144 £129 £158
25th Percentile £198 £206 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £431 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.51% +1.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £538 £547 £523
90th Percentile £638 £665 £600
North West median daily rate £500 £454 £500
% change year-on-year +10.25% -9.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 11 12
10th Percentile £16.79 - £16.65
25th Percentile £24.72 £12.21 £18.08
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.30 £27.69
Median % change year-on-year +46.71% -37.52% +19.86%
75th Percentile £43.96 £17.44 £37.19
90th Percentile - - £52.60
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £27.19 £34.21
% change year-on-year +65.52% -20.53% -2.26%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Data Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Data Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
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 Data Strategy within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 12 August 2026. 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 - 1 £400 - 3
Data Strategy
North West

Data Strategy
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Test Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation