IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

IT Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Merseyside is £153, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 25 29
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +9
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 6 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 2.97% 2.16% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.19% 2.33% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £134 £127 -
25th Percentile £137 £130 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £153 £134 £220
Median % change year-on-year +14.05% -38.88% -
75th Percentile £175 £147 -
90th Percentile £190 £155 -
North West median daily rate £160 £183 £229
% change year-on-year -12.33% -20.22% +38.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £15.73 £15.35
25th Percentile - £16.49 £15.50
Median hourly rate - £18.89 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - +18.06% -9.71%
75th Percentile - £21.45 £16.50
90th Percentile - £22.31 £16.65
North West median hourly rate £19.44 £16.19 £16.50
% change year-on-year +20.04% -1.88% -1.49%

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 188 215 194
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 92.67% 91.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 96 120
10th Percentile £129 £154 £211
25th Percentile £183 £200 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £539 £575 £525
90th Percentile £685 £600 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 14
10th Percentile - £15.22 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £17.33 £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.18 £19.16 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.77% -1.74% +62.50%
75th Percentile £18.17 £24.18 £28.58
90th Percentile £21.45 £41.40 £44.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.77
% change year-on-year -28.16% +10.17% +37.50%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Merseyside

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside

IT Engineer
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 IT Engineer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 14 October 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 6 £153 +14.05% 2
IT Engineer
North West

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, IT Engineer 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 IT Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) EPoS
3 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (33.33%) ATM
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
4 1 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (16.67%) Remedy
4 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi

IT Engineer 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) ATM
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) EPoS
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) HP
3 1 (16.67%) Remedy