IT Support Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

IT Support
North West > Merseyside

The median IT Support daily rate in Merseyside is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 33 28
Rank change year-on-year +18 -5 +11
Contract jobs requiring an IT Support 20 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 8.73% 0.88% 2.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.52% 0.95% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 1
10th Percentile - £128 -
25th Percentile £134 £133 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £148 £250
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -41.00% -23.66%
75th Percentile £188 £170 £263
90th Percentile £215 £179 -
North West median daily rate £175 £170 £178
% change year-on-year +2.94% -4.23% -6.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.25
Median hourly rate - - £15.50
75th Percentile - - £15.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £16.00 £16.35 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.11% -13.97% -2.56%

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 210 210 177
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 92.51% 90.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 95 104
10th Percentile £129 £153 £215
25th Percentile £163 £200 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -8.11%
75th Percentile £500 £544 £525
90th Percentile £650 £600 £584
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 19 16
10th Percentile £12.21 £15.22 £13.13
25th Percentile £15.18 £17.22 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.67 £18.13 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.98% -0.66% +17.74%
75th Percentile £44.94 £23.26 £23.38
90th Percentile £51.02 £26.54 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £31.25 £31.50
% change year-on-year -5.28% -0.79% +56.48%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

IT Support job vacancy trend in Merseyside

IT Support
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

IT Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

IT Support
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 Support within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 11 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 +12 16 £175 +18.64% 5
IT Support
North West

IT Support Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 11 November 2025, IT Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (95.00%) Customer Service
3 18 (90.00%) Windows 10
4 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
5 11 (55.00%) Android
6 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
7 9 (45.00%) Apple iOS
8 8 (40.00%) Active Directory
8 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (35.00%) ServiceNow
10 6 (30.00%) Azure
10 6 (30.00%) SharePoint
11 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
12 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
13 1 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 1 (5.00%) High Availability
13 1 (5.00%) HP
13 1 (5.00%) Remedy
13 1 (5.00%) User Experience

IT Support 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 6 (30.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (30.00%) Azure
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (90.00%) Windows 10
3 11 (55.00%) Android
4 9 (45.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.00%) High Availability
4 1 (5.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 8 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.00%) HP
3 1 (5.00%) Remedy