Local Government Contracts in Merseyside

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 42 40
Rank change year-on-year +26 -2 -9
Contract jobs citing Local Government 16 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 6.90% 1.30% 1.85%
As % of the General category 13.11% 2.37% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 6
10th Percentile £379 £426 -
25th Percentile £400 £473 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £513 £350
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% +46.43% +52.17%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £378
90th Percentile £688 - £497
North West median daily rate £500 £413 £390
% change year-on-year +21.21% +5.77% +48.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £33.80 - -
25th Percentile £41.38 - -
Median hourly rate £54.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £43.25 - £26.50
% change year-on-year - - +48.04%

All General Skills
Merseyside

Local Government falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 122 169 177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 52.59% 54.87% 54.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 113 119
10th Percentile £155 £363 £184
25th Percentile £213 £425 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.50% +17.65% +14.86%
75th Percentile £494 £550 £525
90th Percentile £588 £657 £613
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 8 8
10th Percentile £14.50 £16.13 £10.21
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.23 £11.28
Median hourly rate £17.75 £17.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £34.29 £27.98 £17.81
90th Percentile £37.18 £39.90 £18.75
North West median hourly rate £21.47 £23.15 £23.22
% change year-on-year -7.28% -0.31% +13.28%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Merseyside

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Local Government in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Local Government in Merseyside

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Merseyside over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Merseyside

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Local Government in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in Merseyside

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in Merseyside over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in Merseyside

Local Government
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 Local Government within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 21 June 2024. 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 +18 8 £400 -20.00% 5
Birkenhead - 2 - -
Wirral - 1 £575 -
Local Government
North West

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Power BI
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Architect
1 5 (31.25%) Project Manager
1 5 (31.25%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Technical Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Accountant
4 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Commercial Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Commercial Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Performance Officer
4 1 (6.25%) Power BI Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Programme Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Transformation Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (12.50%) Data Interpretation
6 1 (6.25%) Analytics
6 1 (6.25%) Business Case
6 1 (6.25%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 1 (6.25%) Data Analytics
6 1 (6.25%) Data Architecture
6 1 (6.25%) DevOps
6 1 (6.25%) ITIL
6 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2
6 1 (6.25%) Programme Governance
6 1 (6.25%) Programme Management
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (6.25%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ACCA
1 2 (12.50%) CIMA
1 2 (12.50%) CIPFA
2 1 (6.25%) CCNA
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) MCP
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Google
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle