Orchard Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Orchard
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside requiring knowledge or experience of Orchard products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Orchard over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Orchard Information Systems Ltd.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 32 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Orchard 0 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside - 0.45% -
As % of the Vendors category - 1.02% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £200 -
North West median daily rate - £200 -

All Vendors
Merseyside

Orchard falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 94 98 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 43.72% 43.75% 50.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 45 57
10th Percentile £137 £155 £181
25th Percentile £316 £213 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £413 £375
Median % change year-on-year +5.58% +10.00% -18.92%
75th Percentile £569 £500 £500
90th Percentile £775 £590 £534
North West median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £36.40 -
25th Percentile £38.77 £37.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £41.86 £38.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.14% +117.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £44.94 £39.00 £18.75
90th Percentile - £39.60 £19.20
North West median hourly rate £22.63 £35.18 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.67% +0.51% +49.64%

Orchard
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Orchard job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Orchard
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Orchard.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Orchard

Orchard
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Orchard.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Orchard