Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Public Sector
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 9 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 19 22 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 10.61% 9.57% 16.10%
As % of the General category 19.19% 19.13% 27.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 27
10th Percentile £363 £149 £225
25th Percentile £481 £254 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £775 £475 £539
90th Percentile - £597 £575
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £540
% change year-on-year -10.00% -7.41% +6.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile - - £21.82
25th Percentile £21.02 £18.03 £23.80
Median hourly rate £21.27 £27.03 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year -21.32% -0.62% +62.39%
75th Percentile £21.52 £37.00 £28.15
90th Percentile - £38.80 £28.66
North West median hourly rate £20.07 £19.18 £16.85
% change year-on-year +4.64% +13.83% -32.60%

All General Skills
Merseyside

Public Sector 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 99 115 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 55.31% 50.00% 59.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 54 87
10th Percentile £185 £155 £225
25th Percentile £331 £206 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £534 £510 £563
90th Percentile £705 £588 £600
North West median daily rate £455 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -7.43% -1.70% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 11
10th Percentile - £17.44 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £18.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £22.88 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +20.39% +8.57%
75th Percentile - £39.00 £28.15
90th Percentile £21.52 £54.00 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £23.57 £35.00 £22.53
% change year-on-year -32.67% +55.35% +5.70%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Merseyside

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Merseyside over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Merseyside

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Public Sector

Public Sector
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 Public Sector within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 +1 17 £510 +13.33% 11
Public Sector
North West

Public Sector
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 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
1 6 (31.58%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (21.05%) Azure AKS
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.26%) GCP
3 1 (5.26%) Google Workspace
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) Siebel EIM
2 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database 11g
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JUnit
1 4 (21.05%) Postman
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
1 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Law
3 2 (10.53%) Military
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Developer
2 6 (31.58%) Java Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Senior
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Developer
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Java Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) Siebel Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Contracts Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Data Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) ERP Implementation Manager
5 2 (10.53%) ERP Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Finance Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) IT Technician
6 1 (5.26%) Procurement Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Siebel Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) Spring
1 5 (26.32%) Spring Boot
2 4 (21.05%) AngularJS
2 4 (21.05%) JMS
2 4 (21.05%) jQuery
2 4 (21.05%) JSON
2 4 (21.05%) POJO
2 4 (21.05%) React
2 4 (21.05%) RESTful
2 4 (21.05%) SOAP
2 4 (21.05%) Thymeleaf
2 4 (21.05%) Web Services
3 1 (5.26%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (26.32%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) Mac OS
2 2 (10.53%) Windows
3 1 (5.26%) Android
3 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Change Management
1 6 (31.58%) DevOps
2 5 (26.32%) MVC
3 4 (21.05%) API Development
3 4 (21.05%) CI/CD
3 4 (21.05%) Containerisation
3 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
3 4 (21.05%) EAI
3 4 (21.05%) End-to-End Testing
3 4 (21.05%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (21.05%) Microservices
3 4 (21.05%) Migration
3 4 (21.05%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (21.05%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (21.05%) SDLC
3 4 (21.05%) System Integration Testing
3 4 (21.05%) Unit Testing
3 4 (21.05%) User Research
4 2 (10.53%) Contract Management
4 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) Java
2 5 (26.32%) PL/SQL
2 5 (26.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) DBS Check
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) Accessibility
2 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Docker
2 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) PaperCut
2 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Oracle
2 4 (21.05%) Siebel
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.26%) Adobe
4 1 (5.26%) Apple
4 1 (5.26%) Google