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 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 14 4
Rank change year-on-year -5 -10 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 26 17 42
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 8.36% 10.69% 17.87%
As % of the General category 13.68% 17.53% 33.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 16
10th Percentile £393 £412 £333
25th Percentile £481 £525 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £700 £425
Median % change year-on-year -27.14% +64.71% -15.00%
75th Percentile £734 £775 £450
90th Percentile - - £556
North West median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 21
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £21.02 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £21.27 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% +32.94% -41.18%
75th Percentile - £21.52 £18.00
90th Percentile - - £34.21
North West median hourly rate £25.38 £21.27 £16.00
% change year-on-year +19.32% +32.94% -18.99%

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 general skills in Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 190 97 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 61.09% 61.01% 52.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 60 58
10th Percentile £133 £160 £151
25th Percentile £275 £363 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £470 £400
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +17.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £483
90th Percentile £611 £663 £588
North West median daily rate £468 £465 £491
% change year-on-year +0.65% -5.34% -1.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 35
10th Percentile £22.17 - £14.50
25th Percentile - £12.21 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.44 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.53% -3.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile - £20.38 £34.32
90th Percentile £43.96 £21.52 £37.18
North West median hourly rate £36.00 £29.54 £21.50
% change year-on-year +21.89% +37.37% -7.13%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend 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 20 June 2026.

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 20 June 2026. 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 -9 17 £510 -27.14% 4
Public Sector
North West

Public Sector
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 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (38.46%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (34.62%) Azure
4 6 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (11.54%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.85%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (3.85%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (3.85%) AWS
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Functions
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
7 1 (3.85%) GitHub
7 1 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
7 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
7 1 (3.85%) SaaS
7 1 (3.85%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Git
1 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (34.62%) Local Government
1 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Military
4 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.85%) Legal
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Tester
2 4 (15.38%) Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) Consultant
4 2 (7.69%) Java Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Software Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Test Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Business Continuity Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Business Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Disaster Recovery Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Java Software Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Lead
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Service Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Spring
1 3 (11.54%) Spring Boot
1 3 (11.54%) Spring MVC
2 1 (3.85%) GraphQL
2 1 (3.85%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (3.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Housing Association
2 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 7 (26.92%) DevOps
3 5 (19.23%) Regression Testing
4 4 (15.38%) Agile
4 4 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (11.54%) Coaching
5 3 (11.54%) Defect Management
5 3 (11.54%) Mentoring
5 3 (11.54%) MVC
5 3 (11.54%) Performance Testing
5 3 (11.54%) Test Automation
5 3 (11.54%) Test Strategy
6 2 (7.69%) Cutover Planning
6 2 (7.69%) Data Governance
6 2 (7.69%) Operational Acceptance Testing
6 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.69%) Test Management
6 2 (7.69%) Validation
6 2 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Java
2 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.85%) C#
3 1 (3.85%) Go
3 1 (3.85%) PHP
3 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.85%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) Ruby
3 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) Accessibility
2 2 (7.69%) IFRS
2 2 (7.69%) IFRS 17
3 1 (3.85%) GDPR
3 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) OpenAI
2 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow