Public Sector Contracts 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 18 41 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 11.11% 17.67% 18.67%
As % of the General category 19.15% 34.75% 33.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 16 41
10th Percentile £400 £333 £300
25th Percentile £525 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £425 £490
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -13.27% +50.77%
75th Percentile £775 £450 £519
90th Percentile - £556 £550
North West median daily rate £465 £493 £513
% change year-on-year -5.68% -3.80% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 20 3
10th Percentile - £14.11 £18.37
25th Percentile £21.02 £14.50 £21.64
Median hourly rate £21.27 £16.00 £27.20
Median % change year-on-year +32.94% -41.18% +81.33%
75th Percentile £21.52 £22.05 £28.65
90th Percentile - £34.39 £29.46
North West median hourly rate £21.27 £16.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +28.91% -13.16% -36.67%

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 94 118 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 58.02% 50.86% 55.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 55 115
10th Percentile £159 £148 £319
25th Percentile £363 £210 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.59% -15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £494 £550
90th Percentile £663 £588 £655
North West median daily rate £463 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -6.19% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 32 7
10th Percentile - £14.50 £16.22
25th Percentile £12.21 £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £17.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +1.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.32 £28.65
90th Percentile £21.52 £37.18 £43.20
North West median hourly rate £29.54 £23.48 £23.15
% change year-on-year +25.81% +1.40% -6.46%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Merseyside

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Merseyside over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Merseyside

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Merseyside

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 3 July 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 -9 12 £650 +44.44% 40
Southport - 4 - -
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 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) GCP
1 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (44.44%) Siebel EIM
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (44.44%) Banking
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Military
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Developer
1 7 (38.89%) Siebel Developer
2 5 (27.78%) Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Change and Release Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Change Manager
3 4 (22.22%) Release Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Agile Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Architect
5 1 (5.56%) IT Technician
5 1 (5.56%) ITIL Change Manager
5 1 (5.56%) ITIL Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Programme Change Manager
5 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Siebel Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) JMS
1 8 (44.44%) SOAP
1 8 (44.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Linux
2 2 (11.11%) Mac OS
2 2 (11.11%) Windows
3 1 (5.56%) Android
3 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Data Modelling
1 8 (44.44%) EAI
1 8 (44.44%) Migration
1 8 (44.44%) Performance Tuning
1 8 (44.44%) SDLC
2 6 (33.33%) Change Management
2 6 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 6 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 6 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
3 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) ITIL
4 4 (22.22%) Release Management
5 3 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 3 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
5 3 (16.67%) DevOps
5 3 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (16.67%) Service Management
6 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (5.56%) Business Analysis
7 1 (5.56%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) PL/SQL
1 8 (44.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (77.78%) SC Cleared
1 14 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
3 1 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Grafana
1 3 (16.67%) Terraform
2 1 (5.56%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Oracle
1 8 (44.44%) Siebel
2 3 (16.67%) Splunk
3 1 (5.56%) Adobe
3 1 (5.56%) Apple
3 1 (5.56%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft