Secure Coding Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Secure Code Development
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Secure Coding skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Secure Coding 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside - - 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £425
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £570 £571 £450
% change year-on-year -0.18% +26.89% -10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

Secure Coding falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 258 128 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 77.95% 79.50% 79.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 84 83
10th Percentile £133 £143 £143
25th Percentile £150 £203 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £279 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year -36.29% +9.38% -15.79%
75th Percentile £456 £545 £494
90th Percentile £544 £638 £648
North West median daily rate £459 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.37% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 27
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.86 £13.70
25th Percentile £19.27 £15.57 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.44 £18.11
Median % change year-on-year +45.53% -3.70% +3.49%
75th Percentile £44.94 £21.50 £34.21
90th Percentile £51.02 £27.44 £36.62
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £31.88 £23.48
% change year-on-year +42.60% +35.80% -37.06%

Secure Coding
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Secure Coding job vacancy trend in Merseyside