Senior Technical Engineer Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Senior Technical Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median Senior Technical Engineer daily rate in Merseyside is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Technical Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
North West median daily rate £350 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Merseyside. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Merseyside with a recognized job title 287 153 209
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 94.44% 96.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 101 116
10th Percentile £133 £143 £153
25th Percentile £151 £208 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £438 £381
Median % change year-on-year -9.94% +14.72% -19.71%
75th Percentile £538 £545 £494
90th Percentile £638 £638 £588
North West median daily rate £475 £465 £488
% change year-on-year +2.15% -4.62% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 32
10th Percentile £17.55 £12.21 -
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £17.44 £21.43
Median % change year-on-year +45.53% -18.62% +30.91%
75th Percentile - £21.14 £36.48
90th Percentile - £22.78 £43.38
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £28.75 £32.90
% change year-on-year +73.91% -12.60% +10.94%

Senior Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Technical Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Senior Technical Engineer job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Senior Technical Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 3 June 2026, Senior Technical Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Merseyside region featuring Senior Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Senior Technical Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
Senior Technical Engineer jobs