Software Engineering Contracts in Merseyside

Software Engineering
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 18 37
Rank change year-on-year - +19 +5
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 0 14 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside - 6.19% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 7.91% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £511
25th Percentile - - £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £609
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.62%
75th Percentile - - £626
90th Percentile - - £630
North West median daily rate £501 £548 £600
% change year-on-year -8.67% -8.67% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

Software Engineering 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 137 177 288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 79.65% 78.32% 87.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 88 219
10th Percentile £143 £144 £304
25th Percentile £203 £245 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £400 £490
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -18.37% +12.97%
75th Percentile £546 £498 £550
90th Percentile £650 £608 £650
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 9
10th Percentile £13.28 - £16.24
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £20.31 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.11% +9.76% +52.55%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.32 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.22 £37.18 £27.84
North West median hourly rate £32.25 £21.56 £35.50
% change year-on-year +49.62% -39.28% +71.13%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Merseyside

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Merseyside

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Merseyside.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Merseyside