Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
North West > Merseyside
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring WCAG skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 22 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing WCAG | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside | 1.16% | - | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 6.45% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £550 | £403 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.64% | +36.65% | -10.56% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Merseyside
WCAG falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Merseyside.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 31 | 18 | 32 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside | 17.92% | 7.93% | 13.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 9 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £220 | £201 | £150 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | - | £290 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £450 | £413 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.56% | +9.09% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £500 | £528 |
| 90th Percentile | £660 | £600 | £538 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £480 | £491 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.25% | -2.14% | +6.05% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £18.09 | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £63.40 | £24.09 | £35.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +163.18% | -32.14% | -48.59% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing WCAG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
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Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing WCAG.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing WCAG.
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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 WCAG within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 13 September 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 | - | 2 | £475 | - | 1 |
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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:
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