Degree Contracts in Merseyside

Academic Degree
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 16 17
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +12
Contract jobs citing Degree 17 15 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 7.69% 7.43% 8.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.42% 44.12% 20.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 18
10th Percentile £152 £398 £311
25th Percentile £155 £399 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £412 £388
Median % change year-on-year -51.44% +6.28% +47.62%
75th Percentile £500 £463 £527
90th Percentile £560 £485 £571
North West median daily rate £533 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +12.21% -3.06% +5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 4
10th Percentile - £14.38 £12.93
25th Percentile - £16.25 £15.06
Median hourly rate - £17.50 £17.50
75th Percentile - £18.75 £19.39
90th Percentile - £19.20 £20.55
North West median hourly rate £40.33 £40.59 £25.81
% change year-on-year -0.65% +57.26% -32.28%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Merseyside.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 62 34 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 28.05% 16.83% 40.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 18 85
10th Percentile £149 £239 £350
25th Percentile £153 £290 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £246 £406 £475
Median % change year-on-year -39.34% -14.54% -2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £556 £569
90th Percentile - £583 £671
North West median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 5
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.69 £13.40
25th Percentile £18.03 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £21.59 £17.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.37% - +9.38%
75th Percentile £23.53 £18.75 £18.75
90th Percentile £24.18 £19.13 £20.29
North West median hourly rate £38.66 £46.18 £40.00
% change year-on-year -16.28% +15.45% +95.60%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Degree in Merseyside

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Degree in Merseyside

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in Merseyside over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in Merseyside

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Degree in Merseyside

Degree
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 Degree within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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 +1 12 £185 -58.89% 32
Bootle - 3 £550 - 11
Degree
North West

Degree
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.88%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Aareon QL
1 1 (5.88%) MIS ActiveH
1 1 (5.88%) NEC Housing
1 1 (5.88%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Azure
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
4 2 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.88%) AWS
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Stack
5 1 (5.88%) Boomi
5 1 (5.88%) Mimecast
5 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (5.88%) PowerPivot
3 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 3 (17.65%) Local Government
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Law
2 2 (11.76%) Legal
2 2 (11.76%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Electronics
3 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.88%) Marketing
3 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Social Housing
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
1 4 (23.53%) IT Technician
2 3 (17.65%) Business Change Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Business Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Change Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Hardware Technician
2 3 (17.65%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) QC Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Quality Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Data Centre Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Data Migration Architect
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support
4 1 (5.88%) JavaScript Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Migration Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Cloud Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
1 1 (5.88%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.88%) CSS
1 1 (5.88%) CSS3
1 1 (5.88%) HTML
1 1 (5.88%) HTML5
1 1 (5.88%) jQuery
1 1 (5.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Credit Risk
1 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.88%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
1 5 (29.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Programme Management
2 3 (17.65%) Budget Management
2 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (17.65%) Business Transformation
2 3 (17.65%) Change Management
2 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (17.65%) Performance Improvement
2 3 (17.65%) Process Improvement
2 3 (17.65%) Process Management
2 3 (17.65%) Project Management
2 3 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (17.65%) Risk Register
2 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
2 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (17.65%) Target Operating Model
3 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
3 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.76%) Data Integration
3 2 (11.76%) ITIL
3 2 (11.76%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) C#
2 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (17.65%) DBS Check
2 3 (17.65%) HNC
2 3 (17.65%) HND
3 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.88%) MCP
4 1 (5.88%) MCSE
4 1 (5.88%) MOS
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) GLP
1 2 (11.76%) GMP
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) ISO 9001
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) NEC
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.76%) Dell
4 1 (5.88%) Aareon
4 1 (5.88%) Atlassian
4 1 (5.88%) Capita
4 1 (5.88%) Civica
4 1 (5.88%) Databricks
4 1 (5.88%) Intapp
4 1 (5.88%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (5.88%) Orchard
4 1 (5.88%) SAP
4 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.88%) Sophos
4 1 (5.88%) VMware