Degree Contracts in Merseyside

Academic Degree
North West > Merseyside

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for Degree qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 34 20
Rank change year-on-year +25 -14 +2
Contract jobs citing Degree 23 10 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 10.70% 3.21% 8.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.33% 9.26% 27.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 15
10th Percentile £157 £418 £161
25th Percentile £181 £425 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £520 £325
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +60.00% -13.33%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £350
90th Percentile £657 £758 £566
North West median daily rate £510 £486 £425
% change year-on-year +4.94% +14.35% -9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £18.98 - £11.80
25th Percentile £23.08 £16.25 £12.25
Median hourly rate £32.12 £17.50 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +83.51% +14.75% -17.57%
75th Percentile £34.32 £18.75 £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £26.52 £40.59 £31.00
% change year-on-year -34.66% +30.94% -34.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

Degree is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 67 108 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 31.16% 34.62% 31.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 80 77
10th Percentile £184 £398 £199
25th Percentile £213 £440 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.53% +3.33%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £648
North West median daily rate £500 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 5
10th Percentile £12.14 - £11.90
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.06%
75th Percentile £34.27 £18.75 £18.75
90th Percentile £46.13 - -
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £40.59 £40.01
% change year-on-year -60.43% +1.45% +11.14%

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 May 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Degree in Merseyside over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 May 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 +21 22 £369 -29.09% 52
St Helens - 1 £208 - 1
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 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (56.52%) Chatbot
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Azure
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Azure Functions
2 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.35%) Mimecast
2 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) PowerApps
2 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) DHCP
1 1 (4.35%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Developer
2 13 (56.52%) Software Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) IT Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Service Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Trainer
5 1 (4.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.35%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.35%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Low-Code Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Power Apps Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Transformation Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Transformation Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (60.87%) HTML
2 1 (4.35%) CSS
2 1 (4.35%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Low-Code
1 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
1 3 (13.04%) Windows 10
2 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Artificial Intelligence
1 13 (56.52%) Code Quality
1 13 (56.52%) Conversational UI
1 13 (56.52%) Software Engineering
2 4 (17.39%) ITIL
3 3 (13.04%) Change Management
3 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
4 2 (8.70%) DevOps
4 2 (8.70%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (8.70%) Incident Management
4 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (8.70%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (4.35%) Agile
5 1 (4.35%) Asset Management
5 1 (4.35%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.35%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (4.35%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
5 1 (4.35%) Informatics
5 1 (4.35%) Time Management
5 1 (4.35%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (60.87%) JavaScript
2 13 (56.52%) C#
2 13 (56.52%) Python
2 13 (56.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
1 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
1 1 (4.35%) MCP
1 1 (4.35%) MCSE
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (4.35%) MOS
1 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) GDPR
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) PayPal
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) SAP
3 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.35%) Sophos
4 1 (4.35%) VMware