Developer Contracts in Merseyside

Developer
North West > Merseyside

The median Developer daily rate in Merseyside is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 17 23
Rank change year-on-year +13 +6 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 35 27 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 16.28% 8.65% 7.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.91% 9.06% 8.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 22 23
10th Percentile £350 £325 £380
25th Percentile £403 £361 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £458
Median % change year-on-year - -1.64% +1.67%
75th Percentile £516 £538 £572
90th Percentile £555 £609 £638
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +24.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 207 298 320
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.51% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 210 230
10th Percentile £153 £225 £176
25th Percentile £213 £400 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £475 £428
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% +11.11% +14.00%
75th Percentile £494 £538 £538
90th Percentile £588 £610 £638
North West median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 11 13
10th Percentile - - £9.51
25th Percentile £15.50 £10.09 £11.50
Median hourly rate £21.43 £16.37 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% +9.13% -6.25%
75th Percentile £36.48 £18.75 £17.50
90th Percentile £43.38 £27.30 £18.75
North West median hourly rate £32.90 £30.54 £23.22
% change year-on-year +7.71% +31.51% +29.37%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Merseyside

Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Developer in Merseyside

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

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

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Merseyside

Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Developer in Merseyside

Developer
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 Developer 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 +13 32 £488 +8.33% 26
Southport - 1 £450 - 2
Developer
North West

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Merseyside region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 19 (54.29%) JavaScript
2 16 (45.71%) SQL
3 14 (40.00%) Python
3 14 (40.00%) HTML
3 14 (40.00%) Degree
3 14 (40.00%) Code Quality
4 13 (37.14%) Chatbot
4 13 (37.14%) Conversational UI
4 13 (37.14%) PayPal
4 13 (37.14%) C#
4 13 (37.14%) Artificial Intelligence
4 13 (37.14%) Software Engineering
5 5 (14.29%) React
5 5 (14.29%) Vue
6 4 (11.43%) Social Skills
6 4 (11.43%) Node.js
6 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
6 4 (11.43%) Data Modelling
7 3 (8.57%) PHP
7 3 (8.57%) Migration
7 3 (8.57%) Laravel
7 3 (8.57%) Express.js
7 3 (8.57%) Analytics
7 3 (8.57%) Database Security
7 3 (8.57%) Data Reconciliation
7 3 (8.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (8.57%) AWS
7 3 (8.57%) MongoDB
7 3 (8.57%) MERN Stack
7 3 (8.57%) Database Migration

Developer Skill Set
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 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (37.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) AWS
2 2 (5.71%) Serverless
3 1 (2.86%) Azure
3 1 (2.86%) Azure Functions
3 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.86%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) MongoDB
1 3 (8.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (8.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Git
General
1 4 (11.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.57%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.86%) Law
4 1 (2.86%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (40.00%) HTML
2 5 (14.29%) React
2 5 (14.29%) Vue
3 4 (11.43%) Node.js
4 3 (8.57%) Express.js
4 3 (8.57%) Laravel
4 3 (8.57%) MERN Stack
5 1 (2.86%) .NET
5 1 (2.86%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.86%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.86%) CSS
5 1 (2.86%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (2.86%) Next.js
5 1 (2.86%) OpenCV
5 1 (2.86%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) e-Learning
1 2 (5.71%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.86%) Device Driver
2 1 (2.86%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (2.86%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Code Quality
2 13 (37.14%) Artificial Intelligence
2 13 (37.14%) Conversational UI
2 13 (37.14%) Software Engineering
3 4 (11.43%) Data Modelling
4 3 (8.57%) Analytics
4 3 (8.57%) Data Reconciliation
4 3 (8.57%) Data Science
4 3 (8.57%) Database Migration
4 3 (8.57%) Database Security
4 3 (8.57%) Front End Development
4 3 (8.57%) Migration
4 3 (8.57%) RBAC
5 2 (5.71%) Content Development
5 2 (5.71%) DevOps
5 2 (5.71%) Full Stack Development
5 2 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (5.71%) User Experience
5 2 (5.71%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 19 (54.29%) JavaScript
2 16 (45.71%) SQL
3 14 (40.00%) Python
4 13 (37.14%) C#
5 3 (8.57%) PHP
6 1 (2.86%) C++
6 1 (2.86%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 14 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Vendors
1 13 (37.14%) PayPal
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.86%) Oracle