Senior Contracts in Merseyside

Senior
North West > Merseyside

The median Senior daily rate in Merseyside is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 19 18
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 10 28 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 4.31% 9.09% 8.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.48% 9.56% 9.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 23
10th Percentile £235 £420 £219
25th Percentile £283 £466 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +28.13% -28.25%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £448
90th Percentile £625 £675 £500
North West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 223 293 305
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.12% 95.13% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 207 221
10th Percentile £157 £235 £185
25th Percentile £213 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £475 £430
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +10.47% +11.69%
75th Percentile £494 £538 £538
90th Percentile £588 £604 £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 10
10th Percentile - - £10.49
25th Percentile £15.50 £10.09 £12.38
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 £18.44
90th Percentile £43.38 £27.30 £20.23
North West median hourly rate £32.90 £28.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year +16.07% +13.36% +38.45%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Merseyside

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for Senior in Merseyside

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Merseyside over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Merseyside

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Merseyside

Senior
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 Senior within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +2 7 £550 +10.00% 25
St Helens - 3 £240 -
Senior
North West

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) Node.js
2 3 (30.00%) Express.js
2 3 (30.00%) SCCM
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) React
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (30.00%) Vue
2 3 (30.00%) MongoDB
2 3 (30.00%) MERN Stack
3 1 (10.00%) Serverless
3 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Full Stack Development
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Wireless
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Pega
3 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (10.00%) Agile

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (10.00%) Legal
1 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) Node.js
2 3 (30.00%) Express.js
2 3 (30.00%) MERN Stack
2 3 (30.00%) React
2 3 (30.00%) Vue
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
1 3 (30.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Agile
1 1 (10.00%) Change Management
1 1 (10.00%) Coaching
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (10.00%) Full Stack Development
1 1 (10.00%) Information Security
1 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (10.00%) Project Management
1 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (10.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Pega