Contract Process & Methodology Statistics in Merton

Description	Rank 6 Months to 8 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Software Engineering	2	-	-	-	12 29.27%	1
Scrum	5	-	-	-	9 21.95%
Agile	5	-	-	-	9 21.95%
Problem-Solving	7	-3	£300	+19.76%	5 12.20%	2
DevSecOps	7	-	-	-	5 12.20%
Database Tuning	9	-	£300	-	3 7.32%
Test Automation	9	-2	-	-	3 7.32%	2
Technical Leadership	9	-	-	-	3 7.32%
High Availability	9	-2	£300	-33.33%	3 7.32%
Migration	9	-3	£425	+13.33%	3 7.32%
Customer Service	9	-4	£190	-24.15%	3 7.32%
Database Security	9	-	£300	-	3 7.32%
Performance Tuning	9	-	£300	-	3 7.32%
DevOps	9	-	£300	-	3 7.32%	1
Performance Optimisation	9	-	£300	-	3 7.32%
ITIL	10	-5	£190	-24.15%	2 4.88%
UML	10	-	-	-	2 4.88%
Configuration Management	10	-	-	-	2 4.88%	1
Infrastructure Engineering	10	-3	£419	+11.66%	2 4.88%
Service Management	10	-4	£190	-20.08%	2 4.88%
ITSM	10	-4	£190	-20.08%	2 4.88%
Stakeholder Management	10	-3	£388	-	2 4.88%	1
Continuous Improvement	10	-3	£425	+88.88%	2 4.88%	2
Process Improvement	10	-	£190	-	2 4.88%
CI/CD	10	-	-	-	2 4.88%	1
Containerisation	10	-	£413	-	2 4.88%
Asset Management	10	-4	£190	-20.08%	2 4.88%
Security Hardening	10	-	£425	-	2 4.88%
Ergonomics	11	-	-	-	1 2.44%
Human Factors	11	-	-	-	1 2.44%
Performance Testing	11	-	-	-	1 2.44%
Test Management	11	-4	£363	-12.12%	1 2.44%	2
Test Scripting	11	-	£363	-	1 2.44%	2
Continuous Integration	11	-	-	-	1 2.44%
Data Protection	11	-4	-	-	1 2.44%
Information Assurance	11	-	-	-	1 2.44%
Stakeholder Engagement	11	-	£550	-	1 2.44%
Risk Management	11	-6	£413	-21.42%	1 2.44%
Project Delivery	11	-	£425	-	1 2.44%
Roadmaps	11	-	£413	-	1 2.44%	1
End-to-End Testing	11	-	£363	-	1 2.44%
Cloud Security	11	-5	£425	-12.82%	1 2.44%
Technical Analysis	11	-	-	-	1 2.44%