2nd Line Support Contract Job Trends in Merton

Second Line Support
South London > Merton

The median Second Line Support daily rate in Merton is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 3.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £185 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - -
75th Percentile £195 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £190 - £200
% change year-on-year - - -11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Merton. 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 Merton with a recognized job title 26 26 30
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.67% 96.30% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 17
10th Percentile £199 £234 £105
25th Percentile £217 £313 £120
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £256 £375 £270
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% +38.89% -32.50%
75th Percentile £372 £488 £475
90th Percentile £488 £510 £493
South London median daily rate £500 £528 £525
% change year-on-year -5.21% +0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 10
10th Percentile £47.09 - £28.32
25th Percentile £54.55 £68.80 £36.45
Median hourly rate £66.00 £73.60 £46.86
Median % change year-on-year -10.33% +57.06% +6.23%
75th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £66.90
90th Percentile - - £73.58
South London median hourly rate £66.00 £19.50 £26.75
% change year-on-year +238.46% -27.10% -39.36%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton.

2nd Line Support job vacancy trend in Merton

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in Merton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in Merton

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Merton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in Merton.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in Merton

2nd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support within the Merton region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. 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
Morden - 1 £190 - 1
2nd Line Support
South London

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merton

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, 2nd Line Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Merton region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft