Agile Contracts in Merton

Agile Software Development
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merton requiring Agile skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Agile over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Agile 2 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merton 8.70% 8.00% 15.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 9.09% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £401 £466 £353
25th Percentile £403 £472 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% +2.68% -5.47%
75th Percentile £428 £497 £488
90th Percentile £434 £499 -
South London median daily rate £602 £511 £550
% change year-on-year +17.78% -7.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £53.38
25th Percentile - - £53.99
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate - - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +6.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merton

Agile falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 20 22 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 86.96% 88.00% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 18
10th Percentile £213 £230 £159
25th Percentile £236 £325 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £525 £501 £484
90th Percentile £534 £567 £491
South London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 13
10th Percentile - - £32.16
25th Percentile - - £48.60
Median hourly rate £17.98 - £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.44%
75th Percentile - - £55.79
90th Percentile - - £67.02
South London median hourly rate £15.84 £19.50 £52.19
% change year-on-year -18.77% -62.64% +18.32%

Agile
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

Job postings citing Agile as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merton.

Job vacancy trend for Agile in Merton

Agile
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Agile.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Agile

Agile
Hourly Rate Trend in Merton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Agile.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Agile

Agile
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 Agile within the Merton region over the 6 months to 29 August 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 +3 1 £425 -10.53%
New Malden - 1 £400 - 2
Agile
South London

Agile
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) Emotional Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Gantt Chart
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft