Application Support
South London > Merton
The median Application Support daily rate in Merton is £279, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 2 | 5 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +3 | - | - |
| Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merton | 25.00% | 15.79% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 27.27% | 15.79% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £217 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £279 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £338 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South London median daily rate | £279 | - | £475 |
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 | 22 | 19 | 33 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.67% | 100.00% | 97.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 15 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £213 | £193 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £240 | £245 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | £450 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.78% | +5.88% | +13.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £447 | £550 | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | £488 | £638 | £540 |
| South London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | +2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £39.64 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £40.82 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £21.21 | £43.84 | £50.42 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -51.62% | -13.05% | +3.79% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £46.86 | £51.70 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £56.85 |
| South London median hourly rate | £27.61 | £23.50 | £22.98 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.47% | +2.26% | -51.55% |
Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton
Job postings that featured Applications Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merton.
Applications Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Support in Merton.
Applications 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 Applications Support within the Merton region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon | +1 | 6 | £279 | - | |
| Applications Support South London |
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Applications Support Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Applications Support 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 Merton region featuring Applications Support in the job title.
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Applications Support Skill Set
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:
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