Business Case Contract Job Trends in Merton

Business Cases
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring Business Case skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Case 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 5.56% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.68% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £631 - -
90th Percentile £658 - -
South London median daily rate £613 £579 -
% change year-on-year +5.83% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merton

Business Case 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 31 14 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 57.41% 82.35% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 19
10th Percentile £413 £213 £308
25th Percentile £450 £239 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -13.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £675 £525 £500
90th Percentile - £530 £533
South London median daily rate £546 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.05% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.87 - -
Median hourly rate £63.74 £17.98 -
Median % change year-on-year +254.48% - -
75th Percentile £65.60 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £31.95 £16.91 £19.50
% change year-on-year +88.94% -13.28% -62.64%

Business Case
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Case relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton.

Business Case job vacancy trend in Merton

Business Case
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Business Case.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Business Case

Business Case
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 Business Case within the Merton region over the 6 months to 1 October 2026. 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 - 2 £575 -
New Malden - 1 £650 - 1
Business Case
South London

Business Case
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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Programme Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Case Management
2 2 (66.67%) Contract Management
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) ArchiMate
3 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) MODAF
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared