Collaborative Working Contract Job Trends in Merton

Collaborative Working
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring Collaborative Working skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 7 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -
Contract jobs citing Collaborative Working 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 10.87% 4.35% 4.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.83% 5.00% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 £263 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £275 £425
Median % change year-on-year +136.36% -35.29% -
75th Percentile £675 £288 £438
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £631 £415 £563
% change year-on-year +52.11% -26.22% -6.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merton

Collaborative Working 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 24 20 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 52.17% 86.96% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 18
10th Percentile £413 £213 £230
25th Percentile £431 £236 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.94% -
75th Percentile £569 £525 £501
90th Percentile £640 £534 £567
South London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 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 £19.00 £15.84 £19.50
% change year-on-year +19.95% -18.77% -62.91%

Collaborative Working
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Collaborative Working job vacancy trend in Merton

Collaborative Working
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Collaborative Working.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Collaborative Working

Collaborative Working
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 Collaborative Working within the Merton region over the 6 months to 31 August 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
New Malden - 2 £650 - 1
Collaborative Working
South London

Collaborative Working
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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) iTrent
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Business Development
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Twin
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Workload Management
3 1 (20.00%) Case Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
1 2 (40.00%) Workday