Customer Service Contract Job Trends in Merton

Customer Service
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring Customer Service skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Customer Service 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 3.23% 7.14% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 8.33% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £184 -
25th Percentile £185 £193 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £218 £155
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% +40.32% -41.51%
75th Percentile £195 £245 £158
90th Percentile - £256 -
South London median daily rate £175 £190 £155
% change year-on-year -7.89% +22.58% -38.61%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merton

Customer Service 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 19 24 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 61.29% 85.71% 75.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 15
10th Percentile £210 £255 £116
25th Percentile £248 £325 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £525 £488 £488
90th Percentile £530 £520 £500
South London median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 9
10th Percentile £54.52 - £26.63
25th Percentile £54.55 £68.80 £40.82
Median hourly rate £63.50 £73.60 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year -13.72% +47.55% +13.08%
75th Percentile £66.50 £80.80 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.74 £82.24 £74.65
South London median hourly rate £61.22 £73.60 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.82% +145.33% -31.99%

Customer Service
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Customer Service job vacancy trend in Merton

Customer Service
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Customer Service.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Customer Service

Customer Service
Hourly Rate Trend in Merton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Customer Service.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Customer Service

Customer Service
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 Customer Service within the Merton region over the 6 months to 28 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 - 2
Customer Service
South London

Customer Service
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
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
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%) 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