Finance Contracts in Merton

Financial
South London > Merton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in contract job vacancies in Merton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 4 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Finance 8 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merton 33.33% 21.05% -
As % of the General category 50.00% 25.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £258 £551 -
25th Percentile £301 £591 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% - -
75th Percentile £488 £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £600 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £70.24 - -
25th Percentile £72.40 - -
Median hourly rate £78.40 - -
75th Percentile £82.00 - -
90th Percentile £82.72 - -
South London median hourly rate £78.40 - £19.50

All General Skills
Merton

Finance falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16 16 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 66.67% 84.21% 61.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 14
10th Percentile £237 £187 £333
25th Percentile £313 £250 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £478 £575 £484
90th Percentile £488 £638 £523
South London median daily rate £600 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £70.24 - £39.64
25th Percentile £72.40 - -
Median hourly rate £78.40 - £50.42
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.29%
75th Percentile £82.00 - £51.70
90th Percentile £82.72 - £56.85
South London median hourly rate £15.84 £23.50 £23.46
% change year-on-year -32.60% +0.17% -49.32%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Job vacancy trend for Finance in Merton

Finance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance in Merton.

Daily rate trend for Finance in Merton

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Merton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Merton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Merton

Finance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finance in Merton.

Hourly rate trend for Finance in Merton

Finance
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 Finance 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 +2 5 £475 -13.64%
New Malden - 3 £325 -
Finance
South London

Finance
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 1 (12.50%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 1 (12.50%) SAP CO
1 1 (12.50%) SAP FI
1 1 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Integration Manager
1 3 (37.50%) Integration Project Manager
1 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Support
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) PeopleSoft Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) PeopleSoft Functional Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Architect
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (12.50%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CISM
1 2 (25.00%) CISSP
1 2 (25.00%) CRISC
1 2 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) PeopleSoft
1 1 (12.50%) SAP