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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 8 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +6
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Finance 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merton 17.39% 4.17% 10.26%
As % of the General category 30.77% 7.14% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £216 - £154
25th Percentile £222 £525 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £550 £179
Median % change year-on-year -56.82% +207.69% -66.11%
75th Percentile £322 £575 £273
90th Percentile £369 - £409
South London median daily rate £491 £700 £550
% change year-on-year -29.93% +27.27% -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 13 14 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 56.52% 58.33% 74.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 16
10th Percentile £213 £284 £136
25th Percentile £227 £403 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £356
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +26.32% -25.00%
75th Percentile £525 £501 £450
90th Percentile £536 £552 £494
South London median daily rate £490 £475 £539
% change year-on-year +3.21% -11.87% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - £48.60
25th Percentile - - £51.70
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.22%
75th Percentile - - £60.45
90th Percentile - - £67.50
South London median hourly rate £15.84 £19.50 £52.58
% change year-on-year -18.77% -62.91% +16.84%

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
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Finance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Finance

Finance
Daily Rate Histogram in Merton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Finance in Merton over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Finance in Merton

Finance
Hourly Rate Trend in Merton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Finance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Finance

Finance
DemandTrendContract 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 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wimbledon +4 3 £231 -57.95% 3
New Malden - 1 £400 -
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (25.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Support
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Architect
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (25.00%) Emotional Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) SAP