Handsets
South London > Merton
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Handset in contract job vacancies in Merton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Handset over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 7 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Handset | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merton | 4.17% | - | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 14.29% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South London median daily rate | - | - | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.21 | - | - |
| South London median hourly rate | £21.21 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Merton
Handset falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Merton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton | 29.17% | 10.53% | 28.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £379 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £475 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | +17.65% | +16.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £525 | £450 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £454 |
| South London median daily rate | £650 | £475 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.84% | -13.64% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £30.73 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £45.01 | £40.82 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £73.60 | £43.84 | £52.97 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +67.88% | -17.24% | +13.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £80.80 | £46.86 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £82.24 | - | - |
| South London median hourly rate | £15.84 | £23.50 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.60% | +4.44% | -51.91% |
Handset
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton
Job postings citing Handset as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merton.
Handset
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 Handset within the Merton region over the 6 months to 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morden | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Handset South London |
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