Human Factors Contract Job Trends in Merton

Human Factors
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring Human Factors skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 6.67% - 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.69% - 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £54.37 - £62.50
Median hourly rate £58.74 - £65.00
75th Percentile £63.10 - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £58.74 - £65.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merton

Human Factors 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 13 24 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 86.67% 88.89% 82.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 17
10th Percentile £213 £273 £128
25th Percentile £239 £344 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £525 £494 £488
90th Percentile £530 £548 £500
South London median daily rate £508 £501 £523
% change year-on-year +1.40% -4.21% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile - - £32.16
25th Percentile - £68.80 £40.82
Median hourly rate £17.98 £73.60 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.57% +33.82% +24.69%
75th Percentile £40.54 £78.40 £65.11
90th Percentile £54.08 - £71.50
South London median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £49.88
% change year-on-year -7.79% -60.91% +13.08%

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Human Factors job vacancy trend in Merton

Human Factors
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 Human Factors within the Merton region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
New Malden - 1 - - 1
Human Factors
South London

Human Factors
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared