Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in Merton

Project Delivery
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 3.13% 11.11% 3.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.00% 13.04% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £423 -
25th Percentile £475 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +18.75%
75th Percentile £525 £488 £488
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +22.58%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merton

Project Delivery 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 20 23 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 62.50% 85.19% 75.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 15
10th Percentile £185 £246 £116
25th Percentile £213 £353 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - +33.33%
75th Percentile - £491 £494
90th Percentile £425 £523 £512
South London median daily rate £506 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.71% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 6
10th Percentile - - £26.99
25th Percentile £54.55 £68.80 £40.82
Median hourly rate £58.94 £73.60 £46.86
Median % change year-on-year -19.93% +57.06% +6.23%
75th Percentile £66.50 £80.80 £66.85
90th Percentile - £82.24 £77.88
South London median hourly rate £58.94 £73.60 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.93% +213.19% -46.42%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Merton

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
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 Project Delivery within the Merton region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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 £500 -
Project Delivery
South London

Project Delivery
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 Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workload Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) EMC Certification
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC