Security Hardening Contract Job Trends in Merton

Security Hardening
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring Security Hardening skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Hardening 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 2.56% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £425 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merton

Security Hardening 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 26 15 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 66.67% 62.50% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 10
10th Percentile £185 £239 £91
25th Percentile £300 £306 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £375 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -18.92% +5.71%
75th Percentile £438 £436 £608
90th Percentile - £499 £638
South London median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 4
10th Percentile - - £21.46
25th Percentile £54.55 £68.80 £33.91
Median hourly rate £63.50 £73.60 £46.86
Median % change year-on-year -13.72% +57.06% -7.06%
75th Percentile £66.50 £80.80 £58.22
90th Percentile £67.70 £82.24 £73.24
South London median hourly rate £61.22 £24.92 £23.50
% change year-on-year +145.66% +6.04% -46.72%

Security Hardening
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 Security Hardening within the Merton region over the 6 months to 11 March 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
Morden - 1 £425 - 1
Security Hardening
South London

Security Hardening
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Server Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Server Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Server Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Server Support
1 1 (100.00%) Server Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft