Software Engineering Contracts in Merton

Software Engineering
South London > Merton

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merton with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 1 3
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing Software Engineering 1 12 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merton 5.56% 33.33% 23.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.33% 41.38% 30.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £317 £465
25th Percentile - £342 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.75% +17.95%
75th Percentile - £713 £600
90th Percentile - - £645
South London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +19.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 8
10th Percentile - £49.69 £40.27
25th Percentile £40.82 - £43.98
Median hourly rate £43.84 £50.42 £48.58
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% +3.79% +5.13%
75th Percentile £46.86 £54.38 £51.36
90th Percentile - £58.54 £56.23
South London median hourly rate £82.50 £50.42 £47.96
% change year-on-year +63.63% +5.13% +3.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merton

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Merton with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12 29 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 66.67% 80.56% 78.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 22
10th Percentile £250 £253 £266
25th Percentile £388 £319 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £606 £488 £488
90th Percentile £638 £589 £523
South London median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 12
10th Percentile - £41.05 £39.82
25th Percentile £40.82 £49.96 £41.11
Median hourly rate £43.84 £50.42 £47.44
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% +6.29% +2.20%
75th Percentile £46.86 £53.67 £48.90
90th Percentile - £57.85 £55.29
South London median hourly rate £23.50 £36.94 £46.82
% change year-on-year -36.38% -21.09% +0.86%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merton.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Merton

Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Merton.

Daily rate trend for Software Engineering in Merton

Software Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Merton.

Hourly rate trend for Software Engineering in Merton

Software Engineering
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 Software Engineering within the Merton region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 0 1 - - 7
Software Engineering
South London

Software Engineering
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ada
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware