Technical Debt Contract Job Trends in South London

Technical Debt
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Technical Debt skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 36 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Technical Debt 0 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London - 0.87% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.98% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £750 -
London median daily rate £538 £571 £625
% change year-on-year -5.91% -8.60% -0.99%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South London

Technical Debt 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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 181 204 225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 86.19% 89.08% 84.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 137 157
10th Percentile £286 £233 £188
25th Percentile £450 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £595
90th Percentile £640 £776 £675
London median daily rate £528 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.09% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 17
10th Percentile £17.98 - £18.20
25th Percentile £54.41 £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate £61.22 £19.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +213.94% -35.00% -31.99%
75th Percentile £66.50 £78.40 £49.88
90th Percentile £66.62 £81.28 £69.50
London median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £32.69
% change year-on-year -17.12% +11.65% -15.64%

Technical Debt
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technical Debt relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.

Technical Debt job vacancy trend in South London

Technical Debt
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Technical Debt.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Technical Debt