SEPA Contracts in Central London

Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring SEPA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SEPA over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 - 175
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Contract jobs citing SEPA 8 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.41% - 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.49% - 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 5
10th Percentile £368 - -
25th Percentile £375 - £630
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.61%
75th Percentile £684 - £725
90th Percentile £758 - -
London median daily rate £600 £700 £675
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

SEPA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 321 411 498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 16.36% 17.14% 13.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 293 362
10th Percentile £375 £363 £375
25th Percentile £462 £463 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £702 £650 £713
90th Percentile £825 £773 £825
London median daily rate £531 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -3.41% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 1
10th Percentile £19.36 £17.96 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £20.44 -
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -6.40% -39.76%
75th Percentile £24.25 £25.92 -
90th Percentile - £35.16 -
London median hourly rate £34.50 £24.18 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.68% -30.91% -21.35%

SEPA
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing SEPA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for SEPA in Central London

SEPA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEPA in Central London.

Daily rate trend for SEPA in Central London

SEPA
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SEPA in Central London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SEPA in Central London

SEPA
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEPA within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
City of London - 8 £550 - 2
SEPA
London

SEPA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Big Data
General
1 6 (75.00%) Banking
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) Payments Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Data Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Data Migration Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Migration Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Banking Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Payments Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Payments Programme Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Payments Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
4 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Transformation Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) JSON
1 2 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
1 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (25.00%) Validation
2 2 (25.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO 20022