SEPA Contract Job Trends in Chester

Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring SEPA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SEPA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 0.77% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £447 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7 2 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 5.38% 3.08% 30.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £353 - £263
25th Percentile £413 - £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £431
Median % change year-on-year - - +32.46%
75th Percentile £438 - £448
90th Percentile £483 - £450
Cheshire median daily rate £463 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.50% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £29.20
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - +64.71% +164.47%
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate - £24.18 £26.66
% change year-on-year - -9.30% +65.90%

SEPA
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SEPA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

SEPA job vacancy trend in Chester

SEPA
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing SEPA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing SEPA

SEPA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Payments Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Payments Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PSD2