SEPA Contracts in the City of London

Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 110 - 163
Rank change year-on-year - - +31
Contract jobs citing SEPA 8 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.46% - 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.70% - 1.07%
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 - -
Central London median daily rate £550 - £675
% change year-on-year - - +7.61%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 296 369 469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 17.05% 17.04% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 267 342
10th Percentile £375 £367 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.64% -8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £713 £650 £725
90th Percentile £824 £750 £838
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.61 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.77% - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £23.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% -6.40% -39.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SEPA in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEPA in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for SEPA in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for SEPA in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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