SWIFT Messaging Network Contracts in the City of London

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT Messaging Network)
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SWIFT Messaging Network in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SWIFT Messaging Network over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 117 158
Rank change year-on-year +14 +41 +21
Contract jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network 13 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.78% 0.42% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.26% 1.33% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 11
10th Percentile £375 £423 £513
25th Percentile £398 £438 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.68% -20.83% +3.54%
75th Percentile £678 £640 £706
90th Percentile £725 £731 £725
Central London median daily rate £493 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -1.50% -13.04% -0.78%

All Generic Skills
City of London

SWIFT Messaging Network falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 576 675 1,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 34.39% 31.26% 34.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 451 820
10th Percentile £357 £265 £350
25th Percentile £475 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £700 £698 £750
90th Percentile £812 £838 £850
Central London median daily rate £575 £563 £625
% change year-on-year +2.22% -10.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 13
10th Percentile £18.15 £12.75 £17.33
25th Percentile £20.63 £14.38 £35.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £23.00 £39.83
Median % change year-on-year +15.22% -42.25% -14.34%
75th Percentile £48.25 £27.25 £88.30
90th Percentile £79.30 £36.60 -
Central London median hourly rate £26.45 £23.40 £35.00
% change year-on-year +13.03% -33.14% -24.73%

SWIFT Messaging Network
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SWIFT Messaging Network 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 SWIFT Messaging Network in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for SWIFT Messaging Network in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network in the City of London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SWIFT Messaging Network in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for SWIFT Messaging Network 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) IIS
1 1 (7.69%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (7.69%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) HTTP
1 1 (7.69%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (7.69%) MySQL
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle Database
3 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
3 1 (7.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) IBM UrbanCode
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
1 1 (7.69%) JMeter
General
1 9 (69.23%) Banking
2 7 (53.85%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Back Office
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Payments Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Applications Support
3 3 (23.08%) Data Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Banking Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Data Migration Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Migration Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Payments Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Payments Programme Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Payments Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Programme Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Test Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Transformation Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Transformation Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) JSON
1 2 (15.38%) XML
2 1 (7.69%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (7.69%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.69%) Linux
3 1 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
2 2 (15.38%) CRM
2 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
2 2 (15.38%) Work Breakdown Structure
3 1 (7.69%) Data Lineage
3 1 (7.69%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (7.69%) ITIL
3 1 (7.69%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) Project Management
3 1 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (7.69%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Waterfall
3 1 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) SEPA
2 2 (15.38%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Bloomberg
2 1 (7.69%) IBM
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Refinitiv
2 1 (7.69%) Sybase