ISO 8583 Contract Job Trends in England

ISO 8583
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring ISO 8583 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 489 572
Rank change year-on-year -37 +83 +161
Contract jobs citing ISO 8583 12 16 7
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.039% 0.052% 0.018%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.22% 0.38% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 5
10th Percentile £344 £433 -
25th Percentile £402 £519 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £590 £550
Median % change year-on-year -31.61% +7.27% +57.14%
75th Percentile £468 £600 £600
90th Percentile £490 - £623
UK median daily rate £404 £590 £550
% change year-on-year -31.61% +7.27% +57.14%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

ISO 8583 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,453 4,201 5,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.50% 13.69% 14.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,538 2,450 3,673
10th Percentile £313 £288 £323
25th Percentile £404 £393 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 175 222
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.36 £14.61
25th Percentile £17.69 £17.83 £20.18
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £35.98
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% -16.61% +58.13%
75th Percentile £56.75 £63.75 £66.88
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £83.39
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.35 £35.50
% change year-on-year -8.04% -22.96% +55.41%

ISO 8583
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO 8583 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

ISO 8583 job vacancy trend in England

ISO 8583
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISO 8583.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISO 8583

ISO 8583
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 8583 in England over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 8583 in England

ISO 8583
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISO 8583.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ISO 8583

ISO 8583
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 8583 within the England region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
London -7 4 £370 -38.38% 2
North West - 4 £474 -
North of England - 4 £474 -
South East - 2 £404 -
East Midlands - 2 £401 -
Midlands - 2 £401 -
ISO 8583
UK

ISO 8583
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Payment Gateway
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) ATM
General
1 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Spanish Language
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Business Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Payments Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Payments Business Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Architect
2 4 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Payments Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Payments Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) REST
1 4 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 6 (50.00%) PMI
1 6 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (33.33%) PACS
2 4 (33.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 6 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 6 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 6 (50.00%) Kanban
2 6 (50.00%) KYC
2 6 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 6 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 6 (50.00%) Scrum
2 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (50.00%) Use Case
2 6 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (50.00%) User Stories
2 6 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 5 (41.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
4 4 (33.33%) Fintech
4 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) CBAP
1 6 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 6 (50.00%) PSD2
1 6 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft