Payments Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Payments Analyst
UK > England

The median Payments Analyst daily rate in England is £415, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 502 541
Rank change year-on-year 0 +39 +176
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Analyst 43 13 23
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.045% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.049% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 10 17
10th Percentile £324 £315 £250
25th Percentile £400 £373 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £431 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% -21.59% +6.28%
75th Percentile £538 £645 £600
90th Percentile £650 £656 £638
UK median daily rate £415 £438 £550
% change year-on-year -5.14% -20.45% +13.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £47.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 28,629 26,767 34,583
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.25% 92.94% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,257 16,661 23,770
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,766 841 1,334
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%
75th Percentile £60.19 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%

Payments Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Payments Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Payments Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Payments Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Payments Analyst job vacancies in England

Payments Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payments Analyst in England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payments Analyst in England

Payments Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Payments Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Payments Analyst job vacancies in England

Payments Analyst
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 Payments Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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 +9 25 £525 -0.47% 9
East Midlands - 8 £380 -
Midlands - 8 £380 -
North of England -33 6 £426 +59.55% 1
South East - 4 £405 - 5
Yorkshire - 4 £488 -
North West -28 2 £401 +50.28% 1
Payments Analyst
UK

Payments Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Payments Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Payments Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (51.16%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (44.19%) Agile
3 18 (41.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (39.53%) Requirements Gathering
5 15 (34.88%) Project Delivery
6 13 (30.23%) Business Analysis
6 13 (30.23%) ISO 20022
6 13 (30.23%) Workshop Facilitation
7 12 (27.91%) PSD2
7 12 (27.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (25.58%) Payment Gateway
8 11 (25.58%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (25.58%) User Stories
9 10 (23.26%) KYC
9 10 (23.26%) QA
10 9 (20.93%) Anti-Money Laundering
10 9 (20.93%) ISO 8583
10 9 (20.93%) Kanban
10 9 (20.93%) Scrum
10 9 (20.93%) SEPA
11 8 (18.60%) CBAP
11 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
11 8 (18.60%) PCI DSS
11 8 (18.60%) PMI Certification
11 8 (18.60%) Regulatory Change
11 8 (18.60%) Use Case
11 8 (18.60%) Waterfall
12 7 (16.28%) Project Management
12 7 (16.28%) SQL
13 6 (13.95%) Confluence

Payments Analyst Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (13.95%) Confluence
2 2 (4.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (11.63%) MS Visio
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (25.58%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.98%) Snowflake
2 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (13.95%) JIRA
2 2 (4.65%) Postman
General
1 23 (53.49%) Finance
2 19 (44.19%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (41.86%) Banking
4 15 (34.88%) Social Skills
5 8 (18.60%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.33%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) XML
2 2 (4.65%) JSON
2 2 (4.65%) REST
2 2 (4.65%) SOAP
2 2 (4.65%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Onboarding
2 9 (20.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 8 (18.60%) PMI
3 8 (18.60%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.65%) Digital Wallet
4 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.33%) PACS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (51.16%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (44.19%) Agile
3 18 (41.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (39.53%) Requirements Gathering
5 15 (34.88%) Project Delivery
6 13 (30.23%) Business Analysis
6 13 (30.23%) Workshop Facilitation
7 12 (27.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (25.58%) User Acceptance Testing
8 11 (25.58%) User Stories
9 10 (23.26%) KYC
10 9 (20.93%) Anti-Money Laundering
10 9 (20.93%) Kanban
10 9 (20.93%) Scrum
11 8 (18.60%) Regulatory Change
11 8 (18.60%) Use Case
11 8 (18.60%) Waterfall
12 7 (16.28%) Project Management
13 6 (13.95%) E-Commerce
13 6 (13.95%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.28%) SQL
2 1 (2.33%) Python
2 1 (2.33%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) CBAP
1 8 (18.60%) PMI Certification
2 5 (11.63%) Degree
2 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (30.23%) ISO 20022
2 12 (27.91%) PSD2
3 10 (23.26%) QA
4 9 (20.93%) ISO 8583
4 9 (20.93%) SEPA
5 8 (18.60%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.30%) Salesforce