PayPal Contract Job Trends in England

PayPal
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of PayPal products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PayPal over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within PayPal.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 533 512 -
Rank change year-on-year -21 - -
Contract jobs citing PayPal 11 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.037% 0.003% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.078% 0.007% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 £303 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £305 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% - -
75th Percentile £375 £308 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £350 £305 -
% change year-on-year +14.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £28.15 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £29.61 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £30.29 - -
UK median hourly rate £29.61 - -

All Vendors
England

PayPal falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 14,030 13,890 17,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.78% 44.93% 44.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,978 8,330 11,723
10th Percentile £280 £300 £256
25th Percentile £404 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 693 434 615
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.93
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £20.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.16% -21.35% +73.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £63.52
90th Percentile £72.00 £74.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.11 £32.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -21.53% -27.11% +75.60%

PayPal
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

PayPal job vacancy trend in England

PayPal
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PayPal.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PayPal

PayPal
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PayPal.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PayPal

PayPal
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PayPal in England over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PayPal in England

PayPal
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 PayPal within the England region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
South East - 7 - - 40
North of England -41 1 - - 89
South West - 1 - - 21
West Midlands - 1 - - 41
London - 1 £350 - 27
Yorkshire - 1 - - 30
Midlands - 1 - - 65
PayPal
UK

PayPal
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:

Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Chatbot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Big Data
1 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (9.09%) Tableau
General
1 9 (81.82%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Trainer
2 1 (9.09%) Customer Service Representative
2 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) AI
1 10 (90.91%) Conversational UI
2 9 (81.82%) Chemistry
3 1 (9.09%) Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Content Writing
3 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
3 1 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (9.09%) Data Architecture
3 1 (9.09%) Data Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) Data Integration
3 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
3 1 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (9.09%) Data Science
3 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
3 1 (9.09%) ETL
3 1 (9.09%) Fintech
3 1 (9.09%) Fraud Detection
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Degree
2 9 (81.82%) Master's Degree
2 9 (81.82%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Google