SEPA Contracts in England

Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SEPA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SEPA over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 640 744
Rank change year-on-year +125 +104 -143
Contract jobs citing SEPA 26 21 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.071% 0.042% 0.077%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.50% 0.31% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 9 43
10th Percentile £618 £511 £505
25th Percentile £656 £630 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +13.68%
75th Percentile - £725 £750
90th Percentile £710 £728 £813
UK median daily rate £700 £653 £675
% change year-on-year +7.28% -3.33% +13.68%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

SEPA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,228 6,670 9,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.18% 13.35% 13.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,353 4,545 6,433
10th Percentile £300 £281 £289
25th Percentile £408 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £514
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.24% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 214 259
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.06 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £19.07 £16.38
Median hourly rate £22.34 £36.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.37% +31.82% +30.95%
75th Percentile £45.00 £62.92 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.60 £79.93 £68.35
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +27.27% +30.95%

SEPA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SEPA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SEPA in England

SEPA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEPA in England.

Daily rate trend for SEPA in England

SEPA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SEPA in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SEPA in England

SEPA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SEPA in England.

Hourly rate trend for SEPA in England

SEPA
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 SEPA within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +122 23 £700 +3.70% 5
South West +22 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
SEPA
UK

SEPA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) IntelliMatch
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 20 (76.92%) Finance
2 16 (61.54%) Banking
3 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Corporate Banking
4 4 (15.38%) Front Office
5 2 (7.69%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (69.23%) Analyst
1 18 (69.23%) Business Analyst
2 15 (57.69%) Payments Analyst
2 15 (57.69%) Payments Business Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Banking Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Banking Business Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Architect
4 4 (15.38%) C# Developer
4 4 (15.38%) Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Payments Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Payments Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Senior
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Business Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Payments Business Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) SQL Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (69.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 6 (23.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (11.54%) Derivative
4 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) SDLC
2 5 (19.23%) Agile
3 4 (15.38%) Business Analysis
3 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
4 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.85%) Commercialisation
5 1 (3.85%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.85%) Data Analysis
5 1 (3.85%) Data Conversion
5 1 (3.85%) Data Mapping
5 1 (3.85%) Data Protection
5 1 (3.85%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (3.85%) Kanban
5 1 (3.85%) Mentoring
5 1 (3.85%) Migration
5 1 (3.85%) Project Management
5 1 (3.85%) Scrum
5 1 (3.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.85%) Waterfall
5 1 (3.85%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) C#
2 2 (7.69%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) ISO 20022
2 2 (7.69%) EMIR
2 2 (7.69%) ISO 8583
2 2 (7.69%) MiFID
3 1 (3.85%) TARGET2
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Bloomberg
1 5 (19.23%) Refinitiv