SEPA Contracts in England

Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SEPA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SEPA over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 446 521 634
Rank change year-on-year +75 +113 +104
Contract jobs citing SEPA 46 24 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.064% 0.033%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.05% 0.48% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 18 8
10th Percentile £375 £533 £494
25th Percentile £405 £641 £601
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £700 £653
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +7.28% -3.33%
75th Percentile £644 - £697
90th Percentile £698 £713 £729
UK median daily rate £496 £700 £630
% change year-on-year -29.14% +11.11% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £87.50 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

SEPA 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 4,376 5,014 6,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.50% 13.45% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,828 3,143 4,420
10th Percentile £275 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +0.95%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £525
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 376 234
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £19.02 £13.23 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.76 £24.18 £40.32
Median % change year-on-year +31.35% -40.03% +55.08%
75th Percentile £64.69 £52.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.28 £70.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +26.05% -36.53% +38.89%

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 July 2025.

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 July 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 +58 33 £613 -12.50% 67
North of England +16 12 £487 - 4
North West +14 11 £492 - 4
Yorkshire - 1 £483 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.70%) WebSphere
2 3 (6.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (6.52%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Oracle 11i
1 2 (4.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.70%) Azure
2 3 (6.52%) AWS
2 3 (6.52%) Azure API Management
3 2 (4.35%) SaaS
4 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.17%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.22%) Oracle Database
2 2 (4.35%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (2.17%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (15.22%) JIRA
2 4 (8.70%) IBM UrbanCode
2 4 (8.70%) Jenkins
3 3 (6.52%) Ant
3 3 (6.52%) SoapUI
3 3 (6.52%) Toad
4 2 (4.35%) JUnit
5 1 (2.17%) Cucumber
5 1 (2.17%) LoadRunner
General
1 28 (60.87%) Banking
2 26 (56.52%) Social Skills
3 20 (43.48%) Finance
4 11 (23.91%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.52%) Financial Institution
5 3 (6.52%) Legal
6 2 (4.35%) Corporate Banking
6 2 (4.35%) Law
7 1 (2.17%) Back Office
7 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (50.00%) Analyst
2 22 (47.83%) Payments Analyst
3 10 (21.74%) Business Analyst
3 10 (21.74%) Payments Business Analyst
4 9 (19.57%) Banking Analyst
5 8 (17.39%) Architect
6 5 (10.87%) Banking Business Analyst
6 5 (10.87%) Test Analyst
7 4 (8.70%) Data Analyst
7 4 (8.70%) Data Migration Analyst
7 4 (8.70%) Migration Analyst
7 4 (8.70%) Payments Architect
7 4 (8.70%) Senior
7 4 (8.70%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (8.70%) Test Architect
8 3 (6.52%) Developer
8 3 (6.52%) Integration Developer
8 3 (6.52%) Payments Project Manager
8 3 (6.52%) Project Manager
8 3 (6.52%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.04%) XML
2 5 (10.87%) JSON
3 3 (6.52%) EDI
3 3 (6.52%) IBM Integration Bus
3 3 (6.52%) Kafka
3 3 (6.52%) Middleware
3 3 (6.52%) SOAP
4 2 (4.35%) OAuth
4 2 (4.35%) OAuth2
5 1 (2.17%) Gherkin
5 1 (2.17%) Spring
5 1 (2.17%) Spring Boot
5 1 (2.17%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 26 (56.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (4.35%) Digital Wallet
2 2 (4.35%) EMV
2 2 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (4.35%) PACS
3 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.17%) Derivative
3 1 (2.17%) Online Banking
3 1 (2.17%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Android
1 4 (8.70%) Apple iOS
2 3 (6.52%) AIX
2 3 (6.52%) Linux
2 3 (6.52%) Unix
2 3 (6.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (17.39%) Test Automation
2 7 (15.22%) CI/CD
2 7 (15.22%) Migration
3 5 (10.87%) DevOps
3 5 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (8.70%) Agile
4 4 (8.70%) Business Analysis
4 4 (8.70%) Data Migration
4 4 (8.70%) Defect Tracking
4 4 (8.70%) End-to-End Testing
4 4 (8.70%) Fintech
4 4 (8.70%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (8.70%) Software Engineering
5 3 (6.52%) API Management
5 3 (6.52%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (6.52%) Project Delivery
5 3 (6.52%) Project Management
5 3 (6.52%) Scenario Testing
5 3 (6.52%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.22%) Java
2 4 (8.70%) SQL
3 3 (6.52%) Korn
3 3 (6.52%) Perl
3 3 (6.52%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.17%) Python
4 1 (2.17%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (32.61%) ISO 20022
2 5 (10.87%) PSD2
3 2 (4.35%) GDPR
3 2 (4.35%) ISO 8583
3 2 (4.35%) PCI DSS
3 2 (4.35%) QA
4 1 (2.17%) TARGET2
System Software
1 4 (8.70%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) IBM
1 7 (15.22%) Oracle
2 3 (6.52%) Perforce
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.17%) Murex