SWIFT Messaging Network Contract Job Trends in England

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT Messaging Network)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SWIFT Messaging Network in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SWIFT Messaging Network over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 478 485
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 +133
Contract jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network 74 35 72
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.24% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.66% 0.37% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 26 66
10th Percentile £363 £378 £430
25th Percentile £420 £415 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £588 £625
Median % change year-on-year -16.26% -6.04% -3.81%
75th Percentile £638 £639 £810
90th Percentile £714 £694 £838
UK median daily rate £492 £613 £625
% change year-on-year -19.67% -2.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £77.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £77.50 -

All Generic Skills
England

SWIFT Messaging Network falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,131 9,488 12,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.80% 32.35% 32.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,008 5,739 8,208
10th Percentile £282 £285 £270
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.68%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 287 456
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.60 £16.80
25th Percentile £18.22 £23.30 £20.84
Median hourly rate £29.00 £37.50 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% -14.04% +24.64%
75th Percentile £61.50 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.30 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.27 £42.40
% change year-on-year -18.21% -21.54% +21.15%

SWIFT Messaging Network
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SWIFT Messaging Network job vacancy trend in England

SWIFT Messaging Network
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SWIFT Messaging Network.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SWIFT Messaging Network

SWIFT Messaging Network
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network in England over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SWIFT Messaging Network in England

SWIFT Messaging Network
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SWIFT Messaging Network.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SWIFT Messaging Network

SWIFT Messaging Network
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 SWIFT Messaging Network within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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 +24 54 £525 -10.64% 5
North West -4 19 £447 +44.19% 1
North of England -21 19 £447 +44.19% 1
East Midlands - 1 £420 -
Midlands - 1 £420 -
SWIFT Messaging Network
UK

SWIFT Messaging Network
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 (8.11%) Confluence
2 3 (4.05%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (2.70%) JBoss
3 2 (2.70%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.35%) Camunda
4 1 (1.35%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.35%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.41%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (10.81%) Temenos T24
2 3 (4.05%) Kondor
3 2 (2.70%) Actimize
3 2 (2.70%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (1.35%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (1.35%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (1.35%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.35%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.62%) Azure
2 13 (17.57%) AWS
3 3 (4.05%) Azure API Management
4 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.35%) Collibra
5 1 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.41%) ATM
2 2 (2.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.70%) Power BI
2 2 (2.70%) Tableau
3 1 (1.35%) Metadata
3 1 (1.35%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle Database 10g
3 1 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (22.97%) JIRA
2 11 (14.86%) Git
3 3 (4.05%) JUnit
3 3 (4.05%) SoapUI
4 1 (1.35%) Ant
General
1 45 (60.81%) Banking
2 44 (59.46%) Finance
3 16 (21.62%) Social Skills
4 14 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (10.81%) Back Office
6 3 (4.05%) Front Office
6 3 (4.05%) Investment Banking
6 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Retail
7 2 (2.70%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Local Government
8 1 (1.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (37.84%) Business Analyst
2 22 (29.73%) Analyst
3 14 (18.92%) Developer
4 13 (17.57%) Technical Business Analyst
5 11 (14.86%) Architect
6 8 (10.81%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
7 7 (9.46%) Payments Analyst
7 7 (9.46%) Payments Business Analyst
7 7 (9.46%) Technical Analyst
8 6 (8.11%) Java Developer
9 5 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (5.41%) Banking Analyst
10 4 (5.41%) Banking Business Analyst
10 4 (5.41%) Payments Architect
10 4 (5.41%) Project Manager
10 4 (5.41%) T24 Business Analyst
11 3 (4.05%) Applications Support
11 3 (4.05%) Middleware Developer
11 3 (4.05%) Senior
11 3 (4.05%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (35.14%) REST
2 12 (16.22%) Spring
2 12 (16.22%) Spring Boot
3 11 (14.86%) JMS
4 6 (8.11%) XML
5 4 (5.41%) Kafka
5 4 (5.41%) Middleware
5 4 (5.41%) SOAP
5 4 (5.41%) Web Services
6 3 (4.05%) IBM Integration Bus
7 2 (2.70%) EDI
7 2 (2.70%) FIX Protocol
8 1 (1.35%) Drools
8 1 (1.35%) Gherkin
8 1 (1.35%) Quarkus
8 1 (1.35%) WebSphere MQ
8 1 (1.35%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.51%) Cloud Native
1 10 (13.51%) Equities
1 10 (13.51%) Fixed Income
2 7 (9.46%) Product Ownership
3 6 (8.11%) PACS
4 4 (5.41%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.05%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.70%) PMI
7 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.35%) Blockchain
7 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.35%) Market Risk
7 1 (1.35%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.97%) Linux
2 6 (8.11%) Unix
3 3 (4.05%) Windows
4 2 (2.70%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (47.30%) Agile
2 23 (31.08%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (28.38%) SDLC
4 19 (25.68%) User Acceptance Testing
5 16 (21.62%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 15 (20.27%) Requirements Gathering
7 14 (18.92%) API Integration
8 12 (16.22%) DevOps
9 11 (14.86%) CI/CD
9 11 (14.86%) User Stories
10 10 (13.51%) Containerisation
10 10 (13.51%) Integration Testing
11 9 (12.16%) Fintech
11 9 (12.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (12.16%) Test Automation
12 8 (10.81%) Acceptance Criteria
12 8 (10.81%) Data Modelling
12 8 (10.81%) Product Requirements
12 8 (10.81%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (41.89%) SQL
2 19 (25.68%) Java
3 5 (6.76%) Korn
4 3 (4.05%) Perl
4 3 (4.05%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (5.41%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.05%) CBAP
2 3 (4.05%) Degree
2 3 (4.05%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.35%) CISSP
4 1 (1.35%) CSPO
4 1 (1.35%) PMP
4 1 (1.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (37.84%) SEPA
2 27 (36.49%) QA
3 25 (33.78%) ISO 20022
4 17 (22.97%) PSD2
5 4 (5.41%) ISO 8583
6 2 (2.70%) SLA
7 1 (1.35%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.35%) GDPR
7 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.35%) TARGET2
System Software
1 9 (12.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (12.16%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (29.73%) Oracle
2 8 (10.81%) Temenos
3 7 (9.46%) Microsoft
4 5 (6.76%) Bloomberg
4 5 (6.76%) IBM
5 4 (5.41%) Calypso
5 4 (5.41%) Murex
5 4 (5.41%) SAP
6 2 (2.70%) FIS
7 1 (1.35%) Aquila
7 1 (1.35%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (1.35%) Radware
7 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.35%) SimCorp
7 1 (1.35%) Xceptor