SWIFT Messaging Network Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT Messaging Network)
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SWIFT Messaging Network in contract job vacancies in Knutsford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SWIFT Messaging Network over the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network 12 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 4.40% 1.74% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.17% 4.48% -
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 0
10th Percentile £415 £304 -
25th Percentile £421 £306 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £310 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.74% - -
75th Percentile £496 £333 -
90th Percentile £500 £347 -
Cheshire median daily rate £492 £310 -
% change year-on-year +58.71% - -

All Generic Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 118 67 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 43.22% 38.95% 56.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 54 40
10th Percentile £313 £356 £495
25th Percentile £360 £401 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £501 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.22% -12.75% +16.06%
75th Percentile £500 £573 £589
90th Percentile £579 £639 £599
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £500 £535
% change year-on-year -10.60% -6.54% +8.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £22.00
% change year-on-year -33.83% +9.91% +28.43%

SWIFT Messaging Network
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

SWIFT Messaging Network job vacancy trend in Knutsford

SWIFT Messaging Network
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

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

SWIFT Messaging Network
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network in Knutsford over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SWIFT Messaging Network in Knutsford

SWIFT Messaging Network
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) AWS
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) ATM
Development Applications
1 8 (66.67%) JIRA
2 7 (58.33%) Git
General
1 11 (91.67%) Banking
2 8 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) Java Developer
3 4 (33.33%) Architect
3 4 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Payments Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Payments Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Product Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Product Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (91.67%) REST
2 7 (58.33%) JMS
2 7 (58.33%) Spring
2 7 (58.33%) Spring Boot
3 4 (33.33%) Web Services
4 1 (8.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Cloud Native
2 4 (33.33%) PACS
3 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile
1 8 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (58.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 7 (58.33%) CI/CD
2 7 (58.33%) Containerisation
2 7 (58.33%) DevOps
3 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 5 (41.67%) Business Strategy
4 5 (41.67%) Roadmaps
4 5 (41.67%) SDLC
5 4 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
5 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (33.33%) Fintech
5 4 (33.33%) Integration Testing
5 4 (33.33%) Migration
5 4 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (33.33%) Requirements Management
5 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
5 4 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Java
1 7 (58.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) CBAP
2 1 (8.33%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) ISO 20022
1 8 (66.67%) SEPA
2 7 (58.33%) PSD2
2 7 (58.33%) QA
3 4 (33.33%) ISO 8583
4 1 (8.33%) GDPR
4 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Oracle
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) IBM
3 1 (8.33%) IBM Sterling