Payments Analyst Contracts in London

Payments Analyst
England > London

The median Payments Analyst daily rate in London is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 371 484
Rank change year-on-year +41 +113 +78
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Analyst 23 20 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.11% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.12% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 7
10th Percentile £354 £513 £408
25th Percentile £367 £622 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year -38.57% +3.70% +17.39%
75th Percentile £623 - £713
90th Percentile £650 - £738
England median daily rate £405 £700 £575
% change year-on-year -42.14% +21.74% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Payments Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Payments Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Payments Analyst in London

Payments Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Payments Analyst in London.

Daily rate trend for Payments Analyst in London

Payments Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payments Analyst in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payments Analyst in London

Payments Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Payments Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +5 3 £450 -
Payments Analyst
England

Payments Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Payments Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Payments Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (60.87%) Finance
2 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
3 11 (47.83%) SEPA
4 8 (34.78%) Banking
4 8 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (30.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 5 (21.74%) Migration
7 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (13.04%) ISO 20022
8 3 (13.04%) Data Migration
8 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis
8 3 (13.04%) JIRA
8 3 (13.04%) QA
8 3 (13.04%) Agile
8 3 (13.04%) Oracle
9 2 (8.70%) SQL
9 2 (8.70%) XML
9 2 (8.70%) Data Modelling
9 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (8.70%) Algorithmic Trading
9 2 (8.70%) Software Engineering
9 2 (8.70%) Business Analysis
9 2 (8.70%) Software Testing
9 2 (8.70%) Data Mapping
9 2 (8.70%) AWS
9 2 (8.70%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (8.70%) Data Governance
9 2 (8.70%) SDLC
9 2 (8.70%) Kafka
9 2 (8.70%) JSON

Payments Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (4.35%) Confluence
1 1 (4.35%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) IBM UrbanCode
2 1 (4.35%) JMeter
General
1 14 (60.87%) Finance
2 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
3 8 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (34.78%) Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Back Office
4 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) JSON
1 2 (8.70%) Kafka
1 2 (8.70%) XML
2 1 (4.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.35%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Unix
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Migration
2 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.04%) Agile
3 3 (13.04%) Data Analysis
3 3 (13.04%) Data Migration
4 2 (8.70%) Algorithmic Trading
4 2 (8.70%) Business Analysis
4 2 (8.70%) Data Governance
4 2 (8.70%) Data Mapping
4 2 (8.70%) Data Modelling
4 2 (8.70%) Data Science
4 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.70%) Proprietary Trading
4 2 (8.70%) SDLC
4 2 (8.70%) Software Engineering
4 2 (8.70%) Software Testing
4 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.70%) Work Breakdown Structure
5 1 (4.35%) API Testing
5 1 (4.35%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) MATLAB
2 1 (4.35%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (47.83%) SEPA
2 3 (13.04%) ISO 20022
2 3 (13.04%) QA
3 2 (8.70%) GDPR
4 1 (4.35%) TARGET2
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle
2 1 (4.35%) IBM
2 1 (4.35%) Murex