SEPA Contract Job Trends in London

Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring SEPA skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 374 429
Rank change year-on-year +46 +55 +146
Contract jobs citing SEPA 34 10 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.25% 0.061% 0.051%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.46% 0.45% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 6 9
10th Percentile £354 £631 £500
25th Percentile £405 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £700 £640
Median % change year-on-year -21.50% +9.38% +11.30%
75th Percentile £698 - £688
90th Percentile £709 £725 £698
England median daily rate £487 £700 £640
% change year-on-year -30.39% +9.38% +11.30%
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 - - -
England median hourly rate £87.50 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,331 2,227 3,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.33% 13.67% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,545 1,435 2,300
10th Percentile £325 £333 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £798
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 42 33
10th Percentile - £18.13 £16.66
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £29.81 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% +8.40% +11.29%
75th Percentile £42.75 £49.69 £50.75
90th Percentile £54.35 £71.88 £63.95
England median hourly rate £32.50 £31.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year +4.43% -17.01% +66.67%

SEPA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SEPA in London

SEPA
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SEPA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SEPA

SEPA
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SEPA in London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SEPA in London

SEPA
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SEPA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SEPA

SEPA
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 SEPA within the London region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 +8 7 £403 -46.37% 1
East London - 2 £415 -
SEPA
England

SEPA
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 4 (11.76%) Confluence
1 4 (11.76%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) MS Visio
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) Azure
2 3 (8.82%) AWS
2 3 (8.82%) Azure API Management
3 2 (5.88%) SaaS
4 1 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (20.59%) Oracle Database
2 2 (5.88%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 8 (23.53%) JIRA
2 4 (11.76%) IBM UrbanCode
3 3 (8.82%) Ant
3 3 (8.82%) SoapUI
3 3 (8.82%) Toad
4 2 (5.88%) JUnit
General
1 27 (79.41%) Banking
2 22 (64.71%) Finance
3 19 (55.88%) Social Skills
4 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Financial Institution
6 2 (5.88%) Law
6 2 (5.88%) Legal
7 1 (2.94%) Back Office
7 1 (2.94%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (64.71%) Analyst
2 20 (58.82%) Payments Analyst
3 14 (41.18%) Business Analyst
4 12 (35.29%) Payments Business Analyst
5 11 (32.35%) Banking Analyst
6 7 (20.59%) Banking Business Analyst
7 5 (14.71%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (11.76%) Test Analyst
9 3 (8.82%) Developer
9 3 (8.82%) Integration Developer
10 2 (5.88%) Compliance Specialist
10 2 (5.88%) Senior
10 2 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (5.88%) Senior Test Analyst
11 1 (2.94%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
11 1 (2.94%) Programme Manager
11 1 (2.94%) Project Manager
11 1 (2.94%) Technical Business Analyst
11 1 (2.94%) Technical Specialist
11 1 (2.94%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) XML
2 3 (8.82%) EDI
2 3 (8.82%) IBM Integration Bus
2 3 (8.82%) Kafka
2 3 (8.82%) Middleware
2 3 (8.82%) SOAP
3 1 (2.94%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 26 (76.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 3 (8.82%) PACS
2 3 (8.82%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.82%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.88%) PMI
4 1 (2.94%) Derivative
4 1 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) AIX
1 3 (8.82%) Linux
1 3 (8.82%) Unix
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) Agile
1 6 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (14.71%) Fintech
2 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (14.71%) System Integration Testing
3 4 (11.76%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (11.76%) Computer Science
3 4 (11.76%) Defect Tracking
3 4 (11.76%) Performance Monitoring
3 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (11.76%) Project Delivery
3 4 (11.76%) Project Management
3 4 (11.76%) Software Engineering
4 3 (8.82%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 3 (8.82%) Integration Testing
4 3 (8.82%) KYC
4 3 (8.82%) Regulatory Change
4 3 (8.82%) SDLC
4 3 (8.82%) User Stories
4 3 (8.82%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) SQL
2 3 (8.82%) Java
2 3 (8.82%) Korn
2 3 (8.82%) Perl
2 3 (8.82%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) CBAP
2 2 (5.88%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (47.06%) ISO 20022
2 10 (29.41%) PSD2
3 4 (11.76%) QA
4 2 (5.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) IBM
1 7 (20.59%) Oracle
2 3 (8.82%) Perforce
3 1 (2.94%) FIS
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft