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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 365 410
Rank change year-on-year +28 +45 +152
Contract jobs citing SEPA 33 18 12
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.24% 0.11% 0.059%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.35% 0.87% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 13 9
10th Percentile £370 - £510
25th Percentile £405 £400 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £640
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -6.25% -1.54%
75th Percentile £695 £640 £650
90th Percentile £708 £728 £755
England median daily rate £500 £600 £630
% change year-on-year -16.67% -4.76% -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 - - -
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 2,442 2,059 2,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.87% 13.10% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,634 1,273 2,132
10th Percentile £325 £316 £363
25th Percentile £413 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £564
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.44% -1.96%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £798
England median daily rate £500 £510 £540
% change year-on-year -1.96% -5.56% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 27 43
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.13 £17.11
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.80 £21.13
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +31.10%
75th Percentile £44.75 £63.44 £49.92
90th Percentile £67.00 £88.92 £64.90
England median hourly rate £31.49 £33.07 £35.63
% change year-on-year -4.78% -7.18% +42.52%

SEPA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SEPA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

SEPA job vacancy trend 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 30 October 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 30 October 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 8 £539 -13.80% 9
East London +1 1 £415 +3.79%
SEPA
England

SEPA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 5 (15.15%) Confluence
2 4 (12.12%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.09%) MS Visio
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.09%) AWS
1 3 (9.09%) Azure
1 3 (9.09%) SaaS
2 2 (6.06%) Azure API Management
3 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) Oracle Database
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 9 (27.27%) JIRA
2 4 (12.12%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (6.06%) Ant
3 2 (6.06%) JUnit
3 2 (6.06%) SoapUI
4 1 (3.03%) Toad
General
1 26 (78.79%) Banking
2 20 (60.61%) Finance
3 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Financial Institution
5 2 (6.06%) Law
5 2 (6.06%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Back Office
6 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Retail
6 1 (3.03%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (63.64%) Analyst
2 18 (54.55%) Payments Analyst
3 13 (39.39%) Business Analyst
4 10 (30.30%) Payments Business Analyst
5 8 (24.24%) Banking Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (12.12%) Banking Business Analyst
7 4 (12.12%) Test Analyst
8 2 (6.06%) Compliance Specialist
8 2 (6.06%) Developer
8 2 (6.06%) Senior
8 2 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (6.06%) Senior Test Analyst
9 1 (3.03%) Architect
9 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (3.03%) Programme Manager
9 1 (3.03%) Project Manager
9 1 (3.03%) Technical Business Analyst
9 1 (3.03%) Technical Specialist
9 1 (3.03%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) XML
2 2 (6.06%) IBM Integration Bus
2 2 (6.06%) Kafka
2 2 (6.06%) Middleware
2 2 (6.06%) SOAP
3 1 (3.03%) EDI
3 1 (3.03%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 24 (72.73%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 3 (9.09%) PACS
2 3 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 3 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.06%) PMI
4 1 (3.03%) Derivative
4 1 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Linux
1 2 (6.06%) Unix
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (18.18%) Agile
2 6 (18.18%) Fintech
2 6 (18.18%) System Integration Testing
3 5 (15.15%) Acceptance Criteria
3 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (15.15%) User Stories
4 4 (12.12%) Defect Tracking
4 4 (12.12%) Integration Testing
4 4 (12.12%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery
4 4 (12.12%) Project Management
5 3 (9.09%) Anti-Money Laundering
5 3 (9.09%) Business Analysis
5 3 (9.09%) KYC
5 3 (9.09%) Regression Testing
5 3 (9.09%) SDLC
5 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering
5 3 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) SQL
2 3 (9.09%) Korn
3 2 (6.06%) Java
3 2 (6.06%) Perl
3 2 (6.06%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) CBAP
2 2 (6.06%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (54.55%) ISO 20022
2 10 (30.30%) PSD2
3 4 (12.12%) QA
4 2 (6.06%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) IBM
1 6 (18.18%) Oracle
2 1 (3.03%) Aquila
2 1 (3.03%) FIS
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) Perforce