ISO 20022 Contract Job Trends in the North of England

ISO 20022
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring ISO 20022 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 - 183
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Contract jobs citing ISO 20022 21 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.44% - 0.044%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.85% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 0 2
10th Percentile £412 - -
25th Percentile £421 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £500 - £575
90th Percentile £543 - -
England median daily rate £500 £600 £700
% change year-on-year -16.67% -14.29% +7.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

ISO 20022 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 737 483 687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 15.58% 13.65% 14.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 292 408
10th Percentile £306 £251 £272
25th Percentile £364 £358 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -9.09% -1.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £637 £680 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 21 29
10th Percentile £16.59 - £15.46
25th Percentile £30.00 £15.50 £17.14
Median hourly rate £52.78 £20.19 £28.30
Median % change year-on-year +161.39% -28.66% +15.51%
75th Percentile £61.25 £24.76 £61.25
90th Percentile £67.00 £29.50 £75.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £35.63
% change year-on-year -16.17% -15.80% +58.36%

ISO 20022
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ISO 20022 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

ISO 20022 job vacancy trend in the North of England

ISO 20022
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ISO 20022.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ISO 20022

ISO 20022
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 20022 in the North of England over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 20022 in the North of England

ISO 20022
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ISO 20022 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 22 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
North West - 21 £479 - 2
ISO 20022
England

ISO 20022
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (9.52%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 5 (23.81%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 17 (80.95%) AWS
1 17 (80.95%) Azure
2 8 (38.10%) GCP
Development Applications
1 13 (61.90%) JIRA
2 11 (52.38%) Git
General
1 19 (90.48%) Banking
2 17 (80.95%) Finance
3 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Developer
2 8 (38.10%) Architect
2 8 (38.10%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (28.57%) Java Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Payments Architect
4 4 (19.05%) Payments Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Applications Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Product Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Product Business Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Product Owner
6 1 (4.76%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (85.71%) Spring
1 18 (85.71%) Spring Boot
2 11 (52.38%) JMS
2 11 (52.38%) REST
3 2 (9.52%) Kafka
4 1 (4.76%) .NET
4 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
4 1 (4.76%) Middleware
4 1 (4.76%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 11 (52.38%) Cloud Native
3 7 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (14.29%) Onboarding
5 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
6 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) Containerisation
2 14 (66.67%) Agile
3 12 (57.14%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 12 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 12 (57.14%) DevOps
3 12 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (47.62%) Microservices
4 10 (47.62%) SDLC
5 9 (42.86%) Test Automation
6 8 (38.10%) Integration Testing
6 8 (38.10%) Requirements Gathering
6 8 (38.10%) Unit Testing
7 7 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
7 7 (33.33%) Data Modelling
7 7 (33.33%) OOA/OOD
7 7 (33.33%) UML
8 6 (28.57%) Logical Data Model
9 5 (23.81%) OO
10 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 19 (90.48%) Java
2 11 (52.38%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) C#
3 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.76%) Python
3 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (9.52%) CBAP
2 2 (9.52%) CSPO
3 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (57.14%) PSD2
1 12 (57.14%) SEPA
2 11 (52.38%) QA
3 6 (28.57%) PCI DSS
4 3 (14.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (71.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (47.62%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Oracle
2 5 (23.81%) Google
3 2 (9.52%) IBM
3 2 (9.52%) IBM Sterling
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft