Payment Gateway Contracts in the North West

Payment Gateway
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Payment Gateway skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Payment Gateway over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 132 156
Rank change year-on-year +16 +24 +17
Contract jobs citing Payment Gateway 4 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.20% 0.18% 0.031%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.79% 2.65% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £349 £404 -
25th Percentile £398 £409 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% - -
75th Percentile £517 £525 -
90th Percentile £541 - -
England median daily rate £482 £500 £610
% change year-on-year -3.70% -18.03% +16.19%

All Business Application Skills
North West

Payment Gateway falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 224 189 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 11.38% 6.86% 6.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 131 153
10th Percentile £360 £276 £321
25th Percentile £438 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.60% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £614 £556 £586
90th Percentile £700 £634 £680
England median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 3
10th Percentile £56.20 £14.13 £28.94
25th Percentile £60.00 £20.20 £32.08
Median hourly rate £86.00 £45.12 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +90.62% +20.95% +46.29%
75th Percentile - £57.25 -
90th Percentile - £64.44 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £41.23 £47.50
% change year-on-year +45.53% -13.20% +40.75%

Payment Gateway
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Payment Gateway as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Payment Gateway in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Payment Gateway in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Payment Gateway in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payment Gateway in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payment Gateway in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Payment Gateway within the North West 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
Manchester +14 2 £508 +9.78% 1
Cheshire - 2 £317 - 1
Payment Gateway
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Payments Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) OAuth
1 2 (50.00%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Wallet
1 2 (50.00%) EMV
1 2 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven
1 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (50.00%) Fintech
1 2 (50.00%) Microservices
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Traceability Matrix
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 20022
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 8583
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (50.00%) PSD2
1 2 (50.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft