SEPA Contract Job Trends in the South East

Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring SEPA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SEPA 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.037% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
England median daily rate £500 £598 £688
% change year-on-year -16.28% -13.09% +5.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 925 516 953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.11% 17.31% 16.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 657 305 499
10th Percentile £303 £200 £250
25th Percentile £413 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% +2.15%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £650 £643
England median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 33 66
10th Percentile £14.27 £20.44 £13.81
25th Percentile £22.29 £24.18 £18.48
Median hourly rate £60.00 £46.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.59% +54.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £82.63 £62.24 £56.02
90th Percentile £88.00 £67.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.00 £32.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -15.63% +33.33% -43.53%

SEPA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SEPA job vacancy trend in the South East

SEPA
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SEPA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SEPA

SEPA
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEPA within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 March 2026. 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £700 - 1
Thames Valley - 2 £700 - 1
SEPA
England

SEPA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Payments Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Payments Solutions Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Order Management
1 2 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) ArchiMate
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 20022