SWIFT Messaging Network Contracts in the UK excluding London

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT Messaging Network)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SWIFT Messaging Network in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SWIFT Messaging Network over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 378 431
Rank change year-on-year +54 +53 +39
Contract jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network 18 13 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.064% 0.057%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% 0.22% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 6
10th Percentile £361 £341 £494
25th Percentile £412 £400 £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £545 £720
Median % change year-on-year -17.43% -24.31% +30.91%
75th Percentile £514 £619 £724
90th Percentile £678 £625 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £625 £675
% change year-on-year -20.00% -7.41% +10.66%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

SWIFT Messaging Network falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,261 5,876 7,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.47% 29.00% 32.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,593 3,533 4,968
10th Percentile £205 £210 £220
25th Percentile £363 £378 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £584 £595 £610
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 726 423
10th Percentile £16.10 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.27 £31.25 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -6.34% +43.68% +2.96%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £64.13
90th Percentile £82.24 £70.00 £73.95
UK median hourly rate £31.29 £32.12 £22.08
% change year-on-year -2.58% +45.45% -19.71%

SWIFT Messaging Network
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SWIFT Messaging Network as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SWIFT Messaging Network in the UK excluding London

SWIFT Messaging Network
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SWIFT Messaging Network in the UK excluding London

SWIFT Messaging Network
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SWIFT Messaging Network in the UK excluding London

SWIFT Messaging Network
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SWIFT Messaging Network in the UK excluding London

SWIFT Messaging Network
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
North of England +21 10 £422 +37.80% 3
North West +15 9 £418 +67.20% 2
Scotland +5 4 £600 -2.04%
Wales - 2 £413 -
Yorkshire +14 1 £483 +33.10% 1
Midlands - 1 £625 - 1
South West - 1 £280 - 3
West Midlands - 1 £625 - 1
SWIFT Messaging Network
UK

SWIFT Messaging Network
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 2 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Kondor
2 2 (11.11%) Payment Gateway
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
2 2 (11.11%) Postman
3 1 (5.56%) Git
3 1 (5.56%) GitLab
3 1 (5.56%) Zephyr
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 6 (33.33%) Banking
3 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Applications Engineer
1 7 (38.89%) Applications Support
1 7 (38.89%) Applications Support Engineer
1 7 (38.89%) Support Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Systems Support
3 5 (27.78%) Systems Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Payments Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Business Test Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Migration Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Payments Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Payments Business Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Technical Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Test Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Junior Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) XML
2 2 (11.11%) JSON
2 2 (11.11%) OAuth
2 2 (11.11%) OAuth2
2 2 (11.11%) REST
2 2 (11.11%) SOAP
3 1 (5.56%) Kafka
3 1 (5.56%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.11%) Digital Wallet
2 2 (11.11%) EMV
3 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Unix
2 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Cash Management
2 8 (44.44%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (38.89%) Incident Management
3 7 (38.89%) Service Delivery
4 4 (22.22%) Migration
5 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 2 (11.11%) DevOps
6 2 (11.11%) Event-Driven
6 2 (11.11%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 2 (11.11%) Fintech
6 2 (11.11%) Microservices
6 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 2 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (11.11%) Test Automation
6 2 (11.11%) Test Strategy
6 2 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) Java
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) ISEB
1 2 (11.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) ISO 20022
1 5 (27.78%) SEPA
2 2 (11.11%) ISO 8583
2 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
2 2 (11.11%) PSD2
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Bloomberg
1 7 (38.89%) Refinitiv
1 7 (38.89%) Sybase
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle