ISO 20022 Contract Job Trends

ISO 20022
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ISO 20022 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 515 552
Rank change year-on-year -61 +37 +83
Contract jobs citing ISO 20022 85 30 28
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.092% 0.066%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.95% 0.56% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 20 15
10th Percentile £330 £387 £390
25th Percentile £425 £405 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £581 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% +16.25% -33.33%
75th Percentile £700 £720 £609
90th Percentile £740 £759 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £358 £538 £600
% change year-on-year -33.40% -10.42% +41.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £87.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,930 5,392 5,830
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.96% 16.58% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,710 3,472 3,594
10th Percentile £338 £279 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £615
90th Percentile £700 £716 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £475
% change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 541 240 403
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.59 £11.48
25th Percentile £19.22 £17.75 £13.69
Median hourly rate £36.07 £30.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +20.23% +24.07% -38.66%
75th Percentile £69.00 £62.24 £51.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.30 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.72 £26.93 £24.18
% change year-on-year +43.81% +11.35% -30.91%

ISO 20022
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ISO 20022 job vacancy trend in the UK

ISO 20022
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 20022.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ISO 20022

ISO 20022
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO 20022 over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ISO 20022 in the UK

ISO 20022
Top 12 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 17 July 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
England -78 70 £600 +12.94% 11
London -49 54 £575 -8.00% 9
UK excluding London -81 23 £358 -33.40% 6
Work from Home -49 18 £638 +57.41% 5
Scotland -3 8 £336 -52.50% 1
North of England -70 8 £335 -34.02% 1
South East - 5 £710 - 4
Yorkshire - 5 £335 -
North West -49 3 - - 1
South West -42 1 £325 +16.07%
East Midlands - 1 £700 -
Midlands - 1 £700 -

ISO 20022
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 7 (8.24%) Confluence
2 3 (3.53%) WebSphere
3 2 (2.35%) Apache Spark
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.18%) Apache Pulsar
4 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.71%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (7.06%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (3.53%) Avolution ABACUS
2 3 (3.53%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.35%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (2.35%) IntelliMatch
3 2 (2.35%) SAP GRC
4 1 (1.18%) Actimize
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (1.18%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.18%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.18%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.18%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 23 (27.06%) AWS
2 15 (17.65%) Azure
3 7 (8.24%) GCP
4 3 (3.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 3 (3.53%) Apigee
4 3 (3.53%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.35%) Amazon EventBridge
5 2 (2.35%) Amazon Kinesis
5 2 (2.35%) Amazon MSK
5 2 (2.35%) Amazon S3
5 2 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.35%) AWS Step Functions
5 2 (2.35%) Serverless
6 1 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.18%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.18%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.18%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.18%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.71%) Tableau
2 3 (3.53%) Power BI
3 2 (2.35%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (2.35%) Amazon Aurora
3 2 (2.35%) Amazon QuickSight
3 2 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (2.35%) Apache Iceberg
3 2 (2.35%) Data Mining
3 2 (2.35%) Data Vault
3 2 (2.35%) Flink
3 2 (2.35%) OLTP
3 2 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.35%) Star Schema
4 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.18%) Db2
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 10 (11.76%) JIRA
2 4 (4.71%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.53%) Git
3 3 (3.53%) GitLab
3 3 (3.53%) Selenium
4 2 (2.35%) Cucumber
4 2 (2.35%) Cypress.io
4 2 (2.35%) Gatling
4 2 (2.35%) Gradle
4 2 (2.35%) JMeter
4 2 (2.35%) Maven
4 2 (2.35%) Postman
4 2 (2.35%) REST Assured
4 2 (2.35%) SoapUI
5 1 (1.18%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.18%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (1.18%) Newman
5 1 (1.18%) TestCafe
5 1 (1.18%) TestNG
5 1 (1.18%) Zephyr
General
1 66 (77.65%) Finance
2 65 (76.47%) Banking
3 25 (29.41%) Social Skills
4 19 (22.35%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.41%) Financial Institution
6 5 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.71%) Billing
8 2 (2.35%) Front Office
8 2 (2.35%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.35%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.18%) International Banking
9 1 (1.18%) Law
9 1 (1.18%) Legal
9 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.18%) Private Banking
9 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 29 (34.12%) Architect
2 25 (29.41%) Analyst
3 22 (25.88%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (22.35%) Payments Architect
5 17 (20.00%) Business Analyst
6 16 (18.82%) Payments Solutions Architect
7 11 (12.94%) Senior
8 10 (11.76%) Payments Analyst
9 9 (10.59%) Lead
10 8 (9.41%) Java Engineer
11 7 (8.24%) Payments Business Analyst
11 7 (8.24%) Senior Java Engineer
12 5 (5.88%) Applications Architect
12 5 (5.88%) Developer
12 5 (5.88%) Product Lead
13 4 (4.71%) Banking Analyst
14 3 (3.53%) Banking Business Analyst
14 3 (3.53%) Consultant
14 3 (3.53%) Data Architect
14 3 (3.53%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (20.00%) Kafka
2 11 (12.94%) Spring Boot
3 9 (10.59%) REST
3 9 (10.59%) Spring
4 8 (9.41%) Middleware
4 8 (9.41%) XML
5 6 (7.06%) JSON
6 5 (5.88%) .NET
6 5 (5.88%) SOAP
7 3 (3.53%) XML Messaging
8 2 (2.35%) Apache Avro
8 2 (2.35%) EDIFACT
8 2 (2.35%) IDoc
8 2 (2.35%) OAuth
8 2 (2.35%) OAuth2
8 2 (2.35%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (2.35%) Protocol Buffers
8 2 (2.35%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (2.35%) Web Services
8 2 (2.35%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 56 (65.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 9 (10.59%) Product Ownership
3 8 (9.41%) Cloud Native
4 4 (4.71%) Low-Code
5 3 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.53%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.35%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (2.35%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.35%) PACS
7 1 (1.18%) Chip and PIN
7 1 (1.18%) Derivative
7 1 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.18%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.18%) PDA
7 1 (1.18%) Synthetic Data
7 1 (1.18%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.24%) Linux
2 5 (5.88%) Unix
3 2 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (30.59%) Microservices
2 22 (25.88%) Migration
3 21 (24.71%) User Acceptance Testing
4 20 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (22.35%) Agile
5 19 (22.35%) Validation
6 16 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (18.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 15 (17.65%) Business Analysis
8 13 (15.29%) CI/CD
8 13 (15.29%) Event-Driven
9 12 (14.12%) Regulatory Change
9 12 (14.12%) TOGAF
10 10 (11.76%) Anti-Money Laundering
10 10 (11.76%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 10 (11.76%) User Stories
11 9 (10.59%) Acceptance Criteria
11 9 (10.59%) Data Analysis
11 9 (10.59%) DevOps
11 9 (10.59%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (22.35%) Java
1 19 (22.35%) SQL
2 10 (11.76%) Python
3 5 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.53%) Scala
5 2 (2.35%) C
5 2 (2.35%) C#
5 2 (2.35%) C++
5 2 (2.35%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.18%) Bicep
6 1 (1.18%) Groovy
6 1 (1.18%) Korn
6 1 (1.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (9.41%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.24%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.88%) Degree
4 4 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.35%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.35%) IIBA
6 2 (2.35%) ISEB
6 2 (2.35%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.18%) CISA
7 1 (1.18%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.18%) PMP
7 1 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (45.88%) SEPA
2 14 (16.47%) PSD2
3 6 (7.06%) ISO 15022
4 5 (5.88%) ISO 8583
4 5 (5.88%) QA
5 3 (3.53%) SLA
5 3 (3.53%) TARGET2
6 2 (2.35%) GDPR
6 2 (2.35%) GRC
6 2 (2.35%) PMO
7 1 (1.18%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (10.59%) Docker
2 1 (1.18%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 10 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.53%) Grafana
2 3 (3.53%) Prometheus
2 3 (3.53%) Terraform
3 1 (1.18%) Istio
3 1 (1.18%) linkerd
3 1 (1.18%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 14 (16.47%) Oracle
2 6 (7.06%) IBM
3 5 (5.88%) SAP
4 4 (4.71%) Splunk
5 3 (3.53%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.53%) SmartStream
6 2 (2.35%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.35%) Confluent
6 2 (2.35%) FIS
6 2 (2.35%) Fiserv
6 2 (2.35%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.18%) Ariba
7 1 (1.18%) Calypso
7 1 (1.18%) Databricks
7 1 (1.18%) Murex
7 1 (1.18%) Snow