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 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 610 523 539
Rank change year-on-year -87 +16 +56
Contract jobs citing ISO 20022 90 44 24
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.13% 0.065%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.89% 0.74% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 38 13
10th Percentile £330 £367 £465
25th Percentile £400 £405 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% -24.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £846 £739 £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £333 £500 -
% change year-on-year -33.40% - -
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.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 10,061 5,965 5,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.24% 17.80% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,308 3,824 2,935
10th Percentile £325 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £401 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £615 £613 £625
90th Percentile £725 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.05% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 757 290 230
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.60 £13.26
25th Percentile £16.46 £16.55 £16.55
Median hourly rate £30.27 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.90% +9.09% -25.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £62.54
90th Percentile £74.59 £80.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.87 £23.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +31.34% -14.55% -29.03%

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 23 October 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 23 October 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 -83 69 £563 +12.50% 27
London -60 61 £569 +13.86% 21
Work from Home -68 21 £500 +13.77% 9
UK excluding London -95 13 £333 -33.40% 5
Scotland - 5 £307 - 1
North of England -75 4 £335 -31.91% 3
Yorkshire - 3 £335 - 2
Midlands -41 2 £442 -29.36%
South West - 2 £280 -
East Midlands -16 1 £358 -42.72%
North West -62 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £525 -

ISO 20022 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1SEPA37.8%34
2ISO 1502214.4%13
3QA5.6%5
3TARGET25.6%5
5PSD24.4%4
6PMO3.3%3
7DORA2.2%2
7GDPR2.2%2
7GRC2.2%2
10Data Quality1.1%1