Payments Analyst Contracts

Payments Analyst
UK

The median Payments Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 574 668
Rank change year-on-year +76 +94 +156
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Analyst 55 22 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.052% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.056% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 15 17
10th Percentile £317 £372 £250
25th Percentile £401 £469 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £695 £588 £651
90th Percentile £713 £665 £698
UK excluding London median daily rate £358 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -26.94% -6.67% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86.25 - -
Median hourly rate £87.50 - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,882 39,182 52,718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.65% 93.03% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,009 25,295 36,541
10th Percentile £285 £288 £310
25th Percentile £400 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,416 2,570 1,574
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £14.45
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.50 £19.02
Median hourly rate £25.28 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.81% -5.88% +65.50%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.72 £39.03
% change year-on-year -38.24% +4.34% +85.83%

Payments Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Payments Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Payments Analyst in the UK

Payments Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Payments Analyst.

Daily rate trend for Payments Analyst in the UK

Payments Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Payments Analyst over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Payments Analyst in the UK

Payments Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Payments Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for Payments Analyst in the UK

Payments Analyst
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Payments Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 July 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
England +84 46 £500 - 12
London +53 35 £625 +4.17% 11
Work from Home +45 21 £488 -1.52% 5
UK excluding London +41 18 £358 -26.94% 6
Scotland 0 5 £488 -1.52% 1
North of England - 5 £358 -
Wales - 3 - -
North West - 3 £358 -
South East +35 2 £398 +16.91% 4
East Midlands - 2 £316 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £465 -
Midlands - 2 £316 - 1
South West +40 1 - -

Payments Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, Payments Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Payments Analyst in the job title.

1 31 (56.36%) Finance
2 29 (52.73%) Banking
3 24 (43.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 24 (43.64%) SEPA
4 22 (40.00%) Social Skills
5 14 (25.45%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (18.18%) ISO 20022
7 9 (16.36%) Business Analysis
7 9 (16.36%) JIRA
7 9 (16.36%) Agile
8 8 (14.55%) Data Analysis
8 8 (14.55%) SQL
8 8 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (10.91%) XML
10 5 (9.09%) WebSphere
10 5 (9.09%) Degree
10 5 (9.09%) Oracle
10 5 (9.09%) Python
10 5 (9.09%) IBM
10 5 (9.09%) Tivoli
10 5 (9.09%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 5 (9.09%) Oracle Database
10 5 (9.09%) Defect Tracking
10 5 (9.09%) IBM UrbanCode
11 4 (7.27%) Decision-Making
11 4 (7.27%) Performance Monitoring
11 4 (7.27%) Data Protection
11 4 (7.27%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (7.27%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (7.27%) Tableau

Payments Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (9.09%) WebSphere
2 4 (7.27%) Confluence
3 2 (3.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.64%) Azure
2 1 (1.82%) AWS
2 1 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.82%) GCP
2 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.82%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.09%) Oracle Database
2 4 (7.27%) Tableau
3 1 (1.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (16.36%) JIRA
2 5 (9.09%) IBM UrbanCode
3 3 (5.45%) Postman
General
1 31 (56.36%) Finance
2 29 (52.73%) Banking
3 22 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 14 (25.45%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Investment Banking
6 3 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (5.45%) Retail
6 3 (5.45%) Retail Banking
7 2 (3.64%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.82%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.91%) XML
2 4 (7.27%) JSON
3 3 (5.45%) REST
3 3 (5.45%) SOAP
4 1 (1.82%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 24 (43.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 4 (7.27%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.64%) PACS
3 2 (3.64%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.82%) Derivative
4 1 (1.82%) Digital Wallet
4 1 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.36%) Agile
1 9 (16.36%) Business Analysis
2 8 (14.55%) Data Analysis
2 8 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (9.09%) Defect Tracking
4 4 (7.27%) Change Management
4 4 (7.27%) Data Protection
4 4 (7.27%) Decision-Making
4 4 (7.27%) Performance Monitoring
4 4 (7.27%) Project Management
4 4 (7.27%) Software Testing
4 4 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (7.27%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (5.45%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 3 (5.45%) Business Strategy
5 3 (5.45%) Customer Experience
5 3 (5.45%) Project Delivery
5 3 (5.45%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (5.45%) Scenario Testing
5 3 (5.45%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.55%) SQL
2 5 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (1.82%) MATLAB
3 1 (1.82%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (9.09%) Degree
2 3 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.45%) ISEB
2 3 (5.45%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.82%) CISA
3 1 (1.82%) CISM
3 1 (1.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (1.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (43.64%) SEPA
2 10 (18.18%) ISO 20022
3 3 (5.45%) QA
4 1 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.82%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.82%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.82%) TARGET2
System Software
1 5 (9.09%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 5 (9.09%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 5 (9.09%) IBM
1 5 (9.09%) Oracle
2 2 (3.64%) Adobe
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.82%) Google
3 1 (1.82%) MuleSoft
3 1 (1.82%) Murex