SEPA Contracts in Wales

Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring SEPA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SEPA over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SEPA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.34% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £556 £700 £653
% change year-on-year -20.54% +7.28% -3.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 32 73 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 11.00% 19.89% 15.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 46 57
10th Percentile £167 £146 £250
25th Percentile £256 £313 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -31.71% +2.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £425 £551 £550
90th Percentile £494 £678 £593
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +2.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 11
10th Percentile - £12.26 -
25th Percentile - £14.15 -
Median hourly rate £15.00 £15.61 £10.92
Median % change year-on-year -3.89% +42.93% -14.34%
75th Percentile - £16.98 £23.02
90th Percentile - £19.07 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £21.06 £35.00
% change year-on-year +66.21% -39.84% +8.12%

SEPA
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing SEPA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for SEPA in Wales

SEPA
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEPA within the Wales region over the 6 months to 15 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
South Wales - 1 £413 -
SEPA
UK

SEPA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) RTP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB