SEPA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 330 470
Rank change year-on-year +32 +140 +121
Contract jobs citing SEPA 6 15 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.098% 0.027%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.40% 0.67% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 1
10th Percentile £510 £633 -
25th Percentile £525 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £700 £500
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +40.00% -3.15%
75th Percentile £575 - £550
90th Percentile £590 - -
UK median daily rate £594 £700 £653
% change year-on-year -15.18% +7.28% +0.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,488 2,240 3,140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 14.60% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,532 2,292
10th Percentile £281 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £603 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 79 63
10th Percentile £17.98 £12.75 £18.54
25th Percentile £23.13 £14.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £22.87 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.53% -46.81% -2.16%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.38 £61.88
90th Percentile £87.15 £65.00 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

SEPA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SEPA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SEPA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SEPA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SEPA.

SEPA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SEPA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Payments Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Payments Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Payments Solutions Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Payments Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Payments Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Payments Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (16.67%) Online Banking
2 1 (16.67%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Unix
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Architectural Design
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Line Management
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Product Backlog
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle