SWIFT Messaging Network Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT Messaging Network)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SWIFT Messaging Network in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SWIFT Messaging Network 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 283 312 379
Rank change year-on-year +29 +67 +176
Contract jobs citing SWIFT Messaging Network 21 33 98
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.22% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.64% 0.75% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 29 82
10th Percentile £451 £400 £475
25th Percentile £472 £563 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £613 £740
Median % change year-on-year -16.29% -17.23% +34.55%
75th Percentile £639 £675 £823
90th Percentile £729 £700 £835
UK median daily rate £500 £625 £700
% change year-on-year -20.00% -10.71% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

SWIFT Messaging Network falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,272 4,408 8,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.03% 28.73% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 2,974 5,725
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £431 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +2.33%
75th Percentile £680 £675 £688
90th Percentile £825 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 199 151
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.48 £19.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.50 £31.38
Median hourly rate £41.75 £51.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% -11.30% +29.21%
75th Percentile £64.57 £65.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

SWIFT Messaging Network
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SWIFT Messaging Network trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SWIFT Messaging Network
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SWIFT Messaging Network daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SWIFT Messaging Network
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SWIFT Messaging Network over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

SWIFT Messaging Network daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SWIFT Messaging Network
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 (4.76%) Confluence
1 1 (4.76%) JBoss
1 1 (4.76%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
1 1 (4.76%) Notepad++
1 1 (4.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.76%) Kondor
2 1 (4.76%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (4.76%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) SaaS
3 2 (9.52%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.76%) Big Data
3 1 (4.76%) Data Mart
3 1 (4.76%) MongoDB
3 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.76%) MagicDraw
2 1 (4.76%) XMLSpy
General
1 15 (71.43%) Banking
2 13 (61.90%) Finance
3 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Back Office
5 2 (9.52%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.76%) Front Office
6 1 (4.76%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Applications Support
3 4 (19.05%) Applications Support Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Payments Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Support Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Payments Project Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Banking Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) CRM Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Data Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Payments Business Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Senior
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Payments Business Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) Middleware
2 2 (9.52%) XML
3 1 (4.76%) FpML
3 1 (4.76%) Murex MxML
3 1 (4.76%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Derivative
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.76%) Online Banking
3 1 (4.76%) OTC Derivatives
3 1 (4.76%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.52%) Unix
4 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) CRM
1 4 (19.05%) Migration
1 4 (19.05%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (14.29%) Agile
2 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 3 (14.29%) Project Management
2 3 (14.29%) Time Management
3 2 (9.52%) Business Analysis
3 2 (9.52%) Data Analysis
3 2 (9.52%) ITIL
3 2 (9.52%) Microservices
3 2 (9.52%) Waterfall
4 1 (4.76%) Change Management
4 1 (4.76%) Data Modelling
4 1 (4.76%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (4.76%) Risk Management
4 1 (4.76%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.76%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.76%) C#
3 1 (4.76%) Java
3 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.76%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) ISO 20022
2 3 (14.29%) SEPA
3 1 (4.76%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (4.76%) EMIR
3 1 (4.76%) MiFID
3 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Bloomberg
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle
3 1 (4.76%) MuleSoft
3 1 (4.76%) Murex
3 1 (4.76%) Refinitiv
3 1 (4.76%) Splunk
3 1 (4.76%) Sybase
3 1 (4.76%) Tradeweb