SEPA Contracts in England

Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 618 735
Rank change year-on-year +95 +117 -99
Contract jobs citing SEPA 27 18 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.072% 0.038% 0.074%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.53% 0.28% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 9 40
10th Percentile £578 £500 £505
25th Percentile £656 £630 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +13.68%
75th Percentile - £725 £756
90th Percentile £710 £728 £813
UK median daily rate £700 £653 £675
% change year-on-year +7.28% -3.33% +13.68%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,067 6,357 9,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.51% 13.52% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,193 4,313 6,338
10th Percentile £300 £300 £290
25th Percentile £406 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 382 229 265
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.17 £12.56
25th Percentile £12.88 £20.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.18 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.11% +54.55% +33.92%
75th Percentile £51.31 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £69.40
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
% change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%

SEPA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SEPA in England

SEPA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEPA in England.

Daily rate trend for SEPA in England

SEPA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SEPA in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SEPA in England

SEPA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SEPA in England.

Hourly rate trend for SEPA in England

SEPA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEPA within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
London +92 23 £700 +3.70% 8
North West - 1 - - 1
South West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - - 1
SEPA
UK

SEPA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.70%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) IntelliMatch
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (14.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 20 (74.07%) Finance
2 16 (59.26%) Social Skills
3 14 (51.85%) Banking
4 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (14.81%) Corporate Banking
5 4 (14.81%) Front Office
6 2 (7.41%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (62.96%) Analyst
1 17 (62.96%) Business Analyst
2 13 (48.15%) Payments Analyst
2 13 (48.15%) Payments Business Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Developer
4 4 (14.81%) Architect
4 4 (14.81%) Banking Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Banking Business Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) C# Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Payments Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Payments Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Senior
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Business Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Payments Project Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Senior Payments Business Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) SQL Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (3.70%) Apache Camel
1 1 (3.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (66.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 7 (25.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (11.11%) Derivative
4 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) SDLC
2 5 (18.52%) Software Engineering
3 4 (14.81%) Agile
4 3 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 2 (7.41%) Data Mapping
5 2 (7.41%) Mentoring
5 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.41%) Waterfall
5 2 (7.41%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (3.70%) API Development
6 1 (3.70%) Commercialisation
6 1 (3.70%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.70%) Data Analysis
6 1 (3.70%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.70%) Fintech
6 1 (3.70%) Impact Analysis
6 1 (3.70%) Kanban
6 1 (3.70%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) C#
2 3 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (3.70%) Java
3 1 (3.70%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) EMIR
1 2 (7.41%) MiFID
2 1 (3.70%) ISO 20022
2 1 (3.70%) TARGET2
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Bloomberg
1 5 (18.52%) Refinitiv
2 1 (3.70%) IBM
2 1 (3.70%) Temenos