PSD2 Contract Job Trends in Central London

EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring PSD2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 131 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing PSD2 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.25% 0.086% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.23% 0.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £324 - -
25th Percentile £354 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 - -
75th Percentile £404 - -
90th Percentile £404 - -
London median daily rate £462 £600 -
% change year-on-year -23.00% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

PSD2 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 407 356 440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 20.32% 15.27% 16.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 191 320
10th Percentile £325 £326 £400
25th Percentile £418 £426 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £584
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.64% +1.52%
75th Percentile £662 £675 £695
90th Percentile £825 £763 £800
London median daily rate £525 £538 £552
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.58% -1.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 1
10th Percentile - £21.48 -
25th Percentile £26.11 £26.55 £71.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -51.72% +271.79%
75th Percentile £34.48 - £73.75
90th Percentile £39.75 - -
London median hourly rate £31.49 £36.80 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.43% +13.23% -7.80%

PSD2
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PSD2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

PSD2 job vacancy trend in Central London

PSD2
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PSD2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PSD2

PSD2
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PSD2 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
City of London 0 5 £402 - 2
PSD2
London

PSD2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Payment Gateway
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Payments Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Payments Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) PMI
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 3 (60.00%) Fintech
2 3 (60.00%) KYC
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Regulatory Change
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) Use Case
2 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (60.00%) User Stories
2 3 (60.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (40.00%) Kanban
3 2 (40.00%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CBAP
1 3 (60.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO 20022
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 8583
2 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (40.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft