PSD2 Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring PSD2 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 384 437
Rank change year-on-year +30 +53 +154
Contract jobs citing PSD2 13 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.097% 0.025% 0.009%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.56% 0.18% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 2
10th Percentile £279 £503 £382
25th Percentile £313 £506 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £513 £501
Median % change year-on-year -7.51% +2.35% -43.58%
75th Percentile £516 £519 £561
90th Percentile £688 £523 £584
England median daily rate £474 £500 £501
% change year-on-year -5.20% -0.15% -42.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,328 2,224 3,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.31% 13.65% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,547 1,407 2,315
10th Percentile £325 £331 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £798
England median daily rate £500 £525 £539
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.60% +2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 42 40
10th Percentile £24.91 £18.13 £16.83
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.80 £19.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £29.73 £28.13
Median % change year-on-year +14.36% +5.71% +33.93%
75th Percentile £41.75 £49.69 £44.15
90th Percentile £54.05 £71.88 £62.03
England median hourly rate £32.50 £33.93 £36.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.75% +61.22%

PSD2
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing PSD2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for PSD2 in London

PSD2
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing PSD2

PSD2
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PSD2 in London over the 6 months to 27 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PSD2 in London

PSD2
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 27 September 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
Central London +7 3 £305 - 12
PSD2
England

PSD2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (23.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 10 (76.92%) Banking
1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Law
3 2 (15.38%) Legal
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Business Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Payments Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Payments Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Compliance Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) ForgeRock Developer
4 1 (7.69%) ForgeRock Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Payments Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) OAuth
1 2 (15.38%) OAuth2
1 2 (15.38%) OpenID
2 1 (7.69%) JDBC
2 1 (7.69%) RESTful
2 1 (7.69%) SAML
2 1 (7.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 3 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 3 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (15.38%) PMI
4 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.69%) PKI
4 1 (7.69%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Agile
1 6 (46.15%) Fintech
1 6 (46.15%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (38.46%) Acceptance Criteria
2 5 (38.46%) Project Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 3 (23.08%) KYC
4 3 (23.08%) Regression Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Regulatory Change
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) System Integration Testing
4 3 (23.08%) User Stories
4 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Java
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) CBAP
2 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) SEPA
2 7 (53.85%) ISO 20022
3 3 (23.08%) GDPR
4 2 (15.38%) QA
5 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) ForgeRock
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Ping Identity