PSD2 Contracts in the UK excluding London

EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PSD2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PSD2 over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 446 510
Rank change year-on-year +58 +64 -95
Contract jobs citing PSD2 2 13 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.054% 0.016%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.064% 0.36% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 3
10th Percentile £433 - £555
25th Percentile £463 £415 £580
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £429 £647
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -33.64% +52.12%
75th Percentile £571 £537 £722
90th Percentile £597 £775 £754
UK median daily rate £525 £458 £647
% change year-on-year +14.63% -29.21% +43.78%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

PSD2 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,144 3,571 4,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.13% 14.79% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,828 2,400 3,073
10th Percentile £254 £213 £200
25th Percentile £365 £360 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £563
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 184 196
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.49 £11.36
25th Percentile £12.58 £18.09 £15.38
Median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £21.53
Median % change year-on-year -48.57% +62.60% +2.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £62.00 £47.55
90th Percentile £67.41 £77.05 £66.21
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -44.53% +31.58% +35.55%

PSD2
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PSD2 in the UK excluding London

PSD2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PSD2 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PSD2 in the UK excluding London

PSD2
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PSD2 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PSD2 in the UK excluding London

PSD2
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
East Midlands - 2 £520 -
Midlands - 2 £520 -
PSD2
UK

PSD2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Payment Gateway
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Finance Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Product Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS