Hybrid/Remote PSD2 Contract Job Trends

EU Revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring PSD2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 319 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing PSD2 14 4 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.033% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.76% 0.26% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile £286 £308 -
25th Percentile £402 £316 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £331 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.59% - -
75th Percentile £474 £344 -
90th Percentile £524 £351 -
UK median daily rate £474 £513 £402
% change year-on-year -7.51% +27.65% -54.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,845 1,549 2,634
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 18.40% 12.78% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,230 995 1,853
10th Percentile £320 £281 £319
25th Percentile £413 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 32 63
10th Percentile £18.25 £15.50 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.25 £21.25 £20.04
Median hourly rate £34.00 £26.59 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.87% -19.42% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £42.38 £55.75
90th Percentile £70.16 £67.00 £69.50
UK median hourly rate £27.77 £27.09 £39.80
% change year-on-year +2.51% -31.93% +53.08%

PSD2
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PSD2 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PSD2 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

PSD2
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PSD2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PSD2

PSD2
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PSD2 over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

PSD2 daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

PSD2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) AWS
2 5 (35.71%) Azure
3 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 3 (21.43%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 9 (64.29%) Finance
2 7 (50.00%) Banking
3 6 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) Business Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) Payments Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) Payments Business Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Security Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (7.14%) ForgeRock Developer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Java Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) JMS
1 1 (7.14%) OAuth
1 1 (7.14%) OAuth2
1 1 (7.14%) OpenID
1 1 (7.14%) REST
1 1 (7.14%) RESTful
1 1 (7.14%) SAML
1 1 (7.14%) Spring
1 1 (7.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 4 (28.57%) Cloud Native
3 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (21.43%) Onboarding
3 3 (21.43%) PMI
3 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
3 3 (21.43%) Security Posture
3 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
5 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Agile
1 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (35.71%) Acceptance Criteria
2 5 (35.71%) Project Delivery
2 5 (35.71%) Roadmaps
3 4 (28.57%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 4 (28.57%) Fintech
3 4 (28.57%) KYC
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (21.43%) Regression Testing
4 3 (21.43%) SDLC
4 3 (21.43%) Security Architecture
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
4 3 (21.43%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (21.43%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Java
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) CBAP
1 3 (21.43%) PMI Certification
2 2 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 2 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 2 (14.29%) CCSP
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) ISO 20022
2 6 (42.86%) SEPA
3 5 (35.71%) PCI DSS
4 4 (28.57%) GDPR
4 4 (28.57%) QA
5 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (21.43%) NIST
6 2 (14.29%) ISO 8583
7 1 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) ForgeRock
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle
1 1 (7.14%) Ping Identity