PSD2 Job Trends in Central London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring PSD2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing PSD2 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.080% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.55% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £83,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £82,500 £152,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -45.90% +221.05% -24.00%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 365 511 496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 14.57% 16.01% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 268 226 428
10th Percentile £36,750 £46,125 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,063 £56,375 £53,596
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,200 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -3.13% +1.38%
75th Percentile £82,813 £89,375 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,450 £105,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £71,028 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% +7.14% +3.70%

PSD2
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

PSD2 job vacancy trend in Central London

PSD2
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PSD2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PSD2

PSD2
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PSD2 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London - 2 £77,500 - 3
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Payments Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Payments Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Wallet
1 2 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 20022