Hybrid/Remote PSD2 Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring PSD2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 393 552
Rank change year-on-year +2 +159 +98
Permanent jobs citing PSD2 3 1 13
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.017% 0.008% 0.041%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.097% 0.043% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £61,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile - £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile - - £92,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% -22.22% +53.85%

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 permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,088 2,303 4,243
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.94% 17.93% 13.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,826 1,562 3,276
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,389 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,502 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +5.22% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,900 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -8.70%

PSD2
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

PSD2 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

PSD2
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PSD2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PSD2

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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Back Office
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 3 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (100.00%) Law
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management