MiFID Contracts in Belfast

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring MiFID skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MiFID over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing MiFID 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 1.36% - 1.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.67% - 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £663 - -
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median daily rate £625 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Belfast

MiFID 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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 30 10 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 20.41% 8.06% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 8 16
10th Percentile £179 £283 £231
25th Percentile £273 £313 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £325 £385
Median % change year-on-year +25.38% -15.58% -0.65%
75th Percentile £575 £540 £542
90th Percentile £648 £569 £653
County Antrim median daily rate £408 £325 £385
% change year-on-year +25.38% -15.58% -0.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £27.16 - -
25th Percentile £31.64 - -
Median hourly rate £54.24 - -
75th Percentile £82.41 - -
90th Percentile £89.52 - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £54.24 - -

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings citing MiFID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for MiFID in Belfast

MiFID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MiFID in Belfast.

Daily rate trend for MiFID in Belfast

MiFID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Compliance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Dodd-Frank
1 1 (50.00%) EMIR
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft