EMIR Contracts in Central London

European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring EMIR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EMIR over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 124 161
Rank change year-on-year +11 +37 +22
Contract jobs citing EMIR 14 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.70% 0.21% 0.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.39% 1.20% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 9
10th Percentile £500 £408 -
25th Percentile £513 £475 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £703 £725 £713
90th Percentile £726 £733 £739
London median daily rate £600 £700 £750
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

EMIR 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 319 417 489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 15.94% 17.11% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 296 353
10th Percentile £361 £363 £367
25th Percentile £459 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £557 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £695 £653 £725
90th Percentile £800 £769 £835
London median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 2
10th Percentile £19.36 £17.96 £21.40
25th Percentile £21.25 £20.44 £22.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.40 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.43% -45.98%
75th Percentile £24.25 £25.92 £24.50
90th Percentile - £35.16 £24.80
London median hourly rate £34.75 £24.50 £30.75
% change year-on-year +41.84% -20.33% -30.90%

EMIR
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing EMIR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for EMIR in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing EMIR in Central London.

Daily rate trend for EMIR in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EMIR in Central London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for EMIR in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EMIR within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. 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
City of London +14 14 £588 -16.07% 5
EMIR
London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Aladdin
1 1 (7.14%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
2 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 1 (7.14%) Git
3 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (35.71%) Back Office
3 5 (35.71%) Banking
3 5 (35.71%) Investment Banking
4 4 (28.57%) Front Office
5 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Legal
6 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Analyst
1 8 (57.14%) Business Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Data Business Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) Lead
4 3 (21.43%) Lead Business Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Lead Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) Business Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) C# Developer
5 2 (14.29%) Data Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (7.14%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (7.14%) Business Development Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Charles River Analyst
6 1 (7.14%) Development Analyst
6 1 (7.14%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (7.14%) SimCorp Analyst
6 1 (7.14%) SimCorp Business Analyst
6 1 (7.14%) Software Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) .NET
2 3 (21.43%) Kafka
3 2 (14.29%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (14.29%) React
4 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET
4 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (7.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (21.43%) Derivative
2 3 (21.43%) Equities
2 3 (21.43%) Fixed Income
3 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 1 (7.14%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 7 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 6 (42.86%) Project Management
3 5 (35.71%) Business Analysis
3 5 (35.71%) Regulatory Compliance
3 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
3 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 4 (28.57%) Asset Management
4 4 (28.57%) Data Management
4 4 (28.57%) Investment Management
4 4 (28.57%) MoSCoW
4 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (28.57%) Process Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Change Management
5 3 (21.43%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (21.43%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (21.43%) Scrum
5 3 (21.43%) System Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) SQL
2 5 (35.71%) C#
3 3 (21.43%) Python
4 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 2 (14.29%) TypeScript
5 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
5 1 (7.14%) Ruby
5 1 (7.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) CBAP
2 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 2 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (92.86%) MiFID
2 2 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 2 (14.29%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Bloomberg
2 1 (7.14%) Charles River
2 1 (7.14%) CQG
2 1 (7.14%) ION Trading
2 1 (7.14%) Reuters
2 1 (7.14%) SimCorp