EMV Contract Job Trends in Central London

Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EMV in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EMV over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing EMV 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.050% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £447 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -18.73% +10.00% +33.33%

All Generic Skills
Central London

EMV falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 769 736 891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.60% 31.43% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 569 476 603
10th Percentile £350 £359 £292
25th Percentile £442 £474 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% -1.67% -
75th Percentile £688 £700 £725
90th Percentile £775 £828 £838
London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 12
10th Percentile £19.24 £25.72 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.11 £26.20 £18.45
Median hourly rate £28.00 £27.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -44.19%
75th Percentile £41.75 £59.75 £30.69
90th Percentile £46.67 £79.40 £45.73
London median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -27.10% +15.00% -12.82%

EMV
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

EMV job vacancy trend in Central London

EMV
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing EMV.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing EMV

EMV
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 EMV within the Central London region over the 6 months to 16 December 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 - 1 £475 -
EMV
London

EMV
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) BASE24
1 1 (100.00%) Payment Gateway
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (100.00%) OLTP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft