MiFID Contract Job Trends in Central London

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring MiFID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 111 133
Rank change year-on-year -13 +22 +35
Contract jobs citing MiFID 7 15 8
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.34% 0.70% 0.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.64% 4.46% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 6
10th Percentile £510 £460 £550
25th Percentile £519 - £641
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £700
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -28.57% +5.66%
75th Percentile £600 £581 £747
90th Percentile £701 £690 £763
London median daily rate £600 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +5.66%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 426 336 436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 20.67% 15.66% 16.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 184 323
10th Percentile £343 £291 £400
25th Percentile £423 £413 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £682
90th Percentile £823 £771 £775
London median daily rate £525 £525 £555
% change year-on-year - -5.41% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 2
10th Percentile £22.56 £19.04 £25.05
25th Percentile - £20.46 £32.75
Median hourly rate £26.11 £28.75 £46.55
Median % change year-on-year -9.18% -38.24% +124.35%
75th Percentile £28.04 £35.00 £60.64
90th Percentile £31.90 - £68.50
London median hourly rate £26.34 £37.90 £30.23
% change year-on-year -30.50% +25.37% -13.63%

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

MiFID job vacancy trend in Central London

MiFID
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

MiFID
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MiFID in Central London over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for MiFID in Central London

MiFID
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 MiFID within the Central London region over the 6 months to 25 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -11 5 £550 +10.00% 2
City of Westminster - 2 £600 -
MiFID
London

MiFID
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Run
1 1 (14.29%) Figma
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Banking
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Front Office
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Business Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) MiFID Business Analyst
3 3 (42.86%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Lead
4 1 (14.29%) MiFID Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) QA Leader
4 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) FastAPI
1 1 (14.29%) LangGraph
1 1 (14.29%) Playwright
1 1 (14.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Hedge funds
2 1 (14.29%) ASIC
2 1 (14.29%) Derivative
2 1 (14.29%) DTCC
2 1 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (14.29%) Genomics
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Data Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Impact Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Business Impact Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Product Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) AI
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Data Mapping
4 1 (14.29%) Proteomics
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
4 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
4 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
2 1 (14.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) EMIR
1 2 (28.57%) PMO
2 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Bloomberg
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Murex