MiFID Contracts in Central London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 133 157
Rank change year-on-year +27 +24 +28
Contract jobs citing MiFID 23 3 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.16% 0.13% 0.40%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.50% 0.73% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 12
10th Percentile £513 £501 £615
25th Percentile £590 £539 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £633 £744
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% -14.96% +6.25%
75th Percentile £725 £729 £763
90th Percentile £757 £770 £845
London median daily rate £700 £700 £725
% change year-on-year - -3.45% +11.54%

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 354 409 509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 17.80% 17.27% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 283 374
10th Percentile £359 £363 £375
25th Percentile £430 £463 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £700 £650 £709
90th Percentile £802 £773 £824
London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 1
10th Percentile £22.45 £17.96 -
25th Percentile £22.75 £20.44 -
Median hourly rate £34.48 £23.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.35% -6.40% -39.76%
75th Percentile £45.62 £25.92 -
90th Percentile £69.55 £35.16 -
London median hourly rate £34.50 £23.80 £26.25
% change year-on-year +44.96% -9.33% -35.98%

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for MiFID in Central London

MiFID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for MiFID in Central London

MiFID
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

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 3 July 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 +32 23 £700 - 26
MiFID
London

MiFID
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Aladdin
2 1 (4.35%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (4.35%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) Power BI
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (86.96%) Finance
2 18 (78.26%) Social Skills
3 12 (52.17%) Front Office
4 8 (34.78%) Banking
5 7 (30.43%) Investment Banking
6 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (21.74%) Financial Institution
7 3 (13.04%) Back Office
7 3 (13.04%) Corporate Banking
7 3 (13.04%) Retail
7 3 (13.04%) Retail Banking
8 1 (4.35%) Legal
8 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (4.35%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Business Analyst
2 11 (47.83%) Analyst
3 8 (34.78%) Consultant
3 8 (34.78%) Lead
3 8 (34.78%) Lead Consultant
4 7 (30.43%) Lead Business Analyst
5 6 (26.09%) Business Consultant
6 4 (17.39%) Charles River Consultant
6 4 (17.39%) MiFID Specialist
7 3 (13.04%) Business Development Analyst
7 3 (13.04%) Business Development Consultant
7 3 (13.04%) Charles River Analyst
7 3 (13.04%) Charles River Business Analyst
7 3 (13.04%) Compliance Specialist
7 3 (13.04%) Developer
7 3 (13.04%) Development Analyst
7 3 (13.04%) Development Consultant
7 3 (13.04%) Electronic Trading Specialist
8 2 (8.70%) Data Business Analyst
8 2 (8.70%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) .NET
2 2 (8.70%) React
3 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (4.35%) Kafka
3 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Derivative
1 3 (13.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (8.70%) Equities
2 2 (8.70%) Fixed Income
2 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (52.17%) Requirements Gathering
3 11 (47.83%) Agile
3 11 (47.83%) Business Analysis
3 11 (47.83%) Data Analysis
3 11 (47.83%) Project Management
3 11 (47.83%) Validation
4 9 (39.13%) Asset Management
4 9 (39.13%) GAP Analysis
4 9 (39.13%) Portfolio Management
4 9 (39.13%) System Testing
5 8 (34.78%) Change Management
5 8 (34.78%) End-to-End Testing
5 8 (34.78%) Project Delivery
5 8 (34.78%) Scrum
6 7 (30.43%) Risk Management
7 5 (21.74%) Regulatory Change
8 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (17.39%) Regulatory Compliance
8 4 (17.39%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (56.52%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) C#
3 2 (8.70%) JavaScript
3 2 (8.70%) Python
3 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.35%) Ruby
4 1 (4.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
2 2 (8.70%) PMI Certification
2 2 (8.70%) PMP
3 1 (4.35%) CBAP
3 1 (4.35%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (69.57%) EMIR
2 2 (8.70%) Dodd-Frank
3 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.35%) QA
3 1 (4.35%) UCITS
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) Charles River
3 2 (8.70%) Bloomberg
3 2 (8.70%) SimCorp
4 1 (4.35%) Advent
4 1 (4.35%) CQG
4 1 (4.35%) ION Trading
4 1 (4.35%) Oracle
4 1 (4.35%) Reuters