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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 122 143
Rank change year-on-year +9 +21 +49
Contract jobs citing MiFID 14 8 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.72% 0.35% 0.52%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.77% 2.12% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 14
10th Percentile £538 £423 £638
25th Percentile £675 £456 £678
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £525 £750
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -30.00% +17.19%
75th Percentile £725 £644 £838
90th Percentile £735 £708 £885
London median daily rate £700 £625 £740
% change year-on-year +12.00% -15.54% +13.85%

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 371 377 484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 19.05% 16.39% 14.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 219 371
10th Percentile £309 £360 £375
25th Percentile £413 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £595
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -5.88% +2.59%
75th Percentile £713 £675 £700
90th Percentile £838 £763 £813
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 0
10th Percentile £22.60 £19.00 -
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.45 -
Median hourly rate £34.00 £25.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.03% - -
75th Percentile £35.50 £32.89 -
90th Percentile £63.15 £35.00 -
London median hourly rate £34.00 £29.81 £31.25
% change year-on-year +14.06% -4.61% +26.47%

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
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 17 September 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 17 September 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 £700 +33.33% 3
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:

Business Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Aladdin
2 1 (7.14%) Fidessa
2 1 (7.14%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (85.71%) Finance
1 12 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (64.29%) Front Office
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Analyst
2 8 (57.14%) Business Analyst
2 8 (57.14%) Consultant
2 8 (57.14%) Lead
2 8 (57.14%) Lead Consultant
3 7 (50.00%) Lead Business Analyst
4 6 (42.86%) Business Consultant
5 4 (28.57%) Charles River Consultant
6 3 (21.43%) Business Development Analyst
6 3 (21.43%) Business Development Consultant
6 3 (21.43%) Charles River Analyst
6 3 (21.43%) Charles River Business Analyst
6 3 (21.43%) Development Analyst
6 3 (21.43%) Development Consultant
7 2 (14.29%) Senior
8 1 (7.14%) C# Architect
8 1 (7.14%) FX Business Analyst
8 1 (7.14%) Senior Delivery Manager
8 1 (7.14%) Senior Transformation Manager
8 1 (7.14%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) .NET Core
2 1 (7.14%) .NET Framework
2 1 (7.14%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (7.14%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (7.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Derivative
1 2 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Fixed Income
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Agile
1 9 (64.29%) Asset Management
1 9 (64.29%) Data Analysis
1 9 (64.29%) Requirements Gathering
2 8 (57.14%) Business Analysis
2 8 (57.14%) Change Management
2 8 (57.14%) End-to-End Testing
2 8 (57.14%) GAP Analysis
2 8 (57.14%) Portfolio Management
2 8 (57.14%) Project Delivery
2 8 (57.14%) Project Management
2 8 (57.14%) Scrum
2 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (57.14%) System Testing
2 8 (57.14%) Validation
3 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.14%) API Development
4 1 (7.14%) Microservices
4 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.14%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (78.57%) EMIR
2 1 (7.14%) Dodd-Frank
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Charles River
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle
3 1 (7.14%) Portware
3 1 (7.14%) SimCorp