EMIR Contracts in the City of London

European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 118 159
Rank change year-on-year +9 +41 +20
Contract jobs citing EMIR 13 4 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.75% 0.18% 0.42%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.53% 1.08% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 11
10th Percentile £510 £456 -
25th Percentile £513 £597 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £725 £728 £741
90th Percentile £728 £734 £750
Central London median daily rate £600 £700 £675
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% -3.57%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 287 372 461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 16.53% 17.12% 12.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 266 336
10th Percentile £375 £363 £400
25th Percentile £462 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% -8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £706 £650 £725
90th Percentile £800 £775 £838
Central London median daily rate £554 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +0.64% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.61 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.77% - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.50 £23.40 £23.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.43% -43.37%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for EMIR in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing EMIR in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for EMIR in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EMIR in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for EMIR in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Aladdin
1 1 (7.69%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (76.92%) Finance
2 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Banking
3 5 (38.46%) Investment Banking
4 4 (30.77%) Back Office
4 4 (30.77%) Front Office
5 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (7.69%) Legal
6 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Analyst
1 8 (61.54%) Business Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Data Business Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Lead
3 3 (23.08%) Lead Business Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Lead Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Business Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Data Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (7.69%) C# Developer
5 1 (7.69%) Charles River Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Charles River Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Charles River Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) FX Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SimCorp Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) SimCorp Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) Kafka
2 2 (15.38%) React
3 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET
3 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (7.69%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (23.08%) Derivative
2 3 (23.08%) Equities
2 3 (23.08%) Fixed Income
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 1 (7.69%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Data Analysis
1 7 (53.85%) Requirements Gathering
2 6 (46.15%) Project Management
3 5 (38.46%) Business Analysis
3 5 (38.46%) Regulatory Compliance
3 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
3 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Agile
4 4 (30.77%) Asset Management
4 4 (30.77%) Data Management
4 4 (30.77%) MoSCoW
4 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Process Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) Change Management
5 3 (23.08%) GAP Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Investment Management
5 3 (23.08%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (23.08%) Scrum
5 3 (23.08%) System Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) SQL
2 4 (30.77%) C#
3 3 (23.08%) Python
4 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
4 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
5 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
5 1 (7.69%) Ruby
5 1 (7.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) CBAP
2 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
2 2 (15.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (92.31%) MiFID
2 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
2 2 (15.38%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Bloomberg
2 1 (7.69%) Charles River
2 1 (7.69%) CQG
2 1 (7.69%) ION Trading
2 1 (7.69%) Reuters
2 1 (7.69%) SimCorp