MiFID Contracts in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 121 162
Rank change year-on-year +20 +41 +15
Contract jobs citing MiFID 22 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.27% 0.047% 0.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.01% 0.28% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 11
10th Percentile £513 - £613
25th Percentile £586 - £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £738
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.36%
75th Percentile £725 - £750
90th Percentile £731 - £800
Central London median daily rate £700 £633 £738
% change year-on-year +10.67% -14.24% +5.36%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 314 363 480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 18.13% 16.92% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 259 354
10th Percentile £364 £363 £383
25th Percentile £438 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £713 £650 £713
90th Percentile £800 £753 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £28.43 £16.78 -
25th Percentile £38.06 £17.96 -
Median hourly rate £54.75 £20.61 -
Median % change year-on-year +165.71% - -
75th Percentile £72.06 £22.65 -
90th Percentile £82.08 £23.46 -
Central London median hourly rate £23.50 £23.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.43% -6.40% -50.98%

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for MiFID in the City of London

MiFID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for MiFID in the City of London

MiFID
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MiFID in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MiFID in the City of London

MiFID
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Aladdin
2 1 (4.55%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (4.55%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Azure
1 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Git
2 1 (4.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (86.36%) Finance
2 17 (77.27%) Social Skills
3 11 (50.00%) Front Office
4 7 (31.82%) Banking
5 6 (27.27%) Investment Banking
6 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (18.18%) Financial Institution
8 3 (13.64%) Back Office
8 3 (13.64%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (13.64%) Retail
8 3 (13.64%) Retail Banking
9 1 (4.55%) Legal
9 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (4.55%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Business Analyst
2 11 (50.00%) Analyst
3 8 (36.36%) Consultant
3 8 (36.36%) Lead
3 8 (36.36%) Lead Consultant
4 7 (31.82%) Lead Business Analyst
5 6 (27.27%) Business Consultant
6 4 (18.18%) Charles River Consultant
6 4 (18.18%) MiFID Specialist
7 3 (13.64%) Business Development Analyst
7 3 (13.64%) Business Development Consultant
7 3 (13.64%) Charles River Analyst
7 3 (13.64%) Charles River Business Analyst
7 3 (13.64%) Compliance Specialist
7 3 (13.64%) Developer
7 3 (13.64%) Development Analyst
7 3 (13.64%) Development Consultant
7 3 (13.64%) Electronic Trading Specialist
8 2 (9.09%) Data Business Analyst
8 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) .NET
2 2 (9.09%) React
3 1 (4.55%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.55%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (4.55%) Kafka
3 1 (4.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (9.09%) Derivative
2 2 (9.09%) Equities
2 2 (9.09%) Fixed Income
2 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.55%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (50.00%) Agile
2 11 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 11 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 11 (50.00%) Project Management
2 11 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 11 (50.00%) Validation
3 9 (40.91%) Asset Management
3 9 (40.91%) GAP Analysis
3 9 (40.91%) Portfolio Management
3 9 (40.91%) System Testing
4 8 (36.36%) Change Management
4 8 (36.36%) End-to-End Testing
4 8 (36.36%) Project Delivery
4 8 (36.36%) Scrum
5 7 (31.82%) Risk Management
6 5 (22.73%) Regulatory Change
7 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
7 4 (18.18%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) C#
3 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 2 (9.09%) Python
3 2 (9.09%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.55%) Ruby
4 1 (4.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
2 2 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.09%) PMP
3 1 (4.55%) CBAP
3 1 (4.55%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (68.18%) EMIR
2 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) Dodd-Frank
2 1 (4.55%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) UCITS
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Charles River
3 2 (9.09%) Bloomberg
3 2 (9.09%) SimCorp
4 1 (4.55%) Advent
4 1 (4.55%) CQG
4 1 (4.55%) ION Trading
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) Reuters