MiFID Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of Westminster requiring MiFID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MiFID 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 2.22% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Central London median daily rate £700 £525 £775
% change year-on-year +33.33% -32.26% +29.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of Westminster

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 Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5 8 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 11.11% 14.81% 15.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 8
10th Percentile £378 £394 -
25th Percentile £600 £434 £813
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £494 £975
Median % change year-on-year +31.65% -49.36% +129.41%
75th Percentile - £543 £1,088
90th Percentile £755 £572 £1,095
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

MiFID job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

MiFID
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing MiFID.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of Westminster citing MiFID

MiFID
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MiFID within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
Mayfair - 1 £600 -
MiFID
Central London

MiFID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) MiFID Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL