MiFID Contracts in County Antrim

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in County Antrim 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing MiFID 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 1.33% - 1.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.67% - 8.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £663 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £625 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 30 10 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 20.00% 7.58% 13.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 8 16
10th Percentile £179 £283 £231
25th Percentile £273 £313 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £325 £385
Median % change year-on-year +25.38% -15.58% -0.65%
75th Percentile £575 £540 £542
90th Percentile £648 £569 £653
Northern Ireland median daily rate £408 £325 £385
% change year-on-year +25.38% -15.58% -0.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £27.16 - -
25th Percentile £31.64 - -
Median hourly rate £54.24 - -
75th Percentile £82.41 - -
90th Percentile £89.52 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £54.24 £12.25 -
% change year-on-year +342.76% - -

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Job postings citing MiFID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Job vacancy trend for MiFID in County Antrim

MiFID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MiFID in County Antrim.

Daily rate trend for MiFID in County Antrim

MiFID
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MiFID within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Belfast - 2 £625 - 1
MiFID
Northern Ireland

MiFID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Compliance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Dodd-Frank
1 1 (50.00%) EMIR
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft