EMIR Contract Job Trends in England

European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring EMIR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 521 456 477
Rank change year-on-year -65 +21 +176
Contract jobs citing EMIR 33 21 82
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.096% 0.082% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.56% 0.55% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 9 72
10th Percentile £260 £481 £400
25th Percentile £511 £500 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £653 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -14.29% -5.08%
75th Percentile £750 £738 £776
90th Percentile £864 £761 £800
UK median daily rate £653 £600 £700
% change year-on-year +8.75% -14.29% -3.45%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,937 3,787 5,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.31% 14.77% 14.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,843 2,237 3,580
10th Percentile £325 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £611 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 147 308
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.88 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £20.10 £14.50
Median hourly rate £23.60 £30.00 £25.81
Median % change year-on-year -21.35% +16.23% -26.26%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.19
90th Percentile £69.06 £75.00 £73.05
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £27.35 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.78% +9.40% -23.08%

EMIR
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing EMIR relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

EMIR job vacancy trend in England

EMIR
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing EMIR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing EMIR

EMIR
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EMIR in England over the 6 months to 17 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for EMIR in England

EMIR
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing EMIR.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing EMIR

EMIR
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EMIR within the England region over the 6 months to 17 February 2026. 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
London -18 33 £653 +8.75%
EMIR
UK

EMIR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.06%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Loan IQ
1 1 (3.03%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) Azure
1 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) KDB
1 3 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
General
1 26 (78.79%) Finance
2 16 (48.48%) Banking
2 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
3 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (30.30%) Front Office
3 10 (30.30%) Investment Banking
4 3 (9.09%) Back Office
4 3 (9.09%) Legal
5 1 (3.03%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.03%) Law
5 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (72.73%) Analyst
2 19 (57.58%) Business Analyst
3 10 (30.30%) Regulatory Business Analyst
3 10 (30.30%) Report Analyst
4 6 (18.18%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
5 4 (12.12%) Lead
6 3 (9.09%) Commodities Business Analyst
6 3 (9.09%) Lead Business Analyst
6 3 (9.09%) Project Analyst
6 3 (9.09%) Project Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Qualitative Analyst
6 3 (9.09%) Quantitative Analyst
6 3 (9.09%) Senior
7 2 (6.06%) Business Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Business Project Manager
7 2 (6.06%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) MiFID Business Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (6.06%) XML
2 2 (6.06%) XSLT
3 1 (3.03%) .NET
3 1 (3.03%) .NET Core
3 1 (3.03%) .NET Framework
3 1 (3.03%) RESTful
3 1 (3.03%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (39.39%) Derivative
2 6 (18.18%) Equities
3 5 (15.15%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (6.06%) Algorithms
5 2 (6.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (6.06%) Credit Derivative
5 2 (6.06%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (6.06%) Fixed Income
5 2 (6.06%) Hedge funds
5 2 (6.06%) Market Risk
5 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.03%) ASIC
6 1 (3.03%) Credit Risk
6 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.03%) DTCC
6 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Agile
1 9 (27.27%) Regulatory Change
2 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.21%) Data Analysis
3 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (21.21%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (18.18%) Project Management
4 6 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
5 5 (15.15%) Change Management
5 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (15.15%) DevOps
5 5 (15.15%) Target Operating Model
5 5 (15.15%) Validation
5 5 (15.15%) Waterfall
6 4 (12.12%) Business Analysis
6 4 (12.12%) Collateral Management
6 4 (12.12%) Mathematics
6 4 (12.12%) Migration
6 4 (12.12%) Project Delivery
6 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 14 (42.42%) SQL
2 9 (27.27%) Python
3 7 (21.21%) C#
4 4 (12.12%) C++
5 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
6 2 (6.06%) VBA
6 2 (6.06%) VC++
7 1 (3.03%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) IIBA
2 2 (6.06%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.06%) PMP
3 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (60.61%) MiFID
2 3 (9.09%) Dodd-Frank
3 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.03%) Basel III
4 1 (3.03%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Bloomberg
2 5 (15.15%) Refinitiv
3 4 (12.12%) Oracle
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.09%) Murex
4 3 (9.09%) NYFIX
5 1 (3.03%) Ab Initio
5 1 (3.03%) Calypso
5 1 (3.03%) Salesforce