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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 485 478
Rank change year-on-year -13 -7 +215
Contract jobs citing EMIR 42 36 99
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.12% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.80% 0.89% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 25 91
10th Percentile £513 - £550
25th Percentile £563 £500 £615
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £625 £725
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -13.79% +2.65%
75th Percentile £744 £750 £760
90th Percentile £828 £853 £810
UK median daily rate £700 £625 £725
% change year-on-year +12.00% -13.79% +3.57%

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 5,234 4,056 5,657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.58% 13.02% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,391 2,370 3,795
10th Percentile £308 £290 £321
25th Percentile £402 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -6.48% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 172 237
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.25 £15.13
25th Percentile £17.58 £16.17 £20.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.67 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -22.21% +51.62%
75th Percentile £62.55 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.17
UK median hourly rate £27.53 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +0.11% -26.67% +44.23%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 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
London +18 41 £700 +5.66% 36
Midlands -31 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
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 (4.76%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Endur
2 3 (7.14%) Aladdin
2 3 (7.14%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.52%) Azure
2 3 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.14%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.14%) KDB
3 1 (2.38%) Power BI
3 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) JIRA
2 2 (4.76%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.38%) Git
General
1 25 (59.52%) Social Skills
2 22 (52.38%) Finance
3 17 (40.48%) Front Office
4 16 (38.10%) Banking
5 11 (26.19%) Investment Banking
6 7 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (9.52%) Back Office
7 4 (9.52%) Legal
8 2 (4.76%) Financial Institution
9 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.38%) Law
9 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (59.52%) Analyst
2 24 (57.14%) Business Analyst
3 11 (26.19%) Regulatory Business Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) Consultant
4 5 (11.90%) Developer
4 5 (11.90%) Lead
4 5 (11.90%) Lead Consultant
4 5 (11.90%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) Senior
5 4 (9.52%) Business Consultant
5 4 (9.52%) Lead Business Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) Report Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) .NET Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Charles River Consultant
6 3 (7.14%) ETRM Business Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Qualitative Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Quantitative Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) Charles River Business Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) .NET
2 4 (9.52%) XML
3 3 (7.14%) FIX Protocol
3 3 (7.14%) Kafka
3 3 (7.14%) React
4 2 (4.76%) XSLT
5 1 (2.38%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.38%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.38%) FpML
5 1 (2.38%) JSON
5 1 (2.38%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Derivative
2 5 (11.90%) Fixed Income
2 5 (11.90%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (9.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (7.14%) Hedge funds
4 3 (7.14%) Product Ownership
5 2 (4.76%) Algorithms
5 2 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.76%) Credit Derivative
5 2 (4.76%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (4.76%) DTCC
5 2 (4.76%) Equities
6 1 (2.38%) ASIC
6 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.38%) Market Risk
6 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.38%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (50.00%) Agile
2 12 (28.57%) Change Management
2 12 (28.57%) Regulatory Change
2 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (26.19%) Business Analysis
3 11 (26.19%) Data Analysis
3 11 (26.19%) Project Delivery
3 11 (26.19%) Requirements Gathering
4 10 (23.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (23.81%) Validation
5 9 (21.43%) Risk Management
6 8 (19.05%) GAP Analysis
6 8 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (16.67%) Project Management
7 7 (16.67%) Scrum
8 6 (14.29%) Asset Management
8 6 (14.29%) DevOps
8 6 (14.29%) ETRM
8 6 (14.29%) Migration
8 6 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 25 (59.52%) SQL
2 11 (26.19%) C#
3 8 (19.05%) Python
4 3 (7.14%) C++
4 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
4 3 (7.14%) T-SQL
5 2 (4.76%) VBA
5 2 (4.76%) VC++
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) IIBA
2 2 (4.76%) PMI Certification
2 2 (4.76%) PMP
3 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.38%) CSPO
3 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (83.33%) MiFID
2 4 (9.52%) Dodd-Frank
3 2 (4.76%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.38%) Basel III
4 1 (2.38%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (7.14%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) Bloomberg
2 5 (11.90%) Oracle
3 4 (9.52%) Refinitiv
4 3 (7.14%) Charles River
4 3 (7.14%) CQG
4 3 (7.14%) NYFIX
4 3 (7.14%) TOWER Software
5 1 (2.38%) OpenLink
5 1 (2.38%) Trayport