EMIR Contracts in England

European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring EMIR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EMIR over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 500 577
Rank change year-on-year +53 +77 +125
Contract jobs citing EMIR 47 53 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.10% 1.05% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 41 49
10th Percentile £513 £500 £550
25th Percentile £516 £581 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £740
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -5.41% +3.86%
75th Percentile £731 £750 £775
90th Percentile £772 £810 £810
UK median daily rate £630 £700 £740
% change year-on-year -10.00% -5.41% +5.71%

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 4,260 5,033 6,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.49% 13.48% 13.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,757 3,160 4,347
10th Percentile £271 £300 £312
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £761
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 379 231
10th Percentile £15.13 £11.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £20.49 £13.18 £20.25
Median hourly rate £32.25 £24.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.37% -43.11% +60.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £52.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.33 £70.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £38.00
% change year-on-year +26.05% -37.37% +40.74%

EMIR
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing EMIR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for EMIR in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing EMIR in England.

Daily rate trend for EMIR in England

EMIR
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EMIR in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for EMIR in England

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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 2 July 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 +35 46 £650 -9.09% 103
Midlands +4 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
EMIR
UK

EMIR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (6.38%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Aladdin
2 2 (4.26%) Fidessa
3 1 (2.13%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) Azure
2 3 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (4.26%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.26%) Data Mart
3 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) JIRA
2 3 (6.38%) Git
3 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (65.96%) Finance
2 24 (51.06%) Social Skills
3 18 (38.30%) Front Office
4 13 (27.66%) Back Office
5 10 (21.28%) Banking
6 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (10.64%) Investment Banking
8 4 (8.51%) Legal
9 3 (6.38%) Financial Institution
10 2 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (74.47%) Business Analyst
2 32 (68.09%) Analyst
3 13 (27.66%) Regulatory Business Analyst
4 8 (17.02%) Consultant
4 8 (17.02%) Lead
4 8 (17.02%) Lead Consultant
5 7 (14.89%) Lead Business Analyst
6 6 (12.77%) Business Consultant
6 6 (12.77%) Developer
7 5 (10.64%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
8 4 (8.51%) Charles River Consultant
8 4 (8.51%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
8 4 (8.51%) Technical Analyst
8 4 (8.51%) Technical Business Analyst
9 3 (6.38%) Banking Analyst
9 3 (6.38%) Business Development Analyst
9 3 (6.38%) Business Development Consultant
9 3 (6.38%) Development Analyst
9 3 (6.38%) Development Consultant
9 3 (6.38%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) .NET
2 6 (12.77%) XML
3 4 (8.51%) FpML
3 4 (8.51%) React
4 3 (6.38%) Kafka
5 2 (4.26%) JSON
6 1 (2.13%) .NET Core
6 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET
6 1 (2.13%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (2.13%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (2.13%) Murex MxML
6 1 (2.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 8 (17.02%) DTCC
3 6 (12.77%) Derivative
4 4 (8.51%) Fixed Income
5 3 (6.38%) Equities
5 3 (6.38%) Hedge funds
5 3 (6.38%) Reference Data
6 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
6 2 (4.26%) Onboarding
6 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
7 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.13%) Credit Risk
7 1 (2.13%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (2.13%) Market Risk
7 1 (2.13%) OTC Derivatives
7 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.04%) Data Analysis
2 15 (31.91%) Agile
2 15 (31.91%) Project Management
3 14 (29.79%) Business Analysis
4 13 (27.66%) Asset Management
4 13 (27.66%) Regulatory Change
4 13 (27.66%) Requirements Gathering
4 13 (27.66%) Validation
5 12 (25.53%) Change Management
5 12 (25.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (23.40%) Risk Management
7 10 (21.28%) GAP Analysis
7 10 (21.28%) Project Delivery
7 10 (21.28%) Scrum
8 9 (19.15%) End-to-End Testing
9 8 (17.02%) Portfolio Management
9 8 (17.02%) System Testing
10 6 (12.77%) DevOps
10 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (12.77%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (51.06%) SQL
2 7 (14.89%) C#
3 5 (10.64%) Python
4 3 (6.38%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.38%) TypeScript
5 2 (4.26%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.13%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (6.38%) Degree
2 1 (2.13%) CBAP
2 1 (2.13%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (87.23%) MiFID
2 10 (21.28%) Dodd-Frank
3 3 (6.38%) Data Quality
3 3 (6.38%) QA
4 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.51%) Charles River
3 3 (6.38%) Bloomberg
4 2 (4.26%) Alteryx
4 2 (4.26%) CQG
4 2 (4.26%) Murex
5 1 (2.13%) ION Trading
5 1 (2.13%) OpenLink
5 1 (2.13%) Oracle
5 1 (2.13%) Reuters
5 1 (2.13%) SimCorp
5 1 (2.13%) TOWER Software
5 1 (2.13%) Tradeweb
5 1 (2.13%) Trayport