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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 442 484 606
Rank change year-on-year +42 +122 +108
Contract jobs citing EMIR 38 54 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.15% 0.092%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.99% 1.06% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 47 36
10th Percentile £481 £400 £625
25th Percentile £513 £563 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £700 £750
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% -6.67% +5.45%
75th Percentile £738 £800 £752
90th Percentile £770 £804 £792
UK median daily rate £613 £700 £750
% change year-on-year -12.50% -6.67% +7.14%

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 3,826 5,102 6,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.05% 14.04% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,479 3,271 4,330
10th Percentile £263 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 353 217
10th Percentile £17.79 £10.95 £15.21
25th Percentile £22.27 £13.18 £20.00
Median hourly rate £34.50 £23.00 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -41.65% +38.32%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.87 £68.85 £79.85
UK median hourly rate £33.11 £21.69 £35.00
% change year-on-year +52.69% -38.04% +16.67%

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

EMIR
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 23 May 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 23 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
London +41 38 £619 -12.54% 42
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 2 (5.26%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Aladdin
2 1 (2.63%) Fidessa
2 1 (2.63%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) AWS
2 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.26%) Data Mart
3 1 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) JIRA
2 3 (7.89%) Git
3 2 (5.26%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (65.79%) Finance
2 18 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 12 (31.58%) Back Office
4 11 (28.95%) Front Office
5 8 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (21.05%) Banking
6 4 (10.53%) Investment Banking
7 3 (7.89%) Legal
8 2 (5.26%) Financial Institution
8 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (76.32%) Business Analyst
2 25 (65.79%) Analyst
3 12 (31.58%) Regulatory Business Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Consultant
5 4 (10.53%) Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Lead
5 4 (10.53%) Lead Consultant
5 4 (10.53%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Technical Business Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Banking Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Data Business Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) FX Business Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Lead Business Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Middle Office Business Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Report Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Business Consultant
7 2 (5.26%) Charles River Consultant
7 2 (5.26%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.79%) XML
2 4 (10.53%) .NET
2 4 (10.53%) FpML
3 3 (7.89%) React
4 2 (5.26%) JSON
4 2 (5.26%) Kafka
5 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (2.63%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (2.63%) Murex MxML
5 1 (2.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) DTCC
1 8 (21.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (13.16%) Derivative
3 2 (5.26%) Equities
3 2 (5.26%) Fixed Income
3 2 (5.26%) Hedge funds
3 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.26%) Reference Data
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.63%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.63%) Interest Rate Derivative
4 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.63%) Market Risk
4 1 (2.63%) OTC Derivatives
4 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (31.58%) Project Management
2 11 (28.95%) Data Analysis
2 11 (28.95%) Regulatory Change
3 10 (26.32%) Business Analysis
4 9 (23.68%) Agile
4 9 (23.68%) Risk Management
4 9 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (21.05%) Asset Management
5 8 (21.05%) Change Management
5 8 (21.05%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (21.05%) Validation
6 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (15.79%) Project Delivery
8 5 (13.16%) DevOps
8 5 (13.16%) End-to-End Testing
8 5 (13.16%) GAP Analysis
8 5 (13.16%) Regulatory Compliance
8 5 (13.16%) Scrum
9 4 (10.53%) System Testing
9 4 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (42.11%) SQL
2 5 (13.16%) Python
3 4 (10.53%) C#
4 3 (7.89%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.89%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.63%) Ruby
5 1 (2.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) Degree
2 1 (2.63%) CBAP
2 1 (2.63%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (86.84%) MiFID
2 9 (23.68%) Dodd-Frank
3 3 (7.89%) Data Quality
3 3 (7.89%) QA
4 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.89%) Bloomberg
3 2 (5.26%) Alteryx
3 2 (5.26%) Charles River
3 2 (5.26%) Murex
4 1 (2.63%) CQG
4 1 (2.63%) ION Trading
4 1 (2.63%) OpenLink
4 1 (2.63%) Reuters
4 1 (2.63%) SimCorp
4 1 (2.63%) Tradeweb