EMV Contracts in England

Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EMV in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EMV 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 476 532 645
Rank change year-on-year +56 +113 +128
Contract jobs citing EMV 9 10 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.037% 0.027% 0.016%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.087% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile £446 - £381
25th Percentile £478 £521 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £543 £413
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +31.52% -17.50%
75th Percentile £556 £564 £463
90th Percentile £568 - £588
UK median daily rate £500 £543 £413
% change year-on-year -7.83% +31.52% -17.50%

All Generic Skills
England

EMV falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for EMV in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for EMV in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing EMV in England.

Hourly rate trend for EMV 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 EMV within the England 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
South West - 4 £500 - 9
North of England +21 3 £478 -11.89% 1
North West +19 3 £478 -11.89%
London +31 2 £550 - 4
EMV
UK

EMV
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:

Business Applications
1 6 (66.67%) BASE24
2 2 (22.22%) Payment Gateway
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) VersaTest
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) BASE24 Developer
1 3 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Lead Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Payments Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) OAuth
1 2 (22.22%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (22.22%) Digital Wallet
1 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
1 2 (22.22%) SWIFT Messaging Network
1 2 (22.22%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
3 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (22.22%) Event-Driven
3 2 (22.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Fintech
3 2 (22.22%) High Availability
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) Microservices
3 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (22.22%) SDLC
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) API Development
4 1 (11.11%) API Integration
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) COBOL
2 2 (22.22%) C
2 2 (22.22%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) ISO 8583
1 4 (44.44%) PCI DSS
2 2 (22.22%) ISO 20022
2 2 (22.22%) PSD2
2 2 (22.22%) SEPA
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) HP
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft