EMV Contract Job Trends 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 28 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 - 597
Rank change year-on-year - - +186
Contract jobs citing EMV 6 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% - 0.017%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.060% - 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £410
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +43.88%
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - £630
UK median daily rate £438 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +43.88%

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 10,012 10,093 13,770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.09% 30.94% 32.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,283 6,128 9,529
10th Percentile £300 £294 £300
25th Percentile £412 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £683
90th Percentile £775 £825 £788
UK median daily rate £519 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -3.53% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 511 386 431
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £21.34
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.35 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -47.69% +25.00% +78.45%
75th Percentile £56.00 £70.00 £66.97
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.16 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -42.00% +12.36% +71.15%

EMV
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

EMV
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing EMV

EMV
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing EMV

EMV
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 28 September 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 - 3 - -
London - 2 - - 2
South East - 1 £585 - 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 4 (66.67%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) VersaTest
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) BASE24 Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 2 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (33.33%) Java Card
1 2 (33.33%) Mainframe
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 2 (33.33%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Android
1 2 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Android Development
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Content Management
2 2 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) High Availability
2 2 (33.33%) iOS Development
2 2 (33.33%) Key Management
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Multithreaded Programming
2 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (33.33%) Personalization
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) COBOL
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 8583
1 2 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) HP