MiFID Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring MiFID skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 80 64
Rank change year-on-year -11 -16 +12
Contract jobs citing MiFID 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.095% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.53% 0.97% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.42%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £402 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +12.42%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Glasgow

MiFID 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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 189 103 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 17.93% 13.86% 15.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 71 82
10th Percentile £238 £268 £268
25th Percentile £313 £359 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £436
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +3.21% -8.21%
75th Percentile £538 £544 £494
90th Percentile £675 £575 £599
Scotland median daily rate £440 £450 £434
% change year-on-year -2.22% +3.81% -8.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile £13.10 £15.18 £21.05
25th Percentile £13.40 £15.32 £24.89
Median hourly rate £14.07 £15.55 £31.52
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -50.68% +117.38%
75th Percentile £15.81 £15.77 £37.91
90th Percentile £29.52 £15.91 £41.59
Scotland median hourly rate £15.05 £18.51 £14.98
% change year-on-year -18.71% +23.56% -31.13%

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MiFID relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

MiFID job vacancy trend in Glasgow

MiFID
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing MiFID.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing MiFID

MiFID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Dodd-Frank
1 1 (100.00%) EMIR