EMIR Contracts in London

European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 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 324 335 447
Rank change year-on-year +11 +112 +87
Contract jobs citing EMIR 29 56 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.23% 0.31% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.46% 2.24% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 49 37
10th Percentile £481 £400 £625
25th Percentile £513 £563 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £750
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £659 £788 £756
90th Percentile £738 £800 £791
England median daily rate £600 £700 £750
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +7.14%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,992 2,495 3,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.88% 13.99% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,317 1,770 2,546
10th Percentile £313 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £792
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 62 36
10th Percentile £19.44 £12.70 £20.25
25th Percentile £22.27 £17.85 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.75 £24.75 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +40.40% -19.51% -30.90%
75th Percentile £57.50 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.37 £53.73 £81.25
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

EMIR
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for EMIR in London

EMIR
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for EMIR in London

EMIR
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EMIR in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for EMIR in London

EMIR
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EMIR within the London 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
Central London +10 11 £525 -25.00% 6
EMIR
England

EMIR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (6.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Fidessa
1 1 (3.45%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.90%) Data Mart
3 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Jenkins
1 4 (13.79%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Git
2 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (68.97%) Finance
2 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
3 12 (41.38%) Back Office
4 9 (31.03%) Banking
5 8 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (20.69%) Front Office
7 5 (17.24%) Investment Banking
8 3 (10.34%) Legal
9 2 (6.90%) Financial Institution
9 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (68.97%) Business Analyst
2 17 (58.62%) Analyst
3 6 (20.69%) Developer
4 5 (17.24%) Data Business Analyst
4 5 (17.24%) Regulatory Business Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) C# Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Middle Office Business Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Banking Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Banking Business Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Data Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (6.90%) FX Business Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Middle Office Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Report Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Commodities Business Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Reference Data Business Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Software Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Treasury Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) .NET
2 4 (13.79%) Kafka
3 3 (10.34%) FIX Protocol
3 3 (10.34%) React
4 2 (6.90%) FpML
4 2 (6.90%) XML
5 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET
5 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (3.45%) Murex MxML
5 1 (3.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (20.69%) Derivative
3 4 (13.79%) DTCC
4 3 (10.34%) Equities
4 3 (10.34%) Fixed Income
5 2 (6.90%) Hedge funds
5 2 (6.90%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
5 2 (6.90%) Reference Data
6 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (3.45%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (3.45%) Market Risk
6 1 (3.45%) OTC Derivatives
6 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
6 1 (3.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (27.59%) Data Analysis
2 8 (27.59%) Project Management
3 7 (24.14%) Regulatory Change
3 7 (24.14%) Regulatory Compliance
3 7 (24.14%) Risk Management
4 6 (20.69%) DevOps
4 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (17.24%) Investment Management
5 5 (17.24%) Process Improvement
5 5 (17.24%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (13.79%) Asset Management
6 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
6 4 (13.79%) Data Management
6 4 (13.79%) MoSCoW
6 4 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Analytics
7 3 (10.34%) Change Management
7 3 (10.34%) Migration
7 3 (10.34%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 12 (41.38%) SQL
2 6 (20.69%) C#
2 6 (20.69%) Python
3 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.34%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.45%) Ruby
4 1 (3.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) CBAP
2 2 (6.90%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.90%) PMP
3 1 (3.45%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (89.66%) MiFID
2 7 (24.14%) Dodd-Frank
3 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.90%) QA
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Bloomberg
2 2 (6.90%) Alteryx
2 2 (6.90%) Murex
3 1 (3.45%) CQG
3 1 (3.45%) ION Trading
3 1 (3.45%) OpenLink
3 1 (3.45%) Reuters
3 1 (3.45%) Tradeweb