EMV Contract Job Trends in London

Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EMV in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EMV over the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 363 384
Rank change year-on-year -25 +21 +128
Contract jobs citing EMV 6 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.039% 0.007% 0.038%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.10% 0.022% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £394 - -
25th Percentile £413 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% - -
75th Percentile £447 £575 -
90th Percentile £471 - -
England median daily rate £409 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -22.10% +16.67% +12.50%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,718 4,625 6,072
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.15% 34.55% 32.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,721 2,941 4,265
10th Percentile £350 £319 £300
25th Percentile £431 £444 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -6.12%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £700
90th Percentile £800 £844 £813
England median daily rate £510 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -5.56% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 60 178
10th Percentile £17.50 £21.16 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £25.48 £19.99
Median hourly rate £28.94 £39.02 £29.36
Median % change year-on-year -25.83% +32.90% -16.11%
75th Percentile £53.59 £61.50 £48.69
90th Percentile £72.50 £81.00 £66.83
England median hourly rate £33.00 £37.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -10.81% +13.85% +44.44%

EMV
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

EMV job vacancy trend in London

EMV
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing EMV

EMV
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing EMV

EMV
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 EMV within the London region over the 6 months to 17 February 2026. 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 - 1 £475 -
EMV
England

EMV
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (83.33%) BASE24
1 5 (83.33%) Payment Gateway
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) NonStop SQL
2 4 (66.67%) OLTP
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (83.33%) Banking
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Tandem
2 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (16.67%) Java Card
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) High Availability
1 5 (83.33%) Performance Tuning
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Android Development
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Content Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
3 1 (16.67%) Fintech
3 1 (16.67%) iOS Development
3 1 (16.67%) Key Management
3 1 (16.67%) Multithreaded Programming
3 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
3 1 (16.67%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C
1 5 (83.33%) COBOL
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO 8583
2 4 (66.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft