MiFID Contracts in London

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring MiFID skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MiFID over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 341 416
Rank change year-on-year +62 +75 +66
Contract jobs citing MiFID 75 59 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.58% 0.34% 0.28%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.54% 2.45% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 48 59
10th Percentile £513 £500 £513
25th Percentile £600 £572 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £725
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +11.54%
75th Percentile £768 £750 £775
90th Percentile £938 £803 £810
England median daily rate £675 £700 £725
% change year-on-year -3.57% -3.45% +11.54%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,119 2,405 3,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 16.43% 13.76% 13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,402 1,679 2,507
10th Percentile £325 £350 £359
25th Percentile £413 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £762 £800 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 61 35
10th Percentile £22.68 £12.50 £19.16
25th Percentile £25.15 £18.00 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £23.80 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.96% -8.46% -39.53%
75th Percentile £50.31 £43.75 £63.00
90th Percentile £65.50 £57.50 £81.50
England median hourly rate £32.25 £24.18 £41.77
% change year-on-year +33.37% -42.11% +54.70%

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for MiFID in London

MiFID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for MiFID in London

MiFID
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for MiFID in London

MiFID
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MiFID in London.

Hourly rate trend for MiFID in London

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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 MiFID within the London region over the 6 months to 1 July 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 +24 23 £700 +10.67% 34
East London - 1 £630 - 7
MiFID
England

MiFID
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (9.33%) Confluence
2 1 (1.33%) Appian
Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Aladdin
2 3 (4.00%) Actimize
3 2 (2.67%) Fidessa
4 1 (1.33%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (1.33%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.00%) Azure
2 4 (5.33%) AWS
3 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.33%) Lucidchart
3 1 (1.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.00%) Data Lake
2 5 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.67%) Data Mart
3 2 (2.67%) Tableau
4 1 (1.33%) Power BI
4 1 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (12.00%) JIRA
2 3 (4.00%) Git
3 2 (2.67%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 57 (76.00%) Finance
2 35 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 33 (44.00%) Front Office
4 18 (24.00%) Banking
5 12 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (16.00%) Investment Banking
6 11 (14.67%) Back Office
7 7 (9.33%) Financial Institution
8 6 (8.00%) Legal
9 4 (5.33%) Retail
10 3 (4.00%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (4.00%) Retail Banking
11 2 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.67%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (54.67%) Business Analyst
2 35 (46.67%) Analyst
3 21 (28.00%) Lead
4 14 (18.67%) Regulatory Business Analyst
5 8 (10.67%) Consultant
5 8 (10.67%) Lead Consultant
6 7 (9.33%) Lead Business Analyst
7 6 (8.00%) Business Consultant
7 6 (8.00%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
8 5 (6.67%) Developer
8 5 (6.67%) Project Manager
8 5 (6.67%) Technical Analyst
8 5 (6.67%) Technical Business Analyst
9 4 (5.33%) Charles River Consultant
9 4 (5.33%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
9 4 (5.33%) MiFID Specialist
9 4 (5.33%) Report Analyst
10 3 (4.00%) Charles River Business Analyst
10 3 (4.00%) Compliance Specialist
10 3 (4.00%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.00%) .NET
1 6 (8.00%) XML
2 4 (5.33%) FpML
2 4 (5.33%) React
3 3 (4.00%) Kafka
4 2 (2.67%) JSON
5 1 (1.33%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.33%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.33%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (1.33%) Middleware
5 1 (1.33%) Murex MxML
5 1 (1.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (26.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 19 (25.33%) Derivative
3 17 (22.67%) Equities
4 16 (21.33%) Fixed Income
5 15 (20.00%) Hedge funds
6 8 (10.67%) DTCC
7 5 (6.67%) Product Ownership
8 4 (5.33%) Onboarding
8 4 (5.33%) Reference Data
9 3 (4.00%) Management Information System
10 2 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (1.33%) Interest Rate Derivative
11 1 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (1.33%) Market Risk
11 1 (1.33%) OTC Derivatives
11 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (1.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (44.00%) Agile
2 22 (29.33%) Regulatory Change
3 21 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (26.67%) Regulatory Compliance
5 19 (25.33%) Data Analysis
6 17 (22.67%) Business Analysis
6 17 (22.67%) Investment Management
6 17 (22.67%) Project Management
7 16 (21.33%) Requirements Gathering
7 16 (21.33%) Risk Management
7 16 (21.33%) Validation
8 15 (20.00%) Data Management
8 15 (20.00%) Migration
9 14 (18.67%) Roadmaps
10 13 (17.33%) Data Governance
11 12 (16.00%) Asset Management
11 12 (16.00%) Change Management
11 12 (16.00%) Project Delivery
12 11 (14.67%) GAP Analysis
12 11 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 27 (36.00%) SQL
2 6 (8.00%) C#
3 5 (6.67%) Python
4 4 (5.33%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.00%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.67%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.33%) Java
7 1 (1.33%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (12.00%) Degree
2 4 (5.33%) Master's Degree
3 3 (4.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.00%) PMP
4 2 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.33%) CBAP
5 1 (1.33%) CFA
5 1 (1.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (53.33%) EMIR
2 9 (12.00%) Dodd-Frank
3 5 (6.67%) Data Quality
4 3 (4.00%) GDPR
5 2 (2.67%) QA
6 1 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.33%) FATCA
6 1 (1.33%) IFRS
6 1 (1.33%) IFRS 17
6 1 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.33%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (1.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.33%) Bloomberg
2 4 (5.33%) Charles River
3 3 (4.00%) Oracle
4 2 (2.67%) Alteryx
4 2 (2.67%) CQG
4 2 (2.67%) Murex
4 2 (2.67%) SimCorp
5 1 (1.33%) Advent
5 1 (1.33%) Avaloq
5 1 (1.33%) GoldenSource
5 1 (1.33%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.33%) OpenLink
5 1 (1.33%) Pega
5 1 (1.33%) Reuters
5 1 (1.33%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.33%) TOWER Software
5 1 (1.33%) Tradeweb