EMIR Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring EMIR skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing EMIR 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.41% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £488 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £563 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £663 £669 £738
% change year-on-year -0.93% -9.32% +5.36%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 68 22 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 28.22% 12.02% 16.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 6 16
10th Percentile £295 £167 £209
25th Percentile £325 £171 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £193 £388
Median % change year-on-year +159.74% -50.32% -21.68%
75th Percentile £600 £466 £513
90th Percentile £652 £570 £601
UK median daily rate £500 £508 £525
% change year-on-year -1.53% -3.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 1
10th Percentile £12.31 - -
25th Percentile £12.63 - -
Median hourly rate £14.33 £24.18 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.76% +34.33% -
75th Percentile £15.33 - -
90th Percentile £24.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £26.68 £35.00
% change year-on-year +12.44% -23.77% +41.64%

EMIR
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for EMIR in Northern Ireland

EMIR
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing EMIR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing EMIR

EMIR
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EMIR within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 10 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
County Antrim - 1 £525 - 1
EMIR
UK

EMIR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Front Office
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) MiFID