MiFID Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland 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 130 117 115
Rank change year-on-year -13 -2 +39
Contract jobs citing MiFID 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.045% 0.061% 0.054%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.25% 0.37% 0.29%
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 - - -
UK median daily rate £563 £617 £638
% change year-on-year -8.83% -3.22% -13.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 401 268 342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.11% 16.45% 18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 159 216
10th Percentile £238 £200 £179
25th Percentile £313 £372 £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £450 £434
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +3.81% -8.74%
75th Percentile £548 £529 £500
90th Percentile £650 £578 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 21
10th Percentile £13.01 £13.94 -
25th Percentile £13.45 £15.55 £13.52
Median hourly rate £15.05 £18.51 £14.98
Median % change year-on-year -18.71% +23.56% -31.13%
75th Percentile £50.00 £40.72 £18.27
90th Percentile £70.50 £65.75 £19.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £27.91 £25.77
% change year-on-year +34.36% +8.33% -26.39%

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

MiFID job vacancy trend in Scotland

MiFID
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing MiFID

MiFID
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MiFID within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
Glasgow -11 1 £402 - 1
MiFID
UK

MiFID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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