EMV Contracts

Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EMV in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EMV over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 524 577 674
Rank change year-on-year +53 +97 +175
Contract jobs citing EMV 10 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.019% 0.018%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.094% 0.061% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 6
10th Percentile £419 - £381
25th Percentile £420 £521 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £543 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% +20.56% -13.25%
75th Percentile £495 £564 £525
90th Percentile £528 - £613
UK excluding London median daily rate £464 £543 -
% change year-on-year -14.47% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 10,600 13,020 18,334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.58% 30.16% 32.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,573 8,265 12,603
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £676
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 927 581
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.32 £11.87
Median hourly rate £30.90 £35.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +58.44% -16.60%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.25 £60.63
90th Percentile £78.75 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.58 £22.50
% change year-on-year -15.67% +58.11% +5.19%

EMV
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing EMV as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for EMV in the UK

EMV
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for EMV in the UK

EMV
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for EMV in the UK

EMV
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EMV within the UK over the 6 months to 30 June 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
UK excluding London +46 9 £464 -14.47% 9
England +59 8 £489 -9.86% 21
South West - 4 £500 - 1
Work from Home +37 3 £475 - 15
North West +15 3 £478 -11.89% 1
North of England +10 3 £478 -11.89% 1
Scotland - 2 £438 - 1
London +49 1 - - 13

EMV
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (50.00%) BASE24
2 2 (20.00%) Payment Gateway
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) ATM
2 2 (20.00%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Git
1 2 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (20.00%) VersaTest
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Architect
1 2 (20.00%) BASE24 Developer
1 2 (20.00%) C Software Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Developer
1 2 (20.00%) Lead
1 2 (20.00%) Lead Developer
1 2 (20.00%) Payments Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) OAuth
1 2 (20.00%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (20.00%) Digital Wallet
1 2 (20.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
1 2 (20.00%) Tandem
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Regulatory Change
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (20.00%) Event-Driven
3 2 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Fintech
3 2 (20.00%) High Availability
3 2 (20.00%) Microservices
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (20.00%) SDLC
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) COBOL
2 4 (40.00%) C
2 4 (40.00%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) ISO 8583
1 4 (40.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (20.00%) ISO 20022
2 2 (20.00%) PSD2
2 2 (20.00%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft