MiFID Job Trends in England

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring MiFID skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 703 583 705
Rank change year-on-year -120 +122 -10
Permanent jobs citing MiFID 36 50 46
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.039% 0.11% 0.064%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.36% 0.75% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 25 23 22
10th Percentile £67,750 - -
25th Percentile £85,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +3.23% -8.82%
75th Percentile £105,000 £98,125 £110,750
90th Percentile £133,000 £128,500 £130,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% +3.23% -8.82%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

MiFID falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,977 6,691 9,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.69% 15.35% 13.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6,553 3,967 6,028
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,424 £74,352 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.59%

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

MiFID job vacancy trend in England

MiFID
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing MiFID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing MiFID

MiFID
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MiFID in England over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Salary histogram for MiFID in England

MiFID
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MiFID within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -35 36 £100,000 +25.00% 22
MiFID
UK

MiFID
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.33%) Amazon Neptune
2 2 (5.56%) AWS
2 2 (5.56%) Azure
2 2 (5.56%) GCP
2 2 (5.56%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Stardog
1 3 (8.33%) Triplestore
2 2 (5.56%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.78%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (2.78%) InterSystems Cache
3 1 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) JIRA
2 5 (13.89%) Git
3 3 (8.33%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.78%) CMake
4 1 (2.78%) Valgrind
General
1 29 (80.56%) Finance
2 13 (36.11%) Banking
3 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 6 (16.67%) Front Office
5 3 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (8.33%) Legal
6 2 (5.56%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.78%) Back Office
7 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (52.78%) Analyst
1 19 (52.78%) Business Analyst
2 9 (25.00%) Senior
3 7 (19.44%) Regulatory Business Analyst
4 6 (16.67%) Lead
4 6 (16.67%) Technical Leader
5 5 (13.89%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (13.89%) Senior Business Analyst
6 4 (11.11%) Derivatives Project Manager
6 4 (11.11%) Project Manager
6 4 (11.11%) Report Analyst
7 3 (8.33%) Business IT Analyst
7 3 (8.33%) Compliance Analyst
7 3 (8.33%) Compliance Business Analyst
7 3 (8.33%) IT Analyst
7 3 (8.33%) IT Business Analyst
7 3 (8.33%) Knowledge Engineer
7 3 (8.33%) MiFID Business Analyst
7 3 (8.33%) Senior Compliance Analyst
8 2 (5.56%) Senior Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) R2RML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (30.56%) Derivative
2 9 (25.00%) Equities
3 6 (16.67%) Fixed Income
3 6 (16.67%) OTC Derivatives
4 4 (11.11%) Virtual Team
4 4 (11.11%) Wiki
5 3 (8.33%) Linked Data
6 2 (5.56%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.78%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
7 1 (2.78%) Device Driver
7 1 (2.78%) DTCC
7 1 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Linux
2 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Agile
2 10 (27.78%) Regulatory Compliance
3 7 (19.44%) Regulatory Change
4 6 (16.67%) AI
4 6 (16.67%) Data Mapping
4 6 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 6 (16.67%) Trade Surveillance
5 5 (13.89%) Business Analysis
5 5 (13.89%) Data Analysis
5 5 (13.89%) Data Modelling
5 5 (13.89%) Decision-Making
5 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (11.11%) Budgeting
6 4 (11.11%) Change Control
6 4 (11.11%) Change Management
6 4 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (11.11%) Compliance Audit
6 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) Python
1 5 (13.89%) SQL
2 3 (8.33%) Java
2 3 (8.33%) SHACL
2 3 (8.33%) SPARQL
3 1 (2.78%) C++
3 1 (2.78%) Go
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
2 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.56%) FFIEC
3 1 (2.78%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (50.00%) EMIR
2 4 (11.11%) PMO
2 4 (11.11%) QA
3 3 (8.33%) Data Quality
3 3 (8.33%) UCITS
4 2 (5.56%) COBIT
4 2 (5.56%) GDPR
4 2 (5.56%) HIPAA
4 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (2.78%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 2 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Atlassian
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Bloomberg
3 2 (5.56%) Alibaba
3 2 (5.56%) Google
3 2 (5.56%) IBM
3 2 (5.56%) Oracle
3 2 (5.56%) SAP
4 1 (2.78%) Apple