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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 630 515 805
Rank change year-on-year -115 +290 +47
Permanent jobs citing MiFID 44 89 11
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.056% 0.24% 0.013%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.54% 1.47% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 36 61 6
10th Percentile £81,250 - £67,500
25th Percentile £87,875 £85,000 £77,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £98,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +16.46% +17.91%
75th Percentile £106,250 £122,500 £106,563
90th Percentile £118,750 £152,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% +16.42%

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 8,106 6,040 11,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.34% 16.16% 14.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,040 3,612 8,368
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £27,050
25th Percentile £42,938 £42,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £71,124
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,075
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 44 £100,000 -13.04% 7
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 6 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.36%) AWS
1 5 (11.36%) SaaS
2 3 (6.82%) Azure
3 2 (4.55%) GCP
3 2 (4.55%) IBM Cloud
3 2 (4.55%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.27%) Amazon EventBridge
4 1 (2.27%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.27%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (2.27%) Datadog
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.27%) Serverless
4 1 (2.27%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) Network Security
2 1 (2.27%) Firewall
2 1 (2.27%) LAN
2 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Data Mining
1 2 (4.55%) Power BI
2 1 (2.27%) Amazon Athena
2 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (18.18%) JIRA
2 4 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.55%) Git
General
1 38 (86.36%) Finance
2 17 (38.64%) Social Skills
3 13 (29.55%) Banking
4 8 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (11.36%) Front Office
6 4 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (6.82%) Financial Institution
7 3 (6.82%) Legal
8 2 (4.55%) Investment Banking
8 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.27%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 21 (47.73%) Analyst
2 20 (45.45%) Business Analyst
3 10 (22.73%) Senior
4 7 (15.91%) Project Manager
5 6 (13.64%) Lead
5 6 (13.64%) Technical Leader
6 5 (11.36%) Regulatory Business Analyst
7 4 (9.09%) Derivatives Business Analyst
7 4 (9.09%) Derivatives Project Manager
7 4 (9.09%) OTC Derivatives Analyst
7 4 (9.09%) OTC Derivatives Business Analyst
7 4 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (9.09%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (6.82%) Business IT Analyst
8 3 (6.82%) Compliance Analyst
8 3 (6.82%) Compliance Business Analyst
8 3 (6.82%) IT Analyst
8 3 (6.82%) IT Business Analyst
8 3 (6.82%) Senior Compliance Analyst
9 2 (4.55%) Senior Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (2.27%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 17 (38.64%) Derivative
2 14 (31.82%) Fixed Income
3 12 (27.27%) OTC Derivatives
4 10 (22.73%) Equities
5 6 (13.64%) Virtual Team
5 6 (13.64%) Wiki
6 3 (6.82%) Product Ownership
7 2 (4.55%) ASIC
7 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
7 2 (4.55%) DTCC
7 2 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (4.55%) Onboarding
8 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
8 1 (2.27%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Unix
1 1 (2.27%) Windows
1 1 (2.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) Agile
2 13 (29.55%) Business Analysis
2 13 (29.55%) Data Analysis
3 12 (27.27%) Decision-Making
4 11 (25.00%) Analytics
5 10 (22.73%) Fintech
5 10 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (20.45%) Regulatory Compliance
7 8 (18.18%) Data Analytics
7 8 (18.18%) Project Delivery
8 7 (15.91%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (15.91%) BPMN
8 7 (15.91%) Data Modelling
8 7 (15.91%) Scrum
8 7 (15.91%) UML
8 7 (15.91%) User Stories
9 6 (13.64%) Change Control
9 6 (13.64%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.82%) SQL
2 2 (4.55%) Python
3 1 (2.27%) Bash
3 1 (2.27%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (31.82%) Degree
2 3 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.55%) FFIEC
4 1 (2.27%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.27%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (45.45%) EMIR
2 7 (15.91%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (13.64%) PMO
4 4 (9.09%) Data Quality
4 4 (9.09%) GDPR
5 3 (6.82%) QA
6 2 (4.55%) Basel III
6 2 (4.55%) COBIT
6 2 (4.55%) HIPAA
6 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 4 (9.09%) Terraform
2 1 (2.27%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (2.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.64%) Atlassian
3 3 (6.82%) GoldenSource
4 2 (4.55%) Alibaba
4 2 (4.55%) Google
4 2 (4.55%) IBM
4 2 (4.55%) Oracle
4 2 (4.55%) SAP
5 1 (2.27%) Apple
5 1 (2.27%) Bloomberg
5 1 (2.27%) Refinitiv
5 1 (2.27%) Splunk