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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 585 676
Rank change year-on-year -1 +91 +246
Permanent jobs citing MiFID 26 89 24
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.048% 0.19% 0.045%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.38% 1.16% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 22 68 20
10th Percentile £57,125 £70,000 £86,000
25th Percentile £80,625 £85,000 £92,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £115,000 £96,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +19.48% +20.31%
75th Percentile £108,750 £122,500 £110,000
90th Percentile £111,800 £152,500 -
UK median annual salary £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +21.05% +18.75%

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 6,838 7,705 7,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.75% 16.12% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,031 3,513 5,825
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,150 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.08% +4.35% -

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 -6 26 £100,000 -13.04% 10
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 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.85%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) SaaS
2 3 (11.54%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.85%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (3.85%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Firewall
1 2 (7.69%) LAN
1 2 (7.69%) Network Security
1 2 (7.69%) SD-WAN
1 2 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Data Mining
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (92.31%) Finance
2 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 8 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (26.92%) Banking
5 5 (19.23%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (11.54%) Financial Institution
7 2 (7.69%) Back Office
7 2 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (3.85%) Front Office
8 1 (3.85%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Analyst
2 10 (38.46%) Business Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 4 (15.38%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (7.69%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
4 2 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Report Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Sales Executive
4 2 (7.69%) Solutions Sales Executive
5 1 (3.85%) Architect
5 1 (3.85%) AWS Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Junior
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Sales Executive
5 1 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Fixed Income
2 5 (19.23%) Derivative
2 5 (19.23%) OTC Derivatives
2 5 (19.23%) Product Ownership
3 3 (11.54%) ASIC
3 3 (11.54%) Equities
3 3 (11.54%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
4 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 2 (7.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (7.69%) Private Cloud
4 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 2 (7.69%) Wiki
5 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.85%) DTCC
5 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Windows
1 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
2 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Analytics
1 10 (38.46%) Business Analysis
1 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (34.62%) Agile
2 9 (34.62%) Data Analysis
3 8 (30.77%) Decision-Making
4 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (26.92%) Data Analytics
4 7 (26.92%) Fintech
5 6 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
5 6 (23.08%) BPMN
5 6 (23.08%) Data Modelling
5 6 (23.08%) Process Improvement
5 6 (23.08%) Project Management
5 6 (23.08%) Scrum
5 6 (23.08%) UML
5 6 (23.08%) User Stories
6 5 (19.23%) Conceptual Models
6 5 (19.23%) Critical Thinking
6 5 (19.23%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) Python
1 2 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) Bash
2 1 (3.85%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) AWS Certification
2 1 (3.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (3.85%) CFA
2 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (46.15%) EMIR
2 6 (23.08%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (23.08%) Data Quality
3 3 (11.54%) Basel III
4 2 (7.69%) PMO
5 1 (3.85%) GDPR
5 1 (3.85%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 2 (7.69%) Terraform
2 1 (3.85%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (3.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) GoldenSource
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.85%) Bloomberg
4 1 (3.85%) ION Trading
4 1 (3.85%) Refinitiv
4 1 (3.85%) SAP
4 1 (3.85%) Splunk