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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 583 649 627
Rank change year-on-year +66 -22 +366
Permanent jobs citing MiFID 34 56 57
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.077% 0.092% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.52% 0.64% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 27 25 51
10th Percentile - - £51,250
25th Percentile £60,000 - £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% -2.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £124,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% -2.86%

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 6,570 8,713 7,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.84% 14.37% 14.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,041 3,964 5,431
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,813 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +5.26%

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 November 2025.

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 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +55 34 £80,000 +14.29% 48
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 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (2.94%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (2.94%) Azure
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Firewall
1 1 (2.94%) FTP
1 1 (2.94%) LAN
1 1 (2.94%) Network Security
1 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (20.59%) JIRA
General
1 27 (79.41%) Finance
2 9 (26.47%) Banking
2 9 (26.47%) Japanese Language
2 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
3 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (17.65%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (14.71%) Front Office
6 4 (11.76%) Back Office
7 3 (8.82%) Investment Banking
8 2 (5.88%) Legal
9 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.94%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Analyst
2 9 (26.47%) Business Analyst
3 8 (23.53%) Project Manager
4 7 (20.59%) Senior
5 5 (14.71%) Systems Support
6 4 (11.76%) Senior Manager
6 4 (11.76%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (8.82%) Developer
7 3 (8.82%) Product Manager
7 3 (8.82%) Report Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) C# Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Senior C# Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Senior Developer
9 1 (2.94%) Front Office Developer
9 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Manager
9 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 1 (2.94%) IT Manager
9 1 (2.94%) IT Project Manager
9 1 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (2.94%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (2.94%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.94%) CSS
2 1 (2.94%) FastAPI
2 1 (2.94%) HTML
2 1 (2.94%) Kafka
2 1 (2.94%) NumPy
2 1 (2.94%) Pandas
2 1 (2.94%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (2.94%) React
2 1 (2.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Product Ownership
2 6 (17.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (14.71%) OTC Derivatives
3 5 (14.71%) Wiki
4 3 (8.82%) Fixed Income
5 2 (5.88%) ASIC
6 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.94%) Hedge funds
6 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.94%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Linux
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
1 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (61.76%) Agile
2 18 (52.94%) Project Management
3 13 (38.24%) Business Analysis
4 10 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (29.41%) Waterfall
5 9 (26.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (26.47%) GAP Analysis
5 9 (26.47%) Project Delivery
6 8 (23.53%) Data Integration
7 7 (20.59%) Algorithmic Trading
8 6 (17.65%) BPMN
8 6 (17.65%) User Stories
9 5 (14.71%) Budgeting
9 5 (14.71%) Change Control
9 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
9 5 (14.71%) Performance Metrics
9 5 (14.71%) Process Improvement
9 5 (14.71%) Project Governance
9 5 (14.71%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (14.71%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) SQL
2 2 (5.88%) C#
2 2 (5.88%) Python
3 1 (2.94%) C++
3 1 (2.94%) Clojure
3 1 (2.94%) Groovy
3 1 (2.94%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) CFA
2 2 (5.88%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (32.35%) Data Quality
1 11 (32.35%) EMIR
2 5 (14.71%) PMO
3 3 (8.82%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (5.88%) QA
4 2 (5.88%) UCITS
5 1 (2.94%) Basel III
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) GoldenSource
2 5 (14.71%) Atlassian
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.82%) Bloomberg
4 2 (5.88%) Oracle
5 1 (2.94%) ION Trading
5 1 (2.94%) Reuters
5 1 (2.94%) SAP