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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 585 598 637
Rank change year-on-year +13 +39 +308
Permanent jobs citing MiFID 24 77 30
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.046% 0.16% 0.066%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.35% 0.95% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 21 53 26
10th Percentile £60,000 - £82,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £115,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +21.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £109,375
90th Percentile £110,000 £148,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £95,000 £115,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +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 6,896 8,105 6,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.23% 16.34% 15.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,046 3,674 5,200
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +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 30 December 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 30 December 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 +7 24 £95,000 -17.39% 13
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 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.17%) Bloomberg AIM
2 1 (4.17%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) AWS
1 3 (12.50%) SaaS
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (4.17%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) Firewall
1 2 (8.33%) LAN
1 2 (8.33%) Network Security
1 2 (8.33%) SD-WAN
1 2 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Data Mining
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 23 (95.83%) Finance
2 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
3 8 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (29.17%) Banking
5 6 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (12.50%) Back Office
6 3 (12.50%) Financial Institution
7 2 (8.33%) Front Office
7 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (4.17%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
8 1 (4.17%) Japanese Language
8 1 (4.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Analyst
2 9 (37.50%) Business Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Project Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Report Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Senior
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
5 2 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Regulatory Business Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Sales Executive
5 2 (8.33%) Solutions Sales Executive
6 1 (4.17%) Architect
6 1 (4.17%) AWS Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Reporting Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Fixed Income
2 6 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 5 (20.83%) OTC Derivatives
4 4 (16.67%) ASIC
4 4 (16.67%) Derivative
5 3 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
5 3 (12.50%) Wiki
6 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
6 2 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (8.33%) Private Cloud
6 2 (8.33%) Virtual Team
7 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (4.17%) DTCC
7 1 (4.17%) Equities
7 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
7 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Windows
1 2 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Business Analysis
2 10 (41.67%) Agile
3 9 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (33.33%) Analytics
4 8 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (33.33%) Data Analysis
4 8 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 8 (33.33%) Project Management
5 6 (25.00%) BPMN
5 6 (25.00%) Data Analytics
5 6 (25.00%) Data Integration
5 6 (25.00%) Process Improvement
5 6 (25.00%) User Stories
6 5 (20.83%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (20.83%) Conceptual Models
6 5 (20.83%) Critical Thinking
6 5 (20.83%) Data Modelling
6 5 (20.83%) Scrum
6 5 (20.83%) Strategic Roadmap
6 5 (20.83%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Python
1 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) Bash
2 1 (4.17%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) CFA
3 1 (4.17%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (41.67%) EMIR
2 8 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 5 (20.83%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (12.50%) Basel III
4 3 (12.50%) PMO
5 1 (4.17%) GDPR
5 1 (4.17%) QA
5 1 (4.17%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (8.33%) Terraform
2 1 (4.17%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (4.17%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) GoldenSource
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.50%) Atlassian
4 2 (8.33%) Bloomberg
5 1 (4.17%) ION Trading
5 1 (4.17%) Refinitiv
5 1 (4.17%) SAP
5 1 (4.17%) Splunk