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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 590 687 682
Rank change year-on-year +97 -5 +340
Permanent jobs citing MiFID 47 60 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.088% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.71% 0.64% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 23 28 56
10th Percentile - - £51,250
25th Percentile £60,000 - £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £98,438
90th Percentile £102,000 £130,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -17.65% -10.53%

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 6,660 9,343 8,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 15.46% 13.63% 14.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,848 4,824 6,120
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,013 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% -4.17% +7.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +9.09%

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MiFID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MiFID 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +32 29 £80,000 +14.29% 21
North of England +69 18 - - 1
Yorkshire - 18 - - 1
MiFID
UK

MiFID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (10.64%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) Metadata
1 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
1 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) JIRA
General
1 40 (85.11%) Finance
2 22 (46.81%) Social Skills
3 9 (19.15%) Japanese Language
4 8 (17.02%) Banking
5 7 (14.89%) Front Office
6 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.38%) Investment Banking
6 3 (6.38%) Legal
7 2 (4.26%) Back Office
8 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.13%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (53.19%) Analyst
2 18 (38.30%) Compliance Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) Project Manager
4 7 (14.89%) Senior
5 5 (10.64%) Business Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Systems Support
6 4 (8.51%) Senior Manager
6 4 (8.51%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (6.38%) Developer
7 3 (6.38%) Product Manager
7 3 (6.38%) Report Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) C# Developer
8 2 (4.26%) Regulatory Business Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) Senior C# Developer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Developer
9 1 (2.13%) Lead
9 1 (2.13%) Project Analyst
9 1 (2.13%) Regulatory Change Business Analyst
9 1 (2.13%) Regulatory Change Manager
9 1 (2.13%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (2.13%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.13%) CSS
2 1 (2.13%) FastAPI
2 1 (2.13%) HTML
2 1 (2.13%) Kafka
2 1 (2.13%) NumPy
2 1 (2.13%) Pandas
2 1 (2.13%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (2.13%) React
2 1 (2.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 6 (12.77%) OTC Derivatives
2 5 (10.64%) Wiki
3 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.26%) ASIC
5 1 (2.13%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) Analytics
1 19 (40.43%) Data Analytics
2 18 (38.30%) Trade Surveillance
3 17 (36.17%) Agile
4 15 (31.91%) Project Management
5 10 (21.28%) Waterfall
6 9 (19.15%) Business Analysis
6 9 (19.15%) Project Delivery
7 8 (17.02%) GAP Analysis
8 7 (14.89%) Algorithmic Trading
9 6 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (10.64%) Budgeting
10 5 (10.64%) Data Integration
10 5 (10.64%) Performance Metrics
10 5 (10.64%) Project Governance
10 5 (10.64%) Requirements Gathering
10 5 (10.64%) Sprint Planning
10 5 (10.64%) Sprint Retrospective
10 5 (10.64%) Sprint Review
10 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.26%) C#
2 1 (2.13%) Clojure
2 1 (2.13%) Groovy
2 1 (2.13%) Python
2 1 (2.13%) Scala
2 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (44.68%) Degree
2 2 (4.26%) CFA
2 2 (4.26%) PMI Certification
2 2 (4.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (59.57%) EMIR
2 8 (17.02%) Data Quality
3 5 (10.64%) PMO
4 2 (4.26%) QA
4 2 (4.26%) UCITS
5 1 (2.13%) Dodd-Frank
Vendors
1 5 (10.64%) Atlassian
1 5 (10.64%) GoldenSource
1 5 (10.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.38%) Bloomberg
3 2 (4.26%) Oracle
4 1 (2.13%) Reuters