MiFID Jobs in England

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring MiFID skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited MiFID over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 614 821 827
Rank change year-on-year +207 +6 +224
Permanent jobs citing MiFID 69 21 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.024% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.88% 0.18% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 44 8 71
10th Percentile - £74,750 £53,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £70,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £98,750 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.46% +16.18% -5.56%
75th Percentile £152,500 £109,375 £97,500
90th Percentile - £121,750 £108,750
UK median annual salary £115,000 £97,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +17.95% +14.71% -5.56%

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 7,885 11,947 16,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.30% 13.51% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4,116 8,306 7,767
10th Percentile £30,580 £26,750 £32,200
25th Percentile £42,807 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,000 £70,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MiFID in England.

Salary trend for MiFID in England

MiFID
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MiFID in England over the 6 months to 28 May 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 28 May 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 +152 51 £115,000 +16.46% 64
North of England +57 18 - - 4
Yorkshire - 18 - -
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 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.90%) AWS
1 2 (2.90%) Azure
2 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.45%) Azure Machine Learning
2 1 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (1.45%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (57.97%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.45%) Big Data
2 1 (1.45%) Metadata
2 1 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
1 1 (1.45%) NUnit
1 1 (1.45%) Selenium
1 1 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 68 (98.55%) Finance
2 44 (63.77%) Front Office
3 22 (31.88%) Social Skills
4 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.35%) Banking
5 2 (2.90%) Legal
6 1 (1.45%) Advertising
6 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 34 (49.28%) Lead
2 25 (36.23%) Analyst
3 18 (26.09%) Compliance Analyst
4 7 (10.14%) Business Analyst
5 5 (7.25%) Data Governance Analyst
5 5 (7.25%) Data Governance Manager
5 5 (7.25%) Governance Manager
6 3 (4.35%) Finance Manager
6 3 (4.35%) Programme Manager
6 3 (4.35%) Project Manager
7 2 (2.90%) Data Business Analyst
7 2 (2.90%) Finance Business Analyst
7 2 (2.90%) Financial Analyst
7 2 (2.90%) Governance Analyst
7 2 (2.90%) Product Manager
7 2 (2.90%) Product Owner
7 2 (2.90%) Project Analyst
7 2 (2.90%) Regulatory Business Analyst
7 2 (2.90%) Regulatory Change Business Analyst
7 2 (2.90%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) .NET
1 1 (1.45%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 41 (59.42%) Hedge funds
2 40 (57.97%) Derivative
2 40 (57.97%) Equities
2 40 (57.97%) Fixed Income
2 40 (57.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (11.59%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.90%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.45%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (63.77%) Agile
2 42 (60.87%) Data Governance
3 41 (59.42%) Regulatory Compliance
4 40 (57.97%) Investment Management
4 40 (57.97%) Migration
4 40 (57.97%) Roadmaps
5 34 (49.28%) Data Management
6 19 (27.54%) Analytics
6 19 (27.54%) Data Analytics
6 19 (27.54%) Trade Surveillance
7 5 (7.25%) Project Delivery
8 4 (5.80%) Business Analysis
8 4 (5.80%) Project Management
8 4 (5.80%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (4.35%) Data Analysis
9 3 (4.35%) Decision-Making
9 3 (4.35%) Risk Management
10 2 (2.90%) Matrix Organization
10 2 (2.90%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.90%) C#
2 1 (1.45%) Python
2 1 (1.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (27.54%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (33.33%) EMIR
2 2 (2.90%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.90%) Dodd-Frank
2 2 (2.90%) GDPR
3 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.45%) PMO
3 1 (1.45%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (2.90%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.45%) Atlassian
2 1 (1.45%) GoldenSource
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle