EMV Job Trends in the North West

Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EMV in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited EMV over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 202 -
Rank change year-on-year +23 - -
Permanent jobs citing EMV 2 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.032% 0.096% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.071% 0.31% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £53,438 - -
25th Percentile £56,720 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,928 - -
75th Percentile £71,623 - -
90th Percentile £75,197 - -
England median annual salary £63,928 £70,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -8.67% +180.00% -

All Generic Skills
North West

EMV falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,800 1,613 1,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 45.43% 31.02% 35.46%
Number of salaries quoted 913 810 1,010
10th Percentile £26,800 £31,250 £31,975
25th Percentile £33,125 £40,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

EMV
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing EMV relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

EMV job vacancy trend in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing EMV.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing EMV

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing EMV in the North West over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for EMV in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing EMV within the North West 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
Manchester +22 2 £63,928 - 1
EMV
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Payments Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Payments Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Contactless
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Fintech
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS