EMV Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EMV in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited EMV over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 557 566
Rank change year-on-year +53 +9 +198
Permanent jobs citing EMV 2 15 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.042% 0.003%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.015% 0.12% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 1
10th Percentile £53,438 £59,875 -
25th Percentile £56,720 £60,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,928 £66,250 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +165.00% -
75th Percentile £71,623 £70,000 -
90th Percentile £75,197 - -
UK median annual salary £63,928 £66,250 £25,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +165.00% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,592 12,280 11,959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.21% 34.23% 34.52%
Number of salaries quoted 6,281 5,272 8,510
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,744
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.28% -4.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

EMV
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing EMV relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

EMV job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

EMV
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing EMV.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing EMV

EMV
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing EMV in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for EMV in the UK excluding London

EMV
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing EMV within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
North West +25 2 £63,928 - 1
North of England +25 2 £63,928 - 1
EMV
UK

EMV
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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