European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring EMIR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 707 629 895
Rank change year-on-year -78 +266 -39
Permanent jobs citing EMIR 24 27 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.026% 0.061% 0.010%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.24% 0.37% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 17 5 7
10th Percentile £61,500 £68,500 £73,000
25th Percentile £80,500 £88,750 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £92,500 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -5.13% +21.43%
75th Percentile £102,500 £135,000 £106,875
90th Percentile £127,000 £138,000 £110,400
UK excluding London median annual salary - £55,000 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

EMIR 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,858 7,203 13,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.54% 16.16% 12.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6,320 3,884 9,250
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,394 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,850 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,014
% change year-on-year -4.76% +11.67% -5.97%

EMIR
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing EMIR relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

EMIR job vacancy trend in the UK

EMIR
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing EMIR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing EMIR

EMIR
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing EMIR over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for EMIR in the UK

EMIR
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing EMIR within the UK over the 6 months to 17 June 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
London -19 24 £100,000 -10.11% 9
England -72 24 £100,000 +8.11% 9
Work from Home - 12 £100,000 - 4

EMIR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) SaaS
2 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Data Mining
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
1 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
General
1 23 (95.83%) Finance
2 11 (45.83%) Banking
3 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Front Office
5 3 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (12.50%) Legal
6 2 (8.33%) Financial Institution
6 2 (8.33%) Investment Banking
7 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Analyst
2 12 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 7 (29.17%) Regulatory Business Analyst
4 6 (25.00%) Lead
4 6 (25.00%) Senior
4 6 (25.00%) Technical Leader
5 3 (12.50%) Compliance Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Compliance Business Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Compliance Analyst
6 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
6 2 (8.33%) IT Support
6 2 (8.33%) IT Support Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Support Manager
7 1 (4.17%) Quantitative Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Report Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Sales Executive
7 1 (4.17%) Senior Sales Executive
7 1 (4.17%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) XML
1 1 (4.17%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Derivative
2 5 (20.83%) Equities
2 5 (20.83%) Fixed Income
3 3 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (8.33%) DTCC
4 2 (8.33%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (4.17%) ASIC
5 1 (4.17%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Data Mapping
1 6 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) Trade Surveillance
2 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
2 4 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 4 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
3 3 (12.50%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 3 (12.50%) Fintech
3 3 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (12.50%) KYC
4 2 (8.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (8.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (8.33%) Tech Ops
5 1 (4.17%) AI
5 1 (4.17%) B2B
5 1 (4.17%) Business Development
5 1 (4.17%) Economics
5 1 (4.17%) Migration
5 1 (4.17%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.17%) C#
4 1 (4.17%) C++
4 1 (4.17%) VBA
4 1 (4.17%) VC++
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (87.50%) MiFID
2 1 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) FIS
1 2 (8.33%) ION Trading
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle