EMIR Job Trends

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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 684 739
Rank change year-on-year +60 +55 +214
Permanent jobs citing EMIR 24 17 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.039% 0.032% 0.026%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.30% 0.20% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 13
10th Percentile £58,875 - £92,000
25th Percentile £74,063 £52,500 £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £55,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +72.73% -47.62% +30.77%
75th Percentile £110,000 £57,500 £110,000
90th Percentile £111,400 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

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 8,031 8,542 9,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.97% 16.08% 14.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,463 3,846 6,614
10th Percentile £30,370 £32,219 £28,290
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,563 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £60,000 £56,854
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.53% -1.12%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 22 January 2026.

Salary histogram for EMIR in the UK

EMIR
Top 5 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 22 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
England +66 23 £95,000 +72.73% 4
London +54 23 £95,000 +72.73% 4
Work from Home +81 10 £90,000 - 2
UK excluding London +29 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (37.50%) Endur
2 2 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) AWS
1 8 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (20.83%) SaaS
3 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Data Mining
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 18 (75.00%) Finance
2 8 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
4 6 (25.00%) Banking
5 5 (20.83%) Financial Institution
6 4 (16.67%) Billing
6 4 (16.67%) Games
6 4 (16.67%) Law
7 2 (8.33%) Back Office
7 2 (8.33%) Front Office
7 2 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (4.17%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking
8 1 (4.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 4 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (8.33%) Qualitative Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Quantitative Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Sales Executive
3 2 (8.33%) Solutions Sales Executive
4 1 (4.17%) Business Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Junior
4 1 (4.17%) Lead
4 1 (4.17%) Lead Business Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Lead Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Project Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Report Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Report Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) XML
1 2 (8.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 3 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (8.33%) Algorithms
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (8.33%) ASIC
4 2 (8.33%) Derivative
4 2 (8.33%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (8.33%) OTC Derivatives
5 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.17%) DTCC
5 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) AI
1 10 (41.67%) Risk Management
2 9 (37.50%) Agile
2 9 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 9 (37.50%) ETRM
3 8 (33.33%) Algorithmic Trading
3 8 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 8 (33.33%) Microservices
3 8 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 8 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
4 6 (25.00%) Analytics
4 6 (25.00%) Data Management
5 5 (20.83%) Fintech
5 5 (20.83%) Regulatory Compliance
6 4 (16.67%) Automated Trading
6 4 (16.67%) Credit Risk Management
6 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 4 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
6 4 (16.67%) Proprietary Trading
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) C++
2 3 (12.50%) Python
3 2 (8.33%) C#
3 2 (8.33%) VBA
3 2 (8.33%) VC++
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) Degree
2 9 (37.50%) PMI Certification
2 9 (37.50%) PMP
3 8 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (20.83%) Master's Degree
5 1 (4.17%) CAPM
5 1 (4.17%) CBAP
5 1 (4.17%) CFA
5 1 (4.17%) MBA
5 1 (4.17%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (50.00%) MiFID
2 1 (4.17%) Basel III
2 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) OpenLink
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.33%) Oracle
4 1 (4.17%) ION Trading
4 1 (4.17%) SAP