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 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 714 631 881
Rank change year-on-year -83 +250 -27
Permanent jobs citing EMIR 23 27 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.059% 0.012%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.23% 0.37% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 16 5 7
10th Percentile £60,625 £68,500 £73,000
25th Percentile £76,625 £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 £103,625 £135,000 £106,875
90th Percentile £131,250 £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 10,115 7,223 13,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.62% 15.86% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6,515 3,950 9,084
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -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 27 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 27 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 -14 23 £100,000 -10.11% 8
England -84 23 £100,000 +8.11% 8
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 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
General
1 22 (95.65%) Finance
2 11 (47.83%) Banking
3 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Front Office
5 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (13.04%) Legal
6 2 (8.70%) Investment Banking
7 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Analyst
2 12 (52.17%) Business Analyst
3 7 (30.43%) Regulatory Business Analyst
4 6 (26.09%) Lead
4 6 (26.09%) Technical Leader
5 5 (21.74%) Senior
6 3 (13.04%) Compliance Analyst
6 3 (13.04%) Compliance Business Analyst
6 3 (13.04%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (13.04%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (13.04%) Senior Compliance Analyst
7 2 (8.70%) IT Manager
7 2 (8.70%) IT Support
7 2 (8.70%) IT Support Manager
7 2 (8.70%) Support Manager
8 1 (4.35%) IT Analyst
8 1 (4.35%) IT Business Analyst
8 1 (4.35%) Qualitative Analyst
8 1 (4.35%) Quantitative Analyst
8 1 (4.35%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) XML
1 1 (4.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Derivative
2 5 (21.74%) Equities
2 5 (21.74%) Fixed Income
3 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (4.35%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (4.35%) DTCC
5 1 (4.35%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Data Mapping
1 6 (26.09%) Trade Surveillance
2 5 (21.74%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (17.39%) Data Analysis
3 4 (17.39%) Regulatory Change
4 3 (13.04%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
4 3 (13.04%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (13.04%) KYC
5 2 (8.70%) Computer Science
5 2 (8.70%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.70%) Fintech
5 2 (8.70%) Tech Ops
6 1 (4.35%) Agile
6 1 (4.35%) Collateral Management
6 1 (4.35%) Migration
6 1 (4.35%) Monte Carlo Method
6 1 (4.35%) Multithreading
6 1 (4.35%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) Python
3 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.35%) C#
4 1 (4.35%) C++
4 1 (4.35%) VBA
4 1 (4.35%) VC++
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (86.96%) MiFID
2 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) FIS
1 2 (8.70%) ION Trading
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle