European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring EMIR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited EMIR over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 873 853
Rank change year-on-year +167 -20 +363
Permanent jobs citing EMIR 29 13 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.013% 0.055%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.31% 0.097% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 44
10th Percentile £54,700 £73,000 £63,400
25th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £70,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £97,500 £80,294
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +21.43% -10.79%
75th Percentile £118,750 £106,875 £97,500
90th Percentile £137,000 £110,400 £107,375
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 9,215 13,455 13,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.34% 13.04% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,866 8,782 8,120
10th Percentile £30,580 £26,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £74,000 £71,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -

EMIR
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing EMIR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for EMIR in the UK

EMIR
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing EMIR.

Salary trend for EMIR in the UK

EMIR
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing EMIR over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for EMIR in the UK

EMIR
Top 8 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 16 July 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
England +166 29 £92,500 -5.13% 47
UK excluding London +174 19 £55,000 - 4
North of England +71 18 - -
Yorkshire - 18 - -
London +110 10 £93,750 -3.85% 46
Work from Home +97 1 £58,500 -40.76% 14
Midlands - 1 £55,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £55,000 -

EMIR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 27 (93.10%) Finance
2 19 (65.52%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Front Office
3 4 (13.79%) Legal
4 3 (10.34%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Back Office
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (79.31%) Analyst
2 18 (62.07%) Compliance Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Project Manager
3 5 (17.24%) Senior
4 4 (13.79%) Business Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Regulatory Business Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Report Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) C# Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Project Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Regulatory Change Business Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Regulatory Change Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Senior C# Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Financial Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Business Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Reporting Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) ASIC
1 1 (3.45%) OTC Derivatives
1 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Analytics
1 18 (62.07%) Data Analytics
1 18 (62.07%) Trade Surveillance
2 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
3 4 (13.79%) Project Management
3 4 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (10.34%) Agile
4 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis
4 3 (10.34%) Change Management
4 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
4 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
5 2 (6.90%) BPR
5 2 (6.90%) Budget Management
5 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
5 2 (6.90%) Emotional Intelligence
5 2 (6.90%) Matrix Organization
5 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2
5 2 (6.90%) Regulatory Change
5 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (6.90%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) C#
Qualifications
1 19 (65.52%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.90%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (96.55%) MiFID
2 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.45%) Dodd-Frank
Vendors
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft