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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 724 653 874
Rank change year-on-year -71 +221 -42
Permanent jobs citing EMIR 24 28 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.057% 0.013%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.23% 0.38% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 17 6 7
10th Percentile £60,750 £71,250 £73,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £87,813 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,000 £93,750 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% -3.85% +21.43%
75th Percentile £100,000 £126,875 £106,875
90th Percentile £127,000 £137,500 £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 10,608 7,457 13,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.79% 15.21% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 6,792 4,155 8,775
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% -5.15%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 -9 24 £91,000 -4.21% 7
England -75 24 £91,000 -2.93% 7
Work from Home - 14 £91,000 - 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
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
General
1 21 (87.50%) Finance
2 13 (54.17%) Banking
3 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.67%) Front Office
5 3 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (12.50%) Legal
6 2 (8.33%) Investment Banking
7 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Analyst
2 14 (58.33%) Business Analyst
3 7 (29.17%) Regulatory Business Analyst
4 6 (25.00%) Lead
4 6 (25.00%) Technical Leader
5 4 (16.67%) Senior
6 3 (12.50%) Compliance Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) Compliance Business Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) Report Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (12.50%) Senior Compliance Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
7 2 (8.33%) IT Support
7 2 (8.33%) IT Support Manager
7 2 (8.33%) MiFID Business Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) Support Manager
8 1 (4.17%) IT Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) Qualitative Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) XML
1 1 (4.17%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) 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
5 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (4.17%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (4.17%) DTCC
5 1 (4.17%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Data Mapping
1 6 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
1 6 (25.00%) Trade Surveillance
2 5 (20.83%) Regulatory Compliance
3 4 (16.67%) Data Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 3 (12.50%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (12.50%) KYC
4 3 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (8.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (8.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.33%) Tech Ops
6 1 (4.17%) Collateral Management
6 1 (4.17%) Fintech
6 1 (4.17%) Monte Carlo Method
6 1 (4.17%) Multithreading
6 1 (4.17%) Waterfall
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 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
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
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle