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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 787 633 749
Rank change year-on-year -154 +116 -24
Permanent jobs citing EMIR 18 33 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.015% 0.067% 0.027%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.15% 0.43% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 5
10th Percentile £63,750 £53,125 £69,500
25th Percentile £64,688 £54,813 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £86,250 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.47% -15.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,813 £110,000
90th Percentile £115,750 £113,750 £110,600
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 12,362 7,746 10,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.46% 15.63% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 7,662 4,220 4,958
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,978 £93,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -59 18 £78,750 -14.86% 51
England -131 18 £78,750 -8.70% 54
Work from Home -37 9 £83,750 +43.16% 14

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Big Data
1 1 (5.56%) Metadata
1 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 15 (83.33%) Finance
2 10 (55.56%) Banking
3 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (27.78%) Front Office
4 5 (27.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (27.78%) Legal
5 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (16.67%) Law
5 3 (16.67%) Retail
6 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Analyst
2 10 (55.56%) Business Analyst
3 6 (33.33%) Regulatory Business Analyst
4 5 (27.78%) Report Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Compliance Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Compliance Business Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) IT Manager
5 2 (11.11%) IT Support
5 2 (11.11%) IT Support Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Lead
5 2 (11.11%) MiFID Business Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Compliance Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Support Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Technical Leader
6 1 (5.56%) Business IT Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) IT Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Derivative
2 5 (27.78%) Fixed Income
3 4 (22.22%) OTC Derivatives
4 3 (16.67%) DTCC
4 3 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (11.11%) Equities
5 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Regulatory Change
2 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (27.78%) Data Mapping
3 5 (27.78%) Impact Assessments
3 5 (27.78%) Regulatory Compliance
3 5 (27.78%) Trade Surveillance
4 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) Digital Banking
5 3 (16.67%) Functional Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 3 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (16.67%) System Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 3 (16.67%) Workflow
6 2 (11.11%) Agile
6 2 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
6 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.11%) KYC
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (72.22%) MiFID
2 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) FIS
1 2 (11.11%) ION Trading
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle