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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 686 639 870
Rank change year-on-year -47 +231 +30
Permanent jobs citing EMIR 26 24 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.029% 0.055% 0.010%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.28% 0.33% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 18 3 5
10th Percentile £73,225 - £69,500
25th Percentile £87,500 £52,500 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £55,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% -35.29% +5.86%
75th Percentile £110,000 £96,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £129,750 £119,500 £102,250
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 9,302 7,167 13,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.26% 16.51% 13.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,614 3,912 9,163
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £78,250 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +5 26 £100,000 +81.82% 6
England -42 26 £100,000 +81.82% 6
Work from Home - 14 £100,000 - 6

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 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.85%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) SaaS
2 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.85%) AWS
3 1 (3.85%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Data Mining
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 24 (92.31%) Finance
2 12 (46.15%) Banking
3 10 (38.46%) Social Skills
4 5 (19.23%) Front Office
5 4 (15.38%) Financial Institution
6 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (11.54%) Legal
7 2 (7.69%) Investment Banking
7 2 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (3.85%) Billing
8 1 (3.85%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (3.85%) Games
8 1 (3.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Analyst
2 11 (42.31%) Business Analyst
3 7 (26.92%) Senior
4 6 (23.08%) Lead
4 6 (23.08%) Regulatory Business Analyst
4 6 (23.08%) Technical Leader
5 3 (11.54%) Compliance Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Compliance Business Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Compliance Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Qualitative Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Quantitative Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Sales Executive
6 2 (7.69%) Solutions Sales Executive
7 1 (3.85%) Junior
7 1 (3.85%) Lead Business Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Report Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Sales Executive
7 1 (3.85%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) XML
1 2 (7.69%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Derivative
2 5 (19.23%) Equities
2 5 (19.23%) Fixed Income
3 2 (7.69%) Algorithms
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.69%) ASIC
3 2 (7.69%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (7.69%) DTCC
3 2 (7.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.69%) OTC Derivatives
3 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.85%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Data Mapping
1 6 (23.08%) Regulatory Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) Trade Surveillance
2 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (19.23%) Decision-Making
2 5 (19.23%) Fintech
3 4 (15.38%) Data Analysis
3 4 (15.38%) Regulatory Change
4 3 (11.54%) AI
4 3 (11.54%) Analytics
4 3 (11.54%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 3 (11.54%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (11.54%) KYC
5 2 (7.69%) B2B
5 2 (7.69%) CRM
5 2 (7.69%) Data Management
5 2 (7.69%) Migration
5 2 (7.69%) Monte Carlo Method
5 2 (7.69%) Multithreading
5 2 (7.69%) Regtech
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) C#
2 2 (7.69%) C++
2 2 (7.69%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) VBA
2 2 (7.69%) VC++
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) CFA
2 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (84.62%) MiFID
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) OpenLink