EMIR Job Trends

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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 658 738 720
Rank change year-on-year +80 -18 +385
Permanent jobs citing EMIR 18 21 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.030% 0.048%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.24% 0.21% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 26
10th Percentile £53,125 - £65,000
25th Percentile £54,813 £80,000 £71,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £97,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £97,813 £110,250 £110,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £110,700 £112,500
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 7,561 9,873 8,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.48% 14.14% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,217 4,598 6,282
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,254 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,465 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.65% -2.56% +6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +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 17 October 2025.

Salary histogram for EMIR in the UK

EMIR
Top 7 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 17 October 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 +90 17 £86,250 -11.54% 28
London +54 16 £92,500 -5.13% 24
Work from Home +54 4 £58,500 -40.00% 13
UK excluding London +69 2 £55,000 - 16
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £55,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £55,000 -

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
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) AWS
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Billing
3 3 (16.67%) Games
3 3 (16.67%) Law
3 3 (16.67%) Legal
4 2 (11.11%) Back Office
4 2 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.56%) Front Office
5 1 (5.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
1 5 (27.78%) Senior
2 4 (22.22%) IT Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 3 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Report Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) C# Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior C# Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Business Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Lead Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Lead Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Project Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Reporting Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Credit Risk
2 4 (22.22%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (11.11%) ASIC
5 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Project Delivery
1 10 (55.56%) Risk Management
2 9 (50.00%) Agile
3 8 (44.44%) Computer Science
4 7 (38.89%) AI
4 7 (38.89%) Algorithmic Trading
4 7 (38.89%) ETRM
4 7 (38.89%) IT Strategy
4 7 (38.89%) Microservices
4 7 (38.89%) Thought Leadership
5 6 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
7 4 (22.22%) Data Management
8 3 (16.67%) Analytics
8 3 (16.67%) Automated Trading
8 3 (16.67%) Credit Risk Management
8 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
8 3 (16.67%) Proprietary Trading
8 3 (16.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) C#
2 1 (5.56%) C++
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Degree
1 10 (55.56%) PMI Certification
1 10 (55.56%) PMP
2 7 (38.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (27.78%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.56%) CAPM
4 1 (5.56%) CBAP
4 1 (5.56%) MBA
4 1 (5.56%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) MiFID
2 1 (5.56%) Basel III
2 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) OpenLink
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) ION Trading
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft