Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term EMV in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited EMV over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 711 893 974
Rank change year-on-year +182 +81 +223
Permanent jobs citing EMV 6 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.001% 0.007%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.030% 0.003% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £36,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £37,500 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -47.37% -1.72%
75th Percentile £77,188 £38,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,750 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £37,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +46.67% -40.00% -

All Generic Skills
UK

EMV falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,704 35,199 43,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.74% 35.47% 43.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,996 23,075 23,477
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £108,133
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

EMV
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for EMV in the UK

EMV
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for EMV in the UK

EMV
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing EMV over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for EMV in the UK

EMV
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing EMV within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 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
UK excluding London +167 6 £55,000 +46.67% 10
England +154 6 £55,000 +46.67% 12
North of England +65 4 £55,000 +46.67% 1
North West +5 4 £55,000 +46.67%
South West - 2 £82,500 - 5
Work from Home +139 1 £82,500 +120.00% 12

EMV
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) VersaTest
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Lead
4 1 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Android
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Cryptocurrency
2 4 (66.67%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (66.67%) Secure Coding
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) COBOL
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) HP