MiFID Contracts in Scotland

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for MiFID skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MiFID over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 161 166
Rank change year-on-year - +5 +2
Contract jobs citing MiFID 0 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland - 0.075% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 0.37% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £525
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £675 £725 £650
% change year-on-year -6.90% +11.54% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.50
Median hourly rate - £47.73 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year - +11.00% -
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £47.73 £43.00
% change year-on-year - +11.00% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

MiFID is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 387 534 675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.06% 19.95% 19.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 431 502
10th Percentile £183 £178 £230
25th Percentile £288 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.79% +5.56% +7.14%
75th Percentile £510 £545 £545
90th Percentile £600 £600 £600
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.35% +9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 4 21
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.56 £12.31
25th Percentile £14.43 £14.17 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.99 £18.13 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.29% -45.08% +65.00%
75th Percentile £31.42 £28.90 £43.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £40.20 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £22.42 £37.50 £28.12
% change year-on-year -40.21% +33.38% +33.88%

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing MiFID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for MiFID in Scotland

MiFID
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MiFID in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for MiFID in Scotland