MiFID Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring MiFID skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 117 139
Rank change year-on-year +13 +22 +45
Contract jobs citing MiFID 14 7 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.78% 0.34% 0.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.97% 2.05% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 13
10th Percentile £538 £423 £643
25th Percentile £675 £456 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £525 £750
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -30.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £725 £644 £850
90th Percentile £735 £708 £890
Central London median daily rate £700 £525 £750
% change year-on-year +33.33% -30.00% +17.19%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of London

MiFID falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 353 341 471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 19.71% 16.33% 15.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 202 357
10th Percentile £327 £363 £400
25th Percentile £416 £463 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -4.17% +2.13%
75th Percentile £713 £675 £700
90th Percentile £835 £750 £805
Central London median daily rate £550 £551 £600
% change year-on-year -0.18% -8.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £23.83 £16.60 -
25th Percentile £26.57 £17.50 -
Median hourly rate £34.00 £20.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% - -
75th Percentile £56.75 £22.50 -
90th Percentile £75.95 £23.40 -
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £25.18 -
% change year-on-year +35.03% - -

MiFID
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing MiFID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for MiFID in the City of London

MiFID
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MiFID.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MiFID

MiFID
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MiFID in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MiFID in the City of London

MiFID
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 5 (35.71%) Aladdin
2 1 (7.14%) Fidessa
2 1 (7.14%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (7.14%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (85.71%) Finance
1 12 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (64.29%) Front Office
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Analyst
2 8 (57.14%) Business Analyst
2 8 (57.14%) Consultant
2 8 (57.14%) Lead
2 8 (57.14%) Lead Consultant
3 7 (50.00%) Lead Business Analyst
4 6 (42.86%) Business Consultant
5 4 (28.57%) Charles River Consultant
6 3 (21.43%) Business Development Analyst
6 3 (21.43%) Business Development Consultant
6 3 (21.43%) Charles River Analyst
6 3 (21.43%) Charles River Business Analyst
6 3 (21.43%) Development Analyst
6 3 (21.43%) Development Consultant
7 2 (14.29%) Senior
8 1 (7.14%) C# Architect
8 1 (7.14%) FX Business Analyst
8 1 (7.14%) Senior Delivery Manager
8 1 (7.14%) Senior Transformation Manager
8 1 (7.14%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) .NET Core
2 1 (7.14%) .NET Framework
2 1 (7.14%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (7.14%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (7.14%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Derivative
1 2 (14.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Fixed Income
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Agile
1 9 (64.29%) Asset Management
1 9 (64.29%) Data Analysis
1 9 (64.29%) Requirements Gathering
2 8 (57.14%) Business Analysis
2 8 (57.14%) Change Management
2 8 (57.14%) End-to-End Testing
2 8 (57.14%) GAP Analysis
2 8 (57.14%) Portfolio Management
2 8 (57.14%) Project Delivery
2 8 (57.14%) Project Management
2 8 (57.14%) Scrum
2 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (57.14%) System Testing
2 8 (57.14%) Validation
3 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.14%) API Development
4 1 (7.14%) Microservices
4 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (7.14%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (78.57%) EMIR
2 1 (7.14%) Dodd-Frank
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Charles River
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle
3 1 (7.14%) Portware
3 1 (7.14%) SimCorp