Regulatory Change Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Regulatory Change
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Regulatory Change skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 83 97
Rank change year-on-year -22 +14 +20
Contract jobs citing Regulatory Change 6 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.35% 0.11% 0.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.12% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile £423 - -
North West median daily rate £400 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -38.46% +18.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £62.50 -
North West median hourly rate - £62.50 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Regulatory Change falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,435 824 1,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 84.46% 89.66% 87.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 572 883
10th Percentile £308 £306 £325
25th Percentile £382 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £471 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.37% -5.75% -
75th Percentile £575 £567 £596
90th Percentile £650 £675 £694
North West median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 34 75
10th Percentile £21.00 £15.32 £12.44
25th Percentile £36.13 £24.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £32.75 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.57% +25.96% -30.29%
75th Percentile £77.50 £70.31 £57.50
90th Percentile £92.50 £78.38 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +69.23% +44.44% -38.61%

Regulatory Change
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Regulatory Change relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Regulatory Change job vacancy trend in Manchester

Regulatory Change
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Regulatory Change.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Regulatory Change

Regulatory Change
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (66.67%) MS Visio
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Senior
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Auditor
2 1 (16.67%) Compliance Auditor
2 1 (16.67%) Manual Tester
2 1 (16.67%) QA Manual Tester
2 1 (16.67%) QA Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) AS400
2 1 (16.67%) iSeries
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 4 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) CRM
1 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 4 (66.67%) Economics
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (66.67%) Workflow
1 4 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Functional Testing
2 1 (16.67%) LLM
2 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) EU AI Act
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) QA
1 1 (16.67%) SOC 2