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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 - 101
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing Regulatory Change 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.44% - 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £363 - £356
25th Percentile - - £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.90%
75th Percentile £413 - £534
90th Percentile £428 - £559
North West median daily rate £400 £384 £550
% change year-on-year +4.10% -30.14% +2.56%

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 1,204 924 1,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.95% 91.12% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 815 597 952
10th Percentile £306 £294 £313
25th Percentile £381 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £571 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £674
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 32 73
10th Percentile £18.11 £15.92 £12.50
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.75 £13.50
Median hourly rate £51.00 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.92% +25.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £66.25 £34.56 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.00 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £44.00 £31.64 £26.53
% change year-on-year +39.06% +19.28% -29.27%

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 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (33.33%) Banking
5 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) AML Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Auditor
3 1 (16.67%) Compliance Auditor
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Tester
3 1 (16.67%) QA Manual Tester
3 1 (16.67%) QA Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) AS400
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
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%) Business Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (50.00%) CRM
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Economics
2 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (50.00%) Workflow
2 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) AI
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) 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