Regulatory Technology (RegTech)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Regtech skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Regtech over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 711 792
Rank change year-on-year +124 +81 -113
Contract jobs citing Regtech 11 8 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.013% 0.064%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.029% 0.015% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 51
10th Percentile £573 £386 £350
25th Percentile £575 £459 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £775
Median % change year-on-year - -19.35% +63.16%
75th Percentile £688 £825 £863
90th Percentile £740 £915 £950
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Regtech is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Regtech
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Regtech in the UK

Regtech
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Regtech in the UK

Regtech
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Regtech over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Regtech in the UK

Regtech
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Regtech within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +131 11 £625 - 13
London +104 11 £625 - 10
Work from Home +135 5 £600 +20.00% 8

Regtech
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 4 (36.36%) Distributed Ledger
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Internet
General
1 11 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Front Office
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Financial Institution
4 2 (18.18%) Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Investment Banking
5 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Developer
1 5 (45.45%) Java Developer
2 4 (36.36%) Architect
2 4 (36.36%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Regulatory Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Blockchain
2 4 (36.36%) IoT
3 3 (27.27%) CBDC
3 3 (27.27%) Web3
4 1 (9.09%) Hedge funds
4 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Computer Science
2 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 5 (45.45%) Fintech
2 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (36.36%) API Development
3 4 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (36.36%) Cryptography
3 4 (36.36%) Data Governance
3 4 (36.36%) Data Lineage
3 4 (36.36%) Data Science
3 4 (36.36%) Decision-Making
3 4 (36.36%) Machine Learning
4 3 (27.27%) DeFi
5 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
5 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (18.18%) Use Case
6 1 (9.09%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Java
2 5 (45.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) Master's Degree
2 4 (36.36%) PhD
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) Dodd-Frank
1 5 (45.45%) MiFID
2 1 (9.09%) QA