Regulatory Change Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Regulatory Change
Central London > City of London

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 119 140
Rank change year-on-year +16 +21 +47
Contract jobs citing Regulatory Change 15 6 12
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.87% 0.29% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.31% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 10
10th Percentile £413 £374 £491
25th Percentile £449 £616 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £788 £613
Median % change year-on-year -26.98% +28.57% -11.87%
75th Percentile £776 £1,148 £833
90th Percentile £850 £1,661 £880
Central London median daily rate £575 £788 £613
% change year-on-year -26.98% +28.57% -11.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,622 1,935 2,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.41% 91.97% 89.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,089 1,205 1,825
10th Percentile £325 £365 £363
25th Percentile £424 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £763 £792 £808
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £589
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.34% +2.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 16
10th Percentile £16.96 £15.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.09 £21.63 £16.31
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.54% +13.60% -26.90%
75th Percentile £39.88 £97.38 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -34.52%

Regulatory Change
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Regulatory Change job vacancy trend in the City of London

Regulatory Change
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Regulatory Change
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Regulatory Change in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Regulatory Change in the City of London

Regulatory Change
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (73.33%) Finance
2 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (53.33%) Banking
4 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Front Office
5 2 (13.33%) Legal
6 1 (6.67%) Financial Institution
6 1 (6.67%) Law
6 1 (6.67%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
2 5 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Programme Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Qualitative Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Quantitative Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Change Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Change Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Implementation Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Monitoring Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Operations Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Payments Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Payments Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Project Change Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Regulatory Change Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
1 1 (6.67%) XML
1 1 (6.67%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Credit Risk
1 2 (13.33%) Mobile Banking
1 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
1 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
1 2 (13.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (6.67%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.67%) Credit Derivative
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.67%) Derivative
2 1 (6.67%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) PMI
2 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Agile
1 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (26.67%) Fintech
3 4 (26.67%) Risk Management
3 4 (26.67%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (20.00%) Analytics
4 3 (20.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 3 (20.00%) KYC
4 3 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Budget Management
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
5 2 (13.33%) Data Analytics
5 2 (13.33%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (13.33%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (13.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) C#
2 2 (13.33%) C++
2 2 (13.33%) SQL
3 1 (6.67%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) VBA
3 1 (6.67%) VC++
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) CBAP
3 1 (6.67%) CISA
3 1 (6.67%) CISM
3 1 (6.67%) CISSP
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) IIBA
3 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) EMIR
2 2 (13.33%) Basel III
2 2 (13.33%) PMO
3 1 (6.67%) GDPR
3 1 (6.67%) ISO 20022
3 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (6.67%) MiFID
3 1 (6.67%) NIST
3 1 (6.67%) PERC
3 1 (6.67%) PSD2
3 1 (6.67%) QA
3 1 (6.67%) SEPA
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) IBM
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) OneTrust
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.67%) Xceptor