Regulatory Compliance Contract Job Trends in London

Regulatory Compliance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Regulatory Compliance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 226 348
Rank change year-on-year +46 +122 +151
Contract jobs citing Regulatory Compliance 221 164 55
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.54% 1.09% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.21% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 114 38
10th Percentile £425 £455 £257
25th Percentile £503 £601 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £510
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +32.35% -15.00%
75th Percentile £725 £850 £642
90th Percentile £850 £938 £745
England median daily rate £575 £650 £500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +30.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43.55
25th Percentile £85.00 - £44.33
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £47.78
75th Percentile £95.00 - £50.33
90th Percentile - - £50.58
England median hourly rate £19.25 £29.00 £61.79
% change year-on-year -33.62% -53.07% +323.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Regulatory Compliance 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,143 13,541 16,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.39% 90.10% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,651 8,710 12,087
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £790
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 164 235
10th Percentile £18.17 £18.03 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.80 £21.38
Median hourly rate £31.00 £36.00 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.90% +5.88% -11.39%
75th Percentile £50.88 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £80.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.61%

Regulatory Compliance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Regulatory Compliance job vacancy trend in London

Regulatory Compliance
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Regulatory Compliance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory Compliance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Regulatory Compliance in London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Regulatory Compliance in London

Regulatory Compliance
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Regulatory Compliance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory Compliance
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Regulatory Compliance within the London region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Central London +4 40 £533 -16.14% 13
West London -13 4 £644 - 5
Regulatory Compliance
England

Regulatory Compliance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 8 (3.62%) Confluence
2 4 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.90%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) Apache
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.45%) Luigi
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.45%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.36%) Actimize
2 3 (1.36%) SAP GTS
2 3 (1.36%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.90%) BASE24
3 2 (0.90%) Endur
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.45%) Maximo
4 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.45%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.45%) SAP VC
4 1 (0.45%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 44 (19.91%) Azure
2 41 (18.55%) AWS
3 19 (8.60%) GCP
4 18 (8.14%) SaaS
5 15 (6.79%) Power Platform
6 11 (4.98%) GitHub
7 6 (2.71%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.71%) Collibra
7 6 (2.71%) Snowflake
8 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.81%) dbt
9 4 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.36%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.36%) IaaS
10 3 (1.36%) PaaS
11 2 (0.90%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.90%) Figma
11 2 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.62%) Network Security
2 4 (1.81%) SSL
3 3 (1.36%) SMS
4 2 (0.90%) S/MIME
4 2 (0.90%) SNMP
4 2 (0.90%) SSH
5 1 (0.45%) Firewall
5 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.45%) VPN
5 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.05%) Metadata
2 14 (6.33%) Power BI
3 12 (5.43%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.71%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.71%) Tableau
5 5 (2.26%) Snowflake Schema
5 5 (2.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.81%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.81%) Data Vault
7 3 (1.36%) BigQuery
7 3 (1.36%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.90%) MySQL
8 2 (0.90%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.90%) NonStop SQL
8 2 (0.90%) OLTP
8 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.90%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (6.33%) JIRA
2 7 (3.17%) Git
3 2 (0.90%) GitLab
3 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.45%) ERwin
4 1 (0.45%) JMeter
4 1 (0.45%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.45%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.45%) Mockito
4 1 (0.45%) Selenium
4 1 (0.45%) Snyk
4 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
General
1 135 (61.09%) Finance
2 62 (28.05%) Social Skills
3 47 (21.27%) Legal
4 43 (19.46%) Banking
5 42 (19.00%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (8.14%) Financial Institution
7 12 (5.43%) Investment Banking
8 11 (4.98%) Public Sector
9 9 (4.07%) Law
9 9 (4.07%) Retail
10 8 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (3.62%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.62%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (3.17%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.71%) Marketing
12 6 (2.71%) Retail Banking
13 5 (2.26%) Local Government
14 4 (1.81%) Back Office
14 4 (1.81%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 49 (22.17%) Analyst
2 38 (17.19%) Business Analyst
3 26 (11.76%) Architect
4 24 (10.86%) Lead
5 20 (9.05%) Project Manager
6 17 (7.69%) Consultant
7 16 (7.24%) Senior
8 13 (5.88%) Security Architect
9 10 (4.52%) Risk Analyst
10 8 (3.62%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.17%) Data Engineer
11 7 (3.17%) Data Modeller
11 7 (3.17%) Developer
11 7 (3.17%) Telecoms Manager
12 6 (2.71%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 6 (2.71%) Security Consultant
12 6 (2.71%) Security Solutions Architect
13 5 (2.26%) Delivery Manager
13 5 (2.26%) Programme Manager
13 5 (2.26%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.62%) Kafka
2 4 (1.81%) .NET
2 4 (1.81%) OAuth
3 3 (1.36%) OAuth2
3 3 (1.36%) OpenID
3 3 (1.36%) PyTorch
3 3 (1.36%) SAML
3 3 (1.36%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.90%) HTML
4 2 (0.90%) JSON
4 2 (0.90%) Node.js
4 2 (0.90%) React
4 2 (0.90%) RESTful
5 1 (0.45%) CSS
5 1 (0.45%) CSS3
5 1 (0.45%) HTML5
5 1 (0.45%) LDAP
5 1 (0.45%) Murex MxML
5 1 (0.45%) REST
5 1 (0.45%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.43%) Onboarding
2 11 (4.98%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.52%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.07%) Security Posture
5 7 (3.17%) Credit Risk
5 7 (3.17%) Taxonomies
6 6 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.71%) PKI
6 6 (2.71%) Reinsurance
7 5 (2.26%) Algorithms
7 5 (2.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.81%) Derivative
8 4 (1.81%) IoT
8 4 (1.81%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.81%) Market Risk
8 4 (1.81%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.36%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.90%) Linux
1 2 (0.90%) Windows
2 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.45%) Unix
2 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.45%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (25.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 56 (25.34%) Stakeholder Management
2 49 (22.17%) Risk Management
3 46 (20.81%) Agile
4 37 (16.74%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (15.84%) Analytics
5 35 (15.84%) Data Governance
6 30 (13.57%) Cybersecurity
7 29 (13.12%) AI
8 28 (12.67%) Roadmaps
9 26 (11.76%) Decision-Making
10 25 (11.31%) Cloud Security
11 24 (10.86%) ERP
11 24 (10.86%) Requirements Gathering
12 23 (10.41%) Validation
13 22 (9.95%) User Acceptance Testing
14 20 (9.05%) Data Modelling
14 20 (9.05%) Incident Response
14 20 (9.05%) Workshop Facilitation
15 19 (8.60%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 34 (15.38%) SQL
2 23 (10.41%) Python
3 8 (3.62%) Java
4 4 (1.81%) Go
5 3 (1.36%) Bash
5 3 (1.36%) C
5 3 (1.36%) PL/SQL
5 3 (1.36%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.36%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.90%) C#
6 2 (0.90%) COBOL
6 2 (0.90%) Scala
6 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.45%) ABAP
7 1 (0.45%) Bicep
7 1 (0.45%) HiveQL
7 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.45%) Swift
7 1 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (13.12%) Degree
2 18 (8.14%) CISSP
3 17 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 11 (4.98%) ACCA
4 11 (4.98%) CIMA
4 11 (4.98%) Master's Degree
5 10 (4.52%) CISM
6 9 (4.07%) CISA
7 8 (3.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 8 (3.62%) PMP
8 7 (3.17%) DV Cleared
8 7 (3.17%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (2.71%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.36%) CEH
10 3 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (1.36%) MBA
10 3 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.74%) GDPR
2 24 (10.86%) Data Quality
2 24 (10.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (7.24%) NIST
4 14 (6.33%) QA
5 12 (5.43%) EU AI Act
6 10 (4.52%) MiFID
7 9 (4.07%) Accessibility
8 8 (3.62%) Basel III
8 8 (3.62%) PCI DSS
8 8 (3.62%) Solvency II
9 7 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (3.17%) GRC
10 6 (2.71%) EMIR
10 6 (2.71%) HIPAA
11 4 (1.81%) NCSC
11 4 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (1.36%) COBIT
12 3 (1.36%) GMP
13 2 (0.90%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (4.07%) Docker
2 1 (0.45%) Job Entry Subsystem
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.45%) RACF
2 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (4.07%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.71%) Terraform
3 4 (1.81%) CSIRT
3 4 (1.81%) QRadar
4 3 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.90%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.45%) Ansible
6 1 (0.45%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.45%) Puppet
6 1 (0.45%) SCCM
6 1 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (13.12%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.88%) SAP
3 8 (3.62%) ServiceNow
3 8 (3.62%) Splunk
4 6 (2.71%) Informatica
4 6 (2.71%) Oracle
5 5 (2.26%) Fortinet
5 5 (2.26%) Google
5 5 (2.26%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.81%) Cisco
6 4 (1.81%) Databricks
7 3 (1.36%) Alteryx
7 3 (1.36%) Bloomberg
7 3 (1.36%) IBM
8 2 (0.90%) HP
8 2 (0.90%) Murex
8 2 (0.90%) OpenLink
8 2 (0.90%) Proofpoint
8 2 (0.90%) Talend
8 2 (0.90%) Veritas