Compliance Audit Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Compliance Auditing
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Compliance Audit skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 114 132
Rank change year-on-year -56 +18 +26
Contract jobs citing Compliance Audit 12 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.28% 0.10% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.11% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £254 - -
25th Percentile £398 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £813 - £650
75th Percentile £844 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £519 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +9.21% -20.83% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.50 - -
England median hourly rate £25.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Compliance Audit 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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,530 1,759 2,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.98% 87.95% 82.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,201 1,152 1,486
10th Percentile £300 £200 £238
25th Percentile £400 £358 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.04%
75th Percentile £575 £558 £600
90th Percentile £663 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 227 93 169
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £11.06
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.70 £13.91
Median hourly rate £23.83 £18.77 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.97% +4.25% -13.06%
75th Percentile £53.75 £25.15 £33.25
90th Percentile £70.23 £48.39 £55.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% +1.39%

Compliance Audit
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Compliance Audit job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Compliance Audit
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Compliance Audit.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Compliance Audit

Compliance Audit
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Compliance Audit in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Compliance Audit in the Midlands

Compliance Audit
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Compliance Audit.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Compliance Audit

Compliance Audit
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Compliance Audit within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 May 2026. 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
West Midlands -53 9 £813 - 1
East Midlands - 3 - - 3
Compliance Audit
England

Compliance Audit
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (8.33%) Anypoint
1 1 (8.33%) Confluence
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) iPaaS
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
2 3 (25.00%) Police
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Architect
2 5 (41.67%) Security Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Information Assurance Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Information Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Lead
5 1 (8.33%) MuleSoft Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Operations Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) MUnit
1 1 (8.33%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Operational Technology
2 3 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Logistics
2 4 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
3 3 (25.00%) Coaching
3 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 3 (25.00%) Information Security
3 3 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (16.67%) Community of Practice
4 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 2 (16.67%) People Management
4 2 (16.67%) Practice Management
4 2 (16.67%) Resource Management
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 1 (8.33%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) GDPR
1 3 (25.00%) PMO
2 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (8.33%) MuleSoft