Regulatory Change Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Regulatory Change
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Regulatory Change skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 133 142
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 +58
Contract jobs citing Regulatory Change 10 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.37% 0.074% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.089% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 1 2
10th Percentile £358 - -
25th Percentile £364 £413 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £424 £425 £625
Median % change year-on-year -0.35% -32.00% +92.31%
75th Percentile £469 £438 £638
90th Percentile £476 - -
England median daily rate £525 £575 £625
% change year-on-year -8.70% -8.00% +7.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,400 2,253 2,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.56% 83.32% 85.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,544 1,418 1,743
10th Percentile £250 £254 £250
25th Percentile £363 £373 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £691 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 69 105
10th Percentile £13.82 £14.57 £13.82
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £21.30 £23.60 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.75% -14.18% +56.61%
75th Percentile £26.51 £42.25 £51.50
90th Percentile £42.13 £55.05 £68.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +47.11%

Regulatory Change
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Regulatory Change job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Regulatory Change
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Regulatory Change.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Regulatory Change

Regulatory Change
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 Regulatory Change within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
East Midlands -2 9 £402 -5.41% 6
West Midlands - 1 £450 - 3
Regulatory Change
England

Regulatory Change
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 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Payment Gateway
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Legal
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Product Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Compliance Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Security Compliance Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (30.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) Product Vision
3 4 (40.00%) Fintech
3 4 (40.00%) Product Management
3 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Cost Control
4 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (30.00%) Market Research
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security
5 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (20.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CISA
1 1 (10.00%) CISM
1 1 (10.00%) CISSP
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (10.00%) COBIT
2 1 (10.00%) GRC
2 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (10.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (10.00%) PSD2
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Rapid7
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow