Regulatory Compliance Contracts

Regulatory Compliance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Regulatory Compliance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Regulatory Compliance over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 219 439 620
Rank change year-on-year +220 +181 +96
Contract jobs citing Regulatory Compliance 367 162 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.26% 0.37% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 0.43% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 80 67
10th Percentile £413 £346 £429
25th Percentile £525 £500 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £763 £756 £675
90th Percentile £938 £825 £769
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £506 £650
% change year-on-year +8.64% -22.12% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 16 0
Median hourly rate £29.00 £25.28 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.74% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £25.28 -
% change year-on-year +14.74% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Regulatory Compliance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Regulatory Compliance in the UK

Regulatory Compliance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Regulatory Compliance in the UK

Regulatory Compliance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Regulatory Compliance over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Regulatory Compliance in the UK

Regulatory Compliance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Regulatory Compliance.

Hourly rate trend for Regulatory Compliance in the UK

Regulatory Compliance
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +195 325 £675 +12.50% 494
London +146 233 £725 +20.83% 292
Work from Home +149 175 £706 +20.21% 232
UK excluding London +97 94 £550 +8.64% 230
South East +42 27 £550 -9.47% 73
North of England +40 19 £573 +9.05% 43
Scotland +22 16 £550 +31.80% 22
Midlands +32 11 £525 -25.66% 27
East of England +40 10 £400 - 30
North West +15 9 £573 +30.86% 27
South West +46 8 £550 +10.00% 38
Yorkshire +22 8 £550 - 12
East Midlands - 8 £500 - 10
West Midlands +16 3 £620 -12.21% 17
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 4
North East +1 2 £575 -4.17% 4

Regulatory Compliance
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (3.27%) Apache
2 11 (3.00%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.63%) Confluence
4 5 (1.36%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.82%) CMS
6 3 (0.82%) SAS
7 2 (0.54%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.54%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (3.27%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.27%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.09%) Maximo
2 4 (1.09%) SAP EWM
2 4 (1.09%) SAP GTS
3 3 (0.82%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.27%) Actimize
4 1 (0.27%) BASE24
4 1 (0.27%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.27%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 1 (0.27%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.27%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.27%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.27%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 44 (11.99%) Azure
2 26 (7.08%) AWS
3 15 (4.09%) Entra ID
3 15 (4.09%) GCP
4 12 (3.27%) SaaS
5 11 (3.00%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (1.63%) Snowflake
7 4 (1.09%) GitHub
7 4 (1.09%) OCI
7 4 (1.09%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.82%) Alation
8 3 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.82%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (0.82%) Collibra
8 3 (0.82%) dbt
8 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (0.82%) PaaS
8 3 (0.82%) Serverless
8 3 (0.82%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.09%) Firewall
2 6 (1.63%) Network Security
2 6 (1.63%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.63%) VPN
3 5 (1.36%) DNS
4 3 (0.82%) NAS
4 3 (0.82%) SAN
5 2 (0.54%) Intranet
5 2 (0.54%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.27%) ATM
6 1 (0.27%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.27%) SSL
6 1 (0.27%) SWIFTNet
6 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (27.25%) Data Lake
2 16 (4.36%) Hadoop
3 13 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.27%) Big Data
5 10 (2.72%) Metadata
6 7 (1.91%) Power BI
7 5 (1.36%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.82%) Looker
8 3 (0.82%) Tableau
9 2 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.54%) SQL Server
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.27%) Impala
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
10 1 (0.27%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 22 (5.99%) Jenkins
2 15 (4.09%) JIRA
3 13 (3.54%) Git
4 6 (1.63%) GitLab
5 2 (0.54%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.54%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.54%) Selenium
5 2 (0.54%) Snyk
6 1 (0.27%) ERwin
6 1 (0.27%) LSMW
6 1 (0.27%) SonarQube
General
1 222 (60.49%) Finance
2 98 (26.70%) Front Office
3 95 (25.89%) Social Skills
4 72 (19.62%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (14.44%) Banking
6 25 (6.81%) Legal
7 16 (4.36%) Public Sector
8 14 (3.81%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.72%) Investment Banking
9 10 (2.72%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.45%) Law
10 9 (2.45%) Retail Banking
11 8 (2.18%) Retail
12 7 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.63%) Marketing
13 6 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.63%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (13.35%) Analyst
2 47 (12.81%) Lead
3 37 (10.08%) Business Analyst
3 37 (10.08%) Head of Finance
4 31 (8.45%) Architect
5 28 (7.63%) Project Manager
6 24 (6.54%) Senior
7 23 (6.27%) Data Governance Analyst
7 23 (6.27%) Data Governance Manager
7 23 (6.27%) Governance Manager
8 18 (4.90%) Programme Manager
9 16 (4.36%) Developer
9 16 (4.36%) Head of Data Management
10 15 (4.09%) Consultant
10 15 (4.09%) Finance Manager
11 12 (3.27%) Data Business Analyst
11 12 (3.27%) Product Manager
11 12 (3.27%) Security Manager
12 10 (2.72%) Financial Analyst
12 10 (2.72%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.63%) SailPoint
2 11 (3.00%) SAML
3 10 (2.72%) OAuth
4 9 (2.45%) OpenID
4 9 (2.45%) Spark Streaming
5 6 (1.63%) PySpark
6 5 (1.36%) Kafka
7 4 (1.09%) FHIR
8 3 (0.82%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.82%) JSON
8 3 (0.82%) NumPy
8 3 (0.82%) Pandas
8 3 (0.82%) React
8 3 (0.82%) XML
9 2 (0.54%) .NET
9 2 (0.54%) Middleware
9 2 (0.54%) Murex MxML
9 2 (0.54%) REST
9 2 (0.54%) RESTful
9 2 (0.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 98 (26.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 96 (26.16%) Fixed Income
3 95 (25.89%) Derivative
4 93 (25.34%) Equities
5 91 (24.80%) Hedge funds
6 34 (9.26%) Product Ownership
7 24 (6.54%) Management Information System
8 16 (4.36%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (3.27%) Market Risk
9 12 (3.27%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.27%) Security Posture
10 11 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (3.00%) Operational Technology
11 9 (2.45%) Distributed Computing
12 7 (1.91%) PMI
13 6 (1.63%) Cloud Native
14 5 (1.36%) Data Structures
14 5 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
15 4 (1.09%) Data Centre
16 3 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.18%) Linux
2 6 (1.63%) Unix
3 4 (1.09%) Windows
4 3 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.27%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (36.51%) Agile
2 120 (32.70%) Data Governance
3 111 (30.25%) Roadmaps
4 107 (29.16%) Migration
5 96 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
6 95 (25.89%) Data Management
7 93 (25.34%) Investment Management
8 76 (20.71%) Risk Management
9 55 (14.99%) Project Management
10 53 (14.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 46 (12.53%) Analytics
12 40 (10.90%) Cybersecurity
13 36 (9.81%) CI/CD
14 33 (8.99%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (7.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 28 (7.63%) Process Improvement
17 27 (7.36%) Validation
18 25 (6.81%) DevOps
19 24 (6.54%) Data Security
19 24 (6.54%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 46 (12.53%) Python
2 31 (8.45%) SQL
3 15 (4.09%) Java
4 10 (2.72%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.91%) Bash
6 4 (1.09%) ABAP
6 4 (1.09%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.09%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.82%) Ruby
8 2 (0.54%) C
8 2 (0.54%) C++
8 2 (0.54%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.54%) REXX
9 1 (0.27%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.27%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.27%) COBOL
9 1 (0.27%) JCL
9 1 (0.27%) Scala
9 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (10.90%) Degree
2 24 (6.54%) CISSP
3 23 (6.27%) Security Cleared
4 20 (5.45%) CISM
4 20 (5.45%) SC Cleared
5 15 (4.09%) PMI Certification
6 11 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.00%) PMP
7 9 (2.45%) CISA
8 7 (1.91%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.36%) CBAP
9 5 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.09%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.09%) CRISC
10 4 (1.09%) GIAC
10 4 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (0.82%) CCNA
11 3 (0.82%) CCNP
11 3 (0.82%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (14.44%) GDPR
2 36 (9.81%) MiFID
3 23 (6.27%) Data Quality
3 23 (6.27%) HIPAA
3 23 (6.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 22 (5.99%) NIST
5 21 (5.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (4.63%) PCI DSS
7 13 (3.54%) GRC
8 8 (2.18%) EMIR
8 8 (2.18%) QA
9 7 (1.91%) Accessibility
10 5 (1.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (1.36%) SOC 2
11 4 (1.09%) Basel III
11 4 (1.09%) COBIT
11 4 (1.09%) Dodd-Frank
12 3 (0.82%) COSO
12 3 (0.82%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.82%) PSD2
System Software
1 8 (2.18%) Docker
2 3 (0.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.82%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 3 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.27%) IAG
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.27%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 17 (4.63%) Terraform
2 16 (4.36%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.54%) Ansible
4 10 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.09%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.54%) CASB
6 2 (0.54%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.54%) Puppet
7 1 (0.27%) Grafana
7 1 (0.27%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.27%) OMEGAMON
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 25 (6.81%) ServiceNow
2 18 (4.90%) Microsoft
3 15 (4.09%) SAP
4 13 (3.54%) Oracle
5 12 (3.27%) Okta
6 9 (2.45%) Ping Identity
7 6 (1.63%) Databricks
8 5 (1.36%) CyberArk
8 5 (1.36%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.36%) Infoblox
8 5 (1.36%) Splunk
9 4 (1.09%) Avaloq
9 4 (1.09%) Google
9 4 (1.09%) HP
10 3 (0.82%) EMC
10 3 (0.82%) IBM
10 3 (0.82%) Informatica
10 3 (0.82%) Murex
10 3 (0.82%) NetApp
10 3 (0.82%) Veritas